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A Tale of Two Genders: Transitions caters to ‘gender non-conforming’ community members

By Chelsey Boutan | November 3, 2011

When professors first called his name for attendance, Sam Barrons dreaded being referred to as "she" or by his legal name.As a transsexual man, Barrons doesn't like to be called by his female-gendered legal name. Explaining his gender identity to professors...

Cuba Transgender Wedding

Cuba Transgender Wedding

By Franklin Reyes (AP Photo) | August 31, 2011

Just married transsexual Wendy Iriepa, right, and Ignacio Estrada ride in a classic car holding up a gay rights banner in Havana, Cuba, Saturday Aug. 13, 2011. Iriepa, whose sex change operation was paid for by the state, tied the knot with Estrada in...

Trans-insured at NIU

By Kyla Gardner | April 11, 2011

DeKALB | Bethany Hill certainly didn’t identify with the transgender people on Jerry Springer. She wondered if there was even a word for what she was feeling. “I had always felt that there was something a little off but I couldn’t really describe...