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  • July 2008

    • Man-Mom Gushes Over Baby

      newser  |  People  |  Jul 24, 08 8:51 AM CDT

      Man-Mom Gushes Over Baby

      “Pregnant Man” Thomas Beatie this week shows off his gender-bending miracle, Susan Juliette, in People magazine, which Gawker reports forked over $300,000 for the first pix. Since Beatie had his breasts removed, wife Nancy drew breast-feeding duty via hormonally induced lactation, they tell People . More »

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      Oregon  • transgender  • People Magazine  • Thomas Beatie

    • Pregnant Man Gives Birth

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jul 3, 08 4:10 PM CDT

      Pregnant Man Gives Birth

      "Pregnant man" Thomas Beatie has given birth to a baby girl, ABC News reports. The 34-year-old transgender male gave birth at a hospital in Bend, Ore., sources said. The birth was natural, not by caesarean section as some reports have claimed. "She's really cute, really pretty,'' one source said of the child. Beatie, born a woman, had his breasts removed and legally changed his gender but kept his sex organs. More »

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      gender  • hospital  • transgender  • birth  • pregnant  • Thomas Beatie  • male

  • April 2008

    • First Preggers Guy: It's My Right to Have Baby

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Apr 4, 08 7:41 AM CDT

      First Preggers Guy: It's My Right to Have Baby

      A pregnant transgendered man always wanted to have a baby and kept his uterus so he could do so, he told Oprah Winfrey yesterday. The 34-year-old man, who's expecting in July, had his breasts removed years ago and underwent hormone treatment to change his sex. He decided to step up and be the "mom" when his wife learned she could not become pregnant. More »

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      pregnancy  • Oprah Winfrey  • baby  • transgender  • sex change

  • March 2008

    • Pregnant Guy Raises Baffling Gender Issues

      newser  |  Oregonian (Portland)  |  Mar 27, 08 4:10 AM CDT

      Pregnant Guy Raises Baffling Gender Issues

      A couple in a quiet Oregon town is expecting their first child. So far, so normal—but the fact that it's the man who is pregnant is raising some baffling gender issues, the Oregonian reports. The 'mother-to-be' was born a woman but is legally a man who underwent transgender sex surgery 10 years ago and is married to a woman. He kept his uterus and conceived through artificial insemination. More »

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      pregnancy  • transgender  • gender discrimination  • families  • sex change

  • February 2008

    • Transgender Con Upset Over Fading Femininity

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 27, 08 3:21 AM CST

      Transgender Con Upset Over Fading Femininity

      A prisoner who has sued for a sex-change operation has complained that treatments to feminize her body have stopped, the AP reports. “My breasts have shrunk, genitals have regained previous size, facial hair is thicker,” Michelle Kosilek, formerly Robert, wrote in a letter to the court considering the request for sex-reassignment surgery. Kosilek was convicted of the 1990 murder of his wife. More »

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      lawsuit  • hormones  • transgender  • cruel and unusual punishment  • psychotherapy  • sex change

  • December 2007

    • Nepal Court Rules for Gay Rights

      newser  |  BBC  |  Dec 22, 07 10:23 AM CST

      Nepal Court Rules for Gay Rights

      Conservative Nepal must stop its discrimination against homosexuals and make laws to protect their rights, the nation's highest court ruled yesterday. The decision is a major victory for gay rights advocates in the Himalayan country, where gay men and women have long complained of discrimination and attacks, BBC reports. "We all feel we are liberated today," said one activist. More »

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      gay rights  • human rights  • homosexuality  • Nepal  • court cases  • transgender

  • November 2007

    • Stanford Considers Co-Ed Rooms

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  Nov 29, 07 8:52 PM CST

      Stanford Considers Co-Ed Rooms

      Stanford students want co-ed dorm rooms, and the administration may take them up on the idea. "It's not about sex," one student told the San Jose Mercury News , but about feeling "comfortable in your living space." Transgender students started the initiative to build on the school's anti-discrimination policies, but now both gay and straight students have rallied behind the idea. More »

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      college  • Stanford University  • transgender  • college dorms

    • Loser Sues Winner for Falsifying Sex

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 23, 07 6:21 PM CST

      Loser Sues Winner for Falsifying Sex

      A defeated city council candidate is accusing the victorious incumbent, Michelle Bruce, of deceiving voters by identifying herself as female. Plaintiff Georgia Fuller’s lawyers say voters in Riverdale, Georgia, tend to favor female candidates. “It gives her an unfair advantage, it’s not just sour grapes,” said the lawyer. “I’ve always been Michelle,” answers Bruce, who identifies herself as transgender. More »

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      politics  • Georgia  • transgender  • gender politics  • female politicians  • city council

  • October 2007

    • Label Doesn't Fit to a T

      newser  |  Salon  |  Oct 10, 07 3:46 PM CDT

      Label Doesn't Fit to a T

      As the fate of legislation that would protect gay people from employment discrimination hangs in the balance, gay leaders have withdrawn support—because protection for the transgendered has been dropped from the bill. The liberal instinct to “want it all now” has run amok, John Aravosis argues, and boosters need to get “practical” and get the bill passed immediately. More »

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      Congress  • gay rights  • homosexuality  • civil rights  • transgender

  • September 2007

    • College Johns Go Coed

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Sep 1, 07 1:18 PM CDT

      College Johns Go Coed

      When students return to Emerson College in Massachusetts this month, they’ll be greeted by silhouettes of a man and woman on a single sign outside some two-dozen campus restrooms. In response to growing transgender discomfort with single-sex bathrooms, many colleges are making their johns gender-neutral, the Boston Globe reports. More »

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      transgender  • bathroom  • Tufts University  • restrooms

  • August 2007
  • April 2007

    • Male Sportswriter Switches Teams

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 26, 07 4:22 PM CDT

      A veteran Los Angeles Times sports columnist has announced to his readers that he's becoming a she. In lieu of his customary Mighty Ducks deconstruction, Mike Penner penned a poignant account of his lost overtime battle with his inner woman, and his ultimate decision to undergo a operation that will render him Christine Danner. More »

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      gender  • sexuality  • transgender  • Mike Penner  • transexualism

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