4th November, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
An Hour-Long Teleconference “Trans Gifts: A Conversation with Virginia Ramey Mollenkott” Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:00PM-2:00PM EST Virginia Ramey Mollenkott is professor emerita in English at William Paterson University of New Jersey. She is the author or co-author of 13 books, including several on women and religion. Perhaps the best known of her books, written » Read More
4th November, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is looking for interns for the positions listed below. The deadline for submission of applications is December 1, 2010. Internships begin December 15, 2010. Their end date depends on the particular position. The survey and chapter interns will likely complete their work by the end of the Spring. The website and » Read More
20th October, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
from ILGA Five Activists Assaulted by Police, then Charged with Resisting Arrest For Immediate Release Contact: In New York: Jessica Stern, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (English): +1-212-430-6014 In Amsterdam: Bjorn van Roozendaal, COC Netherlands (Dutch, English): +31-622558300 In Brussels: Juris Lavrikovs, ILGA-Europe – The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, » Read More
13th September, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
from Bikyamasr.com TEGUCIGALPA: The conviction of an off-duty police officer for a stabbing attack on a transgender woman is a major victory for justice and equal rights in Honduras, Human Rights Watch and Red Lésbica Cattrachas, a Honduran lesbian rights organization, said today. The two organizations attended the trial as observers. On September 9, 2010, » Read More
13th September, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
from BaristaNet.com In a surprise development, the medical examiner discovered that the victim of yesterday’s fatal shooting in Maplewood was a post-operative transgender female having undergone sex reassignment surgery. No word at this time as to whether this fact played a role in the murder, but we’ll keep you updated as we hear more. Here’s » Read More
13th September, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
from GLAAD.org Two transgender women were found murdered in Puerto Rico on Monday, reports El Nuevo Dia. According to the media outlet, local police discovered the bodies of two individuals “dressed in women’s clothes” along Highway 512 in Juana Diaz with bullet wounds to the head. Pedro Julio Serrano of the National Gay and Lesbian » Read More
1st July, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
from EDGELosAngeles.com The murder of a 28-year-old transgender woman on the South Side has left the city’s trans residents feeling sad, frustrated and vulnerable. The scant details available regarding the life of Sandy Woulard, born Credale, have only compounded those feelings. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a passing motorist found her laying in the street » Read More
25th May, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
from EDGELosAngeles.com For the second time in less than two months, Puerto Rican police are investigating the murder of a transgender woman in her home. Police say Angie González Oquendo, 38, was strangled to death with an electrical cord in her Caguas home on Monday, May 24. El Nuevo Día reported González, 38, was last » Read More
20th May, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
from EDGELosAngeles.com While mainstream media’s news reports of Dana A. “Chanel” Larkin’s murder on Friday, May 7, in Milwaukee have focused on the alleged perpetrator’s version of what he said happened, the crime’s scant media coverage has offered little to no information on who she was. According to those who did know her, Larkin, 26, » Read More
20th April, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
from EDGELosAngeles.com A transgender woman was found stabbed to death in her home outside San Juan on Monday, April 19. Primera Hora reported authorities discovered Ashley Santiago’s naked body in the kitchen of her house in Corozal, which is roughly 25 miles southwest of the Puerto Rican capital. Santiago, 31, was a popular hair stylist » Read More
