Shahana Abbas Shani, president of Pakistan's She-male Association, announces that she will contest elections as an independent candidate for Muzaffargarh for the Punjab provincial assembly.
by Matt Kane - GLAAD's Associate Director of Entertainment Media
“Transphobia is still all too prevalent in our society and this show will only contribute to it. It will reinforce the mistaken belief that transgender women are simply ‘men pretending to be women,’ and that their efforts to live their lives authentically as women are a form of lying or deception.”
Celebrity Chaz Bono and bodybuilder Chris Tina Bruce put human faces on transgender identity, and new national surveys show that Americans are growing increasingly supportive of their issues.
Local personal fitness trainer and nutritional consultant Chris Tina Bruce will be the first transgender participant in a bodybuilding competition this weekend. She will also be the first person to have ever competed as both a man and a woman and says due to the way bodybuilding is run, she has no advantage.
While our lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) servicemembers now have a policy in place to protect them from discrimination, the repeal of DADT doesn’t protect our transgender servicemembers.
The results, which are not scientific, reveal that 47% of readers say that they will be watching “DWTS” because of Chaz, 39% said they would not be watching the show because of Chaz, and 13% said they were already fans of the dance competition.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has ended the practice of allowing gender to be matched in its Social Security Number Verification System (SSNVS).
Transphobia? With what has now amounted to a tsunami of criticism for having Chaz in this season’s lineup, I applaud "Dancing With The Stars" for unwavering, and Chaz for stepping out.
