[Iran]
Iran's transsexuals: religiously acknowledged, but rejected
[India]
Transgender community searches for a new identity
[Indonesia]
Iran's transsexuals: religiously acknowledged, but rejected
Transsexuals have a tough life in Iran. Although they are acknowledged in religious terms, there is very little tolerance shown towards them by society, not even by their own families.
[India]
Transgender community searches for a new identity
Long hair decked in flowers, bodies swathed in colourful sarees, the mandatory lipstick, bindhi and bangles and the elaborates way have traditionally identified Tamil Nadu's aravanis.
[Indonesia]
Excerpt: The incidence of HIV among transsexuals is reported to be high, with some estimates of up to 22 percent.
Photo: MERLYN SOPJAN (JP/Duncan Graham)
[Venezuela]
The new Venezuelan soap opera "The Kings" has all the most classic elements: cardboard sets, a predictable script (a beautiful, poor young woman falls hopelessly in love with a handsome, rich young man—can love triumph?) and actors not exactly subtle… But what’s causing a lot of ink to flow … is that one of the principal characters, Laisa Reyes, is a transvestite, whose role will be to draw the viewers’ attention to the problems related to discrimination.
[Philippines/USA]
There has been many different cases of discrimination being sent to court in the US, due to their very liberated way of living and freedom to express themselves.
[Italia]
LA STORIA INFINITA dell'incontro fra studenti liceali recanatesi e la trans Alessia Bellucci sembra avviarsi verso un felice epilogo.
[Italia]
Approvato in via definitiva anche alla Camera l'articolo 12 della legge comunitaria che nel fissare i principi della delega data al governo per il recepimento delle norme minime comuni a tutti gli Stati dell'Unione ai fini del riconoscimento e della revoca dello status di rifugiato, riconosce il diritto di asilo ai cittadini di Paesi terzi considerati sicuri o agli apolidi che in quei paesi vi abbiano soggiornato abitualmente, qualora per gravi motivi quei Paesi non possano essere considerati sicuri per alcuni cittadini o apolidi.
[Italie]
Vladimir Luxuria, pseudonyme de Vladimiro Guadagno (Foggia, 24 juin 1965) est une personnalité politique transgenre du Parti de la refondation communiste (PRC) en Italie.
[TX,USA]
A former San Antonio police officer has been sentenced to 24 years and four months in prison for the rape and beating of a transsexual woman.
[NV,USA]
Excerpt: The last person seen with Schmalfeldt at the bar was Raven Navajo. On an Internet site, Navajo describes himself as a transgender escort looking for admirers. ... Police describe Navajo and Schmalfeldt as friends. Now, he's behind bars for her death.
[MI,USA]
Monica Roberts gently circled a fingertip around the lip of her coffee cup, the perfect manicure a stark contrast to such large, strong hands.
"Gender is who you are," says Roberts, 42. "Sex is what you do and who you do it with."
[MD,USA]
Excerpt: With the support of her then wife, Beyer began the two-year process of changing gender.
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