[New Zealand]
Cross-dressing concerns for Nats MP

National's justice spokesperson today expressed concern over cross-dressing, in the wake of the announcement by Labour MP Georgina Beyer that she would withdraw her private member's Bill that sought specific human rights protections on the basis of gender identity.

Transsexual discrimination breaches Human Rights Act

Discriminating against someone because they are a transvestite, transsexual or a cross-dresser breaches the Human Rights Act, Crown lawyers have decided.

National says pressure must have been exerted over transgender

The National Party says it has no doubt that Labour MP Georgina Beyer came under political pressure to remove legislation relating to transgender rights.

New Zealand Human Rights Law Protects Transsexuals

New Zealand has become the latest country to provide protections for the transgendered. Transsexuals are not specifically named in categories covered by New Zealand's Human Rights Act.

Beyer: handled trans debate with 'finesse'

Labour MP Georgina Beyer denies political pressure led to today's planned withdrawal of her private member's Bill to enshrine human rights protections for transgendered people. Beyer said she and her supporters conducted their campaign with "finesse", and her Bill was clearly the "catalyst" for debate, which led to yesterday's Crown Law opinion.

NZAF welcomes Crown Law transgender decision

The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is welcoming a Crown Law opinion stating that transgender people are covered under the Human Rights Act.

[CHINA]
Girl becomes a healthy boy at 14

After living 14 years as a "girl," a hermaphrodite teen from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will receive reconstructive surgery at a local hospital today to fix the patient's real identity - male.

[TX, USA]
San Antonio officer on trial in rape of transsexual
A police officer accused of raping and beating a transsexual in his squad car is on trial in a federal court.

[NJ, USA]
Transgender teacher applies at Pinelands

The transgender substitute teacher hired to work at the elementary school in Eagleswood has now applied to teach in the Pinelands Regional School District, the district superintendent confirmed Tuesday.

[NY, USA]
Stonewall to Shutter?

For several days now, a conspicuous "For Rent" sign has hung over the door of a gay bar on Christopher Street.It would hardly be news: Bars open and close every day—and this one isn't even the oldest one on the block. But because of its name—the Stonewall—the bar has assumed for itself a certain inevitability.