Apr 24th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
The Civil Rights Movement in America has, unfortunately, never been short of martyrs.
Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, Dr. King, Vincent Jen Chin, Matthew Shepard... Just a sampling of those who, in dying, helped push America toward greater social acceptance of "others."
Add to the list 18 year old Angie Zapata. A transgender individual, Zapata was born male but identified as female.
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Stu Rasmussen, America's First Transgender Mayor: "I Dress To Thrill"
Apr 20th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
"Normally, I dress to thrill," he says. But on this evening, instead of the custom-made corsets and leopard-print bathing suit he favors as tops, the 60-year-old Rasmussen--who prefers to be called not Your Honor or Mr...
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