transgender issues
Roundup: State Legislatures Aim to Restrict Medical Abortion
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
April 27, 2011 - 9:54am (Print)
Oklahoma and Texas want to restrict use of medical abortion despite recommendations from medical groups; Florida votes on pile of anti-abortion bills today; MariaTalks.com controversy continues in Massachusetts; and Texas tries to repeal transgender marriage.
Roundup: Virginia Pro-Choice Groups Ask for Equal Regulation of Outpatient Clinics
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
March 24, 2011 - 9:35am (Print)
Same-sex marriages won't be allowed in California during Prop 8 appeal, international transgender news, trade schools cannot discriminate against applicants with HIV or AIDS, and Virginia pro-choice groups ask for new regulations to be applied to all outpatient surgery centers, not just abortion clinics.
Transgendered Can Now Travel More Easily
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
June 11, 2010 - 8:30am (Print)
The State Department has relaxed its passport rules, a change which will now make it easier for transgendered people to obtain passports that accurately reflect their gender identity.
Get Real! I Feel Like My Body Is Wrong, But My Parents Say My Feelings Are Wrong
by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com
May 28, 2010 - 10:07am (Print)
Listen to your own feelings and sense of self. You're the expert when it comes to your own identity. The only ultimate authority on our gender is us.
Obama Appoints Transgendered Woman to Commerce Department Post
January 4, 2010 - 1:54pm (Print)
Stoking Fire: Far Right Opposition to Hate Crimes Laws
by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check
August 11, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Sexual Rights and Wrongs: Policing the Gendered Order
by Carolina Austria, RH Reality Check, Asia
August 10, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)
VIDEO: Are You a Man Or a Woman?
by Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check
August 6, 2009 - 2:24pm (Print)
Whenever someone
inadvertently finds out that my brother is transgendered, the slew of questions
inevitably begins. “Why did he transition? What was he like as a girl? Did you
think there was something wrong with him?”
Vancouver Pharmacy Says No to Trans People
by Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check
July 8, 2009 - 11:09am (Print)
An all-women pharmacy in Vancouver sounds like a great resource if you’re a bio-woman, but what about the population of transgender sex workers that are in need of safer sex education and, potentially, rape counseling?
Inclusive ENDA Introduced; "We Are Beyond" Removing Gender Identity Protections, Says Frank
June 24, 2009 - 1:33pm (Print)
