[India]
Hijras Hold Rally In City, Demand Status Of Women

A rally by nearly 300 activists identifying themselves as Sexual Minorities, was taken out in city today to mark the Human Rights Day.

[China]
Report: Chinese couple seek compensation for son's sex change

A couple whose only son underwent a sex change operation have sued a hospital for compensation and to have the surgery reversed because their "family line" was broken, a Chinese newspaper reported.

[IL, USA]
Drag goes mainstream

The Chicago City Council's Zoning Committee last week approved a measure sponsored by Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) that would lift restrictions on where clubs featuring female (as well as male) impersonators can set up shop in Chicago.

[PA, USA]
Witness: Officer placed jacket over TG woman’s face after courtesy ride

Thomas Berry, a Philadelphia police officer who says he offered to help Nizah Morris during a courtesy ride four years ago, actually placed a jacket over her face after the ride as she was clinging to life, a witness testified before the Police Advisory Commission this week.

Faleceu ontem, Domingo, Augusto Pinochet, antigo ditador militar chileno, responsável directo por mais de 2000 assassínios e mais de 27000 prisões e torturas. Sei que uma morte nunca é motivo de regozijo, pois é sempre um ser humano que se vai. No entanto, neste caso, e tal como quando dos falecimentos de Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Franco e outros que tais, não posso deixar de sentir que aparentemente parece que se respira melhor...