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Community members gathered in the courtyard at the Santa Barbara Courthouse on Friday evening in recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance , a date on which people around the world are asked to think about those who have been killed because they were transgender. About fifty people stood in a circle, holding candles and listening to speeches about individuals who lost their lives because "they dared to be different," as one speaker put it. Tacked to the ground and running down the courtyard steps was  

Officials have opened an investigation into a possible link between a dead transsexual prostitute and the former governor of an Italian province, police say. Piero Marrazzo, ex-governor of Lazio, resigned from office Oct. 27 after an alleged blackmail attempt by three police officers emerged. It involved a video allegedly showing Marrazzo with a transsexual prostitute named "Natalie."  

Semenya could also be spared the further indignity of the public release of her most private medical records. If things are handled right, the world may never know the intimate details of her gender tests. Sadly, it's all too late for the teenager whose worst offense seems to be that she believes she's a woman while the people who look at how fast she runs can't believe she's not a man.  

ChazBono - formerly known as Chastity, the daughter and only child of singing stars Cher and the late Sonny Bono - has given his first live interview since beginning the process of becoming a man eight months ago. He will undergo gender reassignment surgery and hormone therapy for four years, and has already asked to be referred to as a man. In a new TV interview with Good Morning America host Chris Cuomo, the 40-year-old writer, activist and reality TV star revealed that being Sonny and Cher's kid cr  

County Human Resources Director Cheryl Marsden doubts if it will have an immediate impact, especially because there is no federal law mandating such a change to employment policies. So far, it hasn't been an issue, Marsden said. But if someone was to bring it up, she said it would be brought before her and her leadership team, who would draft a recommendation for county commissioners.

It's not an issue until it is brought to our attention   -Cheryl Marsden

 

A year later in San Francisco, a small candlelight vigil spawned the concept behind today's Trans Day of Remembrance — a day of mourning celebrated nationwide, intended to expose hate crimes against members of the transgender community. "We want to let the campus know that these hate crimes don't just affect trans people," said Anthony Calgari Heimuli, who has helped coordinate campus activities for the event. "We're still not equal. We may have this equality in marriage for straight people, but our tra  

Two men have been indicted on hate crime charges in an assault on a transgender woman in one of New York City's most diverse neighborhoods. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Friday that a grand jury indicted Gilberto Ortiz and Trinidad Tapia on second-degree assault as a hate crime and other charges in the June 19 attack. The two men face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.  

 

On the eve of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, Ontario MPP Cheri DiNovo has introduced a private member's bill to amend the human rights code to recognize "gender identity." "Toby's Law," named after a trans person at DiNovo's church who committed suicide, would ensure transgendered people are given the same basic rights as all other Ontarians, she said. The NDP MPP put her bill before the legislature in 2007, but it suffered the fate of most private member's bills and disappeared.

This time we hope the government acts   -Cheri DiNovo