Glad to be gay in Indonesia (Asia Times [Indonesia])

JAKARTA - A month-long film festival featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) issues will open on Friday in Indonesia, the only such event screened anywhere in the Muslim world. (more above)

Sex-change op rescued my life, says Oxford woman (Oxford Mail [UK])

FOR her first 39 years transsexual Gina Ravens ‘hid away from the world’ in the body of Graham Dennis Day. (more above)

Man pays 230k yuan for magic sex change

Hoping that he could turn into a woman and go abroad, a 55-year-old man was cheated out of 230,000 yuan ($34,201). (more above)

Sex-talk with Alice Hooper-Hodson (Daily Record [UK])

Q I've found pictures of men dressed as women on my partner's computer.(more above)

Vancouver woman links eviction to being transsexual (Straight ])

A Vancouver transsexual has filed a human-rights complaint, alleging discrimination on the basis of sex, age, and disability after she was evicted from a downtown social-housing complex. (more above)

Suicidal Nadia in really bad place (The Sun [UK])

FOLLOWING her suicide attempt, Big Brother star Nadia Almada has said she's in a "really bad place right now" and "needs some guidance". (more above)

Of Montreal forgot disco is dead (UB spectrum)

Georgie Fruit is back. (more above)

Transsexual scout wins praise as Turkey's '14th giant man' (Hurriyet Daily News [Turkey])

Turkish basketball star Hidayet Türkoğlu drew loud chants of “Hido, Hido” during the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship, and the crowd roared when Kerem Tunçeri made a last-minute lay-up against Serbia to take Turkey into the finals. (more later)

Thy will be done (Boston.com)

As documentaries go, “Thy Will Be Done’’ is neither evenhanded nor a work of advocacy journalism. (more above)

Unstill waters: the fluid role of networks in social movements (Nonprofit Quarterly)

An individual social movement can span many generations. (more above)

George Takei appears at Autry museum (San Fernando Sun)

Actor and community activist George Takei will make a presentation as part of the Out West series at the Autry National Center on Sunday, Sept. 19, at 2 p.m. (more above)

Montana Tea Party axed over comments concerning hanging of homosexuals (Huffington Post)

The president of Montana's Big Sky Tea Party Association has been fired from his leadership position following remarks made online that implied his support for the public hanging of homosexuals. (more above)

Pride parade turns political (CBC [Canada])

The weather may have been cool and wet, but the annual Calgary Pride parade managed to generate some political heat. (more above)

The androgynous trend continues (Black Book Magazine)

With boys dressing like girls and girls dressing like boys, there's no stopping androgyny this fall. (more above)

Ah hua or Aqua? {Ah Hua = derogatory term} (Asia Times [Singapore])

THE Ah Kua Show? Oh, you mean the Aqua Show. (more above)

I'd always hated my facial hair (The Guardian [UK])

Having changed my name, I considered what else could be done while I waited for my first Gender Identity Clinic appointment. (more above)

Why bathrooms are a civil rights issue (Huffington Post)

Although it is not frequently acknowledged, bathrooms have been contested civil rights sites for several decades now. (more above)

Egyptian transsexual battles to become a doctor (Monsters and Critics)

Cairo - Sally Abdullah Mursi walks into a room with an air of confidence, clutching a leather handbag in one hand and holding a pink mobile telephone in the other.(more above)

The changing face of the transgender community (GLTNN)

Time was when the conventional image of a transgender individual was that of a man dressing as a woman. (more above)

Queer religion and community at HRC summer institute (RD magazine)

People still seem to think of queer religious studies, if they have ever heard of the term, as an oxymoron. (more above)

Higher appeal over transgender decision (ABC [Australia])

Last year, the two, who were born female, won the right to be legally considered male even though they had not undergone surgery to remove their reproductive organs. (more above)

Transgender rules on driver's licenses changed (Philadelphia Inquirer)

HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is changing its policy on how transgender people identify themselves on driver's licenses. (more above)

Holladay ponders anti-bias rules (Utah News)

Holladay • As the City Council began considering whether to protect gay and transgender Holladay residents from housing and employment discrimination, Councilman Barry Topham instead hoped to sideline the debate at a work session this week. (more above)

Atlanta police dept. establishes LGBT advisory board (PBS)

This week, the Atlanta Police Department named nine men and women to a newly-formed advisory board. (more above)

A gay Republican comes out (The New York Times)

I have ambivalent feelings toward the news about Ken Mehlman, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, who recently announced that he was gay. (more above)

Atkin to open transgender support center {orig. sp. UK} (DigitalSpy [UK])

Hollyoaks star Victoria Atkin will attend the opening of a transgender support centre in Hull, it has been revealed. (more above)

LGBT friendly shul to host High Holy days in Brookline(Wicked Local Brookline)

Brookline —

As the High Holidays approach, Jews of any background are welcome to join Congregation Am Tikva in its services, where everyone is invited to worship and pray in a unique, welcoming setting regardless of gender, sexual orientation or traditional upbringing. (more above)

I fought for this, but not just to be a housewife (IPS)

Mavi Susel, the first transsexual in Cuba to undergo sex reassignment surgery, back in 1988, has found herself trapped in the traditionally assigned gender role of a housewife.

