4/13/13

Buxom Trans Woman Busted For "Indecent Exposure"

Transgender woman Ashley Del Valle while on vaction in Savanna Georgia was arrested for "indecent Exposure" for allegedly baring her breasts. Del Valle Contends she was wearing a sheer top.


Del Valle was held in segragation for the first two days. On the third day she was moved to a cell surrounded by men.

Filed under: What gender am I?

Del Valle told Wasv.com that "after being taken to the jail, the nurse examined her and after realizing she still has male genitalia, she was put in a holding cell. She spent two days there. She told us some jail personnel were rude and referred to her as "a thing".

"They were banging on walls, calling me names and I was afraid, I was afraid for my life,"


De Valle is considering legal actions.



World's First Successful Uterus Transplant Recipient Is Pregnant

This has huge implications for transgender woman and our partners who wish to give birth to children. Via Raw Story:
"The first woman ever to receive a uterus from a deceased donor, is two-weeks pregnant following a successful embryo transplant, her doctors said on Friday.

22-year-old Derya Sert was revealed to be almost two-weeks pregnant in preliminary results after in vitro fertilisation at Akdeniz University Hospital in Turkey’s southern province of Antalya, her doctor Mustafa Unal said in a written statement.

“She is doing just fine at the moment,” Unal said.

Sert was described as a “medical miracle” when she became the first woman in the world to have a successful womb transplant from a dead donor in August 2011 at the same Antalya hospital.

The groundbreaking news of her pregnancy will rekindle hopes for thousands of childless women across the world who are unable to bear their own babies."
More at Raw Story

There's a lot of folks who are doubtful we will ever see a trans woman have a child in our lifetime. It was just two years ago this was seen as a distant event by most of the medical community except a couple visionary doctors and one transgender woman. Sarah Luiz was among those visionaries when she became the first transgender uterine transplant candidate.

Sadly, Derya Sert lost her baby at 8 weeks but there is still hope as Swedish doctors have transplanted nine uterus's.



4/12/13

Idaho Transgender Shopper Denied Public Accommodations, Given No Trespass Orders For Using The Bathroom


Ally Robledo a Transgender Woman from Lewiston ID was shopping for groceries and nature called. Seems ordinary enough. But her shopping trip ended suddenly as was given a no trespass order after two cisgender woman complained to management about a 'man' in the bathroom.

Ally wasn't bothering anyone, the cisgender woman recognized her as transgender and used that knowledge to hurt her.

Robledo was given a no trespass order Monday night shortly after exiting the Rosauer's grocery store location in Lewiston according to KlewTV "A male subject who was using the female restroom, and that made some women customers uncomfortable because of the appearance that a male was using their restroom," said Lewiston Police Captain Roger Lanier.

“So when I use the female restroom, I feel more comfortable, I feel like a lady," Robledo told North West Public Radio. "I don't invade anybody's privacy and for them to bring that out in a no trespassing order is just humiliating.”

The 25-year-old trans woman claims the Spokane-based grocery chain violated her civil rights, and she’s looking into a lawsuit. Idaho law does not outright prevent businesses from denying service to someone based on gender identity or sexual orientation.



Video: Thai Trans Teen Beats Up Another Trans Teen. คุณรู้ผู้โจมตี

Trigger Warning: Extreme Violence In a staged attack a young trans girl beat up another trans person in a bathroom. I am using the female pronouns despite the Bangkok's use of male pronouns because both of the people were dressed femininely. This was a planned attack, set up to be recorded. This was a crime. The antagonist knew the victim would not fight back. I don't know the laws in Thailand but the attacker needs to be arrested and held accountable. ธุรกรรมชุมชนของเรามีดีกว่านี้

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Source Bangkok Post A transgender teenager beating up his transgender friend after they got into an argument over gossiping was caught on video and went viral on the internet on Thursday.

Reports said the video was recorded by one of their friends in a restroom in Sukhothai province on Wednesday.

In the clip, a transgender who called himself "P" was speaking angrily to his friend, "Jazz". P was angry that Jazz talked about him behind his back.

P continually taunted Jazz and challenged him to a fist fight but Jazz declined. P then slapped him in the face and later started kicking and knee throwing his friend who refused to retaliate even when he was down on the floor.

Most netizens on YouTube criticised the teenager who beat up his friend, saying he should not attack another person who refused to fight back.

"Look at how she [P] throws her knee, that puts Buakaw to shame," a YouTube user said, referring to a famous Muay Thai boxer.

Another netizen posted a message, saying a transgender should not hurt another transgender

4/11/13

UFC Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey On Fallon Fox "You can Cut Your Pecker Off..but its still not fair."

Women's UFC Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey recent words about Fallen Fox are just as problematic as Matt Mitrione's were.

Rousey told The NY Post she’s "researched the topic extensively and has come to an informed opinion"..(about transsexualism).

Rousey says if Fallon Fox should get into a position to fight her she would but only if the UFC wanted her to because “she can try hormones, chop her pecker off, but it’s still the same bone structure a man has,” Rousey told The Post. “It’s an advantage. I don’t think it’s fair.”

Rousey told the USA Today she has competed in judo against hermaphroditic athletes, she had no qualms about it because "that was something they didn't choose." Fox, on the other hand, is a different case.

"It's not something that happened to her," Rousey said. "It was a decision she made. She should be aware in her career after that, it's going to be an arduous path. I don't know why she's surprised by that. It's going to draw a lot of emotions."

For the record no one has ever made a 'choice' to be transgender. Transitioning and the following procedures are not optional to the ones who undertake them. True, not everyone needs all of the operations, hormones or therapy. What a persons needs depends on that person's innate gender expression.

And what if Fallon Fox should over come all odds and become the next Bantamweight UFC Champion? Rousey's transphobia becomes apparent as said that would be "...a very socially difficult situation.”

Note to the NY Post and USA Today: Journalist ethics compel us to link to our articles once we have published homophobic, transphobic or racial defamation verbatim. Publishing them over and over only amplifies the pain to the offended party, re-victimizing Fallon Fox.



California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) Reminds Insurers Not to Exclude SRS

The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) has sent a letter instructing insurers to review their policies and identify and correct any exclusionary language that would prohibit a transgender person from similar procedures available to non transgender persons.

These procedures include transitional costs and Sexual Reassignment surgery. Insurers have 90 days to submit the corrections for review.

Source: Transgender Law Center "The DMHC directive applies to HMOs and PPOs regulated by the Department of Managed Health Care. In 2012, the Department of Insurance issued non-discrimination regulations with similar protections for health insurance regulated by the Department of Insurance. Combined, this means that all California health plans and insurers cannot arbitrarily deny medically necessary services provided to other policy holders or members simply because the patient is transgender.

The newly issued DMHC letter instructs health plans to revise current plan documents to remove exclusions and limitations related to gender transition. For transgender people, how and when they transition is typically a private decision made with their doctor. The American Medical Association, American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Family Physicians have all deemed transition-related care to be medically necessary for transgender patients."


Individuals with questions about today’s announcement or other questions about their health coverage should contact the Department of Managed Health Care’s Help Center at 1-888-466-2219 / http://www.HealthHelp.ca.gov.

The California Department of Insurance also offers consumer assistance at 800-927-HELP / http://www.insurance.ca.gov/contact-us/

Transgender Californian’s who experience discrimination or have legal questions should contact Transgender Law Center at 417.865.0176 x306/ http://www.transgenderlawcenter.org

For more information or interview requests please contact Mark Snyder, Communications Manager, 415.865.0176 x310, .mark@transgenderlawcenter.org

Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression. http://www.transgenderlawcenter.org