A Trailblazer From Birth – There was nothing ordinary about Aiden Rivera-Schaeff’s life. He was the first of some 20 babies born to a lesbian parenting support group in Kingston in the 1990s that paired lesbians with willing sperm donors and arranged for their artificial insemination.
Letters of Love – A Mother & Son’s Conversation on Coming Out Transgender – downloadable .pdf
A Love Letter To Transgender People From A Transgender Priest – I want you to know that I see you. I see you sitting in the pew, with your parents, as your pastor talks about what an abomination those transgender people are. I see your face burn with the recognition that he’s talking about you. I see you slink down in your seat and hope to disappear. I see you. I see you facing the dread….
Surgeons Grow Penis On Man’s Forearm – A Russian man born with genitals so small that he was unable to have sex has been given the chance to lead a normal love life after a new penis was “grown” on his arm during pioneering surgery. In an 11-hour operation, plastic surgeons in Moscow removed the 28 yo’s undersized penis and stitched it to his left forearm, where they grafted on additional flesh and tissue taken from his inner arm. The newly enlarged organ, which had grown from less than five centimetres to nearly 12 centimetres was then reattached to his groin.
Russian Man Grows Penis on Arm – Doctors have conducted an 11-hour operation to replace a patient’s deformed penis with one grown on his forearm, the Moskovskiy Komsomolets daily reports. The 30-year-old man, whose name was changed in the article to protect his privacy, had a defect from birth – his penis was crooked, two-and-a-half-inches long and lacked a scrotum, the newspaper writes.
Teenager Grows New Penis On Arm – A Russian teenager who had his penis amputated, has grown a new one on his arm. Doctors attached a rubber tube to the 16-year-old’s arm and grew his skin around it. The organ was then transplanted to his groin. The boy, known only as Malik, had to have his penis amputated when he burned it urinating on an electrical wire.
Iran’s Sex-Change Operations – In a country that has outlawed homosexuality, Frances Harrison meets one Iranian cleric who says the right to a sex change is a human right.
Transsexual Tale Launches Author To Limelight – Julie Anne Peters – “Luna” features a transgender character – a teenage boy named Liam who considers himself female in every way, except physically. Secretly, he dresses in women’s clothes, transforming into his true self, a girl he calls Luna.
This Trans Guy Gets Personal In Powerful Letter To His Pre-Transition Self – Follow the video F2M Transition of Jamie Raines here.