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Chelsea Manning wants to be first transgender US Senator
Chelsea E. Manning the transgender former U.S. Army intelligence analyst who was convicted for giving more than 700,000 classified military documents to WikiLeaks, is officially planning to run for a U.S. Senate seat. Manning, who revealed she was transgender during her trial, was initially denied medical treatment in her all-male prison to facilitate her transition. Following multiple…
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London’s LipSinkers a sight you will not want to miss
Like clockwork every first Friday of the month the very motley crew of performers collectively known as The LipSinkers take over the stage at the legendary RVT (Royal Vauxhall Tavern) the oldest gay bar in South London. With their wickedly camp sense of outrageous humor which borders on the insane (or maybe beyond) and dressed…
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Trans Youth talk about the labels society hangs on them
In this new short film by award-winning trans filmmaker/activist Jake Graf he simply asked trans youth about the labels put on them by society. The result is a powerful message challenging the stigma of what it means to be trans today. Like all of Graf’s work it makes an essential contribution to the continuing dialogue…
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Go-Go Reject
Did you grow up as a skinny schoolkid dreaming that when you grew up you’d be a dancer just like Jennifer Beals in the 1983 hit movie Flashdance? Well, Daniel did, but when he finally plucked up the nerve to go audition to be a Go-Go Boy he was turned down because he was still…
