Transgenderism
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Sportswriter Mike Penner Commits Suicide
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center reports that 83% of transgender people have thought about suicide, and 32% have attempted suicide at least once.
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Michael Dillon
Michael Dillon is the world's first female-to-male post-operative transsexual. He lived a rich, but tortured life.
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Margaret Dawn Pepper – Conceptual Artist
Maurice Pepper, born 1944, became Margaret Pepper in 2004. As a child Maurice knew he was different. As an adult Margaret is addressing transgender issues through her art
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Sex Change Kids - Gender Change Surgery Issue
Can children make informed decisions regarding issues on identity and gender transition which involve gender change surgery and hormone replacement therapy?
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Advanced Transgender Dictionary
How do you use gender neutral pronouns? What's the difference between transgender and transvestite? What's a crossdresser? Here are some useful definitions.
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Transgender Dictionary
Transgender, Transsexual, Genderqueer, Cisgender. What does all this mean? Clearing up the confusion about these terms and more.
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Angie Zapata's Murderer Sentenced to Life
Allen Ray Andrade was sentenced to life in prison for first degree murder, hate crimes, and theft against Angie Zapata, an American transgender woman, in Colorado.
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Trans Women Seeking Altered Birth Certificates
ACLU filed a lawsuit to allow two trans women to change their birth certificates. They were denied because their reassignment surgeries were performed abroad in Thailand.
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The First Transgender Documentary Film
Rising above the restraints of a low budget, Let Me Die a Woman! was the first documentary feature film to show transgender sexuality in a sympathetic light.
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Transgender and Beyond
The ever-increasing list of terms used to describe gender identity may be confusing to the average person, but this brief primer will make them easy to understand & use.
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DSM-V Gender Experts Anger LGBTs
The American Psychiatric Association sparks controversy in choosing "anti-trans" experts to revise definitions of gender identity disorders in the DSM-V.
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Review: 'The First Man-Made Man'
Author Pagan Kennedy recounts Dillon's F-to-M sex reassignment surgery and complicated search for happiness as a transgender man, from WWI Britain to the Himalayas.
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Oregon Man Pregnant
A transgendered man who recently revealed that he is six months pregnant has the world talking.
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Cuba Tackles Transgenderism
Cuban President Raul Castro has a daughter with a heart for social justice. Now head of the National Centre for Sex Education in Cuba, Mariela fights for minorities.
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Gay Men Become Trans Women in Iran
Iranian law forbids acts of homosexuality but acknowledges the malady of transsexuality. Iran's gays are choosing to turn to the operating table in hopes of acceptance.
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Three Genders In Japan and India
Japan's lady boys and India's hijras represent two populations that recognize and accept a third gender beyond man and woman, proving the gender binary wrong.
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Living as a Transgendered Teen
The teen years can be very challenging for transgenders. Two transvestite interviewees relate their experiences as they move out of childhood.
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Living as a Transgendered Child
Looking back into their childhood, two transvestite interviewees relate their personal experiences living as a transgendered youth.
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Living as a Transgendered Adult
Looking back at the past and describing the present, two transvestite interviewees describe how they deal with transgenderism in their adult life.
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Transgenderism Self-Acceptance
Living the life as a transvestite can be guilt-ridden when hiding the transgender lifestyle and fearing negative reaction if choosing to come out of the closet.
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