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Lindsay is a transgendered woman living in Kenya who shares her life and her journey to womanhood on her blog Living Lindsay- My life as a transgender girl in Kenya. She describes herself as “I’m a normal girl with not-so-normal traits. I am transgender, or transsexual if you like.” This is going to be her [...]

In early September, two transsexual men lost an appeal in Western Australia’s Supreme Court to be legally recognised as men. The negative ruling has consequences for other transsexual and transgender cases. The men are considering appealing to a higher body. Gina Wilson, spokesperson for Organisation Intersex Internationale (OIS), told Green Left Weekly: “The two appellants [...]

Many gays and “transgender” people in Southeast Asia continue to suffer discrimination and 70 per cent of “transgender” people in the region end up as sex workers, an international conference on human rights in Southeast Asia held in Bangkok this week heard. Khartini Slamah, a leading “transgender” activist from Malaysia, said a lot of people [...]

Gender reassignment can take its toll on the mental health of vulnerable individuals. Juliet Jacques considers her own relationship with depression and anxiety I’ve suffered from anxiety and depression since the age of 10 – around the same time that I realised I was transgendered. I’ve spent nearly two decades trying to understand the relationship [...]

A transsexual’s bid to marry her boyfriend has been rejected by the High Court. But in putting a block on marriage lines, Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung told the government not to see the verdict as a victory. He urged it to seek public views on similar sensitive gender issues.