[Internacional]
Exigen organizaciones alto a la homo, lesbo y transfobia
Diversas organizaciones que defienden los derechos LGBT en Jalisco exigen un alto a la discriminación por orientación sexual e identidad de Género. Entre sus peticiones al gobierno: construir políticas públicas incluyentes y respeto al estado laico.

[España]
IZQUIERDA UNIDA: Moreno Brenes promoverá campañas de sensibilización hacia el colectivo homosexual
La candidatura de Izquierda Unida por Málaga se reunió ayer con la asociación de gays, lesbianas, transexuales y bisexuales 'Ojalá' para presentar las medidas que plantea la formación para fomentar la igualdad y normalizar todas las opciones sexuales, «que ya son normales, pero muchos sectores aún no lo han aceptado».
APOYO. Brenes, con la candidata por Granada, Kim Pérez. / F. G.

[UK] [News/Commentary]

GMC Preliminary Findings on Russell Reid Case

The tribunal hearing Russell Reid's case at the General Medical Council reconvened today for the third and last series of sessions -moving towards the final close of a saga that has dragged on for almost four years.

[Francia]
'XXY', filme sobre la ambigüedad sexual, no pasa desapercibida en Cannes

"XXY" es el título del filme que la argentina Lucía Puenzo dedicó al despertar sexual, los dilemas y el encuentro consigo mismo que, en su opinión, conoce todo ser humano en su camino hacia la madurez y que aquí quiso plasmar en la piel de una adolescente intersexual.

El dilema de Alex

La mandé a todas las secciones, y al poquito tiempo de la Semana me dijeron que la querían", cuenta Lucía Puenzo sobre XXY, su opera prima. Guionista para otros, debuta dirigiendo su propio guión, centrado en una adolescente intersexual, y su relación con los padres y el hijo de una pareja de amigos de su madre. El debate gira en torno de qué debe hacer Alex: operarse o no.

[Chile]
Otorgan derechos a reclusos gays y trans

El director general de la policía chilena acordó con el Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual otorgar a reclusos homosexuales y transexuales los mismos derechos que los cónyuges heterosexuales.

[Pakistan]
Editorial: Two absurd but significant cases

Excerpt: Something is extremely wrong with a system which is more interested in depriving people of their private needs and relationships while disregarding the real threats to itself and society at large.

Same sex couple in LHC today

The police will produce the couple accused of a same sex marriage in the Lahore High Court today (Tuesday).

[UK/USA] [News/Commentary]
Disturbing News

I was called by a journalist from Poland today (not sure where he got my number from), saying he had been advised to speak to me by someone at Mermaids (UK group for trans kids) about the reports of treatment of children as young as seven for transsexuality at a centre in Boston. I was taken aback, I must admit, because I have no connection with Mermaids (apart from a research call placed on their website four years ago).

[New Zealand]
1 in 100 are intersex, says visiting expert

People of ambiguous gender are more common than society realises and many do not even know they blur the line between male and female, a expert visiting New Zealand says.

[Canada] [People/Music]
Being a man becomes her

Society takes notice when a woman expresses herself with venom in the rock 'n' roll arena. Remember the stir when Alanis Morissette came out with Jagged Little Pill? We could add the Cliks' major-label debut, Snakehouse, to the list of great albums by angry rock 'n' roll women, except for the fact that frontperson Lucas Silveira no longer identifies as a woman. The former Lillia Silveira changed his name, and maybe some other things, and now describes himself as a transgendered male.

[CA, USA]
Violence For Transgender Women Up In NorCal

While discrimination and hate crimes against gays, lesbians and transgender individuals plummeted in 2006, severe violence has spiked around Northern California, according to a report released Tuesday morning.

[USA]
LaBarbera says media glorifying transgender movement

Pete LaBarbera is executive director of the group Americans for Truth and a former Washington Times reporter. He says one would have to be extremely naïve to consider it a coincidence that news reports and articles celebrating transgenderism are appearing at the same time homosexual activists are descending on Capitol Hill to lobby for special protected status.

[USA] [News/Blog Commentary]
Trans people in media spotlight

I was so pleased when my Newsweek arrived in the mail this week. The cover story puts the long-avoided issue of gender identity prominently on newsstands. Using basic explanations, individual profiles and a gallery of portraits, author Debra Rosenberg paints a detailed picture of transgendered people for the uninformed and advocates alike.