[India]

Transsexual host breaks TV taboo

When Ramesh Venkatesan realised that he wanted to be a woman as a teenager he was too ashamed to tell his family and friends.

He even pretended to be in love with a girl at his college in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

Today, aged 28, he not only wears a sari and make-up openly in the street, but next month he will become the first transsexual host of an Indian television programme.

Photo: Ramesh Venkatesan (Rose)

[CA,USA]

California public school cancels 'gender-switch day'

Officials at a California public school have cancelled a cross-dressing day, following a slew of parental complaints.

[MI,USA]

Teen was making a fresh start

Friends, family and classmates gathered at dusk Friday on the soccer field at Black River Public School to remember a transgender youth who committed suicide Monday.

The struggles of transgenders

A West Michigan teenager recently took his own life, a death that is part of a startling statistic among individuals who literally feel they were born with the wrong bodies.

[USA]

Transexuals turn up on television shows

Screen writers are turning to transexuals to add shock to shows.

[MI,USA]

TransGender Michigan celebrates 10 years

"I do this work so people don't have to be lonely; so they don't have to be devastated. When I came out as trans, I was devastated. Within in a few months, I lost my marriage, my job, my career. But out of that came TransGender Michigan. And if my crisis hadn't happened, there probably still wouldn't be a statewide organization. " - Rachel Crandell

Photo: TransGender Michigan founder Rachael Crandall. BTL photo: Jason A. Michael