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[Video] Is This Thai IKEA Commercial Offensive to LGBT?
![[Video] Is This Thai IKEA Commercial Offensive to LGBT?](http://twittybook.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/ikea.jpg?w=300)
Take a look at the video that has Thai transgenders up in arms and crying “prejudice wolf.”
“An ad tagged ‘Forget to Deceive’ aired in late December and January and depicts a young woman so surprised by a bargain that she speaks in a deep male voice (the suggestion being that she’s trans or in drag). The woman’s male companion looks aghast and runs away, as she is left to schlep a heavy box of flat-packed furniture.”
Massachusetts Is Paying For This Inmates Sex-Change Operation
This inmate is a woman trapped in a man’s body and a Massachusetts Judge has ruled that he have a government-paid sex change under the 8th amendment.
Kosilek was born a man and, as Robert J. Kosilek, killed his wife in May 1990 and was convicted of murder. While an inmate serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, Kosilek changed his name to Michelle and began legal proceedings against the state. Wolf in the past had ruled that Kosilek was entitled to be treated for gender-identity disorder, but stopped short of ordering surgery. In 2005, Kosilek sued, arguing that surgery was needed.
Father Backs Bullied Son By Wearing A Dress
This father isn’t ashamed of his son wearing a dress and to make him feel more comfortable he sported a dress too.
The German dad has become a role model not only for his son, but for parents around the world, after a photograph of the pair holding hands in red skirts, spread across the internet.
“Yes, I’m one of those dads, that tries to raise their children equal,” he explained in an essay published alongside the photo in Emma, a German feminist magazine.
Congresswoman Comes Out As “Pansexual”
Make room for another letter in LGBT, now that ‘pansexuality’ is catching on.
Mary Gonzalez broke barriers when she became her state’s only openly lesbian lawmaker when she was elected to the Texas House of Representatives.
Now, however, Gonzalez is going even further, telling the Dallas Voice that she instead identifies herself as “pansexual.”
Director of ‘The Matrix’ Gets A Sex Change
The director of the popular movie ‘The Matrix’ has more than a skeleton in his closet, he’s got a woman in his body.
… Larry Wachowski [ ] is now Lana. Lana has been “quietly transitioning genders” over the past decade, according to the L.A. Times. Rumors around Lana Wachowski’s sexuality and gender identity have been swirling for nearly a decade. According to reports, she has undergone gender reassignment surgery and has identified herself as “Lana” — in varying frequency — for quite some time.
