A Gender Variance Who's Who: 2012

This site is the most comprehensive on the web devoted to trans history and biography. Well over 1800 persons worthy of note, both famous and obscure, are discussed in detail, and many more are mentioned in passing.

There is a detailed Index arranged by vocation, doctor, activist group etc. There is also a Place Index arranged by City etc. This is still evolving.

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02 January 2013

Some Events of the Year 2012: Part 11: Bookshops, Archives, Books.

Part 1: Organizations, Equal marriage.
Part 2: Other Legislation.
Part 3: Persons.
Part 4: Spouses, Family, Kids.
Part 5: Political, Celebrities, Sports, Festivals.
Part 6: Schools, Universities & Colleges, Imprisonment, Nemeses, Internet.
Part 7: Doctors & Sexologists, Medicine, Genetics, Obituaries.
Part 8: Fashion, Beauty Pageants, Music, Dance & Performance.
Part 9: Art, Television, Adverts, Theatre, Cinema.
Part 10: Jargon, News Media, Theses & Studies.
Part 11: Bookshops, Archives, Books.

++ added later

Bookshops

Glad Day, Toronto, saved by a consortium of investors.

Beyond Stonewall, Ottawa, to continue under new ownership.

Books

$£¥ €=Excessively overpriced books.

Chantal Aubrey. La femme et le travesti. Editions du Rouergue, 2012. "Des acteurs traditionnels onnagata japonais au moderne Kazuo Ohno, des garçons travestis de Shakespeare aux personnages de cabaret de Pina Bausch, on plonge avec ravissement dans le livre de Chantal Aubry...
Très complet, l'ouvrage de Chantal Aubry est un transport amoureux et un regard vif sur la société. On peut passer des heures devant une seule image, Iggy Pop en femme fatale par exemple. La riche iconographie ne fait qu'embellir le propos."
Hanne Blank. Straight: the Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality. Boston: Beacon Press, 2012. "The heterosexual was invented in the 1860s and swiftly transformed Western culture. The idea of 'the heterosexual' was unprecedented." There have been previous books on this topic by Louis-George Tin (see below) and Jonathan Katz.
Amity Pierce Buxton & R.L. Pinely. Unseen-Unheard: The Journey of Straight Spouses. Food for Thought Books, 2012. "Spouses of these men and women feel a great loss and anger when they realize that their spouses are homosexuals or lesbians; they often feel cheated and lied to and have a very difficult time recovering; but in time recover they do."
Ronald Cohn & Jesse Russell. Transsexual News Telegraph. VSD, 2012.
++ Trystan Theosophus Cotten (ed). Hung Jury: Testimonies of Genital Surgery by Transsexual Men. Transgress Press, 2012. "The first book of personal testimonies focusing exclusively on FTM genital surgery and the important ways it changes our lives. Contributors write about the details and ups and downs of this transformative journey and dispel many myths and misinformation. They provide an in depth, understanding of the surgical, social, sexual, somatic, spiritual, and psychological aspects."
Anne Enke (ed). Transfeminist Perspectives: in and Beyond Transgender and Gender Studies. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2012. "If feminist studies and transgender studies are so intimately connected, why are they not more deeply integrated? ... Working from the premise that transgender is both material and cultural, the contributors address such aspects of the university as administration, sports, curriculum, pedagogy, and the appropriate location for transgender studies."
Maxime Foester. Elle ou lui?: Une histoire des transsexuels en France. La Musardine, 2012. A new edition of his 2006 book, with an additional chapter. How does €16 become $89 in the US -- buy from Amazon.FR and pay the postage.
$£¥ € Anne A. Lawrence. Men Trapped in Men's Bodies: Narratives of Autogynephilic Transsexualism. Springer Verlag, 2012. "These narratives about autogynephilia ... provide the first comprehensive documentation of the erotic ideation that underlies the most common form of MtF transsexualism." Even the Kindle edition is $98.
Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry & Dru Pagliassotti. Boys' Love: Manga Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co, 2008.
Jennifer L. Levi & Elizabeth E. Monnin-Browder (eds). Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy, GLAD, 2012. Newsarticle.
$£¥ € Geertje Mak. Doubting Sex: Inscriptions, Bodies and Selves in Nineteenth-Century Hermaphrodite Case Histories. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012. "Here praxiography moves into history. The result is stunning. Learn how sexed bodies and selves-with-a-sex got crafted in 19th century western Europe." "three hundred European case histories of people whose sex was doubted during the long nineteenth century ... shows how sex changed from an outward appearance inscribed in a social body to something to be found deep inside body and self." Paperback version due in 2013.
$£¥ € Kazumi Nagaike. Fantasies of Cross-Dressing: Japanese Women Write Male-Male Erotica. Leiden: Brill, 2012.
Nat Smith & Eric A. Stanley. Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex. Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2011. Review.
Dean Spade. Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law. Brooklyn, NY: South End Press, 2011. Newsarticle.
$£¥ € Christer Strömholm. Les Amies De Place Blanche. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2011. Photographs of trans women in 1960s Paris – re-issued in association with an exhibition in New York.
Maud-Yeuse Thomas, with Karine Espinera & Arnaud Alessandrin. La Transyclopedie: tout savoir sur les transidentités. Lulu.com, 2012. "la clarification des concepts qui entourent les trans : de l'histoire des associations, à l'évolution du droit, en passant par la culture et la santé, les médias, la sexualité (pornographie, prostitution. . .), les religions ou encore la transparentalité et la transphobie. "
Tin, Louis-Georges. The Invention of Heterosexual Culture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012. Finally in English translation. "Tin maps the emergence of heterosexual culture in Western Europe and the significant resistance to it from feudal lords, church fathers, and the medical profession. Tin writes that before the phenomenon of 'courtly love' in the early twelfth century, the man-woman pairing had not been deemed a subject worthy of more than passing interest. "
Sam Winter. Lost in Transition: Transgender People, Rights and HIV Vulnerability in the Asia-Pacific Region. UNDP, 2012. Download. Newsarticle.

Guidebooks

Anne L. Boedecker. The Transgender Guidebook: Keys to a Successful Transition. Kindle, 2012.
Meghan Chavalier. Your True Self: An Informative Guide For Transitioning Transgender Women. Kindle, 2012.
Eleanor A. Hubbard & Cameron T. Whitley (eds). Trans-Kin: A Guide for Family & Friends of Transgender People. 2012. Webpage.
Nick Teich. Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue. Columbia University press, 2012. Newsarticle.

Transphobic

$£¥ € Sheila Jeffreys & Lorene Gottshalk. Gender Hurts: A Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism. Routledge Press, 2013. Yes: $124 !!!!
Mark Geoffrey Young. The Best Ever Book of Transsexual Jokes: Lots and Lots of Jokes Specially Repurposed for You-Know-Who. CreateSpace, 2012.

