Obama White House not appealing transgender ruling

The Obama administration is not fighting a nearly $500,000 judgment for a Library of Congress hiree who lost the job while undergoing a gender change from a man to a woman.

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Transsexual wins $500,000 lawsuit

A federal judge has awarded a former Army Special Forces commander nearly $500,000 because she was rejected from a job at the Library of Congress while undergoing a gender change from man to woman.

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Transsexual wins federal discrimination lawsuit

A former Army Special Forces commander passed over for a job as a terrorism analyst at the Library of Congress because he was in the process of becoming a she won a discrimination lawsuit on Friday.

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Mexico Proposes Transsexual Rights

A Mexican congressman said Thursday he will submit a bill in March that would amend the country's constitution to guarantee the rights of transsexuals and change civil laws to ensure they can legally change their name and gender.

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A Malaysian transsexual, who married a 30-year-old man in Britain, might be deported back to Malaysia after his Leave To Remain visa was rejected by British authorities over an "incorrect" photograph.

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Murder inquiry following mysterious death adds to the sex and drugs tale casting a shadow over the Italian political establishment

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The formal recognition, confirmed by the election commission, answers a longstanding demand by the eunuch and transgender community, known as hijiras, who are believed to number up to six million.

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The past decade has seen an increase in the number of people diagnosed as transsexual. There are now 1,500-1,600 new referrals a year to one of the handful of gender identity clinics in Britain.

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A TRANSSEXUAL has won a written apology from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the distress she experienced as a result of having to travel on a passport that identified her as a man.

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A transsexual has won a lawsuit against her German health insurance, which will now have to pay for the former British soldier's re-constructive breast surgery, news magazine Der Spiegel reported late on Wednesday.

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Last week, Jacksonville police pulled a person over for speeding and smelled marijuana.

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Richard O'Brien gave the world The Rocky Horror Show. Now he reveals its secret origins for the first time

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The male-to-female transsexual sent to jail after a client's botched cosmetic procedure ended in death was arrested again this morning.

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LIKE many young Victorian males, Will loves his footy. He dreams of joining the thousands of men who lace up their boots every weekend and play in amateur competitions. He's just like them in every way but one — he was born female.

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"A transsexual from Nottinghamshire has warned she will end her life if she is refused hormone treatment on the NHS. Debbie Davies, from Rainworth, is seven days into a hunger strike, and said she cannot afford to fund her treatment.

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Y'all remember the rapper Chingy?  I know you probably don't remember who he is but one of his "tricks" done came out about their relationship.  According to this "tranny", shim and Chingy were in a relationship.  Personally, I don't believe it, but y'all know  …

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German teenager Kim Petras has become the world's youngest transsexual after undergoing an operation at the age of just 16.

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German teenager Kim Petras who became the world's youngest transsexual after undergoing an operation at the age of just 16 says she can't wait for the summer so she can try out a whole new wardrobe of tight fitting clothes.

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ABC News: Before Obama, DC Welcomes Leather Fetishists

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The voice down the telephone from her apartment in the south of France is unmistakably British: polished, languidly upper-class and with an old fashioned huskiness that implies a life well-lived, suggestive of a cigarette holder, a cocktail, the aroma of an expensive perfume.

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A man who was born a woman but gave birth after having a sex-change operation is expecting a second child. American Thomas Beatie had his breasts removed, lived outwardly as a man and legally changed his gender to male.

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A small town in southeast Oregon elected possibly the nation's first openly transgender mayor on Tuesday. Silverton, a small city with a population of 7,414, according to the U.S. Census, elected Stu Rasmussen as its mayor.

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A decision to allow transsexual men in Sweden to get prosthetic penises free of charge from local health authorities has drawn criticism because the prostheses on offer don't get erect.

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A Night of Mixed Emotions

I watched the tears streaming down Jesse Jackson's face and remembered a sunny afternoon over forty years ago when I saw Jesse and several other civil rights activists lead a silent march from the old Soldier's Field to Chicago's downtown loop.

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'Gays and homosexuals, they neither need sympathy or help, what they need is the stick of the law to put them on the right path and mend their ways and behaviour. 'We need to protect society from their ravages. They are preying on society.'

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A gene found that makes a biological link to gender issues. A female-to-male gene has already been located.

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The figure of the geisha is one steeped in mystery, tradition and intrigue. And, until now, becoming a geisha in Japan has been a strictly female-only affair.

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A popular transsexual Turkish singer went on trial Wednesday on charges of trying to turn the public against military service.

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For the past 12 months, she had proudly taken to the road as part of an all-female driving school. But Emma Sherdley is not exactly all woman. Until a few years ago she was a married father-of-two called Andrew.

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