[MA,USA]
Prison chief says inmate sex change poses security risks
If a convicted killer is allowed to have a sex-change operation, it would make the inmate a target for sexual assault and pose "insurmountable" safety risks, the state's prison commissioner testified Monday.

[NY,USA]
NYPD Tells Transgender March Organizers to "Go Back to the Village"!
Millions of LGBT people and their supporters will participate in Pride parades and festivals, in the cities of Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Houston, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, St Louis, and in the Twin Cities region on the weekend of June 23-25th. In both, NYC and San Francisco, the Friday evening of Pride weekend has been when Transgender communities traditionally hold marches and rallies.

[Guatemala]
Transvestite killed in Guatemala drive-by shooting
A transvestite prostitute was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Guatemala's capital during the weekend, human rights activists said on Monday, the latest in a spate of violence against sex workers.

[CA,USA]
National Activists Highlight Transgender Civil Rights Commemoration
A memorial plaque commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Compton's Cafeteria Riot will be installed at Noon this Thursday, June 22nd, at the corner of San Francisco's Turk and Taylor Streets. The 1966 riot was the first known instance of transgender resistance to police harassment in the U.S.

[Guatemala]
Transgender prostitutes get political to end violence
Wigs, fake breasts and very high heels were on display recently at the first political forum held by the Queens of the Night Collective, a group of transgender prostitutes who work in Guatemala City.

[Japan]
The transvestite tales of a public pen-pusher
"She" strutted into the train carriage, hitched up "her" black miniskirt, and slumped down on the Hankyu Line train seat with "her" legs spread. From a hole in "her" pantyhose protruded an object that not only gave away the fact that "she" was a "he," but also suggested that he was in a very happy mood, indeed, according to Shukan Asahi

[Malaysia]
‘Third gender’ living in legal limbo
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