A transgender person awaiting surgery to become a woman has complained to the Equality Opportunities Commission in Hong Kong how a nurse kept on calling her ‘Mr’.

Angel, a rights advocate in her 20s with Rainbow of Hong Kong, said the nurse’s loud use of the male honorific had drawn attention to her gender identity disorder, leaving her humiliated.

Legal experts have advised the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government in Canberra that gender options on official documents should be changed to suit the needs of intersex and transgender people.

Birth certificates should include the options male, female, intersex and indeterminate, ACT's Law Reform Advisory Council said, and transgender people should be able to chose their gender on official documents even if they haven't had surgery.

The Council's report, Beyond the Binary: Legal Recognition of Sex and Gender Diversity in the ACT, said:

Scientists have discovered male fish become more attractive to the opposite sex when they display gay behavior.

Researchers at the University of Frankfurt studied fish such as the Atlantic molly which is more attracted to male fish they see having sex with females.

The study published in Biology Letters revealed this behavior also worked when males were seen 'flirting' with other males, increasing their attractiveness to females as potential mating partners.

A transgender man has spoken about how his obsession with One Direction helped give him the courage to come out.

The student from Lisborn, Purtugal, has found that modelling himself on his idol Harry Styles has given him ‘the guts to be transgender’.

The 20-year-old, who goes by his surname Best but refers to himself as Catarina on Facebook, told UK magazine Closer: ‘I wanted to model my new look on someone. I followed One Direction on X Factor and love their music, so I decided to look like Harry if I could.

A transgender woman from the Phillipines has been crowned Miss International Queen 2012.

Kevin Balot beat 21 finalists from 15 countries to be named this year's winner of the annual trans beauty pageant in Pattaya, Thailand.

'I'm so proud to represent the beautiful gays of our country, the Philippines,' the 21-year-old from Tarlac told Reuters.

Balot, who will receive $10,000 in prize money, hopes by winning the title she will gain acceptance from her father.

It’s just one year since I filmed My Transsexual Summer for UK TV station Channel 4 and it has been a whirlwind. I’ve become a makeup artist, visited schools and youth groups to do talks, become a patron of two charities and I am about to be a brand by releasing my very own t-shirt line.

Since the show my life has changed completely. I never in a million years thought I’d get so much support from people around the world. My Transsexual Summer was a massive thing to take part in, and it really helped the trans community be seen in a totally different light.

Vice police in Lebanon have conducted anal exams on the 36 men who were arrested in a sting operation on a gay porn cinema.

The men were arrested in a police raid on the gay porn cinema in Beirut on Saturday (28 July). The cinema is famous for being a place where men meet to have sex with other men.

Of the 36 arrested, an unknown number have now been released after having an anal probe exam by an unnamed doctor.

George Michael isn't impressed with Madonna's new song.

The popstar previewed her comeback track Give Me All Your Lovin' on Friday (3 February) and although George loves the video – which features a cheerleader theme inspired by the singer's Super Bowl XLVI half time appearance yesterday (5 February) – he has hit out at the song itself.

He wrote on twitter: ‘Just saw the Madonna video, she looks great. As for the song, err... don't really think I should comment. Heheheh… (sic)