Faith E. Pinho, Rachel Schnaltzer
Los Angeles Times
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Faith E. Pinho, Rachel Schnaltzer
Los Angeles Times
To view 'Sex-change operations have place in medicine', go
Andrea Holland
Kaiser Health News
Alessandra Young
ABC News
To view 'Ellis Glenn Just Can't Be Good', go
Taylor Inman
NPR
To find out more of Billy Tipton's life, you can find out on Wikipedia.
Press
US News & World Report
To view 'A Queer Woman', go
To view 'The ICLTEP Reporter', go
Eleanor Lawrie
BBC
To view 'Ella Zoyara: Death of the Noted Circus Female Impersonator', go
To view 'A Few Days Left - Charlotte McLeod', go
To find out more information on Charlotte Frances McLeod, here you go!
Will Sentell
The Advocate
Dan Avery
NBC News
Christine Fernando, Wendy Rhodes, Rick Neale
USA Today
To view 'Cross-Talk', go
Mark Sherman
Yahoo!
To view 'Legal Ethics Luncheon', go
All of these newsletters are important, but pay special attention Sharon Ann Stuart's 'Personal Observations On Discrimination', a personal document on the intersection between African-Americans and transgender people.
To view 'Christine Jorgensen Performs on Stage at the Silver Slipper', go
Although eventually it had to be demolished, the Silver Slipper had quite a history. If you have time, look it up!
To view 'Hermaphrodites with Attitude', go to
Pete Williams
Yahoo!
To view 'Facing Discrimination, Organizing for Freedom', go
Phyllis Randolph Frye is most definitely a shero. When she wrote this document in the year 2000, things were more difficult for transgender people. Fortunately they are better. As far as Phyllis' life today, she is a judge - in Texas!
Staff
Washington Blade