[Espagne]
Loi sur l'identité de genre

La loi sur l'identité sexuelle a été votée hier soir, jeudi 1er mars, par le parlement espagnol, par 176 voix contre 124.

Il governo Zapatero velocizza le procedure per il cambio di sesso

Dopo le leggi che consentono matrimoni fra omosessuali, o la possibilità di adozione per questo tipo di coppie, oltre a norme che velocizzano i divorzi, il governo spagnolo di Luis Zapatero ha approvato ieri una nuova disposizione pensata specialmente per i transessuali: ovvero la possibilità di veder trascritto il cambio di nome e di sesso all'anagrafe dietro presentazione di un certificato dello psicologo.

[Italia]
ASSEMBLEA CON IL TRANS AL LICEO LEOPARDI

Oggi l'incontro dopo le polemiche recenti. Partecipano anche uno psicologo e un pedagogo.

[Italia]
Andreotti paleozoico

Lo criticano tutti, da ogni parte. Eppure continuano a farlo parlare. Giulio Andreotti si sta guardagnando in questi giorni il titolo di nemico giurato di gay, lesbiche, omosessuali e transessuali.

[Deutschland]
Reform des Transsexuellengesetzes erneut eine Absage

Zu den Ergebnissen des Fachgesprächs im Innenausschuss zur Reform des Transsexuellenrechts erklärt die innenpolitische Sprecherin der FDP-Bundestagsfrakt ion Gisela PILTZ:

[FL,USA]
Q&A: Fla. Transsexual Talks About Firing

Largo, Fla., city manager Steven Stanton faces firing after it was revealed that he plans to become a woman.

Survey: Largo unfair to Stanton

A majority of adults in Largo and Pinellas County say the Largo City Commission was wrong to move to fire City Manager Steve Stanton this week, a St. Petersburg Times survey has found.

Stanton went to seminars as 'Susan'

Wearing a woman's business suit and a "Susan" name tag, City Manager Steve Stanton attended at a least two sessions at a National League of Cities conference in Washington, D.C., last March.

NCLR to represent transgender Florida city manager

The National Center for Lesbian Rights announced Friday that it will represent Steve Stanton, who was recently terminated from his long-held position as the city manager of Largo, Fla., after he told his employers that he is transgender and will be undergoing sex-reassignment.

[MI, USA]
Transgender Professor Fights Dismissal from Christian School

Julie Nemecek has long, manicured fingernails and wears a blond wig, makeup and dangling earrings. She's also legally a man.

[MI, USA]
Update: Spring Arbor/LCC Partnership Dispute

A university partnership is in jeopardy. Lansing Community College is considering walking away from a potential deal because of a discrimination complaint at another school. This controversy began at Spring Arbor University in Jackson with a transgender professor claiming discrimination.

[USA]
National LGBT Rights Organizations Condemn Arrest of Nationally Recognized State Leader

The two largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights organizations — the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force — today condemned the Feb. 27 arrest and detention of Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida. Smith was arrested during a heated hearing before the Largo City Commission in Florida, during which the commission voted 5-2 to begin the process of firing its 14-year city manager, Steve Stanton, because he announced his plans to transition from male to female.