(Auto)biography

William Edward Beck edited by Peter Farrer. Happenings: The Story of Bessie. Liverpool: Karn, 2012. Webpage. A historically verified tale of a boy subjected to petticoat punishment who grows up to be a transvestite.
Christine Benvenuto. Sex Changes: A Memoir Of Marriage, Gender And Moving On. St Martin’s Press, 2012. Also see her husband's account: Joy Ladin, below.
Jessica Angelina Birch. Confessions of a Transsexual Physician. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012. "Jessica Angelina Birch (pen name) is a family physician in Amherst, New Hampshire. She owns and operates her own family practice and advocates for gender diversity."
Kate Bornstein. A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today. Beacon Press, 2012. Will be in paperback this summer. The title describes the contents.
T. Cooper. Real Man Adventures. San Francisco, CA: McSweeneys Books, 2012. Review. "Cooper can try to 'live completely stealthily as a man', hoping that he’s never discovered to be an 'imposter' by the wrong redneck. Or he can lay it all out for everyone to see, hoping that if he presents his transness in the context of all the beauty and complexity of his life, everyone will just learn to deal."
Marie Edith Cypris. Mémoires d'une transsexuelle. La belle au moi dormant. Presses Universitaires De France, 2012. "Ce texte dessine deux lignes parallèles autour du changement de sexe : d'une part celle du récit autobiographique, d'autre part celle des questions que se pose l'auteur. Une réflexion théorique qui interroge sa souffrance et qu'elle tente de mettre en perspective avec un discours universitaire riche en controverses. Cela ne dure pas, car l'auteur prend davantage le parti de l'humour pour nous confier son histoire que celui de la conférence ; même si elle opère fréquemment des allers-retours entre les styles. Elle conclut par une synthèse qui dévoile les problématiques en cascade qui surviendraient si certaines politiques vers l'abolition des genres devaient aboutir. "
Jill Davidson. Undercover Girl: Growing up Transgender. Kindle, 2012. "She embarks, at age 50, to become a woman outwardly, while continuing to work in schools. Jill, expecting a difficult transition, is surprised by the support she receives from colleagues, parents, and students as she goes about her work in her true gender. "
Monika Donner. Tiger in High Heels: Zweimal Käfig und zurück. Berger & Söhne, 2012. "Monika Donner wurde 1971 in Linz als Junge geboren, maturierte an einem Jesuitenkollegium und war Offizier des österreichischen Bundesheers. Heute arbeitet sie als selbständige Lebensberaterin und als Juristin im Verteidigungsministerium. Sie ist eine rebellische Transfrau und lebt in einer »hetero-lesbischen« Partnerschaft mit einer Frau. Ihre Transidentität empfindet sie als wesentlichen Lebensbestandteil. 2009 hat sie beim Verfassungsgerichtshof erkämpft, dass für Transsexuelle der Zwangscharakter geschlechtsanpassender Operationen aufgehoben wurde. Das tat sie, kurz gesagt, weil es ihr als Mann verwehrt war, ihre geliebten High Heels zu tragen. Deshalb zeigte sie der Gesellschaft, dass es Frauen mit Sti(e)l gibt. "
Alex Drummond. Grrl Alex. A personal journey to a transgender identity. Kindle, 2012. "The author has broken new ground too. 'Gender-queering' challenges the assumption that to cross genders requires 'passing' - convincing others that you really are the 'opposite' gender. What the author's work shows is that this is not necessarily the case, and that an honest presentation of self, even if unconventional, can find much more acceptance than many (including even the author) would have thought possible."
David Dumortier. Travesti. Le Dilettante, 2012. "David Dumortier est poète, mystique et travesti. Lyrique en diable et salope au lit, entre plume, téléphone et cierge à la Vierge." How does €19become $88. Buy from Amazon.FR.
Michael Foster & Barbara Foster. A Dangerous Woman: The Life, Loves, and Scandals of Adah Isaacs Menken, 1835-1868, America's Original Superstar. Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press, 2011. Superstar, male impersonator, transvestite.
Teraina E. Hird. Unashamedly Me:The Story of a Transsexual Woman's Struggle to Become Herself. Upfront Publishing, 2012. Newsarticle. Garage mechanic transitions in her 50s.
++ Gregory L. Hudson. Why I Sued Eddie Murphy. Rosedog Pr, 2012.
Cindi Jones. Squirrel Cage. CreateSpace, 2012. Review. AuthorBlog. 3^Rd edition.
Joy Ladin. Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey between Genders. Madison, Wis: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2012. Newsarticle. Another. See also her wife's account: Christine Benvenuto, above.
Bambi L. Lobdell. A Strange Sort of Being: The Transgender Life of Lucy Ann/Joseph Israel Lobdell, 1829-1912. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co, 2012. Review. The 19^th century frontiers trans man.
Greg Mitchell & Kevin Gosztola. Truth and Consequences: The U.S. Vs. Bradley Manning. New York: Sinclair Books, 2012.
Adrienne Nash. A Strange Life. Kindle, 2012.
João W. Nery. Viagem Solitária - Memórias de um Transexual 30 anos depois. Editora Leya, 2011. Nery is Brazil's first surgical trans man.
Laura Newman. A Love Less Ordinary: Sharing Life, Laughter and Handbags with My Transgender Partner. Kindle, 2012.
Toni Newman and Kevin Hogan. I Rise: The Transformation of Toni Newman. Hollywood, Calif: SPI Productions LLC, 2011. Newsarticle. An African-American upbringing: "I strongly disagree that I am out of the will of God. I believe that the truth I live in is a truth that God demands of us."
Denver Nicks. Private: Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History. Chicago, Ill: Chicago Review Press, 2012.
Rachel Pepper (ed). Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children. Berkeley, CA: Cleis Press, 2012.
José Carlos García Rodríguez. El infante maldito. La biografía de Luis Fernando de Orleans, el más depravado príncipe Borbón. Barcelona: Editorial Espasa Calpe (Grupo Planeta), 2012. Luís Fernando Orleans, bad boy and transvestite of the Spanish royal family.
Nell Rose. Transition The Story Of My Life With A Transgender. Kindle, 2012.
Ryan K. Sallans. Second Son: Transitioning Toward My Destiny, Love and Life. Green Bay, WI: Title Town Publishing, 2012. Webpage.
Diana Wyndham. Norman Haire and the Study of Sex. Sydney: Sydney University Press, 2012. Review. The sexologist who made Hirschfeld available to English-speaking readers.

GLB history with Trans Content.

Tracy Baim (ed). Out and Proud in Chicago: An Overview of the City's Gay Community. Chicago: Surrey Books, 2008. There was an associated television program and now DVD.
Tracy Baim & Owen Keehnen. Jim Flint: The Boy from Peoria. Chicago: Prairie Ave. Productions, 2011. Flint became a drag impresario in Chicago. Several of his artists later transitioned. Webpage.
St. Sukie de la Croix. Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2012.
Peter A. Jackson (ed). Queer Bangkok: Twenty-First-Century Markets, Media, and Rights. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011. Review.
Thomas Keith (ed). Love, Christopher Street: Reflections of New York City. New York: Vantage, 2012. Review. Includes trans man Amos Mac and drag artist Penny Arcade.

