Cleveland council OKs transgender protections

Posted Wed, 12/02/2009 - 05:50 by AllyN

http://www.thenews-messenger.com/article/20091201/UPDATES01/312010002

CLEVELAND (AP) — Members of Cleveland’s transgender community will be protected against discrimination under legislation passed unanimously by the city council.

The ordinance approved Monday night expands the city’s existing anti-bias laws to bar businesses from denying jobs or housing to people because of their gender identity or gender expression.

TG officer living his dream -- as a cop and a man

Posted Tue, 12/01/2009 - 06:17 by AllyN

http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_13886492

As a child, Kerry Bell dreamed of growing up to become a policeman -- both a police officer and a man.

Becoming a cop was relatively simple -- Bell joined the Bountiful Police Department 14 years ago. Becoming a man took more time.

Born female, Bell came out as transgender about a year and a half ago
and started a transition to a new life as a man. He always had felt

Telling the folks

Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 09:08 by AllyN

Is this a surplus of sexes?

Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 05:08 by AllyN

http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2197839

The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board is drawing heat for sending parents an H1N1 vaccine consent form that includes an option to indicate if their children identify as "other, unknown or transgender."

Education director John Stadnyk confirmed "some concerns have been raised" about the option that came with students' consent forms. In addition to other questions about medical history, allergies and the like, one section asks the parent to check off one of three boxes: male, female or other, unknown or transgender. Stadnyk said he has personally received one call and two trustees at least another two each.

He said he did not know about the wording of the question until a parent raised the issue. "In the rush to get these consent forms out, I did not notice these particular set of items," he said.

Transvestite students allowed to cross line

Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 04:56 by AllyN

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Transvestite-students-allowed-to-cross.5865128.jp
CROSS-DRESSING students at The University of Sheffield are to be allowed to join the women's committee - after the union passed a motion to treat 'self-defining women' as females.

The decision means membership of the women's committee will be open to all students who consider themselves to be female - even if they are transvestite males.

Only one representative voted against the proposal at a students' union council meeting.

Chaz Bono On GMA

Posted Tue, 11/24/2009 - 05:01 by AllyN

Chaz Bono on GMA, a voice for the trans community, the only child of Sonny and Cher Bono

Chaz Bono: Gender is between your ears not your legs

Posted Tue, 11/24/2009 - 04:56 by AllyN

http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/archives/185935.asp?from=blog_last3

The trans community faces more than it's fair share of societal challenges. It takes enormous courage to come out as trans. Violence against the trans community is staggering. People transitioning are particularly vulnerable because it is more difficult to pass. According to the Human Rights Council a trans person has a 1 in 12 chance of being murdered while heterosexual people have a 1 in 18,000 chance of being murdered.

Today's Transgender Day of Remembrance Honors the Dead

Posted Sat, 11/21/2009 - 04:55 by AllyN

http://chicagoist.com/2009/11/20/todays_transgender_day_of_remembran.php

The gruesome murder of 19-year-old gay man Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado in Puerto Rico last week has shone new light on the potentially life-threatening dangers facing those who do not easily slide into our society's conventions of gender. He, and 117 others murdered due to anti-transgender violence and prejudice, are memorialized worldwide today as part of Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Mercado was decapitated, dismembered and burned upon murderer Juan A. Martinez Matos's discovery that the "woman" he was propositioning for sex was actually male. In defense of his actions, Matos is reportedly expected to claim a case of "gay panic," i.e. the claim his violence was the result of "a moment of temporary insanity." Speaking on the case, police investigator Angel Rodriguez said, "These types of people, when they enter this lifestyle and go out into the streets know that this could happen." It is not, as of yet, being investigated as a hate crime.

Milisha Scrapbook

Posted Fri, 11/20/2009 - 07:36 by AllyN