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Gabrielle Ludwig, Transgender Mission College Basketball Player, Keeps Head High

Submitted by ONE Community on December 17, 2012 - 10:47am
Gabrielle Ludwig, Transgender Mission College Basketball Player, Keeps Head High

The women's basketball team at Mission College expected the bleachers to be full and the hecklers ready when its newest player made her home court debut.

In the days leading up to the game, people had plenty to say about 6-foot-6-inch, 220-pound Gabrielle Ludwig, who joined the Lady Saints as a mid-season walk-on and became, according to advocates, the first transsexual to play college hoops as both a man and a woman.

Coach Corey Cafferata worried the outside noise was getting to his players, particularly the 50-year-old Ludwig. Read more »

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Caught in the Budget Battle

Submitted by ONE Community on December 9, 2012 - 12:23pm
Caught in the Budget Battle

How the 'Fiscal Showdown' Impacts Gay and Transgender Americans

If Congress fails to act during the lame-duck session, a series of onerous automatic federal spending cuts and tax hikes will go into effect on January 2, 2013. This budget battle has two major components: Read more »

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TRANS the Movie at Casa De Cristo Church and Apostolic Center

Submitted by ONE Community on August 29, 2012 - 11:31pm
TRANS the Movie at Casa De Cristo Church and Apostolic Center

"TRANS" is an extraordinary documentary feature about men and women . . . and all the variations in between. It is a positive movie about the Transgender Community, perhaps the most misunderstood and mistreated minority in America and around the world.

Hosted by Casa de Cristo Church and Apostolic Center

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Transgender at five [VIDEO]

Submitted by ONE Community on May 21, 2012 - 2:08pm
Transgender at five [VIDEO]

She first insisted she was a boy at the age of 2. "I am a boy" became a constant theme in struggles over clothing, bathing, swimming, eating, playing. Eventually, a psychologist diagnosed gender identity disorder. Now Tyler 's parents allow him to live as a boy, and the 5-year-old is reveling in his new identity. (The Post is using the name his parents would have given him if he had been born a boy to protect the family's identity outside their community, where their situation already is widely known.) (Whitney Shefte/The Washington Post) Read more »

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