Make-up artist Solongo Batsukh braves Mongolia’s below-freezing temperatures in just a skimpy black dress and light pastel pink coat — the country’s trailblazing transgender beauty queen wants to look good in any weather. “I don’t…
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Laverne Cox thought she’d ‘never be accepted’ as a woman
Laverne Cox almost took her own life 17 years ago after feeling as though she would “never be accepted” as a woman. The 46-year-old transgender actress has revealed she once got to a point where…
Introducing Transdr, a new transgender dating app
Transdr, a Tinder-like app for trans people, has just launched across the globe. This new transgender dating app, which was released to the Apple App store right after Craigslist closed its personals section, has already…
Gender is new battleground in culture wars
With a wave of films, television series and art shows championing “gender fluidity” — and catwalks awash with “gender neutral” models and clothes — the old dividing line between the sexes is being increasingly called…
Transgender soldier makes waves with Vogue swimsuit spread
Transgender soldier Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst jailed for leaking troves of classified information to WikiLeaks, has turned heads by posing in a red one-piece bathing suit for the September issue of Vogue….
Transgender Vietnamese turn to black market hormones
Every week, Huynh Nha An faces the same dilemma: spend her paltry salary on food, or buy the black market hormones she needs to keep her facial hair from growing back. Born male but desperate…
Indian fashion week set for first transgender model
A Nepali who will become the first transgender model to walk the runway at an Indian fashion show hopes to inspire other victims of gender identity discrimination across conservative South Asia. Anjali Lama, who was…
Transgender identity should no longer be classified as mental disorder: study
Transgender identity should no longer be classified as a mental disorder in a World Health Organization list of diseases, according to a study presented in Mexico on Thursday. Violence and social rejection are the cause…
Being transgender: facts, myths and rights
Transgender people live under dramatically varying circumstances around the world — often facing violent repression, but also conquering crucial new rights most notably in Europe and the United States. There are few reliable statistics on…
Bruce Jenner’s gender transition to be documented in TV series
Bruce Jenner’s transition from male to female is going to be documented in an eight-part reality TV show. E! has announced that it will be airing the ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star’s transgender story…