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| Disorder of Sex Development (DSD) Guidelines |
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| If you’ve just found out your child has some kind of disorder of sex development (called a DSD for short), you may be feeling confused and stressed. |
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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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| Trans minority youth at high risk for HIV |
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| A study in the Journal of Adolescent Health shows that male-to-female transgender ethnic-minority youths commonly engage in high-risk sexual activities that put them at risk for HIV infection. |
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| Young, transgender, African-American violinist Tona Brown |
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| Tona Brown is an African American transgendered violinist and vocalist who has had a career to span North America and Europe. Starting the violin at the age of 10 years old and winning scholarships and competitions since the age of 14 her destiny as a performance artist was etched in stone at an early age. |
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| Beyer?s gender bill back again |
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| Georgina Beyer?s Human Rights (Gender Identity) Amendment Bill appears to be back on the agenda, contrary to reports last year which suggested the private members bill had been removed from the ballot.
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| First Pan African LGBTI Conference |
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| Despite these challenges, activists at the conference made significant progress in establishing an African regional LGBTI federation. African activists at the conference created an 11-member, interim board to govern the newly formed Pan-African LGBTI federation. The activists set up five regions in Africa – North, South, East, West, and Central – and elected two representatives from each region. Special attention was paid to the issue of gender parity and it was decided that each region should be represented by one male and one female representative if possible. The final seat on the board was reserved for a Transgender activist.
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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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| Transjobless  |
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| Imagine trying to find a job without a shred of work history. Welcome to the transgender job hunt.
In the transgender community, to have full-time work is to be in the minority. In fact, a new survey of 194 trans people conducted by the Transgender Law Center (TLC), with support from the Guardian, found that only one out of every four respondents has a full-time job. Another 16 percent work part-time.
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| Trans Don't Cry |
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| "I lost my family," says Liesegang, who underwent a sex- change operation. "My mother disowned me. My sister said, "I can take you as my gay brother, not as my sister.'"
She also lost her clients, and in the late '90s she found herself jobless. The economy was peaking, but there was no work for a transsexual like Liesegang.
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| transsexual murdered at okahandja |
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| Neighbours said the victim, who lived as a transsexual and preferred to be known as "Karlien", must have known his attackers, as there was no sign of forced entry in to the small house. |
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| Exhibition of Transgender Body-Maps |
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| "The body maps showed the diverse and difficult life experiences of trans people – and also the triumphs! Trans people shift gender boundaries a little further – allowing all of us to live with a little more freedom" said Sally-Jean Shackleton, the chairperson of Gender DynamiX. "Shifting those gender boundaries comes with some dangers though – at best, trans people suffer harassment and names calling – at worst, discrimination and violence"
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| Fair housing law gains momentum for passage |
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| The plan, which is being reviewed by the Common Council, also would make it illegal for landlords to discriminate against transsexuals.
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| Hotel won't rue its loo policy |
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| A TRANSVESTITE has claimed discrimination by a Melbourne hotel for a ban on using the women's toliet.
The licensee of the Newmarket Tavern, John Booth, said he was shocked by the allegation.
He said he ran a sports bar, lounge, restaurant and TAB that were open to anybody.
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| Transgender Female Arrested For Using Women's Restroom |
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| A phone repair worker who is in transition from male to female said Tuesday that she was arrested three times by transit police in the last six months for using the women's restroom at Grand Central Terminal. |
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| Transgender Worker Sues Employer For Discrimination |
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| She was an information technology analyst, a good one she says with an outstanding record. In January of last year, she finally told her supervisors she was a transgender. Soon after, she came to work dressed as a woman. Danielle Ryan, transgender employee: "I was told to go home.
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| HARVARD ENSURES FAIRNESS WITH ADDITION OF TRANSGENDER PROTECTIONS |
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| Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the nation, announced April 11 that it would be adding gender identity to its non-discrimination policy, safeguarding transgender students and faculty.
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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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| 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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| News article with Gay Business Network |
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| Liesl and Chris received an award for the greatest achievement as their network opened early 2005 and has grown tremendously over the last few months. For people wanting to join the Gay friendly network please call Liesl Theron on 083 320 7691 . |
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| Surgery-free gender change in Spain |
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| A 50-year-old transsexual on Tuesday became the first person in Spain to legally change their gender without undergoing surgery under a new law approved last month, a gay activist group said.
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