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| Sex-change doctor swops bow ties for string of pearls  |
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| Colin Bone used to be known for his collection of 80 bow ties and trademark bowler hat. But since becoming the first Health Service gynaecologist to change gender, Mr Bone - now Miss Celia Macleod - has had to adjust his dress sense. Miss Macleod was pictured for the first time yesterday wearing a stylish patterned outfit and a string of pearls.
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| Change Sex Or Die |
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| The situation of the transgendered in Iran has been the subject of frequent media reports that paint a rosy picture of life for them in the Islamic Republic, and which characterize Tehran - in a recent description in the U.K. daily The Guardian - as "the unlikely sex-change capital of the world." |
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| "Sex Op Turned Me Into Girl At Just 17" |
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| A GLAMOROUS college student today reveals how she became the
youngest transsexual in Britain.
Angel Paris-Jordan was just 17 when she was granted a sex-change op on the NHS.
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| Hidden past, hopeful future for trans athletes  |
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| Kristen Worley, a 2008 Olympic hopeful in cycling, has a secret.
But now, with great anxiety, she?s divulging it.
A few years ago, the Canadian had sex-change surgery to change her gender from male to female.
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| Israel's Dana International takes back seat to ABBA in "Best of Eurovision" (ISRAEL) |
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| Transsexual Dana, who back in 1998 performed the reprise with Jean-Paul Gaultier's memorable feathers suit, took the stage in Copenhagen with a new Gaultier's design named Spanish Bride. 'Back in 1998 we wanted to win, so tried to be different but st |
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| TRANSGENDER FIRE FIGHTER FILES DISCRIMINATION GRIEVANCE |
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| A transgender Knoxville fire fighter has filed a grievance against top ranking Knoxville Fire Department officials, charging that they have harassed and discriminated her because of her transgender status.
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| A Prom Night To Remember |
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| "The only thing that Mr. Lofy did wrong was wearing a purse that didn't match the dress and open-toed shoes before Memorial Day," said Madison lawyer Erik Guenther, who will represent Kerry Lofy.
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| Aussie Transsexual cleared (AUS) |
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| Hobart, Tasmania - Martine Delaney thinks it's strange that of all the discrimination she could encounter as a transsexual, it's the relatively minor obstacles she's overcome to play in a women's soccer league that makes her front-page news in Austra |
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| Male nurse wants to be a she legally |
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| A male nurse who underwent a sex-change procedure abroad is asking the local court for a legal change in gender to female, but the government prosecutor is against the idea.
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| Sheriff?s Department needs protocol for transgender inmates |
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| On Nov. 17, San Diego sheriff?s officers were called to the residence of Vanessa Facen, a 35-year-old pre-operative transsexual woman. Pre-op transsexuals are individuals who have made a personal decision to live as the gender opposite their natal bodies.
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| Sheriff deputies? use of force contributes to death of transgender person |
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| According to a San Diego County deputy medical examiner, there is reason to believe sheriff deputies? use of force resulted in the death of Vanessa Facen, a 35-year-old pre-operative transsexual who was arrested last November for a residential burglary. |
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| Genderqueer: Straight or gay, these kids refuse to play dress-up by the rules |
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| Who / What:
Genderqueer
One girl was called Jane Marie
Another little girl was called Felicity
Another little girl was Sally Joy
The other was me, and I'm a boy
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| Transgender Happiness |
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| In English the words “sex” and “gender” mean the same thing. Both distinguish male and female, but in actuality the definitions are quite different. Sex indicates the anatomical structure of genes, while gender leans towards the mental and societal. There are a few people whose sex and gender do not match, however. |
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| attorney general says gay protections are unconstitutional |
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| It is his intention to continually insist that his management team provide this basic right to gays, straights, lesbians and transgender employees."
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| Transsexual insists on going to women's jail (UK) |
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| Denise Martin, one of Ireland's first transsexuals who had a full sex-change operation 22 years ago, faces a prison sentence next month. The slender, 45-year-old bleached blonde could find herself in the all-male top-security Maghaberry jail outside |
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| Friends star avoids trans sex change programme |
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| Actress Courtney Cox has avoided having her family?s private matters exposed in public, quite literally.
Her brother in law, transsexual Alexis Arquette, sibling of Cox? husband, David Arquette, was set to have a sex change operation live on television.
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| Transgender athletes welcome at Montreal's Outgames |
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| Sports officials expect at least 50 transgender athletes at this summer's Outgames in Montreal. Organizers have worked out a policy to include them in all sports, for the first time at an international competition. |
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| Arrested justice: When LGBT people land in jail |
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| Kari Sundstrom, a 41-year-old transgender woman, had been on female hormones for 15 years when, in January, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a law banning hormone treatments or sex reassigment surgery for prison inmates. This meant Sundstrom, incarcerated since 2003, would have to discontinue her hormone therapy. |
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| Gender change challenges traditional culture - Vietnam |
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| Gender reassignment surgery is easy for modern medicine, but the new life it brings remains a problem for Vietnamese living in a society with traditional views on sexual identity. Sex changes are still forbidden in many countries, including Vietnam.
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| A crown fit for a queen |
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| How about a pageant that defies conventional classification, confounds your sense of pronoun assignment, and rocks with the force of several Tina Turners?
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