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+30 +3Photographer Captures the Teenage Years of Two Transgender Girls
Photographer Willeke Duijvekam documents the lives of two transgender teens over the course of six years.
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+16 +2Chelsea Manning says she is being denied gender-reassignment treatment
A year after being sentenced to a 35-year prison term for giving secret documents to WikiLeaks, US army private Chelsea Manning says the military is continuing to deny her gender-reassignment treatment. In a letter sent to NBC news and released on Friday, Manning says the Defence Department has not followed through with its promises after the defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, approved a treatment plan that includes allowing her to dress as a woman.
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+14 +1Boxing legend Frank Maloney: 'I'm undergoing a sex change to become a woman'
The tough-talking promoter and manager who made Lennox Lewis World Champion now lives as a woman called Kellie
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+16 +2Chelsea Manning to receive military 'gender treatment'
The US military will begin treatment for US document leaker Chelsea Manning for her gender-identity condition. Defence secretary Chuck Hagel has approved gender treatment for Pte First Class Manning, who was formerly known as Bradley. The move came after the bureau of prisons rejected the Army's request to transfer her from a military facility.
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+15 +2The Transexual Nurse Who Healed Argentina
How the son of a macho farmer grew up to become a beloved nurse—and changed many of her compatriots’ perceptions about sexuality.
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+20 +2'Cards Against Humanity' Co-Creator: Sorry for Transphobic Card
For Tumblr user horriblewarning, a party game turned into a viral Tumblr post about transphobic jokes-and prompted one of the game’s creators to publicly apologize for it. A brief overview for the uninitiated: Cards Against Humanity is a game similar to Apples to Apples, but with purposefully lewd and funny pop culture references.
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+6 +3From Singara (Beautiful) to Asingamana (Ugly) Chennai
Read Ajay's story. Share it. Make some noise. Tell your friends, neighbors and anyone who used #YesAllWomen in the recent past - because misogyny is NOT independent of homophobia or misandry. They are all evils that must be stamped out and no one - I repeat - Not One Human Being deserves to be bullied, harassed or molested regardless of gender, sexuality or mindset.
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+18 +3Chelsea Manning’s Lawyer Upset He Learned of Possible Prison Transfer Through Pentagon Leak
The Pentagon won’t respond to Chelsea Manning’s requests for gender treatment, but they’ll apparently permit officials to leak information on how the agency plans to handle her requests to the media.
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+19 +2No Government Should Get to Decide This
No one should determine your identity except you. Yet this is an obstacle transgender people face every day. The majority of trans people around the world cannot obtain official documents that match their identity. And without these documents, it's nearly impossible to do basic things like enroll in school, get a job, see a doctor, travel, or vote. We support the movement for progressive, rights-based processes for legal gender recognition. Find out more: http://osf.to/transrights
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+18 +3Transgender student's rights violated by bathroom ban, Maine court rules
School officials violated state anti-discrimination law when they prevented a transgender fifth-grader from using the girls' bathroom, according to a ruling by the highest court in Maine believed to be the first of its kind. The family of student Nicole Maines and the Maine Human Rights Commission sued in 2009 after school officials required her to use a staff restroom.
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