Transgendered News

With the exception of South Africa, most African countries criminalise same-sex relationships with imprisonment, while incidents of violence against gay women and men are poorly investigated and rarely taken to court.

Aside from his acerbic wit, EDGE Style Editor Jason Salzenstein is known for his glowing complexion... not to mention his complete lack of modesty.

Hong Kong News.Net Wednesday 11th November, 2009 A Hong Kong transsexual was preparing Wednesday for a High Court battle for the right to marry a man after having a sex change operation to become a woman.

A Mormon church official says the faith supports a proposed pair of Salt Lake City ordinances that would make it illegal to discriminate against gays in housing and employment matters.

The debate among Christians in Taiwan on homosexuality has heated up in the past few weeks, but gay Christians believe that homophobic church organizations have misinterpreted the Bible.

Cleveland's city council is considering whether to make it a crime to discriminate against transgender people.

Fundamentalists and right wing pundits in Maine demonstrated their finesse at utilizing morality to win the public hate debate surrounding gay rights.

Advocates for same-sex marriage are hitting New York's state capital hard, trying to sway the few votes needed for final legislative approval of the bill in a special session Tuesday.

The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a "gay" way, if a new proposed Bill becomes law.

Gwyneth Paltrow is to play Nicole Kidman's wife. The 'Iron Man' actress has signed on to replace Charlize Theron in 'The Danish Girl', an adaptation of a novel about the first post-operative transsexual.

VARIOUS political parties last week set out their position on homosexuality - a subject often regarded as taboo.

COVINGTON - The gay community has grown in Covington since 2003 when the city's human rights ordinance was passed, protecting homosexuals from discrimination.

A South Carolina couple missing for more than a year and a half has been officially declared dead by a judge as family members established scholarships and planned a memorial in Georgia for the pair.

Today, President Obama signed into law a bill that will dramatically expand the federal hate crimes law, enabling prosecutors to bring federal charges against people who were previously found innocent of hate crimes in state court.

And it came at too great a price: the brutal killings of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, pictured here in February in New York City, will portray a painter who asks her husband to pose as a woman, starting his journey to becoming one.

A well-heeled Democratic fund-raiser is calling on donors to stop the "gay ATM" to politicians who don't fully support equality for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people.

More>> LIFESTYLE HOMESTYLE When it comes to negotiating a lease or paying fair rent, gay and transgender renters may soon get more protection.

Peter Danzig and Janeen Thompson talk with Mark Burton, from the LDS Public Offairs Office, outside of the LDS Church Office Wednesday November 4, 2009.

Beth Ditto dated a man because she thought he was gay. The Gossip singer - who is in a long-term relationship with Freddie, a transgendered individual who was born a female - says she realised she was a lesbian when she was 15, but embarked on a three-year romance with a guy because she felt he wasn't a threat.