Fiction

Karin Bishop. I Should Have Known. Kindle, 2012.
Rachel Eliason. Run Clarissa, Run. Kindle, 2012. A young adult novel of trans and computers.
Roz Kaveney,. Rhapsody of Blood. A Novel of the Fantastic Volume One, Rituals. San Francisco, Calif: Plus One Press, 2012. Wikipedia.
Tom Léger & Riley MacLeod (eds). The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard. Topside Press, 2012. WebPage. Review.
Daniel C. Merrill. Trapped. Kindle, 2012. Historical fiction describing the pioneering transsexual program at the University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center by Dr. Colin Markland and his team of Urologic Surgeons. By the author of The Conservative Pulpit blog. "I have selected three of the fifteen or so transsexuals I met and cared for at the University as the main characters of this novel. These people were real and I have made every attempt to portray them as accurately as possible. Unfortunately, at this point in time, all these years later, I do not recall, with the exception of the Cuban dancer Shalimar's stage name, their actual names. I never did know much about their lives before, or for that matter after surgery, with the exception of one person, the truck driver. This person, and her husband, subsequently moved to California in the 1980's and I met her again when she resurfaced at the Martinez Veterans Administration Medical Center Hospital in Martinez California where I spent the last years of my career as Chief of Urology. I selected these three individuals because I felt that they each had a unique story to tell with respect to their lives as transsexuals before, and in one instance, after sex-reassignment surgery. "
Brit Mandelo (ed). Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction. Lethe Press, 2012. Review.
Justine Saracen. Sarah, Son of God. Valley Falls, NY: Bold Strokes Books, 2011. Webpage. Review.
Jaime Stryker. Two Spirit Ranch. Chances Pres, 2012. A romance novel. WebPage. Reviews.
Tom Tame. Little Brown Girl. Kindle, 2012. A magic ritual to rejuvenate a rich man makes him a young women.

29 December 2012

Some Events of the Year 2012: Part 10 - Jargon, News Media, Theses & Studies

Jargon

Zagria's article on the Paris Prefecture established that 'transvestism' was in use a full century before Hirschfeld supposedly coined the term.

Some observations:

Increased usage of MAAB (male assigned at birth), FAAB, AFAB (assigned female at birth) AMAB.

Increased usage of SOGI (sexual orientation and/or gender identity), more so than of ‘sex and gender diverse" SGD.

'trannie' has largely lost its meaning as the umbrella word, although still used in that sense by older people. It is now mainly used by drag queens.

Associated Press is discouraging the use of the word 'homophobia' 'as it is not a medical condition'. They have not ruled on 'transphobia'.

The APA re its DSM has proposed to drop Gender Identity Disorder and use Gender Dysphoria instead. At least the bad word 'disorder' is gone, but remember that Norman Fisk proposed 'gender dysphoria syndrome' in 1973 to re-medicalize the concept as 'transsexualism' had by then lost its medical connotations.

'cis' is beginning to be used by cis people.

Magazines and newspapers:

Meta Magazine - produced by trans people for trans people

Sunnivie Brydum. "The Silent Soldiers Who Are Still ‘Unfit to Serve’". The Advocate, September 19 2012. www.advocate.com/politics/military/2012/09/19/meet-silent-soldiers-who-are-still-called-unfit-serve.
Sunnivie Brydum. "WATCH: 'Voting While Trans' Helps Navigate Voter ID laws". The Advocate, October 1, 2012. www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2012/10/01/watch-voting-while-trans-helps-navigate-voter-id-laws.
Julie Turkewitz. "Transgender Rights in the Workplace Are Still Unclear". The Atlantic, Jun 21 2012. www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/06/transgender-rights-in-the-workplace-are-still-unclear/258822.
Robin Knowles. “172 gender reassignment procedures took place in 2010”. BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat. 17 January 2012. www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16593126.

Debbie McMillan. “Have We Evolved in Our View of Transgender People?”. Daily Kos, Sep 14, 2012. www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/14/1131853/-Have-We-Evolved-in-Our-View-of-Transgender-People.
Claire Bates. “NHS has paid for 'gender-confused' children to have puberty-delaying jabs... so they can have sex changes when they're older”. The Daily Mail, 22^nd Jan 2012. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2090193/NHS-pays-children-controversial-puberty-delaying-drugs-aid-sex-changes-later-life.html.

Ross Clark. "Beware of the sex change zealots: Why IS the state so obsessed with whether we're transgender?" The Daily Mail, 31 July 2012. www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2181312/Filling-form-broadband-Beware-sex-change-zealots.html.

Ed West. “The transgender taboo is a threat to academic freedom”. The Daily Telegraph, Jan 24^th 2012. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100131972/the-transgender-taboo-is-a-threat-to-academic-freedom.

Peter Singer and Agata Sagan. "He or she: Does gender really matter? " The Globe and Mail, Apr 17 2012. www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/he-or-she-does-gender-really-matter/article4210246.
Lysiane Gagnon. "When a man is a woman". The Globe and Mail, May 28, 2012. www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lysiane-gagnon/when-a-man-is-a-woman/article2443939.
Andrea Swalec. "Transgender New Yorkers Face Scorn And Violence Using Public Restrooms ". Huffington Post, 10/01/2012. www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/transgender-new-yorkers-face-scorn-violence-public-restrooms_n_1928748.html.
Chanan Tigay. "Transgender Jews Seek Place at Table: Conference Aims To Break Communal Silence on Issue". The Jewish Daily Forward, November 16, 2012. http://forward.com/articles/165708/transgender-jews-seek-place-at-table.

Nicole Pasulka. “17 European Countries Force Transgender Sterilization”. Mother Jones, Feb 16, 2012. http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/02/most-european-countries-force-sterilization-transgender-people-map.

Juliet Jacques. "The turning of the tide: The media's monstering of transgender people is finally being challenged.". New Statesman, 13 February 2012. www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/transgender-media-transsexual .
Anna Leach. "Why are NHS doctors are still treating trans people like they’re mentally ill?". New Statesman, 17 November 2012. www.newstatesman.com/voices/2012/11/why-are-nhs-doctors-are-still-treating-trans-people-theyre-mentally-ill.

Tracy Clarke-Flory. “Trans teens turn to YouTube”. Salon.com, Feb 25,2012. www.salon.com/2012/02/26/trans_teens_turn_to_youtube.

www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/18/homophobia-turkey-moving-apology.

Places:

Afghanistan: Tahir Qadiry. "The Afghan girls who live as boys". BBC New Magazine, 27 March 2012. www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15262680.

Argentina: Emily Schmall. "Transgender Advocates Hail Law Easing Rules in Argentina". The New York Times, May 24, 2012. www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/world/americas/transgender-advocates-hail-argentina-law.html.

Annie Murphy. "No More 'Lying': Law Bolsters Transgender Argentines ". National Public Radio, October 1, 2012. www.npr.org/2012/10/01/162100680/no-more-lying-law-bolsters-transgender-argentines.

Australia: Julia Medew. "Cross-sex treatment on the rise". Brisbane Times, May 21, 2012. www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/crosssex-treatment-on-the-rise-20120520-1yyvp.html.

Bolivia: Lucas Waldron. "Transsexual in Bolivia ". Huffington Post, 10/31/2012. www.huffingtonpost.com/lucas-waldron/transexual-in-bolivia_b_2044147.html.

Chicago: Lauren Everitt. “Store's specialty: transgender women”. Windy City Times, 2012-01-18. www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=35677.

China: Xu Jingxi. "In transition". China Daily, 2012-07-04. www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2012-07/04/content_15547261.htm.

India: Monalisa Das. "The big leap". India Today, February 23 2012. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/transsexual-transgenders-media-nikkiey-chawla-maria-mehra/1/174906.html.

