Transgender Health Insurance Coverage Pt 1: Ready for Reforms

6/17/2013 5:49:33 PM

Whenever I talk about health insurance -- be it with friends, coworkers, or even providers -- my wheels tend to spin in fruitless frustration or my eyes glaze over in apathy. Insurance policy is largely a labyrinth, and companies benefit from an

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'Male' or 'female'? Outdated IDs a worry for transgender people

6/17/2013 7:58:58 AM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lauren Grey didn't think much about the gender recorded on her Illinois driver's license until she went to test-drive a new car. Although she had been living as a woman for months and easily obtained a license with her new name 

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Transgender woman faces challenge with Democratic Women's Association

6/17/2013 1:10:01 AM

Covington is a Democrat, blogger and speaker for human rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and is not shy about who she is. "Being transgendered is not a choice. A lot of people think it is a choice. That somewhere along the

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Transgender school sports policy still untested

6/16/2013 5:33:29 AM

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — No students have asked to exercise a policy approved in December by the Nebraska School Activities Association that allows participation in high school athletics by transgender students, the association says. The policy requires 

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Transgender People Get a Win with Social Security Administration Announcement

6/16/2013 3:18:01 AM

Social Security Allows Transgender People to Change Gender Records Without

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Transgender girl wins right to use girls' toilets

6/16/2013 2:54:33 AM

girl speaks of her support of her daughter and the reasons she allowed her to become a girl. A nine-year-old transgender girl has won the right to use the girls' toilets at her primary school in southeast Queensland and can now also compete in

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'M' or 'F'? Outdated IDs worry transgender people

6/15/2013 11:21:43 PM

SAN FRANCISCO — Lauren Grey didn't think much about the gender recorded on her Illinois driver's license until she went to test-drive a new car. Although she had been living as a woman for months and easily obtained a license with her new name and a 

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Transgender doctor speaks on dangers of self hormone therapy

6/15/2013 9:42:54 PM

On Monday, Dr Sofia (adopted name), an anesthesiologist and an assistant professor in a medical college, will draw on her personal experience and professional knowledge to educate the transgender community in Chennai about the dangers of popping 

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Transgender ID Cards: Are The 'M' And 'F' Outdated?

6/15/2013 6:08:03 PM

SAN FRANCISCO -- Lauren Grey didn't think much about the gender recorded on her Illinois driver's license until she went to test-drive a new car. Although she had been living as a woman for months and easily obtained a license with her new name and a 

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'I'm Not The Only One': Transgender Youth Battle The Odds

6/15/2013 9:28:14 AM

Despite a number of victories for gay rights and national polls reflecting a growing acceptance of gay men and women, there is a population within the LGBT community that often feel left out of the national debate. They are the "T": transgender men and 

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Policy allows transgender Nebraska athletes to play on opposite gender teams

6/15/2013 8:46:36 AM

Rule is in place for transgender athletes in Nebraska schools, but it hasn't

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Transgender people seek State recognition to escape gender 'limbo'

6/15/2013 12:21:45 AM

“You are constantly being asked to provide large files of physical evidence to prove your identity,” says Sara Phillips, a facilitator with Transgender Equality Network Ireland (Teni). In the past its main focus was on personal coping skills but “in

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Transgender advocates applaud new Social Security policy

6/14/2013 10:44:37 PM

VICTORY: Transgender People Can Now Change Their Social Security

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Baltimore police form new advisory council on LGBT issues

6/14/2013 10:32:24 PM

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender survey finds nearly 4 in 10 rejected by

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Transgender Student Bill Heads to California Senate

6/14/2013 3:43:13 PM

The California Senate Education Committee passed AB 1266, the School Success and Opportunity Act, a bill that provides support for transgender students, by a vote of 5-2, yesterday. The bill, authored by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano and is co-authored 

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Students fight for transgender bathrooms in schools

6/14/2013 2:30:08 PM



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Bob Tur's Transgender Process Started With Suicidal Thoughts, Disconnecting ...

6/14/2013 2:07:37 AM

Daily MailBob Tur's Transgender Process Started With Suicidal Thoughts, Disconnecting

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Civil Rights for Transgender People

6/13/2013 5:28:49 PM

New York stood for equality by approving same-sex marriage two years ago. It is time now for state lawmakers to extend basic civil rights protections to transgender people. The 2002 state statute that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation in 

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Transgender footy player 'making progress'

6/13/2013 3:34:12 AM

Mediation with a transgender footballer who has been ostracised by her club since she was vilified by players and spectators has made “significant progress towards resolving the matter” the AFL says. Kirsti Miller, who initially had the support of

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Transgender rights get a boost in Boston

6/13/2013 2:12:14 AM

The Boston Herald reports that a transgender person can now demand that an officer call him/her by their adopted name even if they haven't undergone a legal name change. Officers must also respectfully ask the person which pronouns are appropriate (he, 

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Transgender bill sails through Canadian Human Rights Senate Committee ...

6/12/2013 9:37:44 PM

OTTAWA, Ontario, June 12, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Bill C-279, the Canadian transgender bill, sailed through the Senate Committee on Human Rights on Monday, despite testimony during the meeting from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that

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California: Bill supporting transgender student advances

6/12/2013 8:58:02 PM

Calif. bill allowing transgender students to use bathroom of their choice

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Hospice and the Transgendered

6/12/2013 5:57:45 PM

Hospice is beset by many societal obstacles in its care of the transgendered patient. I saw a most recent example of this in our local community hospice. An elderly female (MTF) transgendered patient had developed metastatic cancer. Chemotherapy had

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Chile's First Transgender Congressional Candidate Steps Down

6/12/2013 4:46:17 PM

Valentina Verbal campaigned to make history as Chile's first transgendered congresswoman. Had she won, Chile's LGBT community would have representation in the national Congress before most other countries around the world. Verbal learned that she

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Boston Police Adopt Transgender Guidelines

6/12/2013 3:49:45 PM

BOSTON — Boston police have issued new guidelines on how officers should treat transgender people, a policy that one department official says is to ensure that everyone is treated with “respect and dignity.” The policy unveiled Tuesday by Commissioner

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Transgender Student Suit Goes to Maine...

6/12/2013 3:34:53 PM

Lawyers for a transgender girl and a Maine school that required the fifth-grader to use a staff bathroom instead of the girls restroom differ over whether the student's rights were violated. The state's highest court heard arguments Wednesday in an

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Parents of transgender kids need a time out

6/12/2013 2:31:31 PM

Idon't know exactly who decided that the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement needed to add the word “transgender” to its moniker, but I'd like to give him/her a piece of my mind. For years now, the LGB community has struggled to achieve equal treatment 

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Transgender student suit goes to Maine high court

6/12/2013 8:10:34 AM

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The Maine supreme court is hearing arguments in a lawsuit that arose over a school district's handling of a fifth-grade transgender girl. The family and the Maine Human Rights Commission sued after she was denied access to the 

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New transgender rules at BPD

6/12/2013 4:04:33 AM

Transgender criminal suspects can demand that cops call them by their adopted names, choose whether male or female officers frisk them and get a personal, private ride to court under new policies unveiled by Boston police Commissioner Edward F. Davis 

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Rights extended to transgender people

6/11/2013 6:11:34 PM

Albany. Discrimination based on gender identity and expression was banned by local lawmakers Monday. An amendment broadens the Albany County Human Rights Law to include the estimated two to five percent of the population identifying as transgender 

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