Transgender woman pleased with hospital's response (Pridesource)

A transgender woman said she was satisfied with changes promised by a hospital after she complained of being ridiculed by medical staff and denied treatment in its emergency room in July. (more above)

What's up at the galleries this fall? (Bay Area Reporter)

Galleries remain the best bet for discovering adventurous art and taking the pulse of the modern art world. (more above)

Relationships begin to crack... (The Sun [UK])

RELATIONSHIPS began to crack at dinner this evening as did the crokery when Nadia saw red.. over a broken plate. (more above)

Transsexuals not 'men', Aussie court rules (UPI)

Western Australia court, in a landmark decision, has ruled that transsexual "men" are, in fact, women. (more above)

Julie Hesmondhalgh loves frumpy Hayley (STV [UK])

'Coronation Street' actress Julie Hesmondhalgh admits she loves her alter-ego Hayley Cropper's frumpy sense of style, and wouldn't ever want to change her wardrobe. (more above)

Transsexual woman allowed to teach (Austrian Independent [Austria])

Austria’s first transsexual teacher has been given the all clear to work by the education ministry after a sex change operation. (more above)

Christine steels the day (Times Live [South Africa])

Yesterday, after almost a year-long court battle with her former employer, the Kempton Park transsexual was given another lease on life. (more above)

Believe it or not, you are looking at three dudes (Kotaku)

Kayo Satou, aka "Kayo Police", has not only been called one of Japan's best Street Fighter IV players, but also one of Japan's best-looking Street Fighter IV players. (more above)

City docs save baby boy from growing up as a transsexual (Bangalore Mirror [India])

A two-day-old baby boy suffering fits, low sodium and glucose levels, and had trouble breathing was saved from living his adult life as a transsexual after doctors diagnosed that he was affected by a rare congenital problem called adrenal hemorrhage. (more above)

Employer to appeal transsexual ruling (Times Live [South Africa])

Transsexual Christine Ehlers will return to court today to face another round of legal wrangling as her former employer, Bohler Uddeholm Africa, applies for leave to appeal against an earlier court ruling. (more above)

Rape of transsexual woman stirs legal debate (Thanh Nien News [Vietnam])

The rape of a transgender woman in the north-central province of Quang Binh has sparked a serious debate among legal professionals after judicial authorities declined to prosecute the three perpetrators. (more above)

Openly Gay Actor Jonathan Del Arco on Breaking Stereotypes From 'Glee'... (ET online)

With shows like "Glee," "Modern Family," "True Blood," "United States of Tara" and others, the lives of gay Americas is being represented on TV in a way they have never been shown before. Jonathan Del Arco talks to ET about defying stereotypes. (more above)

Transsexual woman Gwen Araujo murder story (All Voices)

The story of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teenager, who was brutally killed by four men, who tried to check her genitals, will be broadcasted today on the Lifetime Movie Network at 8 pm.

Coolio leaves Ultimate BB (The Sun [UK])

COOLIO was booted out of the Big Brother house this afternoon after transsexual Nadia Almada told Big Brother - "it's me or him". (more above)

Revealed: one in 25 solicitors in Scotland is transsexual (Daily Record [Scotland])

ONE in every 25 solicitors in Scotland is transsexual - according to figures provided by the Law Society. (more above)

Goodbye, my dear friend : - (

Percy Sumner
died August 21, 2010
when you came across a lonely, depressed person
you made me smile, laugh,
rest in peace, Percy

Late night reading (Montreal Gazette [Canada])

I was reading a story (before bedtime) on a British media website about a young "transsexual" whose colleagues would not accept her transition and who was fired from her job. (more above)

Bridges McRae pleads guilty in transsexual beating case (Fox)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - There was a change of plea for the former Memphis police officer accused of beating transgender Duanna Johnson while in custody. Thursday, Bridges McRae plead guilty, four months after a mistrial. (more above)

OUR VIEW: Ball hospital takes right action on tolerance (Star-Press)

Too seldom, the words "we're sorry" are absent from the lexicon of executives and public officials. (more above)

Singapore native act out the lives of Asian transsexuals (Mysinchew [Singapore(?)])

NEW YORK, Thursday 26 August 2010 (AFP) - The life of a transexual (sic) in Asia is limited to sexual work -- such is the searing viewpoint of Singapore native Leona Lo, who traveled to New York to present a first-person, three-act play on the subject. (more above)

UBB: Nadia tells Josie John James' kisses don't seem real (Now [UK])

Nadia Almada and John McCririck don't believe Josie Gibson and John James Parton are the real deal. (more above)

Suspect nabbed in LG robbery (Istockanalyst)

Aug. 25--A transsexual transient was arrested Monday, accused of robbing Banner Bank at 2720 Island Ave. (more above)