Monalisa Das, “Mocked and misunderstood: A transexual's plea to change his school records was rejected by a trial court highlighting the challenges faced by this community”. The Daily Mail, 23^rd Deb 2012. www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2105066/Mocked-misunderstood-A-transexuals-plea-change-school-records-rejected-trial-court-highlighting-challenges-faced-community.html?ito=feeds-newsxml.
Mohammad Ali. "Transgender community demands civil, not special, rights". The Hindu, May 13, 2012. www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article3414880.ece.
Prabha Srideven. "The third gender's right to dignity". The Hindu, May 31, 2012. www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3474004.ece.
Shalu Yadav. "India's transgender community". BBC News, 15 July 2012. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18768048.
Mohit M. Rao. "Transgender people crave for dignity ". The Hindu, October 25, 2012. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/transgender-people-crave-for-dignity/article4030415.ece.

Iran: Saeed Kamali Dehghan. "Iranian film shines spotlight on taboo subject of transsexuals". The Guardian, 2 November 2012. www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/02/iranian-film-taboo-subject-transsexuals.

Ireland: "They talk about gay or lesbian but never transgender". The Irsih Times, July 28, 2012. www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2012/0728/1224320928699.html.

Israel: Ofer Aderet. "Sex-change in Israel: Gender trap: The Health Ministry panel charged with approving sex-reassignment surgery has been slammed as non-transparent". Haaretz, 22.06.12. Online at: www.changelingaspects.com/PDF/Sex%20Change%20in%20Israel%20Gender%20Trap.pdf.

Ivory Coast. Robbie Corey-Boulet. "Transgender Prostitutes Face Abuse in Ivory Coast". ABC News, December 10, 2012. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/transgender-prostitutes-face-abuse-ivory-coast-17924240#.UM-1QnchM1i.

Kenya: Brenda Okoth. "Kenya: Gender Identity - the Other Sex, Part Three". AllAfrica, 29 November 2012. http://allafrica.com/stories/201211300075.html?viewall=1.

Kuwait: "Kuwait continues LGBT crackdown, arrests transsexual man". bikyaMasr, 13 June 2012. www.bikyamasr.com/69744/kuwait-continues-lgbt-crackdown-arrests-transsexual-man.

Dan Littauer. "Two trans women arrested in Kuwait". GayStarNews, 28 November 2012. www.gaystarnews.com/article/two-trans-women-arrested-kuwait281112.

Malaysia: Liz Gooch. “Seeking the Right to Be Female in Malaysia”, The New York Times, Oct 5, 2012. www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/world/asia/seeking-the-right-to-be-female-in-malaysia.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.

Mazwin Nik Anis. "Dr Mashitah: No constitutional protection for LGBT". The Star, June 19, 2012. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/6/19/nation/20120619165313&sec=nation.
Pang Khee Teik. "Federal constitution does not define gender at all". MalaysiaKini, Jun 20, 2012. www.malaysiakini.com/letters/201443?ModPagespeed=noscript.
Anna Leach. "International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission criticizes Malaysia: International human rights organization accuses Malaysia of ‘stubbornly reject[ing] the rights of LGBT people’ ". GayStarNews, 16 October 2012. www.gaystarnews.com/article/international-gay-and-lesbian-human-rights-commission-criticizes-malaysia161012.

Nepal: Anjali Subedi. "Transgenders taking the pill to look beautiful ". Republica, Jan 24 2012. http://archives.myrepublica.com/2012/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=41156.

New Zealand: Michelle Cooke. "Transsexual backs law change to alter her birth certificate". Stuff, 09/09/2012. www.stuff.co.nz/national/7640395/Transsexual-backs-law-change-to-alter-her-birth-certificate.

Pakistan: "Transgender Pakistanis face society's scorn". USA Today, November 9.2012. www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/11/09/transgender-pakistanis-society/1694027.

Philippines: Sass Roganda Sasot. "Our Brave New World (A Five-part Series)", Outrage, Nov 21, 2012. http://outragemag.com/online/our-brave-new-world-first-of-five, http://outragemag.com/online/our-brave-new-world-second-of-five, http://outragemag.com/online/our-brave-new-world-third-of-five, http://outragemag.com/online/our-brave-new-world-fourth-of-five, http://outragemag.com/online/our-brave-new-world-fifth-of-five.

Thai women in Gulf States: Nantida Puangthong. "Transvestites, women warned against sex trade in Mideast". AsiaOne, Aug 25, 2012. http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Crime/Story/A1Story20120825-367544.html.

Turkey: Elif Shafak. “From homophobia to a moving apology in Turkey: As a groundbreaking film launches, Turkish attitudes to gay and transgender people are slowly improving – in the media at least”. The Guardian, 18 January 2012.

Winona, Minnesota: Alexandria Fisher. "Transgender: The journey to identity". Winona360, 03.08.12. http://winona360.winona.edu/winona360/article/transgender-journey-identity.

Wisconsin: Carley Rimkus. "The pieces of the identity puzzle". Royal Purple News, March 7, 2012. http://royalpurplenews.com/?p=6058.

Satire

"Mike Tyson sex change operation ‘a complete success’, say surgeons" Newsbiscuit, no date. www.newsbiscuit.com/2012/11/30/mike-tyson-sex-change-operation-a-complete-success-say-surgeons. This story was repeated as true by the Standard on Sunday (Zimbabwe), Spy Ghana and Zambia Watchdog.

Cheryl. “The Truth About The Gender Industry”. Cheryl’s Mewsings, Feb 26^th, 2012. www.cheryl-morgan.com/?p=13055.

