If an Orthodox Jewish transsexual desires to transition, which will set him on a course of taking hormones and finally having SRS [Sex Reassignment Surgery], is this permitted per halakha?

The student newspaper of Yasheva University conducted an interview with a transsexual living within the orthodox Jewish community. 

Three courageous ‘girls’ talk sexual ambiguity with Lin Sampson, explaining life before and after realization.

An American student from Texas explains her experience in Thailand; the introduction to ladyboys, the reaction of it by her and the way in which it was revealed.

Transgender identities cross a fluid spectrum, causing confusion for some, freedom for others

A DEGREE from Curtin University, Western Australia, and a regional management position in a large logistics organisation. And, she's a transsexual!

Prejudices compound the struggle to find employment

As a volunteer for Changing Attitudes at the Lambeth Conference I found myself in an opportune position to reflect from a translesbian (i.e. a transsexual woman who identifies as a lesbian not to be confused with above or beyond “lesbians,” or a transgender man) standpoint on the Anglican Communion and attempts to exclude the LGBTI.

Jahn Kirchoff calls to check in, and the voice on the phone is startling. It has dropped considerably in just a couple of weeks. No way it sounds like a woman's voice anymore.

• Orthodox Jewish Transsexual

  The student newspaper of Yasheva University conducted an interview with a transsexual living within the orthodox Jewish community. 

• Tranny day

  Three courageous ‘girls’ talk sexual ambiguity with Lin Sampson, explaining life before and after realization.

• Trans Singapore

  A DEGREE from Curtin University, Western Australia, and a regional management position in a large logistics organisation. And, she's a transsexual!

   

  
   

• Difficult Job Search for Transgender Woman

  Prejudices compound the struggle to find employment

• Now he really is Jahn the Man

  Jahn Kirchoff calls to check in, and the voice on the phone is startling. It has dropped considerably in just a couple of weeks. No way it sounds like a woman's voice anymore.

• Bobby Darling

   

  Eight years back a starry-eyed Pankaj Sharma left home in Delhi with a strong determination and came down to Mumbai to make it big. 
  

   

• My body is wrong

  Should teenagers who believe they are transgender be helped to change sex? And if so, what about the four-year-olds who feel the same way? Viv Groskop meets the parents and doctors in favour of intervention

• Forty bucks and RuPaul pumps

  One of my sons wears high heels. And, so whip me, Dr. Laura, I let him. A lot.

• Sex Change Ends Miltary Career

  To put it bluntly, the military uniform once so proudly worn by Captain Ian Hamilton no longer fits. It is packed away, out of sight, in a wardrobe, along with the paratrooper's red beret, and the medals of service which document how he served in every major conflict of the past 20 years. Why he can no longer wear it  -  and, moreover, who is to blame for that fact  -  is a matter of much controversy.

• Going Home Again

  A hometown visit brings back the struggles of growing up black and transgender.

• Through Sickness, Health and Sex Change

  The Brunners redefine same sex marriage, because when they originally got married they were man and wife. Now they are wife and wife.

• It wasn't my choice to be a transgender

  Ethan Baron, of The Province tells the story of William, who at the age of three began battling the establishment.

• Up in the air as a woman

  "Well-known among fellow cabin crew members as "Nicky", Kiranunt enjoys walking up and down the aisle with baskets of snacks for passengers who are unaware that this flight attendant, wearing make-up and in a full air stewardess's uniform, was not born a woman."

• For some, a job well done isn't enough

  I had always thought that to advance in my career I just needed to be very good at my job — that I would be judged on the merits of my work. At the age of 40, however, I learned how very wrong I was.

• Transgender odyssey

  Workplace inequity takes teacher from Michigan campus to national stage.

• Former transsexual cop opens up

  In the spring of 1995, Hoboken motorcycle police officer John Aiello told his superiors that when he returned from his leave, it would be as a woman named Janet.

• Renee Richards is a trans hero

  Imagine waking up every day and feeling like you were in the wrong body.

• Navigating the space between genders

  Minneapolis, Minn. — When Barbara Satin first started going out as a woman, it wasn't just different, it was dangerous.

• How can I tell my kids I dress like a woman?

