This is a collection of articles of interest to TYFA friends and allies. These items originally appeared on the website's home page, and are listed by date, the most recent first. |
|
December 29, 2008 -- Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth whose
families have rejected them because of their sexual orientation are at
far greater risk for mental and physical health problems than those
who come from families who have accepted them, according to a recent
study.  |
December 15, 2008 -- T-Friendly AARP and New York Life Change Insurance Contracting Rules to Recognize
Affirmed Transpeople
An affirmed woman near Portland , Oregon , sought
document conformity with her
life insurance policy to ensure that her beneficiaries would have
no issues in the event of her death. |
December 11, 2008 -- Washington embraces trans athletes
Before the 2006-07 school year, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association had never fielded a question about transgender athletes. That year, they received four inquiries about whether teenagers with non-traditional gender identities could compete for their schools. |
December 10, 2008 -- Gender-confused teens drug call
Young teenagers with serious gender identity disorders should be given drugs which will block puberty, international experts suggest. |
December 10, 2008 -- Intersex Baby: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
The birth of Tamara Dawson's first child should have been a moment of sheer
delight. Instead, she describes the shocking and unusual situation that
followed: The doctors and nurses came back and said, 'We don't know if
you had a boy or a girl.' We were stunned. How could you not know?" |
December 8, 2008 -- San Rafael parents irked by policy allowing transgendered access
Two San Rafael parents are upset by a school policy that allows students who identify as a different gender to use the restrooms and locker rooms assigned to that gender. |
December 6, 2008 -- Transgender teen decries hate at schools
About 25 protesters braved a brisk wind and fumes from cars zipping past Friday afternoon to show their support for Blake Williams, a transgender teen who says he dropped out of Aspen Valley High School because he didn't feel safe. |
November 25, 2008 -- An online high school for students who are lesbians, gay, bisexual,
transgender or questioning their sexual orientation will be launched
in fall 2009. |
November 20, 2008 --
|
| Shawn and Kim Pearson discuss education and advocacy for transgender children with Gwen Araujo's mom, Sylvia Guerrero, in Tucson AZ after the Transgender Day of Rememberance observance service. |
|
October 16, 2008 -- Coming Out in Adolescence: In Part 2 of this 2-part series, The Gay & Lesbian Times reports some students pioneer on campuses; transgender children face different set of challenges |
October 10, 2008 -- Court Dismisses Trangender Plaintiff's Bathroom Complaint |
October 9, 2008 -- Coming Out in Adolescence: In Part 1 of this 2-part series, The Gay & Lesbian Times presents a study showing that teens are coming out at younger ages – but are our schools equipped to keep them safe? (Note: the children described seem more gender-variant than "Gay", as the article labels them) |
October 7, 2008 -- Campus Pride is providing a search and rating facility for GLBT-Friendly college campuses. Each campus listed is given a rating of from 1 to 5 stars and each has a comprehensive list of things you need to know. |
September 5, 2008 -- Researchers in The Netherlands have concluded that in the field of treatment of young adolescents, it
may be that the adage “in dubio abstine” (when in doubt, abstain from intervention) needs to
be reconsidered. Particularly when there are
research opportunities to lessen this “dubium”
to the benefit of those who suffer from gender
dysphoria. |
July 30, 2008 -- Scientists identified a specific gene variant in female-to-male transsexuals that meant they had been exposed to higher levels of sex hormones during their early development. |
July 18, 2008 -- WPATH takes a stand in favor of removing exclusions for medically necessary health care treatment and insurance coverage for transgender children and adults. |
July 8, 2008 -- At 2008 AMA Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates, several items of importance to GLBT persons were approved. Among these was Resolution 122, "Removing Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients..." |
January 19, 2008 -- TransYouth Family Advocates, Inc. (TYFA) is proud to announce the launch of TYFA-TALK, an online support group and referral source for parents, grandparents and guardians negotiating the journey of raising gender variant and transgender children,
ages 3-18. |
September 22, 2007 -- Three fundamental problems with Oprah: Kim Pearson writes a guest column for the Bilarico Project describing her not so wonderful experiences in dealing with the producers of The Oprah Winfrey Show. |
September 20, 2007 -- SanFrancisco Bay Times article features
TYFA Youth Advocate Shawn Dedric Pearson, Trans Advocate for his peers. |
|
