Transgender Travelers Singled Out in TSA Screenings.

Department of Homeland Security documents obtained last month reveal details of incidents in which transgender travelers were subjected to heightened scrutiny when passing through airport security checkpoints. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests netted civil rights complaints, incident reports and internal memos and emails from the DHS’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and…

SF Institution Trannyshack Changing Name Amid PC Pressure

It’s the end of an era, and a triumph for trans activists, as SF-based drag queen Heklina (a.k.a. Stefan Grygelko) announced this week that she’ll be taking the “tranny” out of Trannyshack once and for all. The beloved 18-year-old drag club, which now travels the country and the globe throughout the year, is undergoing a…

Transgender Malaysians await court decision

Transgender Muslim women say law criminalising ‘posing as a woman’ violates Malaysia’s constitution. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Nisha Ayub is the face of a community that lives largely in the shadows. An outreach worker with the PT Foundation, an HIV/AIDS organisation in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, Ayub fights for the rights of the…