Articles- Collected Articles For The Transgender Community

Published 04/21/2011

by Seth Hemmelgarn, BAR

s.hemmelgarn@ebar.com

Romel Reid was drinking with two friends a couple months ago near 14th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland when, he said recently, two “boys” walked up and asked if he and his friends wanted to buy marijuana.

Reid, who’s 21 and lives in Fremont, said he and his friends declined. But the offer – around 1 a.m. on February 24 – was just the beginning of an incident that was about to go terribly wrong.

One of the men who had approached pulled out a gun, put it to one of Reid’s friend’s neck, and said, “Give me everything you have right now,” said Reid. (more…)

Every day, transgender and gender non-conforming people are marginalized because of their gender identity and expression. In The Life Media features the personal stories of Ja’briel and Michelle, two trans women whose experiences highlight the findings of the first comprehensive transgender discrimination study completed by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. (more…)

Last week saw the release of a very important new resource for medical providers serving transsexual and gender-variant patients. The Primary Care Protocol for Transgender Patient Care is a web-based resource that goes beyond hormone treatment and surgery options to cover important topics such as sexual health and fertility, cancer and cardiovascular disease, patient intake and insurance issues, and harm reduction.

The Protocol is the creation of The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health at the University of California, San Francisco. The Center’s aim is to increase access to comprehensive, effective and affirming health care services for trans and gender-variant communities. (more…)

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police and prosecutors said a transgender youth was the victim of a hate crime in a city known for tolerance and diversity.

The city’s LGBT community plans to mobilize for a rally to call attention to the recent beating.

The 20-year-old transgender woman said she was attacked by two men near a food truck at the BART Plaza at 16th Street and Mission.

She asked KTVU to conceal her identity and call her Mia.
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Every generation brings a new definition of masculinity and femininity that manifests itself in children’s dress

* By Jeanne Maglaty
* Smithsonian.com, April 08, 2011
Little Franklin Delano Roosevelt sits primly on a stool, his white skirt spread smoothly over his lap, his hands clasping a hat trimmed with a marabou feather. Shoulder-length hair and patent leather party shoes complete the ensemble.

We find the look unsettling today, yet social convention of 1884, when FDR was photographed at age 2 1/2, dictated that boys wore dresses until age 6 or 7, also the time of their first haircut. Franklin’s outfit was considered gender-neutral.
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