05/24/2013 03:36 PM

SI.com
Should A Former Man Be Able To Fight Women?
TIME (blog)
It's one thing for a male-t0-female transgender athlete to, say, play tennis against other women, like Reneé Richards famously did back in the 1970s. Or even basketball: that's not a combat sport. But MMA is brutal. Letting Fallon Fox back in the ring ...
Transgender Fallon Fox attracts extra attention ahead of fightSI.com
Transgender Trailblazer Fallon Fox Talks Jason Collins, X-Men, Being a PioneerBleacher Report
Transgender MMA Fighter Fallon Fox Improves to 3-0 Against a Game Allanna ...Yahoo! Sports
ESPN -FanSided -Advocate.com
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05/24/2013 12:18 PM

Here Are The Best States To Be A Transgender High School Athlete
Deadspin
As reported by the Times earlier this month, new legislation in California could make that state the first to legally guarantee the rights of transgender high school athletes. California has already joined a group of more than half a dozen states with ...
05/24/2013 01:01 PM

Prisons must address transgender realities
Baltimore Sun (blog)
In Kevin Rector's blog posting, "LGBT inmates report sexual victimization at much higher percentages" (May 20), he assumes that "other" sexual orientation is transgender. Sexual orientation refers to one's inclination in sexual and romantic partners ...
05/24/2013 12:23 PM

Advocate.com
Transgender Woman Alleges Discrimination by Bridal Shop
Advocate.com
A transgender woman in Canada's Saskatchewan province has filed a discrimination complaint against a bridal shop that wouldn't let her try on gowns, with a clerk reportedly telling her men weren't allowed to do so. Rohit Singh filed the complaint with ...
05/23/2013 11:11 PM

Bleacher Report
Transgender MMA Fighter Fallon Fox Makes Weight, Ready for CFA 11 Bout
Bleacher Report
Despite an enormous amount of controversy, Fallon Fox is now officially set for her upcoming match at Championship Fighting Alliance 11. Fox (2-0) came in comfortably under the 145-pound limit (via Facebook), where she'll face Allanna Jones (2-1 ...
05/23/2013 09:04 PM

Advocate.com
Transgender High School Senior Skips Graduation Over School's Transphobic ...
Advocate.com
A transgender senior at St. Pius X Catholic High School in Albuquerque skipped his graduation Wednesday after the school refused to let the teenager wear the black cap and gown worn by male graduates, instead insisting he wear the white graduation garb ...
Transgender student skips graduationABQ Journal
Transgender teen skips commencementKRQE
NM transgender student skips graduation over flapSan Francisco Chronicle
Party for Socialism and Liberation -KOB.com
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05/24/2013 01:10 PM

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund Kicks Off Pride Week With 8th ...
NewNowNext
Other guests in attendance will include Lance Bass and Coy Mathis, the 6-year-old transgender Colorado girl who was banned from using her school's girls' bathroom, sparking a national outrage. TLDEF has since filed a complaint with Colorado's civil ...
05/23/2013 09:50 AM

CBC.ca
Transgender bride files human rights complaint in Saskatoon
globalnews.ca
SASKATOON – Weeks after being allegedly discriminated against by a Saskatoon business, Rohit Singh says she is prepared to fight back and launched a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission on Wednesday to prove it. Singh alleges ...
Transgender bride files human rights complaintCBC.ca

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05/23/2013 09:04 AM

In conversation: The shadow minister and Europe's only transgender MP
Politics.co.uk
The UK model, emerging from a view of transgender as a medical condition, is hemmed in at every point by medical and psychiatric gatekeepers, who determine whether an individual is genuinely 'trans' and allow access to the next stage in the transition ...

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05/23/2013 10:23 PM

WDDE 91.1 FM | Delaware's NPR News station
Transgender community waits its turn for equality legislation
WDDE 91.1 FM | Delaware's NPR News station
While the battle to legalize same-sex marriage in Delaware is over, some members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community feel like they've taken a back seat when it comes to their issues. WDDE's James Dawson examines the ...
Sunderland teenager in line for diversity award after work in lesbian, gay ...Sunderland Echo

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