Theses & Studies

Improving the Lives of Transgender Older Adults: Recommendations for Policy and Practice. Sage, 2012. Download. Newsarticle.
Silvan Agius & Christa Tobler. "Trans and intersex people: Discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender identity and gender expression". European Commission, 2012. Download.
Silvan Agius, Richard Köhler, Sophie Aujean & Julia Ehrt. Human Rights and Gender Identity: Best Practice Catalogue. ILGA Europe, TGEU, EU Directorate-General for Employment, December 2011. Download.
Gavi Ansara & Peter Hegarty. "Cisgenderism in psychology: Pathologizing and misgendering children from 1999 to 2008". Psychology and Sexuality, 3, 137-160, 2011. Download. Winner of the American Psychological Association Division 44 Transgender Research Award Prize. Abstract: "We assessed whether recent psychological literature on children reflects or contrasts with the zeitgeist of American Psychological Association's recent non-discrimination statement on 'transgender' and 'gender variant' individuals. Article records (N = 94) on childhood 'gender identity' and 'expression' published between 1999 and 2008 inclusive were evaluated for two kinds of cisgenderism, the ideology that invalidates or pathologises self-designated genders that contrast with external designations. Misgendering language contradicts children's own gender assignations and was less frequent than pathologising language which constructs children's own gender assignations and expression as disordered. Articles on children's gender identity/expression are increasingly impactful within psychology. Cisgenderism is neither increasing nor decreasing overall. Mental health professionals are more cisgenderist than other authors. Articles by members of an 'invisible college' structured around the most prolific author in this area are more cisgenderist and impactful than other articles. We suggest how authors and editors can implement American Psychological Association policy and change scientific discourse about children's genders.
Former military psychologist George Brown is preparing a study that shows that biologically male U.S. veterans are twice as likely as civilian men to identify as female and often decide to enlist to reassert their masculinity.
Andrew Cray & Kellan Baker. "FAQ: Health Insurance Needs for Transgender Americans". Center for American Progress, October 3, 2012. www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/report/2012/10/03/40334/faq-health-insurance-needs-for-transgender-americans.
Alice Dreger, Ellen K. feder & Anne Tamar-Mattis, “Prenatal Dexamethasone for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: An Ethics Canary in the Modern Medical Mine”. Bioethical Inquiry, 9, 3, 2012: 277-294. www.springerlink.com/content/m1523l7615744552/?MUD=MP.
Jaime M. Grant, Lisa A. Mottet, Justin Tanis with Jack Harrison, Jody L. Haerman & Mara Kesiling. Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the Transgender Discrimination Survey. Washington: National Center for Transgender Equality & National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, 2012. Download. Newsarticle.
Jack Harrison, Jaime Grant & Jody L. Herman. "A Gender Not Listed Here: Genderqueers, Gender Rebels, and OtherWise in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey". Harvard Kennedy School's LGBTQ Policy Journal, 2,2012.
Michael S. Irwig, Anton Trinidad & Matthew St Peter. "Self-Castration by a Transsexual Woman: Financial and Psychological Costs: A Case Report". Journal of Sexual Medicine, 9,4, 2012: 1216-9. Health care costs associated with treating a patient after self-castration were almost four times greater than having an elective outpatient surgical castration. The patient presented to the emergency department and underwent a bilateral inguinal exploration, ligation and removal of bilateral spermatic cords, and complicated scrotal exploration, debridement, and closure. She was admitted to the psychiatric service for a hospital stay of three days. The total bill was US $14,923, which would compare with US $4,000 for an elective outpatient orchiectomy in the patient's geographical area. Abstract.
Worden wie je bent. about the situation of trans people in the Netherlands. Webpage.
Eurobarometer found: only 8% of people in EU know a trans person personally and a striking 13% have no opinion on the prevalence of trans discrimination (compared with 8% for sexual orientation). In some countries up to a third would not know. 45% of people in the EU believe trans people are discriminated. The report points out that those knowing a trans person are much more likely to be aware of discrimination on grounds of gender identity.

28 December 2012

Some Events of the year 2012: Part 9 - Art, Television, Adverts, Theatre, Cinema

Part 1: Organizations, Equal marriage.
Part 2: Other Legislation.
Part 3: Persons.
Part 4: Spouses, Family, Kids.
Part 5: Political, Celebrities, Sports, Festivals.
Part 6: Schools, Universities & Colleges, Imprisonment, Nemeses, Internet.
Part 7: Doctors & Sexologists, Medicine, Genetics, Obituaries.
Part 8: Fashion, Beauty Pageants, Music, Dance & Performance.
Part 9: Art, Television & Radio, Adverts, Theatre, Cinema
Part 10: Jargon, News Media, Theses & Studies.
Part 11: Bookshops, Archives, Books.

Art

The National Portrait Gallery has discovered that a painting they bought recently is not of the 18th-century cis-lady they thought that it was, but of the Chevalier d’Éon.

Trans Egeria. Paris 2011, Montreal 2012. Frédéric Fontan. Partial financing by Quebec government, sponsored by ATQ.

Christer Strömholm: Les Amies de Place Blanche. International Center of Photography, New York. May 18-September 2, 2012. Trans women Paris 1960s. There is an associated book.

Samantha Box: Invisible Youth. Photographs taken at Sylvia's Place in Manhatten of homeless GLBT youths.

Zachary Drucker, New York artist.

Television

Accused. Episode 2.1 BBC “Tracie’s Story” . Sean Bean as Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco. The tough-guy actor as a transvestite. IMDB. Newsarticle.

American Transgender. Leslie Schwerin (dir & scr).National Geographic Channel, May 1 2012. Newsarticle.

Amra Tomadery, a reality show for hijra on ATN Bangla.

"Paris Lees on BBC Breakfast". BBC, 13 Feb 2012, with Paris Lees and Livvy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArPKBSwC7qw.

Cake Boss hired Carmen Carrera (ex-RuPaul's Drag Race) but only used her to flirt with a man who did not know and then fled in homo-panic. Carmen later objected vehemently.

Il commissario Montalbano. Episode 8.2 (RAI) 2.10 (BBC) “La danza del gabbiano (The Gull’s Dance)” Morgana Gargiulo as Giovanna Lonero. Entire. Two suspect are connected via Giovanna. BlogArticle.

Embarassing Bodies, 5,14. With Adele Deane, Philip Thomas, Consultant Urological Surgeon and Jeremy Clarke, Colorectal Surgeon . Channel 4 12 March 2012.

Enchanted Garden. With BB Gandanghari as a person with different genders in different dimensions. Philippines TV5 2012. BB Gandanghari's first major role since transition in 2009. Newsarticle.

Fatal Vows. Episode 1,3. "Secrets of a Dying Man". Investigation Discovery,
December 1, 2012. Angelo Heddington and Elizabeth Rudavsky. Entire.

Hit and Miss. Paul Abbott (creator) Sean Conway (scr) with Chloë Sevigny as Mia. UK Sky Atlantic 2012. A transsexual contract killer who discovers she has a child with her former lover. Newsarticle. Wikipedia.

Indonesia's Transsexual Muslims, with Maryani, Hannah Brooks. Vice, 7 Aug 2012. Entire.

Mother Truckers. UK Channel 4 9 Feb 2012. With lorry driver Vikki-Marie Gaynor and 4 cis women drivers. Newsarticle.

My Big Decision. Channel V, India, with Gazal Dhaliwal. Newsarticle.

My Dad is a Woman. Kim Duke (dir) with Jane Fae, Michelle and Phil Thomas, urological surgeon. ITV 45 mins 1 March 2012. Newsarticle.

The Real Housewives of Miami. Bravo Episode 2.11, Lauren Foster joined the fun. US Bravo 2012.

Ria: Diary of a Teenage Transsexual. Channel 4 12 June 2012. Documentary about life in Hull. Newsarticle, another.

Sons of Anarchy. Episode 5.5 “Orca Shrugged” Walton Goggins as Venus Van Dam. US FX 2012. Newsarticle.

A Transgender Life: Path To Personal Happiness. WUSA, Feb 14, 2012. With Consuella Lopez. Video & transcript Followup.

Transsexual Teen, Beauty Queen. Dab Murdoch (dir)With Jackie Green. BBC 3 57 mins 28 November 2012. Entire. Newsarticle on Jackie's mum. Newsarticle on Jackie.

Work It. Produced and written by Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen, with Ben Koldyke as Lee Standish & Amaury Nolasco as Angel Ortiz. US ABC 2012. A comedy based on the old-fashioned premiss of two cis men disguising as women to find work. Many GLBT groups complained about the insensitivity, critics panned it, and it was cancelled after 2 episodes.

50 Faggots. Randell Jensen (dir). Newsarticle. Trailer.

Adverts

New electronic posters will scan your face to decide your gender and then show an appropriate advert.

Not a good year for sensitivity:

Libra Tampons in New Zealand. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmKTnKFzKlU. Comment.

