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NEWS ABOUT: sex change

sex change stories: 10 news summaries

Chastity Bono Will Change
Sex to Male

Sonny and Cher's child began process just
after 40th birthday

Jun 11, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chastity Bono—the 40-year-old activist-artist child of Sonny and Cher—is in the early stages of changing his gender from female to male. “It is Chaz’s hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his ‘... More »

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entertainment • gender • Cher • sex change • gay • Chastity Bono • Sonny Bono

(Newser) - Pregnant Man is no one-baby wonder. Thomas Beatie gave birth to his second child this morning, reports ABC News. Beatie, who was born a woman but is now legally a man, catapulted to fame last year when images of his pregnant belly surfaced. Though he's had some surgery toward his... More »

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gender • baby • sex change • Thomas Beatie • pregnant man • gender confusion

Transsexual Pregnant
With Twins Mid-Sex Change

Spaniard interrupts gender reassignment

Mar 22, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Spanish transsexual undergoing gender reassignment from female to male is pregnant with twins, reports the New York Daily News. Ruben Coronado interrupted the sex change process for fertility treatments after learning his partner couldn't have more children. Coronado plans to complete the sex change after the twins are born... More »

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Spain • twins • sex change • fertility treatment • pregnant man

Banks Will Pay for Top Model Contestant's
Sex Change

'This is not happening,' cries Isis King

Nov 17, 08 7:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Tyra Banks shocked a former America's Next Top Model contestant by offering to pay for her sex change, the New York Daily News reports. Transgendered Isis King, booted off the show for flunking a poolside photo shoot, was stunned when Banks said a doctor will operate pro bono. "This... More »

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entertainment • Tyra Banks • transgender • sex change • America's Next Top Model

Even Toughest Toads Are Being Unmanned

Clues to sex-change mystery could explain amphibian decline

Jul 13, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The mystery of the hermaphrodite toads may be solved: Researchers have found that various chemicals used in farming are linked to sex changes in certain amphibian species, the Independent reports. In a population of cane toads, 40% of males had developed feminine coloring and ovaries, and an additional 20% had... More »

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endangered species • farming • chemicals • extinction • frogs • hermaphrodite • sex change • amphibians

 Cuban Prez OKs
 Sex Change
 Operations 

Daughter Mariela, who heads sex ed center, pushed for change

Jun 6, 08 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cubans can now have free sex change operations, Reuters reports. The latest legal change under President Raul Castro was pushed by his daughter, Mariela Castro, who heads a sex education center and says she has a 28-person waiting list. Cuba allowed a sex change 20 years ago, but sparked so... More »

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Cuba • Raul Castro • sex change • Havana

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

Pregnant transgendered man kept his uterus to be a 'mom,' he tells Oprah

Apr 4, 08 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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pregnancy • Oprah Winfrey • baby • transgender • sex change

Pregnant Guy Raises Baffling Gender Issues

Transgendered
'mother-to-be' will be
father to the baby

Mar 27, 08 4:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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pregnancy • families • transgender • sex change • gender discrimination

Transgender Con Upset
Over Fading Femininity

Killer suing for surgery wants more treatment

Feb 27, 08 3:21 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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hormones • transgender • lawsuit • sex change • cruel and unusual punishment • sex reassignment surgery • Robert Kosilek • Michelle Kosilek • Department of Correction • psychotherapy • gender identity disorder

Girl Talk from Transsexual Sports Columnist

Mike Penner returns
as Christine Daniels

Aug 16, 07 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Penner is back in business as a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times, but under a new byline: Christine Daniels. In an interview with NPR, Daniels talks about the decision to come out as a transsexual, the response she got after writing about it in her column in... More »

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sports • Mike Penner • transexualism • sexuality • transgender • gender politics • machismo • sex change • Christine Daniels

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