[TX,USA]
Prosecutor details case against cop accused of raping transsexual
Gabriel Bernal stands 5 feet tall, weighs 100 pounds and lives as a woman. But to suspended San Antonio Police Officer Dean Gutierrez, who is accused of raping Bernal while on duty, Bernal was nothing but a sexual object, prosecutors contended as Gutierrez went on trial Tuesday.
Transsexual tells jury about assault

A transsexual who accused a San Antonio police officer of rape testified Wednesday that she revealed a personal detail to him in hopes of halting the alleged assault.

[Thailand/USA]
Bangkok a Mecca for Sex-Change Surgeries

For people who believe they were born the wrong gender, the sex change they're yearning for can easily be found in this crowded capital. The surgery is so common that it's advertised in bold print in newspaper classifieds.

[USA]
New Zealand Sort Of Protects Its Trannies

The Attorney General of New Zealand recently decided that the country's Human Rights Act includes transgendered people even though they are not specifically named in the legislation.

[UK]
Couple divorce over transsexual husband

A Surrey couple have been forced into a divorce after wife Catherine Everett claimed that her husband's behaviour resulted in the break down of their marriage.

[Australia]
Diva Goes Public In Style

Organisers of this year's Drag Industry Variety Awards are promising a pre-show spectacle when showgirls and their supporters descend on Oxford Street for a public voting session this Saturday.

2005 DIVA Bitch of the Year Penny D Photo: Ann-Marie Calilhanna

[MA, USA]
Bally inconsistent with trans members

Last week Bay Windows reported that management at Bally Total Fitness in Worcester told a transgender member, Natasha Lee West, who lives fulltime as female but who has not had sex reassignment surgery, that she would have to use the men's bathroom.

[New Zealand]
HRC: opinion timely as inquiry underway

The Human Rights Commission says the Crown Law opinion on protection against discrimination for transgender people is "timely" as they have just launched an inquiry into the human rights situation for transgender people.