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Through the Looking Glass with Alice Novic

Through the Looking Glass

Alice Novic
(Apr 29, 2008)

URNA Announcements
	URNA TParty, May 24th, Columbus Ohio Apr 23, 2008 SATURDAY, May 24th @ 7 PM Pyramid Night Club 211 N 6th St Columbus Ohio, 43215 Pyramid Club on Google maps Are you ready for the next URNA TParty? Check out the TParty Photo Gallery We will be raffling off URNA TShirts, Gift Certificates for the GARDEN and a one year URNA Gold Membership! TParty is a ... [more...]
	URNotAlone: Changes to Mail and Chat Apr 23, 2008 We've recently made changes to the requirements for sending Mail to Members and to enter URNA Chat. For years, we've had people who would create profiles and leave them pretty much blank, just to be a nuisance and harass people in Chat or to send SPAM to our Members. Lots of our Members have asked us to make these changes for years, especially pertaining to URNA Chat. Jon and Dan talked and finall... [more...]
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	Unraveling Michelle - The Documentary May 13, 2008 "Unraveling Michelle" The Documentary UnravelingMichelle.com Dan Shaffer AbsoluteIndependentPictures.com Two years ago, prominent East Coast independent filmmaker and seemingly consummate "guy's guy" Joe O'Ferrell had something to tell the people around him. Loading up his cameras in order to catch it all on tape, Joe turned to his crew and matter-of-factly revealed to them that he'd led a secret life a... [more...]
	Call for Book Interviews May 12, 2008 Seeking Bigendered or Heterosexual Cross Dressers to interview for forthcoming book. Cross Dressing should stem from expression of an inner woman, not solely for sexual gratification. Book will be geared toward offering hope and encouragement to Cross Dressers first coming to terms with that part of themselves, to ease their journey through the stories of others, and hopefully to enlighten and educate the general public. If you wo... [more...]

National & International News
Mexico transgender couple ties the knot, pushes law May 18, 2008 Reuters.com - By Mica Rosenberg Mexico City (Reuters) - A couple who both changed their sex married on Saturday in Mexico's first transgender wedding, as the traditionally conservative country loses some of its inhibitions. Mario del Socorro, formerly Maria, and Diana G... [more...]
Drag Queen Robs Burger King May 17, 2008 WOAI.com Police in New Orleans are looking for a cross-dresser who robbed a fast food restaurant. The suspect climbed through the takeout window at a Burger King May 11th. The gun-toting thief was dressed in drag. The man had a revealing bustline and a barrette in his h... [more...]
OHIP to cover sex changes May 16, 2008 TheStar.com - Rob Ferguson - Queen's Park Bureau Smitherman says surgery for `very serious medical condition' will cost health plan $200,000 yearly The small number of Ontarians hoping for sex-change operations will soon see the surgery covered by provincial health insu... [more...]
Flap Flares Over Gender Diagnosis May 16, 2008 GayCityNews.com - By: Duncan Osborne Transgender and gay activists are objecting to some members of an American Psychiatric Association (APA) committee that will weigh changes to the definition of gender identity disorder (GID), a diagnosis that activists say is used to treat young ... [more...]

Real Life

Montreal sex-change clinic attracting patients from around the world

(May 16, 2008)

CanadaEast.com - Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press

Montreal - Cynthia Tebbetts's fingers fidgeted on the steering wheel during the four-hour drive from New Hampshire to Montreal.

As his blue Chevy wound its way through New England's mountainous north last January, all... [more...]

The Sissy-Whupping Method

(May 14, 2008)

Feministe.us - Posted by: Holly

“I didn’t know what to do. My own dad was so tough on us - always saying things like “Be a Man!”

My father’s voice cracks with grief as he continues. “I thought I had to - like he used to say - whup the sissy out of you.”more...]

The Father Of A Transgender 10 Year Old

(May 14, 2008)

AndrewSullivan.TheAtlantic.com - Andrew Sullivan

A reader writes:

My ten year old son has shown clear and undeniable signs of transgenderism since before he was four. His favorite musicians are all girls (Hannah Montana, Hillary Duff, etc.), all his friends are girls, h... [more...]

Transgender students navigate campus attitudes and resources

(May 13, 2008)

Maroon.UChicago.edu - By Rhema Hokama

Earlier this quarter Luka Carfagna and a group of friends showed up at Stagg Field for a kickoff IM men’s soccer match. But after arriving at the stadium, student IM representatives told Carfagna that he couldn’t participate on the all-male te... [more...]