Meteor WiFi in Ireland www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqOmsQrDp7E&feature=player_embedded. TENI complained to the Advertising Standards for Ireland which upheld the complaint.

Paddy Power bookmakers in UK & Ireland: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZ5MOB3nww. Beaumont Society was consulted in advance, but the script that they saw was not the final version. BS did suggest that 'transgendered ladies' was better than 'transvestites'. Trans media Watch referred the advert to Clearcast who responded: “Clearcast has approved an ad for Paddy Power featuring references to transgendered people. Ads cannot be approved if they are felt likely to cause widespread general offence. In this case Clearcast took the view that the humour, while not to everyone’s taste, fell short of causing such offence. In reaching this view, Clearcast took into account the fact that the advertiser had sought a view from the Beaumont Society (a body run by and for those who cross dress or are transsexual) which did not find the script idea offensive. We regret any offence that may have been caused by this Paddy Power ad.” Research by Jane Fae.

Samsung Galaxy Tab in Israel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-N5Nl71LuA
Toyota in Japan www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVwJrAr7GkY.

Proposition 5 in Alaska. www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o8yoAaVgJVo and www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxqYqY7vwt4&feature=player_embedded.

On the other hand, this marriage equality advert in Australia www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTRc47kFl24 won an international broadcast design award.

Then there are the Bearded Lady Bourbon adverts in Australia:

Pornography

Adult Video News Awards finally agreed that the Best Transsexual Performer award will be featured on the same stage as the other awards.

Madison Montag nominated Transsexual Performer of the Year.

Theatre

Aladdin: A Dream Come True at London's O2, 7/12/12-5/1/13. Lily Savage as Widow Twanky.

Boy in a Dress. Lajohn Joseph. 2012. Ovalhousetheatre. Newsarticle.

The Gospel According To Jesus Queen of Heaven. Jo Clifford. At the Brighton Pink Fringe.

Sex, Chips and The Holy Ghost. Jo Clifford. Opening play of 2012 “Play, Pie and a Pint” season at Oran Mor, Glasgow.

Tiffany’s Cabaret Show from Thailand, allowed to appear in Singapore. It was refused twice in 1980s because of ‘sensitive content’.

Torch Song Trilogy Revival at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London., directed by Douglas Hodge, with David Bedella as Arnold, and Sara Kesteleman as his mother.

TrAnnie – the Musical. Sydney Opera House, 6-23 December 2012. With Trevor Ashley, directed by Craig Ilott. Controversy. Trailer. Renamed to TrAshley at the last moment.

Transactivation. ONE national Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, March 1,2012. With Heather Cassils, Zachary Drucker, Wu Tsang & Chris Vargas.

Director Phyllida Lloyd wants gender-blind casting to be legally required. She directed an all-female version of Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar at the Donmar Warehouse.

History of the Pantomime Dame. Presented by Michael Grade, with Berwick Kaler, BBC 4 19 December 2012 UK. Newsarticle.

Jo Clifford. "The Gospel According To Jesus Queen of Heaven. A personal history of a controversial play” in Ian Rivers & Richard Ward (eds). Out of the Ordinary: Representations of LGBT Lives. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Pub, 2012. (Jo performing is also featured on the cover).

Cinema

Juliet Jacques. “Should trans screen roles be played by trans actors?”. The Guardian, 14 Jan 2012. www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/14/trans-characters-actors?

Zagria. “A partial list of trans women (and one man) playing trans in the movies.” http://gvarts.blogspot.ca/2012/04/partial-list-of-trans-women-and-one-man.html.

Kalki, writer, filmmaker and activist based in Chennai. She had played the heroine in the Tamil movie Narthaki, which highlighted the problems of transgenders.

Lana Wachowski put an end to rumors by appearing as herself in promotions for Cloud Atlas. She received the HRC's Visability award.

Ni'Erica Brooks, actress.

Ardhanari. Santhosh Sowparnika (dir) with Manoj K Jayan as Vinayan. India, in Malayalam 2012. Trailer. Newsarticle. A film abour hijras and kothis.

Common gender. Norman Robin (dir) Bangladesh 2012. Trailer. Newsarticle. Newsarticle. A love affair between a transgender person and a Hindu boy. A surprise hit in Bangladesh.

Crossing Over. Isabel Castro (dir) with Francis Murillo, Brenda Gonzalez and Abigail Madariaga. US, in Spanish 2012. Trailer. Newsarticle. Three Mexican trans women in Los Angeles filing for political asylum.

Facing Mirrors. Negar Azarbayjani (dir) with Shayesteh Irani as Adineh. Iran 98 mins 2011. Trailer. IMDB. Newsarticle. Best Performance at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards; Special Mention at the Molodist International Film Festival; Best First Feature at the Frameline Film Festival. A woman taxi driver and a trans man make a journey together.

I Am a Woman Now. Michiel van Erp (dir) with April Ashley, Marie-Pierre Pruvot, Colette Berends, Jean Lessenich, Corinne van Tongerloo. Netherlands 80 mins 2011. IMDB. Trailer. Review. The first generation of transsexuals who had their sex change in Casablanca back in the mid-1950s to 1960s take stock of their lives.

La Identidad de Justicia: Mujeres Trans en Cochabamba. Lucas Waldron (dir) Bolivia 14 mins 2012. BlogArticle. Full movie.

It Gets Better. Tanwarin Sukkhapisit (dir) with Nuntika Khampiranon as Tonlew and Penpak Sirikul as Saitan. Thailand 2012. The audience award at the closing of the first Hua Hin International Film Festival. IMDB. Newsarticle. Trailer. By the director of Insects in the Backyard. Saitan, a post-transsexual takes a holiday in the north; Tonlew is the driver at a Ladyboy club.

I Stand Corrected. Andrea Meyerson (dir), with Jennifer Leitham. US 2012. Trailer. Newsarticle. A profile of the jazz bassist.

Frankie Go Boom. Jordan Roberts (dir & scr) with Ron Perlman as Phyllis. US 2012. Trailer. Phyllis is a former inmate, now post-op. Review.

Kelly, James Stenson (dir). US 50 mins 2011. A documentary portrait of a troubled and struggling rural transgender teen in Los Angeles. Director interview. IMDB. Official Selection 2012 Slamdance Festival.

Go With Flo. Cary T. Cronenwett (dir), with Cary T. Cronenwett and Flo McGarrell. US 20 mins 2012. A profile of the sculptor.

He/She/He. Jill Peters (dir) . Newsarticle. Trailer. About the sworn virgins of Albania.

K-11. Jules Mann-Stewart (dir & scr), With Kate del Castillo as Mousey, Portia Doubleday as Butterfly. US 2012. IMDB. Trailer. Prison drama about the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail .

En kongelig affære. Nikolaj Arcel (dir), Rasmus Heisterberg & Nikolaj Arcel (scr) based on the novel by Bodil Steensen-Leth, with Alicia Vikander as Caroline Mathilde Oldenburg, Mikkel Følsgaard as Christian Oldenburg and Mads Mikkelsen as Johann Struensee. Denmark 137 mins 2012. Caroline’s cross dressing is minimized. IMDB. Trailer.

Laurence Anyways. Xavier Dolan (dir & scr) with Melvil Poupard as Laurence, Suzanne Clément as Fred. Quebec 168 mins 2012. A literature teacher transitions. IMDB. Trailer. Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress and the Queer Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto International Film Festival. Laurence is a unisex name in French. Review.

