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World’s first FIFA-recognized transgender football player

In light of the heightened excitement at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil which still draws up multitudes of crowds from all parts of the globe, the LGBT community recently celebrated the recognition of the first ever professional transgender football player to grace the World Cup qualifiers in the course of its colorful history. In […]

17 Malaysian transsexual women put in prison for “cross-dressing”

Now here’s news that will have you all perked up better than a cup of Malaysian coffee! Last month, a group of transsexual women in Malaysia were arrested at a wedding ceremony in a residence at Felda Lui Timur, Negeri Sembilan. The alleged crime they were arrested for? Section 66 of the Negeri Sembilan Syariah […]

Transsexual woman Geena Rocero comes home to Philippines

Geena Rocero is a Filipino Transgender woman who had the chance to talk on TED, a talk that marked a beginning of a global change towards accepting transgender women. And now she comes back to Philippines for so many reasons, recently  she attended the global celebration of IDAHOT (International day against homophobia and transphobia). Her […]

New languages available

The month of April starts with two new languages added to our collection: Thai and Italian. In addition to the already available French and Spanish that were released earlier this year, and of course English, we now offer our site in 5 languages. Why English is not enough? English is THE language to start with, […]

Transgender woman Geena Rocero on TED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htX3Awt4emk TED is a global set of conferences operated by non profits in which experts and inspirational people give talks in various fields. Their slogan is “Ideas worth spreading“. Watch model, activist and proud transgender woman Geena Rocero, as she takes TED’s stage to tell not only her story, but every transgender woman’s story, and […]

Banned from a lesbian dating site because she was transsexual

So the news is not new (end of 2012) but I just came across this article, and I found it pretty demonstrative of the attitude of the general public towards trans people (and that dating sites for LGBTs are not even run by people who understand LGBTs). Original article can be found here (it’s in […]

A trans woman never "decided" to become a girl

# Some guy: “Hey your photos looks beautiful!“# Some transsexual woman: “ahhhh thank you.. 🙂“# Some guy: “I have a question, I hope you do not mind, so when did you decided to be girl?“ Oh,oh! That is a very common mistake men do when dating transsexuals online. I do not know if it has something to do with […]

My Transsexual Date opens its doors

Today is D day! After many months of development, we finally open our doors 🙂 I would like to take some time writing about our motivations for operating My Transsexual Date, who we are and why we decided to open it.

Janet Mock's Redefining Realness

Telling your story and sharing it to everyone is the bravest thing that one can do. Much more if your life is considered a taboo in a community like transsexuals. But a brave woman, a transgender herself, shares her humble life story through her book Redefining Realness by Janet Mock. Janet’s book will surely be an […]

Saving transgender women’s dignity online

What results do you usually receive every time you search for transsexuals, transwomen, transgenders or any keywords relating to it? Often you see that the first page of the results are filled with adult websites. Try opening a site or two and you will be routed to a page showing explicit images. A dazzling word […]