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"Amazing Progress"

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:45:06 -0500

Its nice to hear good news sometimes:

Amazing Progress - Reading the Transgendernews yahoogroup this weekend, made me happy. There were stories about progress in three different states: two of which are in the advance stages of progress.

Gender Change Costs Dean A Job

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:37:59 -0500

This article brings up some interesting questions of whether GID is covered as a disability and how religions get involved.

Gender Change Costs Dean a Job

Religious institutions have long had leeway to hire and fire based on creed. But what happens when a man who professes the faith also starts to appear on campus as a woman?

At Spring Arbor University, a Michigan institution affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, the pending termination of a transgender faculty member (and ordained Baptist minister) has raised just that question...

Human rights committee 'concerned' over mental health bill

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:19:39 -0500

This is a short but pretty interesting article. It definately starts to present a case for the declassification of GID and GD as a psychiatric disorder:

Human rights committee 'concerned' over mental health bill

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:19:39 -0500

This is a short but rather interesting article. It definitely starts to present a case for the declassification of Gender Identity Disorder and gender dysphoria as psychiatric disorders:

More U.S. employers cover sex transition surgery...

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:30:04 -0500

This is pretty cool, you should check it out

More U.S. employers cover sex transition surgery
Large corporations follow city's lead in offering benefit
- Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

People who change their gender must undergo rigorous mental health evaluations and trial periods that last years, and they sometimes face stigma, but the biggest challenge for many is paying for the process.

In the past few years, however, following the model of San Francisco, some of the world's largest employers have begun covering surgical procedures, including gender-reassignment surgery, and a host of other related care...