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Advocates for youth
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| Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ) youth face tremendous difficulties growing up in a society where heterosexuality is often presented as the only acceptable orientation, and homosexuality is regarded as deviant. Research suggests that homophobia and heterosexism greatly contribute to higher rates of suicide, violence victimization, risk behavior for HIV infection, and substance abuse among GLBTQ youth as compared to their heterosexual peers. |
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Arrested justice: When LGBT people land in jail
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| Kari Sundstrom, a 41-year-old transgender woman, had been on female hormones for 15 years when, in January, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a law banning hormone treatments or sex reassigment surgery for prison inmates. This meant Sundstrom, incarcerated since 2003, would have to discontinue her hormone therapy. |
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attorney general says gay protections are unconstitutional
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| It is his intention to continually insist that his management team provide this basic right to gays, straights, lesbians and transgender employees." |
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About Gender
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| GENDER ROLES - GENDER VARIANCE - GENDER IDENTITY About Gender - Towards a balanced account of human gender and sex differences. |
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At 81, granddad is grandma! (SA) 
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| At first glance this 81-year-old grandmother of six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren looks like any sophisticated, well-groomed elderly woman with a taste for beautiful clothes. It?s only when you are aware of her history that you notice she sometimes seems to forget who ?or what- she is, sitting with her legs apart or suddenly speaking with a deeper voice. But if you didn?t know you would never guess until recently Georgina Parson was a loving grandfather. |
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A crown fit for a queen
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| How about a pageant that defies conventional classification, confounds your sense of pronoun assignment, and rocks with the force of several Tina Turners? |
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A Prom Night To Remember
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| "The only thing that Mr. Lofy did wrong was wearing a purse that didn't match the dress and open-toed shoes before Memorial Day," said Madison lawyer Erik Guenther, who will represent Kerry Lofy. |
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An Open Letter to the Parents, Family and Friends of a Transsexual
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| You probably have many question. If you are concerned about the person, you probably have some fears. In this letter, I will try to answer some of those questions and deal with a few of those fears. I can speak with authority on this subject, because |
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Aussie Transsexual cleared (AUS)
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| Hobart, Tasmania - Martine Delaney thinks it's strange that of all the discrimination she could encounter as a transsexual, it's the relatively minor obstacles she's overcome to play in a women's soccer league that makes her front-page news in Austra |
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Amanda Lear
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| Amanda was born in 1946 in Hong Kong from an English/French father who served for the French army in Indochina and an Asian/Russian mother, Amanda was raised in the South of France and in Switzerland. Amanda's SRS in the early 1960's was performed at |
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Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Bill
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| This is the oral presentation for the South African Home Affairs Portfolio Committee Hearings on 9 September 2003. Based on this presentation, the sex description act has been changed in order that people can change their gender on ID documentation, |
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Anne's Metamorphosis
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| After a struggle that lasted more than 50 years, Anne Kuipers escaped her male body and became what she always wanted to be, a woman. The website is the online companion to Anne Jayne Kuipers' book by the same name. |
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