[New Zealand]
Transgender discrimination investigated
The Human Rights Commission is undertaking a world-first inquiry into discrimination against transgender people that it hopes will increase their acceptance in the community.

[Australia]
Priscilla through the looking-glass
For a man to tape his genitals between his legs, apply lipstick and get up on stage takes a certain resolve. Not that one needs a special occasion, of course. There is no shortage of men in this country who enjoy dressing in women's clothing, or of those who enjoy watching them, as the popularity of The Footy Show attests.

[Thailand]
Miss International Queen 2006

Miss International Queen 2006 Contest for the final round will be held on 28 October at the Tiffany Entertainment Complex, Pattaya, Chonburi.

[Canada]
Body Politik: Intersex babies ‘fixed’ at birth

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if I had been born a man. On the one hand I would not only receive lifelong systemic advantage but I would also be able to pee my name in the snow. On the downside, however, according to my parents, my name would be Nigel. Now to any Nigel's out there tempted to be offended, don't be, because you know as well as I that you would never have picked the name for yourself.

[UK]
Top UK Sex-Change Expert Faces Ban

Dr Heather Peto of Cambridge University and the LGBT human rights group OutRage! argues that charges of professional misconduct against one of the world's leading gender identity specialists are not in the interests of transgender people and bring shame to the medical and psychiatric professions.

[FL, USA]
Man unhappy to pay ex-wife - now she's a man

A Florida man is fighting to stop paying maintenance to his ex-wife -because she's now a man.

[NY,USA]
Transgenders May Change Their Birth Certificates

A major victory for New York City's transgender community. City officials are considering making it easier for them to switch the gender listed on their birth certificate for the first time.