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| ITALIAN ELECTIONS: 4 GAY, LESBIAN BISEXUAL OR TRANSGENDERED IN PARLIAMENT. |
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| According to the Italian national gay association Arcigay, there will be four gay, lesbian, or transgendered people in the new parliament. |
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| Italian Transgender Candidate to Run for Parliament |
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| Italy's first transgender parliamentary candidate is about to enter the political scene as the campaign season officially gets underway.
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| Japanese court rejects transsexual's request to change registered gender |
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| A Japanese court rejected a male-to-female transsexual's request to change her officially registered sex because she already has two children who were born before the operation, a news report said Monday. |
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| Largo officials vote to dismiss Stanton |
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| City commissioners ended one of the most tumultuous weeks in Largo history Tuesday night by moving to fire City Manager Steve Stanton following his disclosure that he will have a sex-change operation.
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| Let doctors--not politicians--determine "medical necessity". |
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| This system is in place to determine which treatments, if any, are "medically necessary" and appropriate.
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| Liberals' pamphlets 'inciting hatred' |
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| A Tasmanian transgender woman is lodging two complaints with the Anti-Discrimination Commission today about election material she says incites hatred.
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| Lifetime Movie To Tell Transgender Tale |
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| Just a Girl will star Mercedes Ruehl as a single mother whose teenage son decides to live as a girl and is then murdered. Gloria Allred, the well known civil-rights attorney, will co-executive produce.
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| Lonely transsexual Russian man wants to become pregnant (RUS) |
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| Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper wrote about a 40-year-old man, Igor Sarkisov, who wanted to become pregnant and have a baby. |
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| Male nurse wants to be a she legally |
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| A male nurse who underwent a sex-change procedure abroad is asking the local court for a legal change in gender to female, but the government prosecutor is against the idea.
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| Man can sue over sex-change op (AUS) |
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| Melbourne - A man who claims he was misdiagnosed as a transsexual will be allowed to sue the medical team that advised him to have a sex change, an Australian appeals court ruled on Friday |
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| Memo from Hagan to Senate |
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| My legislation is modeled after a bill recently introduced in the Ohio House by Rep. Ron Hood (R-Ashville via Carrollton), which would prohibit homosexual, bisexual and transgender people from adopting children. It is unclear at this point whether Rep. Hood supports my legislation, though I remain hopeful. |
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| more gender-neutral facilities on campus |
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| To address growing concerns that Portland State is in need of more gender-neutral bathrooms on campus, plans are in the works to offer more of the bathrooms, and maps showing gender-neutral bathrooms on campus will be provided beginning next week.
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| No prom; lots of support for man who wore gown |
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| For the first time since being kicked out of his high school's prom for wearing women's clothes, a Gary teen returned Thursday to class -- and to a wave of support from classmates and teachers.
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| Paper Dolls |
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| The film shows the different sides of 5 Filipinos, who are caregivers for old age people, and in their spare time are transvestites |
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| Proposal would add `gender identity' to Bloomington's ordinance |
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| Protections for transgender people might be added to the city's human rights code under a proposal the City Council is expected to consider next month. |
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| Ruby Corado on being gender queer in the nation's capital |
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| A self-described "very, very feminine" youngster, the then-teenage Corado slowly entered the D.C. gay scene, discovering a new world in the glitter and glamour of drag. And over the years, what may have started as drag revealed itself to be a part of everyday life.
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| Sex changes through the state a go again after policy reversal |
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| OLYMPIA -- The Legislature is having trouble coming to terms with its feelings about taxpayer-financed sex-change operations.
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| Sex-change doctor swops bow ties for string of pearls |
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| Colin Bone used to be known for his collection of 80 bow ties and trademark bowler hat. But since becoming the first Health Service gynaecologist to change gender, Mr Bone - now Miss Celia Macleod - has had to adjust his dress sense. Miss Macleod was pictured for the first time yesterday wearing a stylish patterned outfit and a string of pearls.
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| Sheriff deputies? use of force contributes to death of transgender person |
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| According to a San Diego County deputy medical examiner, there is reason to believe sheriff deputies? use of force resulted in the death of Vanessa Facen, a 35-year-old pre-operative transsexual who was arrested last November for a residential burglary. |
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| Supreme Court Avoids Transsexual Police Officer Case (US) |
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| WASHINGTON (AP)The US Supreme Court is refusing to get involved in the city of Cincinnati's legal battle with a transsexual cop.
So, a victory remains in place for Officer Philecia Barnes, who was born Phillip.
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