Everyone has heard of the expression, “Location, location, location.” In the real estate world it is used often and has a lot of significance. A good location is a very important factor in relation to real estate. The more desirable the location, the more value the property will have and it will always be easier…
One stage. Nine challengers. Forty million viewers. And the winner takes home a six-month national TV campaign, plus a $500 million advertising contract, and a chance to challenge the current champion – one-on-one. If that whets your appetite for a new cycle of America’s Next Top Model, I’m sorry to disappoint. It’s just the Republican…
A lesbian couple in California has started hormone therapy for their 11-year-old son Tommy after he said he wanted to be a girl named Tammy. Pauline Moreno and Debra Lobel decided to allow the hormone-blocking treatments so the child could make an informed decision about his gender expression at a later age. Many transgender rights…
In an effort to reduce stress put on transgender students, UCLA will consider allowing transgender students or those considering gender reassignment to live with members of the person’s soon-to-be sex. Other colleges including UC Berkeley and Stanford have already implemented a transgender housing policy. UCLA will aim to introduce the same comfortable living standards for…
Governor Brown announced Sunday that two important transgender bills have been signed into California law, making the state less discriminatory against its transgender population. The first passed law, the Gender Nondiscrimination Act, will protect transgender people against discrimination in the workplace, school, housing, and other public settings. The second law, the Vital Statistics Modernization Act,…
There’s a whole new meaning to “fighting fire with fire” as the New York Fire Department welcomes its first transgender firefighter, Brooke, whose last name is not being disclosed. The female firefighter who underwent gender reassignment, has been “openly welcomed by the FDNY” the New York Post reports. “It’s a tremendously courageous decision,” said one…
In a series of criminal events spanning the D.C. area, police are now investigating the weekend murder of a possible transgender woman, a classified hate crime, according to police records. The Metropolitan Police Department held an official news conference Monday to discuss the crime, where community activists took foothold in working with the MPD. The…
The issues of acceptance and love are explored in Primetime Nightline as the TV show explores the lives of three families who “struggle to do the right thing” for their transgender children. As part of the show’s theme, host Cynthia McFadden will uncover challenges families face as children transcend genders in this truly reality-based documentary….
The first day of my transition from male-to-female was Feb. 6, 2003. I had been retired from the U.S. Navy for about 2 1/2 years, and was attending classes at National University in a bid to obtain a Bachelor of Science for Information Systems (IS). Since I’d been awarded a 60 percent Veterans Administration (VA)…
