[USA&]
Transgender Day Of Remembrance

Vigils, services and a variety of other events are being held in 250 cities around the world today to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance - the day set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.

[CA,USA]
Transgender Day event planned

Humboldt Pride will hold a candlelight vigil today at 6:30 p.m. on the Humboldt County Courthouse's lawn.

[UK]
Campaigners to celebrate LGBT history

With the third Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) History Month three months away, the Trades Union Congress is hosting a pre-launch event next week to encourage schools, unions and individuals to organise their own events to mark the event next February.

[UK]
'Demoted' transsexual seeks £1/2m payout

The biggest sex discrimination claim to be brought in Britain by a transsexual will open today at an employment tribunal in Reading. Jessica Bussert, 42, is claiming £500,000 compensation from US-based Hitachi Data Systems, which she alleges demoted her after she began the change from Joshua to Jessica and victimised her after she filed a case with the tribunal.

[Canada]
Sex change for the better

Marching through downtown streets yesterday, about two dozen members and supporters of Ottawa's transgendered community called on the Dalton McGuinty government to put sex-change operations on the list of insured medical procedures.

[GA,USA]
UGA Adds 'Gender-Neutral' Restrooms

Officials at the University of Georgia have designated a pair of "gender neutral" restrooms on campus, a change begun out of concern for transgender students but which they say will benefit others -- from students with disabilities and medical conditions to parents of young children. The single-stall restrooms are near the university's gay student support center, where leaders hope the trend will expand to other parts of campus.