Trans Rights

Stu Rasmussen is the Nation’s First Transgender Mayor

Andy Towle November 11, 2008

I mentioned him briefly last Friday, but here are three news clips about Stu Rasmussen, who last week became the nation's first transgender mayor when … [Read more...] about Stu Rasmussen is the Nation’s First Transgender Mayor

Andy Towle November 10, 2008

Chilling: Blueprints for Auschwitz found in Berlin flat. Keith Haring exhibit opens in Palm Springs. Courtney Love voted No on Prop 8, at … [Read more...] about News: Courtney Love, Missouri, Life, Justin Gaston, Brooke Smith

Andy Towle November 7, 2008

Potential AIDS breakthrough following bone marrow transplant in Berlin: "The startling case of an AIDS patient who underwent a bone marrow transplant … [Read more...] about News: Rihanna, Shiba Inus, Simpsons, Oregon, Robert Buckley

Andy Towle November 5, 2008

Empire State Pride Agenda's big New York election victory: "Last night was a big victory for ESPA and Van Capelle, who made no secret of the fact that … [Read more...] about News: New York, Michael Crichton, The View, Dress Shirts,

Andy Towle October 27, 2008

U.S. launches attacks into Syria; civilians reported among dead. Scientists see devastating plummet in population of Puget Sound killer whales: … [Read more...] about News: Geoff Farrow, Orcas, Harry Potter, Transsexual Gene

Andy Towle October 21, 2008

You may remember back in April 2007 a column by L.A. Times sports writer Mike Penner which got a ton of press. Said Penner in that column: "Today I … [Read more...] about Transgender Sports Writer Mike Penner/Christine Daniels Reverses?

Andy Towle October 7, 2008

Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier: 'therapeutic' AIDS vaccine in 3 or 4 years. British gay pub hit by "butt pirate" graffiti. Landlord: "I don’t … [Read more...] about News: Dubai, Sarah Palin, AIDS Vaccine, Guatemala, David Geffen

Andy Towle September 26, 2008

Tribute to Del Martin to be held at San Francisco City Hall on October 1. Two men arrested for kiss outside Roman colisseum ordered to trial: "On … [Read more...] about News: Rome Kiss, Daniel Radcliffe, Dubai, Levi’s, Bruce Cohen, India

Andy Towle September 25, 2008

The body of a transgender woman who CBS 13 reports was in the process of transitioning to a female was pulled from the American River near Sacramento … [Read more...] about Body of Transgender Woman Pulled from River Near Sacramento

Andy Towle September 22, 2008

Transgender woman wins groundbreaking sex discrimination suit brought by ACLU: "A federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., ruled today that … [Read more...] about News: Bolthouse Farms, Diamond, Emmys, Transgender Win