[Taiwan]
Teacher in sex-change drama

Janet Huang, who teaches at a Christian middle school in Chiayi County, said counselors had not been instructed to 'keep tabs' on him, despite reports. For Concordia Middle School math teacher Janet Huang, 45, there is no formula explaining why God trapped her in a man's body.

[India]
Transgendered to donate kidneys, too

Transgendered persons, (aravanis), who donated their eyes on the occasion of the 4th 'Aravanis Day' celebrations at Thudiyalur near here on Thursday, also volunteered to donate kidneys, if necessary, to save human lives.

[CA, USA]

Transgender Job Program Moves Forward

The city of West Hollywood considers the transgender community a priority population, says David Giugni, social services supervisor. Giugni and director of social services, Lloyd Long, presented the City Council during its Dec. 18 regular meeting with a recommendation from the city to approve a contract with the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center to begin a Transgender Job Training and Placement program. The recommendation was approved, though the project will start late compared to other two-year programs funded by the city.
Photo: 'We'll make it work,' Ortega says of the program's schedule and budget.

[PA, USA]
Transgender themed mural ordered destroyed
In a 6-4 vote, the city's Historical Commission last week ordered the obliteration of a transgender-themed mural that's been located at 15th and Waverly streets in Center City for about six years.
PHOTO: Michael Shur, property owner