Read a June 6, 2011, “Personal Health” column in The New York Times about a New York State law, the Palliative Care Information Act, that requires doctors to offer to discuss end-of-life care with terminally ill patients. California passed a similar law in 2009 and other states are considering similar measures.

Read the June 3, 2011, Washington Post obituary on Jack Kevorkian. It says that, “Though [Kevorkian] was the most well known figure in fighting for euthanasia’s legalization, the legislative results of his efforts were largely unsuccessful, if not counterproductive.”

Transgender Spirituality is a WebRing website designed to provide a forum for transgendered or transsexual people to share their views of religion and spirituality.

Susan’s Place is an website created by Susan Larson to provide resources for and about transgendered people.

Transgender rights advocate Paisley Currah is associate professor of political science at Brooklyn College and co-editor of the book Transgender Rights.

Edgardo Menvielle, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, works in a program for children with gender-variant behaviors and their families at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

James T. Sears is a professor of education at Pennsylvania State University in University Park and an author and scholar who has written widely about issues of sexual orientation and education. His books include, as editor, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Issues in Education: Programs, Policies and Practices.

Jerimarie Liesegang directs the Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition.

Brett-Genny Janiczek Beemyn directs the Stonewall Center: A Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Educational Resource Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.