[UK]
Education chief accused of discrimination against transgender teacher

teacher Philip Morgan, former education, training and employment manager for Brighton and Hove City Council, has been charged with unacceptable professional conduct.

A disciplinary hearing heard that Mr Morgan discriminated against a transgender teacher, refusing to give a reference to her and referring to her as both "he" and "she".

[Philippines]
SC ruling: 27-year-old ‘woman’ is ‘male’

For proving that her body is manifesting natural occurring male characteristics, a 27-year-old woman was allowed by the Supreme Court to change her name and gender entries in her birth certificate.

Rare Condition Turns Woman Into Man

The Philippine Supreme Court is allowing a woman who proved her body was naturally turning male to change her name from Jennifer to Jeff, Agence France-Presse reported.

Woman's body has become male

A PHILIPPINE woman who proved her body was naturally turning male has been allowed to change her name from Jennifer to Jeff.

[Canada] [Commentary]
Transsexual Modelmania

With all the hype that has been surrounding the lead up to appearance of ISIS, the transgender model that will appear on America's Next Top Model season premiere, I couldn't help wondering what all the excitement was about.

[USA/Iran/Iraq] [Commentary]
Murdering gays as state policy

In Iran and Iraq, gays face murderous governments that harken back to the Holocaust of Nazi Germany.

It is a bizarre -- and horrifying -- turn of events.

Americans will recall the address by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia University earlier this year.

Asked about repressive treatment of women and minorities in Iran he answered:

"Women in Iran enjoy the highest levels of freedom."

He brought laughter and jeers from the audience when he added:

"In Iran, we don't have homosexuals, like in your country."

[USA] [Commentary]
Gender variance is not a disorder

Classifying transgender people as having a mental disability ignores society's intolerant attitudes