MSNBC
These TV series are over, but did they satisfy? (English)
| You’re still puzzled by what you watched on “Lost,” haunted by that final scene on “Nip/Tuck,” comforted by that cozy closer in Trafalgar Square on “Ugly Betty” and wondering what’s become of your “Heroes.” | Series finales are ...
The New York Times
Edict Aims at TV and Sex Changes (English)
| JAKARTA, Indonesia (Agence France-Presse) — Indonesia’s highest Islamic authority has followed up a series of contentious edicts with a new one barring Muslims from watching television gossip shows or having sex-change operations. Relat...
The Examiner
Sexy Art: CartoonPink artist Amy Matthews returns with 2011 Digital Playground calendar (English)
| In a November installment of my ongoing Sexy Art feature, I reported on illustrator Amy Matthews, the artist behind CartoonPink.com, and her work for the 2010 Digital Playground calendar. | Matthews specializes in erotic digital paintings based on ...
The Guardian
Bethany Black: Life as a transsexual comedian (English)
| Bethany Black is a stand-up comedian. She also happens to be a post-operative transsexual lesbian - but don't dare try to pigeonhole her | A transgender journey: 'Passing' as a woman Bethany Black: 'After I transitioned, my life just got better and...
The Guardian
'Confidence is the key to passing - or at least to silencing the hecklers' (English)
| When Juliet Jacques began trying to 'pass' as a woman, she faced transphobic comments on a bad day - and misogynistic ones on a good Makeup and fashion: a whole new language to learn when 'passing'. Photograph: Solede Toins/Alamy | Immersed in gend...
Breitbart
Nepal to host first gay pride march: lawmaker (English)
| Nepal's only openly homosexual member of parliament, Sunil Pant, talks to a... | Nepal will this year hold its first gay pride parade, the country's only openly homosexual member of parliament told AFP on Tuesday. | Sunil Pant said he hopes up to 3...
Denver Post
Trinidad sex-change doctor considering move (English)
| TRINIDAD, Colo.—A town nicknamed the "sex change capital of the world" could be losing a doctor who has performed hundreds of the operations. | Dr. Marci Bowers said Monday she is "98 percent sure" she will be moving to the San Francisco area...
MSNBC
Colorado sex-change doctor considering move (English)
| TRINIDAD, Colo. — A town nicknamed the "sex change capital of the world" could be losing a doctor who has performed hundreds of the operations. | Dr. Marci Bowers said Monday she is "98 percent sure" she will be moving to the San Francisco ar...
The Times Of India
Nepal to host first gay pride march: Lawmaker (English)
KATHMANDU: Nepal will this year hold its first gay pride parade, the country's only openly homosexual member of parliament told AFP on Tuesday. | Sunil Pant said he hopes up to 3,000 gays, lesbians, transvestites and transsexuals from Nepal and neigh...
Independent online
Nepal to host first gay pride march (English)
| Nepal will this year hold its first gay pride parade, the country's only openly homosexual member of parliament told AFP on Tuesday. | Sunil Pant said he hopes up to 3 000 gays, lesbians, transvestites and transsexuals from Nepal and neighbour...
The Examiner
Confirmed: 'Glee' to get its freak on with special 'Rocky Horror'-themed episode (English)
| Yes, Frank N. Furter is headed to...well, wherever Glee takes place. | Although Glee isn't on our "Must DVR" list here at the Comedy Examiner's Office, we understand that the show does have an absurd amount of fans right now. ...
Irish Times
EU to accede to European Convention on Human Rights (English)
| The union will become a party to the convention in the same way each of its member states has since the 1950s, writes Donncha O'Connell | ALTHOUGH NOT likely to attract the same attention as an inter-governmental conference, the European Union rec...
The Guardian
Caravaggio: how he influenced my art (English)
| From Martin Scorsese to Peter Doig, film-makers, photographers and artists explain how Caravaggio's prophetically cinematic paintings inspired them Detail from Boy Bitten by a Lizard, c.1592-3 by Caravaggio. Photograph: Longhi Collection, Florence,...
The Guardian
Ziggy Stardust and a new take on Tron (English)
| Michael Sheen's character in sequel to hit 1982 film draws inspiration from David Bowie Michael Sheen (left) with fellow cast members of Disney's Tron: Legacy at the Comic-Con International festival. Photograph: Denis Poroy/AP | Michael Sheen has e...
The Examiner
San Francisco Marathon 2010 results: Ultra runners dominate the men's field (English)
| San Francisco Marathon results and race recap for 2010. The San Francisco Marathon Related articles The San Francisco Marathon event preview: Hills, the Haight and the Golden Gate Bridge The transsexual marathon runner: Meet Jennifer McCreat...
The Boston Globe
Legendary scribes and hoop dreams in Philippines (English)
| Lots of people contend that Roger Angel is the finest writer ever to have been consumed with baseball, although some cite John Updike's "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" as their favorite triumph of baseball writing. | Lots of people maintain that no one ha...
The Observer
Caravaggio: how he influenced my art (English)
David LaChapelle – Photographer and film director | Caravaggio is often called the most modern of the old masters – there's a newness, a contemporary feel to his work that painting prior to him just didn't have. It's like when [fashion designer A...
The Independent
Wintour goes nuclear about restaurant on her doorstep (English)
| You don't have to be invited to know that Anna Wintour's Manhattan townhouse, which backs on to an exclusive garden oasis in the heart of Greenwich Village, must be swish. Try to drop by next Wednesday and you will find Barack Obama among her guest...
Independent online
Transgender worker wanted to cut off penis (English)
| Next » 1 2 | Christine Ehlers, a transgender woman claiming she was unfairly dismissed from her company, tried to cut off her own penis when she was five, the Johannesburg Labour Court heard on Friday. | Ehlers, previously known a...
Irish Times
Gaze comes of age (English)
| DONALD CLARKE | Gaze Film Festival turns 18 in an era when the mainstream is opening up to gay and lesbian themes - they're now spoilt for choice | YVONNE O'REILLY has seen many changes in the 18 years since she helped found the Gay and Lesbian Fil...
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