Mayamohini. Jos Thomas (dir) with Dileep as Mayamohini. India 162 mins 2012. IMDB. Trailer. Full film. An abandoned husband hires a women to pass as his wife, who turns out to be a fugitive after evil businessmen killed his parents.

Musical Chairs. Susan Seidelman (dir), Marty Madden (scr) with Lavern Cox as Chantelle and Hedda Lettuce as Drag Queen 1. US 102 mins 2011. IMDB. Trailer. Ballroom dancing in New York. Review.

Pay It No Mind: Marsha P. Johnson. Michael Kasino (dir) with Marsha P Johnson. US 55 mins 2012. IMDB. Full Film.

Radio Wars. Sandra Mohr (dir) with Martine Rothblatt. IMDB. Trailer. Webpage.

Trans. Chris Arnold (dir), with Christine McGinn, Jamison Green, Masen Davis, Kim Pearson and others. US 2012. IMDB. Trailer. Newsarticle. Review.

Transgender Tuesdays: A Clinic In the Tenderloin. Mark Freeman & Nathaniel Walters-Koh (dir), with Veronica Klaus. US 2012. IMDB. Trailer. Webpage.

The Weight. Jeon Kyu-hwan (dir) with Park Ji-a as Dong-bae, and Jo Jae-hyun as Jung. Korea 2012. IMDB. Trailer. Queer Lion at the Venice International Film Festival. A hunchback funeral-home worker with a transsexual step sibling.

What A Drag. John Petti (dir) with Selena Hoe-Mez and Krystal Caring. Canada 8 mins 2012. Ottawa's drag scene. "They may not believe they're gay or feel they are gay but they are accepted, so they kind of latch on to doing drag so they can be the woman they want to be. And some of them move forward and get the breast implants and take the hormones. " Entire.

Zenne Dancer. Caner Alper & Mehmet Binay (dir) with Kerem Can as Can. Turkey 99 mins 2012. IMDB. Trailer. Newsarticle. Best First film at the Antalya Orange Film Festival; Best International Feature and Best Supporting Actor at FilmOut San Diego. A father murders his gay son. A secondary character is Can, a male female belly dancer.

Announced:

Danny La Rue biography film announced.

Dallas Buyers Club. Jean-Marc Vallée (dir) with Jared Leto as Rayon. US 2013. IMDB. In 1986 the AIDS drugs that worked were not legally available in the US. Newsarticle.

I Am Divine. Jeffrey Schwarz (dir) with Divine, John Waters, Holly Woodlawn,. US 2013. IMDB. Trailer.

26 December 2012

Some Events of the year 2012: Part 7–Doctors & Sexologists, Medicine, Genetics, Obituaries.

Doctors & Sexologists

The American Psychiatric Association issued 2 position statements in August 2012: Comment.

Position Statement on Access to Care for Transgender and Gender Variant Individuals

Therefore, the American Psychiatric Association:

Recognizes that appropriately evaluated transgender and gender variant individuals can benefit greatly from medical and surgical gender transition treatments.
Advocates for removal of barriers to care and supports both public and private health insurance coverage for gender transition treatment.
Opposes categorical exclusions of coverage for such medically necessary treatment when prescribed by a physician.

Position Statement on Discrimination Against Transgender and Gender Variant Individuals

Therefore, the American Psychiatric Association:

Supports laws that protect the civil rights of transgender and gender variant individuals
Urges the repeal of laws and policies that discriminate against transgender and gender variant individuals.
Opposes all public and private discrimination against transgender and gender variant individuals in such areas as health care, employment, housing, public accommodation, education, and licensing.
Declares that no burden of proof of such judgment, capacity, or reliability shall be placed upon these individuals greater than that imposed on any other persons.

Eight surgeries M->F have been done in Baku by Dr Jamal Azimzade at Azn 5,000 each (€ 4,900).

Clinic in Belgrade: Dr Miroslav Djordjevic now doing 100 gender surgeries a year for $10,000.

The NHS gender clinic in Devon has seen a six-fold increase in referrals in six years. Those "who undergo gender change seldom need to access mental health services afterwards, while those who do not have treatment are likely to need psychiatric help throughout their lives. Financially it's a no-brainer".

Iranian news services reported that from 2006-10, 1,366 Iranians acquired permits for sex-change operations. 56% were MtF. To obtain the permit, application must be made to a court, and the case is then forwarded to the state medical office for processing. Iran (75 million population) has an official estimate of 15,000-20,000 transsexuals, although there are unofficial estimates up to 150,000 (=1:500). Iran is second to only Thailand in the number of gender operations. The state has begun providing grants of €2,766 for the operation, and more for hormone therapy. It also provides loans of up to €3,380 for a trans person to start their own business.

Dr Jens Pilegaard Bjarnesen, Copenhagen, removed the breasts of a 15-year-old trans boy in 2011. The Sexologisk Klinik at Rigshospital, which does gender surgery for the national health service, insisted that the boy wait till he be 18. The health agency, Sundhedsvæsnet, has criticized Dr Bjarnesen for completely removing the breast tissue, an irreversible procedure, rather than performing breast reduction surgery, and for not conducting thorough enough psychological and sexological testing.

Dr Christine McGinn was featured in the film Trans, and on the Dr Oz show.

Dr Carys Massarella, McMaster University, Hamilton gives a great lecture.

Robert Spitzer retracted his 2001 study on gay cures. "In retrospect, I have to admit I think the critiques are largely correct," he said. "The findings can be considered evidence for what those who have undergone ex-gay therapy say about it, but nothing more." He said he spoke with the editor [Ken Zucker] of the Archives of Sexual Behavior about writing a retraction, but the editor declined. He did not retract his work pathologizing trans persons.

Sam Winter, Hong Kong University, threatened with losing tenure on becoming 60. He is on the WHO Working group revising ICD-11.

Norman Spack, (more) pediatrician & endocrinologist at the Boston’s Children’s Hospital.

Joel Frader would like to help develop a clinic for transgender children in Chicago.
The Society for Humanistic Psychology called for an independent review of DSM-5.

Dr Qazi Rahman assistant professor in cognitive biology and director of psychology programs at Queen Mary University of London thinks that he has replicated the dubious Bailey results that no men are bi and that all women are.

Dr Brian Grunau, Vancouver, ordered a pregnancy test for a trans man with a stomach ache.

The Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group endorsed the prognosis that pubertal blockage can safely be initiated in pediatric patients who experience gender identity disorder,

The most detailed biography yet of Harry Benjamin, in 4 parts, by Zagria.

Medicine & Genetics

Living near a busy road may double the risk of autism.

“Male” DNA found in “female” brains.

Eunuchs outlived other men by a significant margin.

http://biologicaltheoriestrans.wordpress.com is a small blog whose feminist author examines the major theories of biological determination of transness and finds each of them to be somewhat lacking.

William R. Rice, Urban Friberg & Sergey Gavrilets. "Homosexuality as a Consequence of Epigenetically Canalized Sexual Development". The Quarterly Review of Biology, 87,4, December 2012. Summary. Newsarticle.

The brain differences between conservative and liberal. This is a stronger difference than between cis and trans, or between straight and gay.

