[MI,USA]
MichFest to trannies: Dream on

Despite a recent press release from trans activists to the contrary, the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival has not finally thrown open the gates to transwomen.

Women-Only Event Organizers Ban Transgender Women From Attending

A women-only summer music festival in Michigan is under fire this week for asking transgender women interested in attending the event not to come.

[CA, USA]
Man to get 11 years for role in transgender killing

The long legal saga of four young men who were responsible for the brutal beating and strangulation death of Newark transgender teenager Gwen Araujo nearly four years ago is expected to end Friday with the sentencing of 23-year-old Jaron Nabors of Newark.

[China]
Transsexual not allowed to compete for Miss Shenzhen title

Li Guohua, a transsexual from Anhua County, Hunan Province, was refused entrance to the Miss Shenzhen competition by the organizing committee, which cited age and certain restrictions as reasons, according to the Southern Metropolitan News on August 25.

[TX, USA]
Cop's lawyer dents testimony

A lawyer for a fired San Antonio police officer accused of raping a transsexual poked holes in his accuser's testimony, but she left the witness stand Thursday without questions asked about her past prostitution convictions.