﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>sex change news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more sex change stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/9486/sex-change.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:48:19 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/61643/chastity-bono-will-change-sex-to-male.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Chastity Bono Will Change Sex to Male</title><description>Chastity Bono—the 40-year-old activist-artist child of Sonny and Cher—is in the early stages of changing his gender from female to male. “It is Chaz’s hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his ‘coming out’ did...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/61643/chastity-bono-will-change-sex-to-male.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:50:02 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/61434/pregnant-man-gives-birth-to-second-child.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Pregnant Man Gives Birth to Second Child</title><description>Pregnant Man is no one-baby wonder. Thomas Beatie gave birth to his second child this morning, reports ABC News. Beatie, who was born a woman but is now legally a man, catapulted to fame last year when images of his pregnant belly surfaced. Though he's had some surgery toward his...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/61434/pregnant-man-gives-birth-to-second-child.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:42:52 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/54029/transsexual-pregnant-with-twins-mid-sex-change.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Transsexual Pregnant With Twins Mid-Sex Change</title><description>A Spanish transsexual undergoing gender reassignment from female to male is pregnant with twins, reports the New York Daily News. Ruben Coronado interrupted the sex change process for fertility treatments after learning his partner couldn't have more children. Coronado plans to complete the sex change after the twins are born...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/54029/transsexual-pregnant-with-twins-mid-sex-change.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 7:07:17 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/42937/banks-will-pay-for-top-model-contestants-sex-change.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Banks Will Pay for Top Model Contestant's Sex Change</title><description>Tyra Banks shocked a former America's Next Top Model contestant by offering to pay for her sex change, the New York Daily News reports. Transgendered Isis King, booted off the show for flunking a poolside photo shoot, was stunned when Banks said a doctor will operate pro bono. "This is...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/42937/banks-will-pay-for-top-model-contestants-sex-change.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:27:59 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/32307/even-toughest-toads-are-being-unmanned.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Even Toughest Toads Are Being Unmanned</title><description>The mystery of the hermaphrodite toads may be solved: Researchers have found that various chemicals used in farming are linked to sex changes in certain amphibian species, the Independent reports. In a population of cane toads, 40% of males had developed feminine coloring and ovaries, and an additional 20% had...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/32307/even-toughest-toads-are-being-unmanned.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:40:47 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/29429/cuban-prez-oks-sex-change-operations.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Cuban Prez OKs Sex Change Operations</title><description>Cubans can now have free sex change operations, Reuters reports. The latest legal change under President Raul Castro was pushed by his daughter, Mariela Castro, who heads a sex education center and says she has a 28-person waiting list. Cuba allowed a sex change 20 years ago, but sparked so...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/29429/cuban-prez-oks-sex-change-operations.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:27:52 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/23420/first-preggers-guy-its-my-right-to-have-baby.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>First Preggers Guy: It's My Right to Have Baby</title><description>A pregnant transgendered man always wanted to have a baby and kept his uterus so he could do so, he told Oprah Winfrey yesterday. The 34-year-old man, who's expecting in July, had his breasts removed years ago and underwent hormone treatment to change his sex. He decided to step up...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/23420/first-preggers-guy-its-my-right-to-have-baby.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 7:41:51 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/22674/pregnant-guy-raises-baffling-gender-issues.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Pregnant Guy Raises Baffling Gender Issues</title><description>A couple in a quiet Oregon town is expecting their first child. So far, so normal—but the fact that it's the man who is pregnant is raising some baffling gender issues, the Oregonian reports. The 'mother-to-be' was born a woman but is legally a man who underwent transgender sex...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/22674/pregnant-guy-raises-baffling-gender-issues.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 4:10:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/20121/transgender-con-upset-over-fading-femininity.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Transgender Con Upset Over Fading Femininity</title><description>A prisoner who has sued for a sex-change operation has complained that treatments to feminize her body have stopped, the AP reports. “My breasts have shrunk, genitals have regained previous size, facial hair is thicker,” Michelle Kosilek, formerly Robert, wrote in a letter to the court considering the request for...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/20121/transgender-con-upset-over-fading-femininity.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 3:21:00 CST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>