Transexuals in Iran (updated)
>BBC Two documentary explores why so many Iranians undergo sex change operations. Although homosexuality is a crime punishable by death in Iran, more sex change… Read More »Transexuals in Iran (updated)
LGBT+ People
LGBT Victims of Franco Receive Recognition
>Almost tow months ago, we published a post about Spanish people who had been imprisoned by the Franco regime for their sexual orientation and who… Read More »LGBT Victims of Franco Receive Recognition
International Transgender Day of Remembrance
>Sunday 18th November marks the International Transgender Day of Remembrance. This will be the ninth year that a day has been set aside to honour… Read More »International Transgender Day of Remembrance
Launch of the Gender Trust Helpline
>The LGBT Advisory Group to the Met Police project based at GALOP is launching the Gender Trust Helpline. Although the launch is in Brighton, the… Read More »Launch of the Gender Trust Helpline
Feminist, Queer & Trans Neo-Burlesque
>Performance makers, performance thinkers in discussion. Is the resurgence of burlesque a continuation of the exploitation of women’s bodies or is it potentially part of… Read More »Feminist, Queer & Trans Neo-Burlesque
LGBT Victims of Franco Demand Recognition
>On Thursday 4 September, a group of Spanish LGBT associations, the Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales y Bisexuales, (FELGTB: National LGBT Federation), requested compensations… Read More »LGBT Victims of Franco Demand Recognition
Online Survey of Inequalities and Discrimination Experienced by Trans People in Europe
>Dr Stephen Whittle, Professor of Equalities Law at Manchester Metropolitan University and Dr Lewis Turner, both of the FTM Network UK and Press for Change,… Read More »Online Survey of Inequalities and Discrimination Experienced by Trans People in Europe
Trans Marches in Paris and Barcelona
>The European trans community is mobilising this week-end with demonstrations in Paris and Barcelona. The French demonstrators on Saturday will rally under the slogan “Resis’Trans!”.… Read More »Trans Marches in Paris and Barcelona
And Then He Was a She
>Holly Woodlawn painted by Sadie Lee. Holly came from Miami, FLA Hitchhiked her way across the USA Plucked her eyebrows on the way Shaved her… Read More »And Then He Was a She
Leslie Feinberg Interviews Sylvia Rivera
>Leslie Feinberg, author of Stone Butch Blues and Transgender Warrior interviews Sylvia Rivera, a Puerto Rican Drag Queen from the Stonewall Riots in this interview.… Read More »Leslie Feinberg Interviews Sylvia Rivera