Transgender

Transgendered Courage?

Transgendered people are often seen as courageous; they have the guts to take radical steps to become the people they really are.  But I don’t see them as any different from people, mostly women, who get nip-and-tuck surgeries, botox, and breast enlargements.  After all, they too take radical steps to become the people they feel they really are – youthful and sexually attractive.I un ....

Rio Police Reports to Respect Transgendered Identities

RIO DE JANEIRO (IPS) - The state of Rio de Janeiro in southeast Brazil will introduce a pioneering policy in March to reduce the under-reporting of crimes against transvestites and transsexual people, who will be able to identify themselves with their preferred names when they report crimes to the police.The right to use the names and pronouns chosen by transgender people, rather than the names on ....

Transgender Canadians confront Air Travel discrimination

A friend was asking me about the difference between the words “transgender” and “transsexual.” Are they interchangeable terms? Well, it depen ....

Transgender Rights: U.S. confronts Bathroom Issue once again

U.S. civil rights movements — ones formed to address the oppression of minority populations — have often had significant pushback by societal op ....

Protect Transgender Rights in the Girl Scouts of America

When I was seven years old, I was excited to join a Brownie troop. Whatever experiences I had in those first few years of Girl Scouts stuck with me ....

Transgender Book: My Husband Betty

Helen Boyd never expected to write about transvestites and their partners, yet here is her fascinating account of marriage to a cross-dresser, the int ....

Transgender Terminology: As Clear as Mud?

A friend was asking me about the difference between the words “transgender” and “transsexual.” Are they interchangeable terms? Well, it depends on who you ask. Many transsexual people don’t consider themselves to be transgender folks — both words are adjectives, by the way. The word “transgender” is an umbrella term covering just about everyone who blurs gender lines. It can incl ....

ABC-TV on Transgenders: Let's get real

ABC premiered its sitcom, Work It . Its only redeeming quality is that it will serve as the benchmark for bad television for years to come, right alongside Hello, Larry and AfterMASH . The show gained negative ratings across the board, and was pounded by the critics. Meanwhile, I get to sit back and smugly note that I saw this coming. "Guys dress up as women to get something" is a dead concept, o ....

Transgender Dating Service Opens

Transwomyn is a new dating consultancy for Transgender communities and admirers.  This group is for Trans women / Transgendered / Intersex c ....

Toronto's Transgender, Gay communities boycott Salvation Army

At some point over the holidays Xtra usually writes a story reminding people not to donate to the Salvation Army and instead boycott the bell-ringer ....

Ask a Transsexual: Being a Shemale

These are the questions being answered in this week's episode! -What percentage of t-girls do you think embrace the use of their c-ck? Oh and how m ....

Transgender Woman discusses dating men

In the above video, a transgender woman briefly discusses dating men.Are you seeking a Transgender online dating consulting service.  Join T ....

Transgender Matchmaking Service debuts

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Transgender Matchmaking Service debuts

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Transgender organizations get new advertising outlet

Do you help coordinate a Transgender-related organization? Are you seeking to further market your Transgender-related organization?Would you like to advertise in The Canadian National Newspaper? Help support our grassroots movement for socially progressive and independent journalism, while marketing your Transgender website. Become a socially conscience advertiser or sponsor. The Canadian can ....

Hong Kong Transgender Person seeks right to Marry

HONG KONG -- Deutsche Presse-Agentur reports that a transsexual will ask Hong Kong's top court to affirm her right to marry her boyfriend, a news report said Saturday.The lawyer of the 36-year-old, who was born a man, said the case would go to the Court of Final Appeal after a lower court on Friday refused her the right to legally marry a man.The plaintiff, identified only as W, had a male-to-fe ....

New York teenager discusses being Transgender

In the video below Angie discusses being transgendered. In the meantime, would you like to see more analysis about this video in The Canadian National Newspaper? Then, show your support. Make a member-pledge donation, in support of our Membership Drive. Do you seek to help spread further social awareness? We also welcome the submission of well written articles and editorials. The Canadian ....

Transgender: Tennessee DMV can't have it both ways

This isn’t my usual column publishing day, but this infuriated me so much that I had to say something. It seems that Andrea Jones went to a Tennessee DMV office to have her driver’s license gender marker changed from “M” to “F.” The office refused because she didn’t have paperwork documenting proof of genital surgery. But when Jones took off her top to prove her womanhood, ....

Ask Matt: Reflections on Transgender Marriage Legalities

A READER WRITES: “I am a transman in a committed relationship (6.5 years together) with a cisman. We met when I was still presenting as female, and he has been a source of unconditional love throughout the process. I hope to begin hormone therapy in early December, and he supports me.“We were in a car accident last month, and he was flown to Shock Trauma – we’re fine, but the incident go ....

Ob-Gyns: Prepare to Treat Transgender Patients

Washington, DC -- To address the significant health care disparities of transgender individuals and to improve their access to care, ob-gyns should prepare to provide routine treatment and screening or refer them to other physicians, according to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College).In a Committee Opinion published today, The College also states its opposition to ....