[Portugal]
Morte de Gisberta vira peça de teatro

Um texto do romancista Armando Silva Carvalho, construído a partir da morte da transsexual Gisberta Salce Júnior, no Porto, em Fevereiro, é o ‘motor de arranque’ da peça ‘Auto do Branco de Neve e os seus Machões’, que está a ser preparada no Teatro Viriato, de Viseu.

[UK]
Transsexual wins payout against P&O

A transsexual has been awarded £64,862 compensation after a tribunal found she was forced to endure 'an atmosphere of intimidation and hostility' while working for P&O Ferries, it has emerged.

[Malaysia]
No jobs so they are walking the streets

When night falls, men of all ages make their way along the narrow paths that lead to the village in search of pleasure. They would stand alone or in small groups just off the paths or next to a railway track, their eyes roving, while sex workers - all transsexuals - traipse about in their stilettos to show off their assets.

[Indonesia]
Indonesian family has two hermaphrodite children

A poor family in an isolated Indonesian village has had two hermaphrodite children. Asdar, three, and Cambulu, one, were both born with male and female genitals, the Detikcom online news portal said in a report Wednesday.

[NJ,USA]
New Jersey Overwhelmingly Enacts Protections for Transgenders-Slam Dunk for Equality!

On Thursday, December 14, 2006, the New Jersey Legislature added "gender identity or expression" as a protected category under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. Assembly Bill A930 passed 69-5-6 and Senate Bill S2407 33-3 in an unprecedented margin for a statewide transgender non-discrimination law!

Transgender residents win hidden victory

Lost in the debate over civil unions for same-sex couples here Thursday was a bill that gay-rights groups say is just as important. The measure - passed in both the Assembly and Senate - prohibits discrimination against transgender individuals through New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination.

[FL,USA] [Blogs/Commentary]
Blocking LGBT Websites On Public School Computers

One of the things that has become a boom for the transgender community was the coming of the internet. I've no empirical data to back up that belief, but the reality that my transgender peers and I can go online and find out about transgender people and issues has allowed community building. Previously, the relatively small number of out transpeople, and lack of interconnectivity between geographically separated transcommunities made it difficult for transpeople to learn of each others' existence.

[MI,USA]
Rights proposal expected to get OK

Excerpt: The ordinance would, among other things, prohibit harassment and discrimination based on race, age, height, weight, political affiliation or belief, sexual orientation and gender identity.

[DC,USA]
Report Says Transgender Victims were Targeted

An advocacy group for transgender people says seven people from D.C. who've been killed since 1995 were targeted because they did not conform to gender norms.