Transgender News

Prisons must address transgender realities
Baltimore Sun (blog)
In Kevin Rector's blog posting, "LGBT inmates report sexual victimization at much higher percentages" (May 20), he assumes that "other" sexual orientation is transgender. Sexual orientation refers to one's inclination in sexual and romantic partners ...

A bill restricting teenagers' access to medical and mental health care narrowly escaped approval in the North Carolina House in May before being taken of the body's calendar and placed back into committee.

She says she was told men couldn't try on wedding dresses. read more

With reactions pouring in from all over the state, KOAT’s Facebook page was flooded with comments following a story about a transgender teen boycotting his own graduation. One viewer said the St. Pius X student, Damian Garcia, “can do whatever he wants” regarding his decision not to walk. Garcia wanted to wear a black gown for males during graduation despite the transgender teen’s birth ...

Advocate.com
Transgender Woman Alleges Discrimination by Bridal Shop
Advocate.com
A transgender woman in Canada's Saskatchewan province has filed a discrimination complaint against a bridal shop that wouldn't let her try on gowns, with a clerk reportedly telling her men weren't allowed to do so. Rohit Singh filed the complaint with ...

Here Are The Best States To Be A Transgender High School Athlete
Deadspin
As reported by the Times earlier this month, new legislation in California could make that state the first to legally guarantee the rights of transgender high school athletes. California has already joined a group of more than half a dozen states with ...

Coun Rebecca Blake, Tracey Baker, Natalie Brookes and Coun Joe Baker were among those to urge Redditch MP Karen Lumley to back the bill to introduce gay marriage.

As a child, people knew her as Steve. The last time TV6 talked to Marissa, she was leaving for Thailand for sexual reassignment surgery.

Both men and women seek surgery to reduce or enlarge their sexual organs - should transsexuals be treated differently? Jo Latham, a doctoral student at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society , at Melbourne's La Trobe University, lays out his argument in a recent issue of the journal Aesthetic Plastic Surgery .

Bleacher Report
Transgender MMA Fighter Fallon Fox Makes Weight, Ready for CFA 11 Bout
Bleacher Report
Despite an enormous amount of controversy, Fallon Fox is now officially set for her upcoming match at Championship Fighting Alliance 11. Fox (2-0) came in comfortably under the 145-pound limit (via Facebook), where she'll face Allanna Jones (2-1 ...

It's just another fight, say Fallon Fox and Allanna Jones, the two women competing this Friday at Championship Fighting Alliance 11 (AXS TV, 9:00 p.m. ET) in Coral Gables, Fla. For them, it's a matter of winning, and the better fighter that night will advance on to the promotion's tournament final and a chance at its $20,000 grand prize.

SI.com
Transgender Fallon Fox attracts extra attention ahead of fight
SI.com
For nearly everyone else, it's the first chance to watch Fallon Fox compete since she came out as MMA's first, on-record transgender fighter in early March. That makes this no ordinary fight. Fox's admission that she'd undergone gender reassignment ...
Transgender Trailblazer Fallon Fox Talks Jason Collins, X-Men, Being a PioneerBleacher Report
Should A Former Man Be Able To Fight Women?TIME (blog)
Fallon Fox fighting for equalityESPN
Outsports -Examiner.com
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WDDE 91.1 FM | Delaware's NPR News station
Transgender community waits its turn for equality legislation
WDDE 91.1 FM | Delaware's NPR News station
While the battle to legalize same-sex marriage in Delaware is over, some members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community feel like they've taken a back seat when it comes to their issues. WDDE's James Dawson examines the ...
Sunderland teenager in line for diversity award after work in lesbian, gay ...Sunderland Echo

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Advocate.com
Transgender High School Senior Skips Graduation Over School's Transphobic ...
Advocate.com
A transgender senior at St. Pius X Catholic High School in Albuquerque skipped his graduation Wednesday after the school refused to let the teenager wear the black cap and gown worn by male graduates, instead insisting he wear the white graduation garb ...
Transgender student skips graduationABQ Journal
Transgender teen skips commencementKRQE
NM transgender student skips graduation over flapSan Francisco Chronicle
KOB.com -Party for Socialism and Liberation
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The Long Island Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Center of the Hamptons' will open this summer at Sag Harbor's First Presbyterian "Old Whalers'" Church.

01:49 PM ET 05.23 | Transgender fighter Fallon Fox believes she is at a disadvantage against her opponents. "If I don't take estrogen hormone replacement therapy, I can get osteoporosis," she continued.

A transgender senior at St. Pius X Catholic High School in Albuquerque skipped his graduation Wednesday after the school refused to let the teenager wear the black cap and gown worn by male graduates, instead insisting he wear the white graduation garb worn by female students.

Damian Garcia said he's "fully respecting" the school's decision and himself by not attending the graduation ceremony. read more

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Transgender High School Senior Skips Graduation Over School's Transphobic ...
Advocate.com
A transgender senior at St. Pius X Catholic High School in Albuquerque skipped his graduation Wednesday after the school refused to let the teenager wear the black cap and gown worn by male graduates, instead insisting he wear the white graduation garb ...
Transgender student skips graduationABQ Journal
Transgender teen skips commencementKRQE
Transgender teen opts out of grad ceremonyKOB.com
Party for Socialism and Liberation -San Francisco Chronicle
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They call her Queen of Swords in the Cage. Some call her unrepeatable things in the press.