[UK]
I Lived In Fear For Two Weeks

A Transsexual says she was subjected to two weeks of "urban terrorism" by a gang of youths. Rikki Arundel, 56, today said she feared for her safety after youths repeatedly pelted her west Hull home with rocks and mud.

[India]
Not a Girl

The irony of her mother - a widowed farm hand in a Bengali village -being called Unnati, or Progress, is perhaps the least brutal thing in the life of Tapati Biswas. The daughter, whose real name is not Tapati, is nineteen. She has studied up to class XII and now refuses to behave like a girl. She has cut her hair short, wears pants, hangs around in tea-stalls and speeds on her bicycle.

[OH, USA]
Marriage Oath In Ohio County Asks If Person Is Transsexual

Couples planning to marry in Clark County, Ohio are asked if either person is transsexual. It is believed to be the only jurisdiction in the country where people are asked to swear they are not transgendered before receiving a marriage license.

[NY,USA]
Transgender Makes Headlines

Excerpt: Then things were looking up again for the transgender community when 20-year-old transgender Alyssa Rodriguez won a lawsuit against the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) after the New York juvy facility where she was living refused to supply her with prescriptive hormone medication.