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Through the Looking Glass with Alice Novic

Through the Looking Glass

Alice Novic
(Jul 29, 2008)

URNA Announcements
	Progress! Our NEW Site Design Jul 9, 2008 As most of you are aware by now, we are working hard on a new design for URNotAlone! I'm happy to announce that we are making lots of progress (this is pretty much the only thing I'm doing right now). I'm not a web designer. I've never claimed to be, but I do the best I can. Sometimes though, you have to shell out some cash for some expertise. Jon and I decided that it was time. My ... [more...]
	Aug 23rd TParty Jul 8, 2008 TPARTY on August 23rd Pyramid Night Club 211 N 6th St Columbus Ohio, 43215 Pyramid Club on Google maps Are you ready for the next URNA TParty? Check out the TParty Photo Gallery We will be raffling off URNA TShirts, Gift Certificates for the GARDEN and a one year URNA Gold Membership! TParty is a monthly event, held ... [more...]
Member Announcements
	Anonymous Online Survey for Parents of Gender Variant Children Jul 28, 2008 We are the parents of a 29-year-old male-to-female transsexual. When our child came out to us six years ago, we found that there was very little support for us in print, so, we are writing a book with the working title Now What? Parents of Transgender Children that examines the challenges, concerns and triumphs of parents of gender-variant children. The book will be structured around specific issues that we all face rather than as a series of c... [more...]
	Exotica 4 Detroit featuring Skin Two Jul 26, 2008 November 7 - 9, 2008: EXOTICA Detroit 4, featuring SKIN TWO. If you've ever been to Exotica, there's no explanation needed. With an average attendance of over 4,500 guests, this is the largest fetish erotic expo in the Midwest, and one of the largest in the United States. Previous guests have used words like "Overwhelming", "The best time of my life", and "Addicted" to describe our weekends. THIS IS A WEEKEND FETISH RESORT, not jus... [more...]

National & International News
Fox News apologises for transgender comments Aug 19, 2008 PinkNews.co.uk - By Rachel Charman Fox News came under fire last week due to comments made by America's Newsroom host Gregg Jarrett regarding a transgender contestant on America's Top Model. On 14th August, Gregg Jarrett and US Weekly editor-at-Large Ian Drew discussed... [more...]
Calif. Court: Doctors Cannot Withhold Care To Gays Aug 19, 2008 CBS13.com - Associated Press San Francisco - California's highest court on Monday barred doctors from invoking their religious beliefs as a reason to deny treatment to gays and lesbians, ruling that state law prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination extends to the medical profess... [more...]
Can Miss SA be an ex-Mr? Aug 18, 2008 News24.com - Eagan Williamson, Beeld Johannesburg - The organisers of the annual Miss South Africa pageant have been in crisis the past week, after a woman who had had a sex-change operation wanted to enrol in a workshop for prospective participants, and encountered a very chilly welc... [more...]
Sex testing lab for Beijing Olympics Aug 18, 2008 China.org.cn - by Wang Wei and Zhang Ming'ai Olympic host Beijing has set up a gender verification lab to test female Olympic athletes suspected to be males. In past Olympics, male athletes occasionally masqueraded as women and stolen medals through their greater streng... [more...]

Real Life

Parents to get letter on gender change

(Aug 19, 2008)

Telegram.com - By Ellie Oleson - Correspondent

Oxford - The tall custodian with a shy smile, striking blue eyes and softly waved salt-and-pepper hair wears a gray T-shirt, as do all school custodians in town. In previous years, students at Clara Barton Elementary School knew him as Br... [more...]

Few options for UKs transgender children

(Aug 17, 2008)

TaipeiTimes.com - By Viv Grskop - The Guardian, London

Should teenagers who believe they are transgender be helped to change sex? And if so, what about the four-year-olds who feel the same way?

“She was our first child,” said “Sarah,” a mother of two who lives i... [more...]

Civil rights should protect all people

(Aug 16, 2008)

TheOlympian.com - By Ruth Schneider - The Olympian

"When I grow up, I want to be a boy," Alix Elder told me when she was 2 1/2 years old.

I was tucking her into bed for the night and we were playing the usual game . Her goal was to come up with a topic that pushed bedti... [more...]

Behind the scenes with a media spin-doctor

(Aug 16, 2008)

Stuff.co.nz

A drag queen once broke into Glenda Hughes' apartment in the red-light district. The former weightlifter was in bed at the time. "I sat up and said, `Whoever's in my lounge, you weren't invited and I suggest you get out in a hurry."' The burglar took off and Hughes, who ha... [more...]