Foi com agrado que recebi nas minhas mailing lists uma notícia da ILGA em que, a pedido da Ordem dos Advogados, e produzido pelo Grupo de Trabalho sobre Transexualidade da mesma, um documento sobre a Transexualidade em Portugal, trabalho esse que se pode consultar clicando AQUI.

Tem 16 páginas, e foca de um modo geral a Transexualidade em Portugal, os seus problemas e as reivindicações em nosso nome.

Dei uma vista de olhos meio superficial devido ao adiantado da hora e pareceu-me bom.

É de dar os parabéns a esta iniciativa, mesmo que impulsionada por um pedido externo, pois finalmente parece que as associações se estão a dar conta de que existimos, que somos discriminadas, e que do universo LGBT somos os/as menos protegidas a nível legal. Finalmente lembraram-se que existimos. Óptimo!

[Canada]
Transsexuals say province should cover sex change operations
Transsexuals are calling on Ontario to cover the cost of sex changes, saying it's a matter of human rights.

[NY,USA] [Commentary]
Transgender Reversal
Excerpt: As we noted several weeks ago, this proposal represented the"anything goes" mentality at its most absurd. Given that the proposal was the brainchild of a movement dedicated to eliminating anatomical considerations when defining gender, it was somewhat surprising that it got as far as it did.
Dr. Frieden's Flip-Flop
The city health department's sudden retreat last week from it plan to expand opportunities for New York-born transgendered people who have completed a gender transition to update their birth certificate is an unfortunate error in judgment.

[USA&]
Day of Remembrance Commemorated Across the World
From Buffalo, New York to Wellington, New Zealand, from Edinburgh, Scotland to Oakland, California, and many, many places in between, members of the transgender community, our allies, family and friends gathered at the end of November for the annual Day of Remembrance.

[NY, USA]
United Nations Council Discusses Gender Identity and Expression
The United Nations Human Rights Council considered the question of gender identity and expression during a session last Friday, December 1. Norway, speaking on behalf of 54 nations' delegations, delivered a statement highlighting the particular human rights concerns relating to sexual orientation and gender identity and encouraging the United Nations to continue to address them.

[CA,USA]
Jefferson Award Winner: Kendra Bryn Stewardson
Excerpt: Kendra says she's lived a lot of different lives: as a machine gunner in the Vietnam war, a carpenter, caregiver, and transsexual, all experiences that help her connect with other people's struggles... .."I don't think I've ever done anything more important that what I'm doing right now," says Kendra. "It's just so amazing to feel the other side."
Photo: Kendra Bryn Stewardson

[New Zealand]
Beyer moves from one stage to another

Labour will begin the 2007 parliamentary year with the resignation of one of its most colourful MPs, transsexual Georgina Beyer.

[Australia]
Man jailed for murder of transvestite

A Sydney man has been jailed for more than 20 years for the stabbing murder of a transvestite prostitute, the manslaughter of another man and the malicious wounding of a woman.

[Australia]
Transsexual killer appeals against jail stay

Hall, 42, is appealing a last-minute decision by the State Parole Authority in September to keep her behind bars for at least another 15 months.

[Malaysia]
Chung: I can sing love songs better as a woman

A year ago, Jessie Chung attracted the regional media when she announced her wedding plans. Chung, the transsexual who made headlines last year when she married Joshua Beh, an accountant, is once again making waves.

[India]
Orissa eunuchs demand law recognizing third sex category

Eunuchs in Orissa reiterated their demand for a legislation recognizing third gender category to ensure them political and social rights here on Wednesday.

Um exemplo de má informação vem da Rússia:
[Russia]
Transsexuals and transvestites wage never-ending war against each other

Excerpt: Transsexual teenagers claim that their penises and testes are simply abhorrent, and therefore they would be better off without them. Some transsexual people bind or tie their genitalia using a complex array of bandages for the purpose. About 18% of male transsexual teenagers opt on the practice of self-castration i.e. amputation of both the penis and testes.