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The Meaning of a Transgender Homecoming King

Dec. 4, 2007

By Hugo Schwyzer

The story from The Pasadena Star-News has now been picked up nationally: “King for a Day: Transgender Student Elected Homecoming King.”

For Andrew Gomez, the month of November has been one of firsts.

First, he broke the news to his mother that he was transitioning from a female to a male. Then the 24-year-old transgender student was elected Homecoming king at Pasadena City College. Neither event came easily, but the second milestone nearly did not happen. PCC’s Homecoming committee initially ruled Gomez ineligible because of his pierced ear.
But after students complained, lodging charges of discrimination, the committee relented and reversed its decision. Gomez said his election earlier this month as Homecoming king surprised him, even though he initially ran hoping to become a source of inspiration for other gay, lesbian and transgender students.

“I wanted them to feel like they could do something like this, instead of having them feel, ‘I am not straight so I can’t do this,’” Gomez said.

I’m very proud of Andrew, who was a student in my Introduction to Lesbian and Gay American History class in the spring of 2006. . . .

Big Brother contestant appeals after libel action thrown out

4 December 2007

By PA Mediapoint

Former Big Brother housemate Lisa Jeynes has been given permission to appeal against a judge's decision to dismiss her claim that she was defamed by a newspaper which she says portrayed her as a man pretending to be a woman.

Jeynes, 38, who featured in the 2003 series of Big Brother, wants to sue over publications which appeared on the cover of Love it! magazine and in the News of the World in May last year.

Her complaint focuses on the words: "BB's Lisa 'the geezer'. My fake boobs fell out on date with James Hewitt!"

She claims that the innuendo - against a background of rumours in 2003 that there was to be a transsexual contestant in Big Brother - was that she was really a man posing as a woman, a transgender or transsexual. . . .

Boi Troubles

BY Sasha

December 05, 2007


I am a 21-year-old transgender boy (bio female not taking hormones or having surgery) and I’ve recently come to the conclusion that I am into dominance and submission (D&S) and light bondage. Unfortunately, I am also a virgin and I have no idea where to meet girls who are into transboys, or where to go in Toronto to find a D&S community. I’m just looking for a sub girl who would enjoy being topped by an androgynous transboy and not have any issues about my gender. I’m tired of waiting to connect with a girl in an everyday situation. On the street, I find that girls are interested in me but it’s only because they think I’m a cute bio boy. Most get freaked out and run away when they realize I’m trans. . . .

Argentine Undergoes Sex-Change Surgery

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 17-year-old Argentine has undergone surgery to become a female only months after winning a court battle in the first case of its kind involving a minor in this country, a representative for the teen said Tuesday.

A judge in 2004 ruled the teen had to wait until age 21 for the operation, but the parents appealed successfully, swaying a court panel to issue a decision in September authorizing surgery as a minor. . . .

Changing Sexual Orientation

By Jacob Anderson-Minshall
December 6, 2007

“If gender identity is fluid, then sexual orientation is as well,” contends psychology grad student lorne m. dickey, who identifies as a gay FTM and spells his name entirely with lowercase letters. Though many scientists and laypersons believe sexual orientation is fixed and immutable, dickey disagrees. His own experience suggests otherwise: “Prior to transition, I identified as a lesbian. I’d never once had sex with a man. Shortly after beginning my transition, it was clear… I was more interested in being sexual with a man than I was with a woman.”

The 45-year-old Arizona native began his transition eight years ago in Seattle, where he received a Master’s degree from Bastyr University. He’s currently enrolled in a counseling psychology PhD program at the University of North Dakota, where he’s studying the effectiveness of support groups for the FTM community and the development of sexual orientation in transsexual men.

“Sexual identity development is a deeply personal process and I don’t think that there’s a simple formula for how that works. Why is it that some people stay straight or gay after transition? Logic would hold that if I’d always been attracted to women pre-transition, that I would be straight post-transition. But that’s not what happened.”

Dickey sits on the board director of the Association for Gender Research, Education, Academia & Action (agreaa.org), a new professional development orgaznisation dedicated to supporting those researching, advocating for and teaching about diverse gender identity experiences, histories and communities. AGREAA has taken over running Trans-Academics.org as their flagship project.

Another dickey study, examining the impact and effectiveness of support groups for FTMs, has revealed mixed results. “There’s a general sense that once you’ve transitioned…you no longer have need for support. [But] there was no difference whether someone had just started [testosterone] or had been on T for ten years; all of the respondents said they had ongoing needs that weren’t being met by support groups.” . . .