BOSTON, April 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Complications from
transgender procedures may be significantly minimized when treatment
of a patient with severe gender identity disorder begins prior to
puberty, according to expert opinion today at the American Association
of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 19th Annual Meeting & Clinical
Congress.
The reason, according to Dr. Norman Spack of Children’s Hospital
Boston, is that transgender people treated [...]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/04/14/transgender.irpt/index.html?hpt=C1

From the Bilerico Project… http://www.bilerico.com/contributors/father_tony/

Within five minutes of my arrival at the Hollywood home of folk rock vocalist and acoustic guitarist Mark Angelo Cummings and his wife Violet, Mark took off his shirt to display his remarkable physique. (May all the handsome men I ever have the pleasure of interviewing be this candid!) Mark is [...]

Filed by: Kelley Winters
March 16, 2010 1:00 PM
The International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) has posted an
online petition calling for removal of the Transvestic Disorder diagnosis (302.3) from the pending Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). http://dsm.ifge.org/petition/

Please help put an end to this defamatory and hurtful psychiatric label by adding your name [...]

CNN is airing the story “Her name was Steven” on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Look for it in your local listings and set your DVR.  The “Buzz” is CNN has done a good job with a complicated issue. We shall see. :0)
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/10/her.name.was.steven/index.html?hpt=C1

Last night I was on a GLBTQIA panel and we were talking about words. The words that others outside our community throw at us to make us less than; you know faggot, dyke, sicko, butch, sissy, dick sucker, etc, etc, etc. Those words the ones we try not to hear as they are being yelled [...]

The following was shared by Robbi Cohn, as I read the story it touched me in several ways. First how the experiences are so cruel and dehumanizing, and how it would never happen to someone who fit our cultures norms. The question becomes why, why, why, we care so damn much? Can you afford to [...]

News release from Latino Equality Alliance:
Latino LGBT and civil rights organizations hold community forum
for “hard to count” community to discuss importance of being included
in the 2010 Census.
Los Angeles, CA – The Latino Equality Alliance (LEA) – an alliance
of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community based groups -
MALDEF and the Census Bureau held a community forum [...]

San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, CA, USA
Heroes, Pioneers and Trailblazers 2010 Honoree: Sandra Usi Ramirez
Lambda Archives of San Diego gala to honor 10 members of local LGBT community
Esther Rubio-Sheffrey – Staff Writer | Wed, 02/24/2010 – 12:27pm
SAN DIEGO — They make a difference in our lives. Some are well-known
activists in San Diego’s LGBT community [...]