Wednesday, May 23, 2007
All My Children: Transgender Support Group
. . . as depicted in the television program "All My Children," and, moreover, includes actual Ts, FTM and MTF.
Transgender teen free to be herself
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, May 20, 2007
FORT WORTH – When Rochelle Evans chooses what she's going to wear to Eastern Hills High School each day, her choices aren't solely fashion statements. To Rochelle, her flats, makeup and women's jeans represent a hard-fought right to express herself.
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Allowed to dress like a girl at school, Rochelle Evans, a 15-year-old transgender sophomore, and her mom, Lenora Felipe, had something to smile about as they cooked dinner. And a subtle declaration about transgender teens everywhere.
The 15-year-old transgender sophomore, who started high school as Rodney Evans, recently fought a public battle against school administrators over wearing women's clothes and her reaction when confronted by school officials. As part of the deal, Rochelle is addressed as a female and gets to use the nurse's bathroom to avoid any awkward scenes in the boys' or girls' restroom.
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Rochelle touches up her makeup before a family dinner at her Fort Worth home. 'With the help of makeup, you can create your own kind of life,' she says. "I just felt more comfortable being a girl," she said. "I'm not asking for any special treatment."
For a while, she attended classes wearing both male and female attire but said that felt like a compromise.
She got herself suspended when asked not to wear her wig, fake breasts and short skirt to school.
Her attorneys met with school officials this month and hammered out an agreement that got her back in school. And Rochelle must attend summer classes to make up for missed classes.
"There was never a day when I was Rochelle for the whole day," Rochelle said. "I love makeup. I started wearing makeup because it helped to complete me more. It made me feel more like a girl. With the help of makeup, you can create your own kind of life." . . .
Stanton stars at a fundraiser
Equality Florida benefits from the former Largo official's presence.
By LORRI HELFAND
Published May 23, 2007
ST. PETERSBURG -- They backed her when she was a man, but they loved her as a woman.
Making her first public appearance in the bay area as a woman, Susan Ashley Stanton was greeted with applause and whoops of praise Tuesday night by Pinellas County's leading gay and transgender group, which came to her defense earlier this year when she was fighting to keep her job as Largo city manager.
At the Second Annual Pinellas Equality Florida fundraiser, Stanton mingled with about 300 guests for nearly an hour before addressing the crowd from the porch of the historic Rutland Estate on Little Bayou.
"When I first began my journey in Florida, I thought it was a lone journey," but it's not been, Stanton said as she thanked the group for its support with unprepared remarks. . . .
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| [Times photo: Edmund D. Fountain] Susan Stanton (center) talks with St. Petersburg city councilman Herb Polson on Tuesday evening at the Rutland Estate in St. Petersburg. |
Mistaken identity
On Monday, psychiatrist Russell Reid was censured for improperly authorising five sex changes. Claudia, whom Reid approved for gender reassignment 20 years ago, tells Julie Bindel how she was rushed into the operation - and quickly came to regret it.
Wednesday May 23, 2007
The Guardian
Wednesday May 23, 2007
The Guardian
There was a moment when Claudia, as a young gay man living with the person she describes as the love of her life, was "blissfully happy." . . .
First sex-swap mayor to be sworn in - and the mayoress used to be a man too!
A man who had a sex swap is set to become the UK's first transgender mayor - and his mayoress has had a sex change too. 
Liberal Democrat Jenny Bailey, 45, who underwent a sex change operation when she was in her 30s, is likely to be sworn in as the civic leader of Cambridge City Council at a ceremony tomorrow.
Her partner, Jennifer Liddle, 49, who also underwent a sex swap and is a former councillor, will be mayoress.
They are believed to be the world's first transgender Mayor and Mayoress.
Ms Bailey, who was once married and fathered two children, now aged 20 and 18, has served on Cambridge City Council with her partner.
The world's first sex change mayor and mayoress: Jenny Bailey (right) with partner Jennifer Liddle . . .
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