  I came across this article with a crossdresser named Kate as she sat down for an interview with the Cambridge Evening News

• Norma's Voice

  In this excerpt from the book, "Norma's Voice," available at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com (and, I believe the British amazon site too), a married cross-dresser and his wife go shopping.

• Joy Liddicoat

  How Noel became Noeleena, the story of the 60-year-old married builder who had gender reassignment surgery, is at heart about how important it is to assert our true identity.

• Victims or Villains?

  Are we as a community the victims we claim to be? 

• Candidly Transgender

  Sometimes I find that humor can be the best solution

A recently returned Vietnam veteran learns the consequences of failure to fully disclose.

New Serious Transgender Suspense Novel IT KNOWS YOU BY NO OTHER NAME by Dan McNayavailable from AMAZON.COM

An overbearing boyfriend is tamed by his girlfriends girlfriend.

An innocent ride home has a cost, and a reward.

Then the doorbell rang. My fear escalated and my heart was about to rip through my blouse and I felt sweat trickle down my back to the top of my pantyhose. What was my stepfather doing? I wondered as he stepped into the hallway and pulled open the door.

A simple lap dance can change everything

During his vacation Aaron decides to get implants, without much forethought

Love is a simple thing, really

Why should the girl inisde have to hide to conform to anothers point of view?

Tyranny, humanity, insanity. Blind rage, for rages sake, or worse, rage for belief of what you don’t really comprehend, yet are too afraid to admit it

As I remove her face from mine I struggle for understanding.

Life inhales and exhales such confusion

We've all said I Love You, but let's look at it from a different perspective

In the Great Hall Of Life, we are all particpants.

While Awaiting the end of the world

If an Orthodox Jewish transsexual desires to transition, which will set him on a course of taking hormones and finally having SRS [Sex Reassignment Surgery], is this permitted per halakha?

An American student from Texas explains her experience in Thailand; the introduction to ladyboys, the reaction of it by her and the way in which it was revealed.

Transgender identities cross a fluid spectrum, causing confusion for some, freedom for others

As a volunteer for Changing Attitudes at the Lambeth Conference I found myself in an opportune position to reflect from a translesbian (i.e. a transsexual woman who identifies as a lesbian not to be confused with above or beyond “lesbians,” or a transgender man) standpoint on the Anglican Communion and attempts to exclude the LGBTI.

Why We Bash Back!

Anti-Trans-Queer Violence In June and July is documented in this partial list

. . . I was 19 the summer I graduated. Free from studies, living at home, taking time off before job hunting, I was keen to explore the gay scene.

"Our lack of knowledge makes us reject and disqualify what we don’t understand, and we do it from a hegemonic position which we think entitles us to look down upon and feel above what’s different. We are thus prone to humiliate, mistreat, blackball and discriminate against people," says JR, Mariela Castro, director of the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX).

By  Natacha Kennedy - With a labor government that has a good record of passing laws supporting minority and disadvantaged groups, including legislation prohibiting discrimination against people on the grounds of age, race and sexual orientation, it comes as a surprise to find a Labour government deliberately intending to exclude one specific minority group from the provisions of the Single

Try for a moment to imagine an America where equal opportunity really does mean everyone — even people who are transgender.

I was assigned female at birth but it wasn’t until I was 13 or 14 years old that I experienced a very strong sense of dislocation. I was deeply depressed, but I honestly didn’t have words for any of it.

Sometimes, the biggest mistakes come from the most intelligent of individuals.

Michelle E. Brown has not talked directly about herrelationship with the Human Rights Campaign Board of Governors since the ENDA controversy began. Her resignation from the HRC Board of Governors "was not a protest but a conscious decision," she said.

Rick Rosendall reponds to a letter directed to her that said,  "When you heal your early emotional wounds, you will be able to assess present danger more realistically and respond to it more effectively," and later said, "homosexual and transgender feelings are symptoms of emotional disorders...."

The idea that a transsexual-in-progress can't be a victim of sexual discrimination is bogus. If there's a group more vulnerable than women in the workplace, it's women who used to be men and men who used to be women.

Can one keep their faith during transition?

Many years ago, Johnny Carson, being the recipient of a Sally Fields practical joke, looked at her and said, “You really aren’t normal are you?” To which she playfully responded, “Well Johnny, I guess normal is as normal does!” It was a cute punch line, and yet beneath the surface made a larger statement.