Passport Rules Eased for Transgender People

Trans activists said new rules issued by the State Department that allow transgender individuals to change their gender designation on their passport without undergoing gender-reassignment surgery will “save lives.”

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Surgery no longer a requirement for changing gender on passport

The U.S. State Department announced Wednesday a new policy that no longer requires passport applicants seeking a gender change to have undergone sexual reassignment surgery.

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Finding happiness changing genders

Avery Eros Finley is a man. Six months ago, he began injecting testosterone. It’s brought on physical changes that allow his body to reflect the way he’s felt inside since he was young.

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Nine O’Clock

Cabinet insists on cuts, despite IMF showing flexibility to other options. The letter of intent will be ready next Wednesday. After a new round of negotiations between Union leaders and the ministers of Finance and Labour in the presence of PM failed yesterday, the general strike seems unavoidable.

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Nine O’Clock

General strike still expected on May 31. Meanwhile, two of the patronages UGIR-1903 and CONPIROM announced they would not support the memorandum with the IMF and would return a blank vote in CES. The two confederations were accused by transporters union leader of agreeing to the pensions and wage cuts.

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What next on the NHS? Bikini waxes for bisexuals?

The job advertisement for a ‘Hair Removal Specialist – Transgender Services’ is one of the more imaginative ways in which the NHS contrives to spend our money.

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Nine O’Clock

Unionists will attempt to convince government to revise the tough austerity measures today at a meeting of the Economic and Social Council (CES). Cabinet has only six weeks to implement the measures announced, Romanias representative to IMF says, otherwise, tax hikes likely.

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Exploring the many shades of gender

Presentation addresses gender issues and misconceptions about intersex identity.

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Texas Tribune: 2 El Paso women legally married

Their love story started with fuschia fingernail polish and black leather. Therese Bur got her first glimpse of Sabrina Hill – a tall, dark-haired woman decked out in leather gear and flashing those nails – at about 2 a.m. at an Arizona gas station.

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Texas Tribune: 2 El Paso women legally married

Their love story started with fuschia fingernail polish and black leather. Therese Bur got her first glimpse of Sabrina Hill – a tall, dark-haired woman decked out in leather gear and flashing those nails – at about 2 a.m. at an Arizona gas station.

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