Dr. Kim Seok-Kwun is known as the "father of South Korean transgender people," and he is the leading surgeon performing sex reassignment surgeries in South Korea. Despite his own strong Christian beliefs, he says he has come to the decision that performing SRS for his patients is the right thing to do, even if it earns… » 4/19/14 6:12pm Saturday 6:12pm

Yesterday India's Supreme Court legally recognized the country's neither male or female third gender, and declared them entitled to the same education, jobs, and driver's licenses as those who identify as male or female. To Western eyes, this ruling is unprecedented given the same court's recent outlawing of… » 4/16/14 5:15pm Wednesday 5:15pm

Last Friday, Monica Jones was found guilty of prostitution-related charges despite efforts from her and the ACLU after being arrested in May of 2013 in a police sting operation in Phoenix, Arizona. The black transgender student and well-known sex work activist had not actually engaged in prostitution—she accepted a… » 4/13/14 1:00pm 4/13/14 1:00pm

With what could have major implications on sex reassignment surgery for transgender women, four young cisgender women have been successfully implanted with vaginas made from their own cells. Follow up tests have shown that the engineered vaginas are not distinguishable from the rest of the young women's bodies. » 4/10/14 8:55pm 4/10/14 8:55pm

The video chronicles the reunion of a woman with her best friend, with whom she was in love when they were teenagers. However, there's a twist, as her best friend knew her as a "boy." She is, in fact, a "ladyboy," which is the preferred term for many individuals in Thailand we might label as trans women in a Western… » 4/10/14 3:39pm 4/10/14 3:39pm

"So I was asked to write about the Trans(-?) male/men/dude/masculine or whatever else we feel like calling ourselves, experience and feminism (or at least my personal experience and thoughts)," writes C, a trans man who wants to offer his perspective: » 4/06/14 2:30pm 4/06/14 2:30pm

Transparent, a TV series written by Jill Soloway and features a later transitioning trans woman named Maura, has been given the green light for production of a full season. » 4/02/14 3:04pm 4/02/14 3:04pm

Gary Sconce, a California high school teacher, surprised students, parents and administrators by announcing that the long-time educator would return from spring break as Karen Adell Scot. » 3/24/14 4:45pm 3/24/14 4:45pm

Transition isn't just about medical transition. It isn't just about hormones. It isn't just about surgeries. If any of that stuff. It's about making a lot of life changes. Choosing to move from unhappiness behind a mask to happiness unmasked. And here's a couple of transition montage videos that will really inspire… » 3/23/14 1:30pm 3/23/14 1:30pm

Chelsea Manning is asking a court to formally change her name. » 3/20/14 9:40am 3/20/14 9:40am

In December, the city council of Shreveport, Louisiana passed an ordinance banning housing and employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. What great news! Everyone in Shreveport must be throwing dance parties in the name of progress and RuPaul's Supermodel (You Better Work) — … » 1/18/14 12:00pm 1/18/14 12:00pm