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Caster Semenya is blurring sexual identity definitions

Caster Semenya is blurring sexual identity definitions

SOUTH AFRICA – Is she male, is she female?

That’s what the IAAF running officials are wondering about the fantastic South African runner Caster Semenya.

(The Endurance Sports Examiner, Roman Mica, did a top-notch job of capturing the controversy, and you may want to follow more about this issue and the world of racing through the column. And, New York Celebrity Fitness and Health Examiner Samantha Chang is following what is going on with the issue, too!)

The issue is befuddling the sports world (and it’s about time!) Man? Woman?

Well guess what? What if she is neither—or all of the above? Read the rest of this entry »

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Kate Lynn Blatt

Kate Lynn Blatt

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – A Pennsylvania trans woman has filed suit over her employer’s request that she provide a photograph of her genitalia in order to return to work.

The Advocate reports that Kate Lynn Blatt has filed suit against Manpower, Inc., a staffing services agency, after she was let go from a temporary job in 2007 and then refused further employment through Manpower until she produced a letter from a surgeon and a photograph of her genitalia to document male-to-female surgical procedures. Read the rest of this entry »

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Guess what I got in my drawers?

Guess what I got in my drawers?

Do you want to taste something exotic, reveal hidden secrets and try forbidden fruits? Shemale porn offers the best of both sexes! This niche has become extremely popular – and profitable – in the last few years. You will see a lot of “chicks with dicks” in mainstream advertising and even TV shows. It’s time to learn more about shemale niche, terminology and websites!

Word game

There’s a lot of different terms meaning “a chick with a dick” – shemale, lady boy, tranny. What is the difference between them if all these websites look the same? Read the rest of this entry »

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Chastity Bono, from attractive twenty-something singer to...

Chastity Bono, from attractive twenty-something singer to...


LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Chastity Bono is having a sex change to become a man. A spokesman for Bono, born a girl to Sonny and Cher, says he “has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity” and began the sex-change process earlier this year. Publicist Howard Bragman said Bono is proud of his decision and hopes “that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue.”

The 40-year-old writer, activist and reality-TV star came out as gay 20 years ago, Bragman said.

In the book “Family Outing: A Guide to the Coming-Out Process for Gays, Lesbians, & Their Families,” Bono describes the realization of being “somehow different – specifically different from who my mom expected me to be.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Miss Tiffany 2009 winner Sorrawee Nattee (R) and second-placed Writtorn Narapaipimol (L) after 2009 Miss Tiffany transgender contest in Pattaya, Thailand, 15 May 2009 At a popular beauty contest this month in southern Thailand, 30 attractive, feminine figures glide onto the stage.

Miss Tiffany 2009 winner Sorrawee Nattee (R) and second-placed Writtorn Narapaipimol (L) after 2009 Miss Tiffany transgender contest in Pattaya, Thailand, 15 May 2009 At a popular beauty contest this month in southern Thailand, 30 attractive, feminine figures glide onto the stage.

BANGKOK, THAILAND – In Thailand, transgender males, also called lady-boys, are a common sight in cities and tourist areas. While many transgenders work in traditionally female professions such as in cabaret shows or Thailand’s notorious sex industry, most are looking for better integration in Thai society. But, despite their high visibility, transgenders still face challenges in seeking acceptance.

Dressed in sparkling evening gowns and perfect hair and make-up, the contestants smile widely at the audience as the cameras broadcast the pageant live across the nation.

But, the contestants at Pattaya’s Miss Tiffany Universe contest have something special in common other than looks. They are all transgenders.

Transgenders are born as men but live and look like women, often taking female hormones and having cosmetic and sex change surgery to appear more feminine. Read the rest of this entry »

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amanda-lear-200-032709LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – She’s like the Forrest Gump of international pop. In her 50 years in the Jet Set, Amanda Lear has befriended the Rolling Stones, dated David Bowie, had a “spiritual marriage” with the surrealist painter Salvador Dali and posed for Playboy.

She’s like a Forrest Gump — that is, if anyone ever suspected that Mr. Gump had undergone a sex-change operation.

Allow us to explain. For decades, rumors have swirled that the chameleonic six-foot starlet Amanda Lear was a performing transvestite who became Dali’s greatest art project — a boy who became a girl. Though Lear herself has always denied it, she has also worked the rumors to her lifelong advantage. “There is nothing the pop world loves more than a way-out freak,” she has said. Read the rest of this entry »

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Dr Barry

Dr Barry

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – WHEN housemaid Sophia Bishop was asked to lay out the body of a newly deceased doctor on July 25, 1865, she would have been expecting a mundane, if slightly grim task. But as she undressed the dead medic, she discovered the celebrated physician had a less than run-of-the-mill secret.

Dr James Barry had been living in the household in London’s Cavendish Square where Sophia served following his return, due to ill health, from Canada two years earlier. The Edinburgh University graduate’s decline marked the end of a long and distinguished career for the eccentric, slightly-built medic, culminating in the rank of Senior Inspector General. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Spanish ministry of defence has said it will reform legislation to allow transsexuals to serve in the armed forces.

She's stronger than she appears

She's stronger than she appears

MADRID, SPAIN – The move follows a publicised battle by a 28-year-old male transsexual who has been rejected by the army on two occasions because he does not have a penis.

The man, who has only been named as Aitor G R, was born female but underwent a mastectomy and hormone treatment several years ago in the first step of “gender reassignment”. He is on a waiting list for an operation to reshape his genitals into a penis.

Although the Spanish army recruits women, Aitor G R is recognised as a man legally and was declared medically unfit by army recruiters because of his lack of male genitalia.

He was first turned away in Feb 2007 but reapplied earlier this month only to be refused again. He said it had always been his dream to join the army since playing with toy soldiers as a child. Read the rest of this entry »

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Jude Law stars as Minx in a credible new role in Rage

Jude Law stars as Minx in a credible new role in Rage

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Make-up transformations are usually left to the likes of Eddy Izzard and Boy George.

But in an unlikely reinvention, Primrose Hill stud Jude Law has lost himself in the make-up box.

Convincing Jude looks more like his ex-wife Sadie Frost as he dons a black crop wig and ruby sharp lipstick for his role in new film Rage. Read the rest of this entry »

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I hope that's a cross in her pocket

I hope that's a cross in her pocket

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – A 45-year-old Indian man who used mascara in a shopping mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was fined, reported Gulf News, an English daily newspaper based in the UAE. The man, a manager at a land development company, plead not guilty, insisting that he was rehearsing a role in a Bollywood movie where he is to play up a female role. Read the rest of this entry »

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