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Japanese Cops Crossdress To Curb Criminals

December 7, 2009

I stumbled upon a great article last week that highlighted an interesting and relevant story. A special cross-dressing police force has been created in Japan in an effort to thwart handbag-snatching criminals.
This is quite similar to what police in Bangladesh were doing to stop similar crimes against women.

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Crossing The Web: Hong Kong, Illinois, Tampa & Movies!

November 21, 2009

It’s time for this week’s installment of Crossing The Web,  a weekly series posted each Saturday featuring news and happenings from around the TG world. In many cases, these stories aren’t much more than a headline but in others there is much more depth to be found.
One major goal of this series is to keep [...]

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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2009

November 18, 2009

This Friday, November 20th marks a somber occasion for our community, The International Transgender Day of Remembrance. On this day, we take a step back to remember those who have been killed simply for being who they were, who they were with or in some cases who they were perceived to be.

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Crossing The Web: Voting, High School and HBO

November 14, 2009

I am testing out a new series, we’ll see if the title sticks. Crossing The Web will (tentatively) be posted every Saturday with news and happenings from around the TG world. In many cases, these stories aren’t much more than a headline but in others there is much more depth to be found.
One major goal [...]

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Miss International Queen 2009

Miss International Queen 2009 Beauty Pageant

November 3, 2009

Haruna Ai has been honored with the title of Miss International Queen 2009, a beauty pageant with substance held in Pattaya, Thailand. The twenty-one participants came from literally all over the world including the United States, Britain, Brazil, China and Singapore and are all male to female transsexuals.
However, even though this contest was full of [...]

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Transgender News From Thailand

October 31, 2009

This week I stumbled across three different articles of interest from Thailand and rather than post separately for each one, I figured I would report all three at once.
Click below to read about karate, surgery and a ghost!

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