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Found an interesting article about Transgender and Buddhism…

“Ancient Indian literature contains numerous myths about people who spontaneously changed sex, usually as a result of having desire or sometimes even just admiration, for someone of the opposite sex. Several such stories are also found in Buddhist sources.”

Shravasti Dhammika

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According to colour consultants, though wearing black clothes make you look slimmer, they may have the side effect of making you look old on your face!

The black clothing highlights the dark lines under the chin, shadow around the eyes and wrinkles on the face. This effect will be more prominent in older women.

One way of lessening those effects will be wearing a low neck black, a scarf around the neck, or chunky accessories around the neck.

The experts also say that not everyone is able to carry the colour of black. As it may take away the radiant and glowing look of your skin, for those who are not suitable to wear black.

According to the report, one simple DIY test to see if you are suitable for black is, hold the black dress next to your face in front of a mirror. Look out for any dark lines under the chin, the face, shadows around the eyes etc. If you see these, means you are not suitable to be wearing black.

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Opting for a sex change operation is a choice made by some who feel trapped in the wrong body and gender.

Drag queen Bobby Darling appeared on a reality show recently, proclaiming that he was on the show just to earn money for a sex change operation as he felt like a woman trapped in a man’s body. On the other hand, Chaz Bono the daughter of singer Cher has just undergone a sex change to acquire a male identity. “I want to feel vibrant and be able to enjoy my life in a male body and not wait until I am old,” she said.

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Barack Obama has chosen Amanda Simpson as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce, marking the first transgender appointment in an American presidential administration.

Simpson has more than 30 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry, most recently serving as Deputy Director in Advanced Technology Development at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona. While working at Raytheon, she transitioned from male-to-female over a six-year period, and successfully lobbied to add gender identity to Raytheon’s Equal Employment Opportunity Policy.

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By Adam Plowright (AFP)

NEW DELHI — It’s worked for thousands of singletons the world over and now India’s transsexuals are hoping Internet dating can help their marginalised community find love.

A new site offers to help people born as men but living as women find husbands in a country where marriage remains the bedrock of society and gender and sexuality are still conservatively defined.

“Many men are attracted to transgender women, but when it comes to commitment they don’t want to do it,” the founder of the website, Kalki, who uses one name, explained to AFP.

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We don’t know if we are doing the right thing……………..

But me and my husband thinks this should be the best way for him and for us…………..

20 years ago, I gave birth to a son, our only son. He had been so chubby and adorable. Myself, being a full time housewife, was there most of the time watching him grow up. Seeing him walked for the first time, it was the joy of ours. Even his first ‘Daddy’ and “Mummy’, seems only like yesterday.

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