— Oceania Townsville Feb 3 — Bagger transcends gender issue Australia Feb 22 — Australian Bureau of Statistics to recognize Intersex Sydney Mar 6 — He said, she said Australia Mar 1 — Intersex people recognised by ABS Australia Mar 14 — Transgender action to be launched Australia Apr 13 — A girl in theroy, a boy inside Australia May 1 — Welcome to the Boys Club New Zealand July 7 — Kiwi sexologist dies in US hospital Australia August 4 — Transsexual sues over birth register rights New South Wales September 23 — Ban prisioner sex changes, says Nile Queensland October 12 — Intersex babies and skin cancer risk studies share New Zealand December 6 — NZ transgender inquiry New Zealand December 14 — Beyer moves from one stage to another — Americas California Jan 3 — California has Most Transgender Friendly Laws in U.S. Pueblo Jan 4 — Biber in Critical Condition Pueblo Jan 5 — Trinidad surgeon 'critical' Montreal Jan 6 — Making trans surgery more accessible Pueblo Jan 17 — Dr dies at 82 Alberta Feb 14 — Intersex — exploring sexual ambiguities in the human Oregon Feb 24 — General public shut out of gender-identity discussion Bay Area Mar 16 — TG specialists, parents ask: When is young too young? Washington Mar 24 — Style matters to Associated Press Chicago April 10 — Transgender is more than a physical image Seattle April 11 — Tax dollars and a sex change: a story of one patient Massachusetts April 13 — SU transgender students become fully covered Seattle May 3 — Transsexual describes female-to-male transformation Canada May 11 — Transgender athletes welcome at Montreal's Outgames California May 11 — Coming out as transgender USA May 15 — Fighting to become who they've always been USA May 18 — Ready for school - is school ready for her? San Francisco May 18 — Paisley Policies New York July 12 — Transgender man's name change denied San Francisco July 13 — Transsexual researcher finds bias USA September 13 — Reassessing Gender Reassignment Canada September 23 — Will penile transplant spark a new trend? Washington September 26 — Too much testosterone kills brain cells New York October 7 — Plan to correct legal documents USA October 3 — Who defines 'man' and 'woman'? USA October 9 — Can men marry if they have ovaries? USA November 10 — Battling for One's True Sexual Identity USA November 17 — Trapped in the wrong body New York December 4 — Transgender homeless shelter shut down on first of new year Colorado December 10 — Fish exposed to treatment plant effluent are 'feminized' Canada December 13 — Transsexuals say province should cover surgery Seattle December 18 — Transition to fairness — Asia India Jan 13 — 'Aravanis' in focus Malaysia Jan 25 — Transsexualism a biological phenomenon Vietnam Feb 2 — Gender change challenges traditional culture Japan Feb 6 — Japanese court rejects transsexual's request Japan Feb 13 — Court allows man with gender identity disorder to change his name Japan March 7 — We are also women, say transsexuals China March 31 — Girl went under knife, becoming a man Japan May 8 — Japan's transsexuals gain freedoms South Korea May 11 — Supreme Court to hold hearing Indonesia May 16 — Transgenders seek equality at work Japan May 18 — Boy enrolled in elementary school as girl South Korea May 18 — Supreme Court Grapples With Sex Change Case Korea June 23 — Gender Reassignment Expert Talks Out of School Korea September 8 — Supreme Court Lays Down Laws China September 20 — First penis transplant reversed Vietnam Oct 9 — Vietnam to permit sex affirmation surgery Thailand Nov 13 — Thailand a hit with foreigners seeking surgery Beijing December 10 — Chinese parents seek compensation Malaysia December 12 — Transsexuals in Malaysia get more acceptance in Muslim society Malaysia December 13 — Transsexuals in Malaysia: No discrimination but not encouraged either — Europe Spain Jan 2 — Sex discrimination to be grounds to claim asylum Belgium Jan 4 — Female Hormone Key to Male Brain Italy Feb 14 — Italian Transgender Candidate to Run for Parliament Belgium Mar 21 — Making of a man Spain May 12 — "Sexual Identity Act" to facilitate transsexuals' identity changes Bulgaria May 29 — When girls want to be boys Spain June 2 — Government to approve transsexual rights law Vatican June 12 — Vatican condemns free sex change hormones Bahrain June 12 — Bahraini in court bid to recognise male sex Italy June 16 — Genetic basis of XX males discovered Lithuania June 16 — Lithuania sued by transsexual man — Middle East Makka September 2 — Transsexual in Saudi Arabia — United Kingdom Manchester April 9 — Transsexual UK Britain April 27 — Transsexual wins pension rights bid Britain May 2 — Russell Reid facing General Medical Council Britain May 29 — Bellingers withdraw EU legal challenge Britain October 10 — Transsexualism experts should err on the side of caution Britain November 3 — Transsexual expert 'put patients at risk' Britain December 15 — Transsexual man loses sex discrimination claim Britain December 29 — NHS to cut transgender operations

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