By Jamison Green
Special to CNN
Jamison Green is an educator, adviser and advocate on transgender issues, and the author of "Becoming a Visible Man" (Vanderbilt University Press, 2004).
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Before the word "transsexual" had been coined in English, an intrepid young person whose family belonged to the British nobility set out to transform herself from female to male. He received a medical school education, obtained hormones -- relatively new substances that were poorly understood at the time, and independently began living as a man in the early 1940s.
Eventually, he found a plastic surgeon to help him, and his physical changes were complete by 1949, but his family rejected him. The British tabloids hounded him. To escape publicity, he was forced to carve out a life for himself virtually alone. He became a Buddhist monk, and died in Tibet in 1962 at the age of 47.
His name was Michael Dillon, and he one of the Western world's first transsexual people, that is, someone who changes sex and/or gender by medical means. His extensive writings were suppressed and destroyed by his family -- only fragments survive.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Trans Rights Go Global
BY DOUG IRELAND
May was an historic month for the transgendered around the world.
The issue of transphobia was inscribed on the global LGBT agenda thanks to new initiatives from the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO). The effort includes a global petition campaign in favor of rights for the transgendered aimed at the United Nations, the World Health Organization (WHO), and governments around the world, which has already resulted in major changes in the status of the gender-variant citizens of several countries.
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May was an historic month for the transgendered around the world.
The issue of transphobia was inscribed on the global LGBT agenda thanks to new initiatives from the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO). The effort includes a global petition campaign in favor of rights for the transgendered aimed at the United Nations, the World Health Organization (WHO), and governments around the world, which has already resulted in major changes in the status of the gender-variant citizens of several countries.
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'My Identity' Wins Human Rights Comp
12 Jun 2009 |
A film telling the true story of an Irish transgender person last night won the ICCL (Irish Council for Civil Liberties), Human Rights Film School Competition, at The Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin.
The short film entitled ‘My Identity’, directed by Vittoria Colonna, was among six films screened at the event. The winning documentary tells the story of Lee, a transgender person, and the impact which his identity has on his daughter Siobhan.
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A film telling the true story of an Irish transgender person last night won the ICCL (Irish Council for Civil Liberties), Human Rights Film School Competition, at The Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin.
The short film entitled ‘My Identity’, directed by Vittoria Colonna, was among six films screened at the event. The winning documentary tells the story of Lee, a transgender person, and the impact which his identity has on his daughter Siobhan.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Few leads for 'suspicious' transgender death in Sacramento
by Dan Aiello for The Bay Area Reporter Online
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In the eight months since fishermen found the body of a young transgender woman along the banks of Sacramento's American River, police have remained unable to determine whether the death was a homicide.
Sacramento police continue to call the death of 22-year-old Fernando "Ruby" Molina "suspicious," and the case remains assigned to homicide investigators. However, after eight months, the Sacramento County Coroner's office still has not completed its report or determined a manner of death and the case remains open.
The official cause of death is drowning.
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d_aiello@sbcglobal.net
In the eight months since fishermen found the body of a young transgender woman along the banks of Sacramento's American River, police have remained unable to determine whether the death was a homicide.
Sacramento police continue to call the death of 22-year-old Fernando "Ruby" Molina "suspicious," and the case remains assigned to homicide investigators. However, after eight months, the Sacramento County Coroner's office still has not completed its report or determined a manner of death and the case remains open.
The official cause of death is drowning.
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Police say hate motivated attack on transgender person near Franklin High
By Lewis Kamb
Seattle Times staff reporter
The brutal attack of a transgender woman by a group of youths at a bus stop near Franklin High School on Saturday was clearly motivated by hate, Seattle police say.
A 13-year-old boy arrested shortly after the assault in South Seattle faces felony malicious harassment and attempted-robbery charges, according to police.
Several other youths who allegedly joined the boy in the attack remain at large, police say.
The suspect "was uncooperative in providing information regarding the identities of the other suspects involved," Officer Wayne Johnson wrote in his report.
The attack occurred at 4:42 p.m. at a Metro bus stop near Rainier Avenue South and South Mount Baker Boulevard. The 36-year-old victim told police that she is in the process of changing her "name and appearance from a man to a woman,"according to Johnson's report.
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Seattle Times staff reporter
The brutal attack of a transgender woman by a group of youths at a bus stop near Franklin High School on Saturday was clearly motivated by hate, Seattle police say.
A 13-year-old boy arrested shortly after the assault in South Seattle faces felony malicious harassment and attempted-robbery charges, according to police.
Several other youths who allegedly joined the boy in the attack remain at large, police say.
The suspect "was uncooperative in providing information regarding the identities of the other suspects involved," Officer Wayne Johnson wrote in his report.
The attack occurred at 4:42 p.m. at a Metro bus stop near Rainier Avenue South and South Mount Baker Boulevard. The 36-year-old victim told police that she is in the process of changing her "name and appearance from a man to a woman,"according to Johnson's report.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Transgender transgression: how York reacted to GNTs
June 9, 2009
The LGBT welfare motions of the last UGM all reached quoracy and passed; perhaps highlighting that the university bubble is far more liberal than the big bad world. However, the most well-voiced reaction to the motions was disappointing.
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The LGBT welfare motions of the last UGM all reached quoracy and passed; perhaps highlighting that the university bubble is far more liberal than the big bad world. However, the most well-voiced reaction to the motions was disappointing.
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Straight.com: NDP MP Bill Siksay calls for coverage of sex reassignment surgery
Vancouver: NDP MP Bill Siksay tabled today (June 3) a motion in the House of Commons which calls on the federal government to take action to ensure that sex reassignment surgery is covered by Canada’s health system.
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Expressbuzz.com: Transgenders find place in college admission forms
CHENNAI: When Shakthi Sundar was filling up the application form for a course in Madras Christian College, she noticed that the application form had a third option in gender - transgender.
This coming of age move from colleges in the city is a result of a directive from the State Education Department last year asking all colleges to not discriminate against transgenders, to recognise the gender and provide facilities for them.
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This coming of age move from colleges in the city is a result of a directive from the State Education Department last year asking all colleges to not discriminate against transgenders, to recognise the gender and provide facilities for them.
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Change.org: Is Health Care Failing Transgender Patients?
The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association released a study, based on the survey responses of more than 90 hospitals and 70 health clinics in the United States, on the care provided to LGBT patients, and the findings show an epidemic of insufficient care for transgender patients.
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Reuters: Harvard University creates gay professorship role
BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University is creating an endowed professorship in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual studies, the first of its kind in the United States and reflecting a rise in sex-related academia nationwide.
The Ivy League school will invite visiting scholars to teach on sexuality and issues related to sexual minorities for one semester each, a Harvard official said on Wednesday.
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The Ivy League school will invite visiting scholars to teach on sexuality and issues related to sexual minorities for one semester each, a Harvard official said on Wednesday.
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BBC: Venezuela 'silent' on hate crimes rise
In a city where about 40 murders take place every weekend, it may not come as a big surprise that four prostitutes have been killed on the same stretch of road in Caracas in recent months.
But when you find out that all four were transsexuals or transgender, it changes the picture somewhat.
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But when you find out that all four were transsexuals or transgender, it changes the picture somewhat.
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
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