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Has media glare caused Semenya to run away?
Cape Town :: South Africa | about 14 hours ago
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It made her momentarily a kind of latter-day circus freak, like the moustached woman: dwelled on, gawked at, even moralised upon. Australia was peripherally implicated because it was a Sydney newspaper that first reported the leaked results of her tests...
Tags: Semenya, Athletics South Africa, Ariel Levy, Berlin, levy reported, Leonard Chuene, south african, South Africa, Cape Town, Gender verification in sports, Caster Semenya, Gender, Intersexuality, South Africa under apartheid, Julius Malema
Sex-swap pioneer a model for womankind
Liverpool :: United Kingdom | about 14 hours ago
Credibility I was born a man,'' says April Ashley, who in 1960 became the first Briton to undergo sex-change surgery. ''I was born a baby, not a man. From the year dot, I knew I was female, so as soon as I could kneel to say my prayers, it would be, 'God bless Mummy,...
Tags: April Ashley, United Kingdom, Liverpool, Testosterone, Gender, Transsexualism
Miley Cyrus Crushing On Zac Efron!
Never :: Russia | 1 day ago
Credibility Pop star Miley Cyrus has been talking a bunch of nonsense lately and now she’s admitting to having the hots for one of her Disney bestie’s boyfriend! Vanessa Hudgens better continue to keep Zac Efron’s text inbox full of nudie pics because Miley is ready...
Tags: Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron, black fridays, views submitted, Russia, Never, Bubblegum pop, Human Interest, Miley, Rape, Thanksgiving, Motion Picture Association of America film rating system, Imidazolines, Clonidine, Social Issues, Intersexuality, Self, Movement of Free Citizens, Twilight, Penis, Q, Black Friday, Gender, Ion Television, Biology of gender, Retailing, Human penis size, Gender identity
Thailand looks to limit sex change surgery
Bangkok :: Thailand | 1 day ago
Credibility Transsexuals and transgender men are a common sight in Thailand, appearing on soap operas and working at all levels of Bangkok society, from department store cosmetics counters and popular restaurants to corporate offices and red-light districts. A national...
Tags: Thailand, Dr. Sampandh Komrit, sex change, change surgery, Bangkok, Health Medical Pharma, Gulf of Thailand, Pattaya, Transgender, Sex reassignment surgery, Gender, Transsexualism, Gender transitioning
GENDER-SOUTH AFRICA: 'There Is A Sense Of Vindication'
Rome :: Italy | 1 day ago
Credibility Born in a squatter camp in Orlando East and raised by a single mother; working in a factory while completing secondary school by correspondence; arrested and banned by the apartheid government: South Africa's ambassador to Italy is an example of the long...
Tags: South Africa, Italy, Rome, Social Issues, Gender studies, Inter Press Service, Women's rights, Fighting Discrimination, Sociology, United Nations Population Fund, Social equality, Socioeconomics, Women in Chile, Women in the workforce, Gender, Feminism, Gender equality, South Africa under apartheid, Entertainment Culture
The urge for single-sex fraternity will remain strong
Melbourne :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility The clubs may go, but mateship and sisterhood will be harder to erase. I was invited by a good friend to lunch at one of Melbourne's gentlemen's clubs...He promised me amiable company, good conversation, and fine spirits (of the alcoholic sort).
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Gentlemen's club, Gender, Misogyny, Grammatical gender, Gentleman
Tackling the unfinished business of equal pay for men and women
Canberra :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility This year's Miss Universe, Stefania Fernandez, of Venezuela, was asked during the pageant if women still faced barriers in the workplace. Without batting a perfectly-coiffed eyelid, she replied: ''I believe that nowadays, we women have overcome many obstacles...
Tags: Miss Venezuela, women earning, pay gap, gender pay, having children, Australia, Canberra, Women's rights, Human rights, Equal pay for equal work, Male￢ﾀﾓfemale income disparity in the United States, Employment compensation, Gender, Equal pay for women, Labor, Gender studies
Gay soldier: German Army discriminates
Berlin :: Germany | 2 days ago
Credibility A former paratrooper in the German Army says discrimination against gays continues almost two decades after it was officially abolished. Udo Kappler, 42, told Deutsche Welle he went form being in the top 20 percent of his division to getting poor performance...
Tags: gay soldiers, Udo Kappler, Germany, Berlin, Effeminacy, Men and feminism, Social Issues, Gender, Sexual orientation
Match made in heaven
Mumbai :: India | 2 days ago
Credibility All they want is someone who will not discriminate against them based on their gender identity, class, caste and religion. A tough call considering the fact that all aforementioned individuals are transsexual, and the website where they have uploaded...
Tags: transsexual women, Kalki, India, Mumbai, Transwoman, Gender, Transgender, Transsexualism
New DFID programme to focus on women
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 2 days ago
Credibility Syed Nahas Pasha, London Dhaka, Nov 25 (bdnews24.com)�A new UK-funded programme to improve women's life chances and tackle violence against women in South Asia was launched today, which is the international Day for the Elimination of Violence Against...
Tags: South Asia, DFID, life chances, Bangladeshi, improve women, Bangladesh, Dhāka, Department for International Development, Social Issues, Gender, Violence against women, Domestic violence, International development, Violence, Gender studies
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