James Olson. The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Right- and Left-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America. San Rafael, Calif: Origin Press, 2011. Newsarticle. "Heterosexual men and lesbians are generally dominated by the left hemisphere of the brain, which is committed to sequential, thought-oriented processes. And heterosexual women and gay men are much more likely to be dominated by the right hemisphere of the brain, which regulates feeling and cultural awareness." A revival of 19^th century inversion theory.

The US Food and Drug Administration admits that approved drugs kill 100,000 a year. More.

"Half a million Americans died and nobody noticed: Was the US drug Vioxx responsible for far more deaths than has been acknowledged so far?"

The toxic venom from the Russell's Pit Viper reverses puberty in 29% of those who survive the bite. But it also causes kidney failure and loss of mental abilities, and most victims die.

Obituaries

Cis persons

Helen Gurley Brown (1922 – 2012) through Cosmopolitan Magazine gave women some of the freedoms that only men had before.

Gore Vidal (1925 - 2012) author of Myra Breckenridge.

Adrienne Rich (more) (1929 – 2012) poet, helped Janice Raymond with The Transsexual Empire.

Ethel Person (1934 – 2012) psychoanalyst, proposed primary and secondary TSs, biographer of Harry Benjamin.

Concetta Finocchio Jorgensen (1941 – 2012) daughter of Joe and Eve Finocchio of Finocchio’s, San Francisco.

Jenni Rivera (1969 – 2012) Mexican-American singer, GLBT ally, in a plane crash.

Killed by a trans person:

Karima Gordon died after Tracey Lynn Garner gave her an illegal butt transplant.

Trial of Padge Windslow (Black Madam) for killing Claudia Aderotimi by silicon butt injection.

Donna Perry, held on an unrelated weapons charge, is now being investigated for the murders of 3 prostitutes in Washington state.

Trans Obituaries – other than being murdered

Guilda (1924 – 2012) performer who settled in Montreal.

Colette Berends (1934 – 2012) Dutch performer, beautician, artist.

Asha Devi (1943 – 2012) Kuala Lumpur matriarch.

Kiira Triea (1951-2012) intersex/HSTS activist, of cancer.

Sarah Kirsch (1970-2012) musician, from Fanconi Anemia.

Kyle Scanlon (? - 2012) Toronto activist, by suicide.

Alexis Rivera (1978 – 2012) San Francisco activist, of complications due to Aids.

Lorena Escala (1987 – 2012) performer of the house of Xtravaganza, died in house fire.

Murdered Trans persons

The Marsha P Johnson murder case has been re-opened,

“There is no safe city — there is no safe state — for transgender people in the United States,” Lisa Mottet, a co-author of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey.

"In a groundbreaking report released by the Presidential Secretariat of Human Rights (SDH-PR) in July,

There were a record total of 6,809 human rights violations against Brazilian LGBTs in 2011, including 278 homicides.
Widely considered to be one of the highest rates of anti-LGBT violence in the world, these figures prompted minimal reaction from members of the Inter-American community who routinely denounce similarly horrendous statistics, such as the outrageously high homicide rates in Venezuela and northern Central America.
Similar to these instances, an overwhelming 27.5% of the victims were between 15 and 29 years old, further surpassed by a dramatically high 50.5% of victims whom identified as transsexual or transgender.
While similar atrocities in the United States, Chile, and other countries throughout the Western Hemisphere have led to the creation of anti-hate crime legislation, no such effort has occurred under the Rousseff administration."

Kristian Jebsen. "Brazil’s Surge in Violence Against Gays Is Just Getting Worse". The Daily Beast, Apr 8, 2012. www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/08/brazil-s-surge-in-violence-against-gays-is-just-getting-worse.html.
Jay Michaelson. "Media Ignores Rash of Assaults on Transgender Women ". The Daily Beast, Jun 6, 2012. www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/06/media-ignores-rash-of-assaults-on-transgender-women.html.
Gregory Trotter. "Transgender Killings Reflect Deeper Injustice ". Huffington Post, 08/18/2012. www.huffingtonpost.com/gregory-trotter/transgender-killings-refl_b_1798880.html.
Dan Littauer. “Brazil trans woman brutally murdered: A trans woman became the latest victim in a spate of trans murders in state of state of São Paulo, Brazil”. GayStarNews, 19 September 2012. www.gaystarnews.com/article/brazil-trans-woman-brutally-murdered190912.
Lexie Cannes. "Ten trans people a month are killed in Brazil — the stoning of ‘Madona’ is the latest". The Guerrilla Angel Report, October 28, 2012. http://lexiecannes.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/ten-trans-people-a-month-are-killed-in-brazil-the-stoning-of-madona-is-the-latest.
Kortney Ryan Ziegler. "Why Centering Race in Transgender Advocacy Is Key to Equality for All ". Huffington Post, 11/19/2012. www.huffingtonpost.com/kortney-ryan-ziegler-phd/why-centering-race-in-transgender-advocacy-is-key-to-equality-for-all_b_2156775.html.

265 murders of trans persons were recorded in 2012, and many more died without being recorded. These are but a small sample.

Suzie Mort (1963 – 2012) Openshaw, Manchester, by couple who then collected her benefits.

Madonna (1973 – 2012) Aracaju, Brazil. Attacked by a group with cobblestones.

Brandy Martell (1975 – 2012) Oakland, California, while sitting in her car by a man who had previously tried to pick her up.

Julia Collier (1977 – 2012) from Russia, murdered by UK husband in Turkey (or maybe not).

Agnes Torres (1983-2012) Mexican activist

Braicy Mejía Valdera (1985 – 2012) in Lima’s prostitution area.

January Marie Lapuz (1986 – 2012) south Asian GLBT activist in Vancouver.

Serap Güneşer (1987 – 2012) sex worker, Antalya.

Tuğçe Şahingün (1988- 2012) murdered in her car in Izmir.

Thapelo Makutle (1988-2012) winner of the Miss Gay Makutle pageant.

JaParker Jones (1989-2012) stabbed by a stranger at a Washington DC bus stop.

Chrissie Azzapardi (1990 – 2012) Finsbury Park.

Coko Williams (? – 2012) East Detroit.

Axel Díaz González (1992 – 2012) beaten and stabbed by group of men in Estelí, Nicaragua.

Donta Gooden (1993 – 2012) Chicago.

Here is the best list of names for November 2011-November 2012:

www.transrespect-transphobia.org/uploads/downloads/TMM/TvT-TMM-TDOR2012-Namelist-en.pdf

Note the increase: 162 in 2009

179 in 2010
221 in 2011
265 in 2012

the majority from Brazil (126, 97 in 2011), Mexico (48, 23 in 2011), the USA (15, 9 in 2011), Venezuela (9, down from 14 in 2011), Honduras (8), Colombia (6, down from 19 in 2011), and Argentina (2, down from 9 in 2011), and In Asia most reported cases have been found in Pakistan (5), and the Philippines (4), and Turkey (5). The USA now has the 3^rd largest total. Argentina had a very commendable 78% reduction.

Of course most countries did not supply data.

The outrageously bad Wikipedia page called List of unlawfully killed transgender people lists a total of 2 trans persons being killed in each of 2011 and 2012.

And also GLB persons have been murdered.

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