[Argentina]
Banco Provincia incluye a una transexual en su publicidad
El Cielo Buenos Aires creó una nueva campaña para Banco Provincia compuesta por dos spots, "Fábrica", y "Don Luis y Perla".
Penso que em relação a este assunto, o último post da Lara no seu blog diz tudo o que me passa pela cabeça depois de ver este spot: "Parece mentira, mas não é. Vou deixar-vos com um anúncio publicitário de um Banco argentino em que a Transexualidade é tratada com todo o respeito e compreensão, e que tem percorrido o mundo como um exemplo a seguir.
Podem achar que estou a brincar, realmente, mas é a mais pura verdade. Num país altamente católico e em que o preconceito e a discriminação são tão grandes, é de ficar de boca aberta.
Terceiro mundo? Não. Portugal comparado com a Argentina é que se mostra um país de terceiro ou quarto mundo, de tal forma que nem sequer imagino esta publicidade a passar cá."


[UK]
Captain Jan, the transsexual Para, sues the Army for unfair dismissal
The first transsexual officer in the Armed Forces is set to sue the Ministry of Defence for unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination.
Jan Hamilton, a former male captain in the Parachute Regiment who is now living as a woman, will lodge court papers claiming she was sexually discriminated against and unfairly dismissed in April from a £45,000-a-year post.
PHOTO: Captain Jan: The transexual Para

[Iran/Turkey/Canada] [Blog/Interview]
Interview with an Iranian transgender
My name on my ID is of no importance, but I'm known as Sayeh. I'm 26 years old and I'm a transsexual. I left Iran a year ago and I now live in Turkey. Could you please give me a tranquilizer please? I can't think clearly. I am angry, I'm confused.

[Nepal]
Trans youths beaten for carrying condoms
Four transgender youths in Nepal have become the latest victims of institutionalised hate directed against sexual minorities in the country.
Five Nepalese transgender youths, known as meti, were brutally beaten, sexually abused and insulted by police in Kathmandu on the night of July 14th.

[India]
TN transvestites demand ‘promised cut’
Almost seven months after the Tamil Nadu government's revolutionary order offering free penile amputations for aravanis (as they are referred to here), members of the community are fuming as doctors refuse to wield the scalpel, citing medical ethics.

[Pakistan]
Same-sex marriage case: Transsexual Shumail Raj freed on bail
Shahzina's father threatens to 'teach the couple a lesson'.

[USA]
Summary Of Transgender Law Center Report 'Peeing In Peace: A Resource Guide For Transgender Activists And Allies'
Excerpt: Transgender madness and the idea of "gender identity disorder" as being normal will be embedded in federal law if three key bills are passed by Congress: Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 2015); The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (H.R. 1592 ); Clarification Of Federal Employment Protections Act (H.R. 2232).

[USA]
Photo Show Shows Trans Struggle, Strength

[USA]
IRS Sued Over Sex-Change Deduction
After a tormented existence as a father, a husband, a Coast Guardsman and a construction worker, a 57-year-old suburban Boston man underwent a sex-change operation. Then she wrote off the $25,000 in medical expenses on her taxes.
But the IRS disallowed the deduction - ruling the procedure was cosmetic, not a medical necessity - in a potentially precedent-setting dispute now before the U.S. Tax Court.

[FL, USA]
A personal journey of self-discovery: Football player becoming a woman
Greg Pingston was a star linebacker for Merritt Island High School's unbeaten state championship team in 1972.
Gina Duncan, at her College Park home in Orlando recently, will undergo the final step to becoming a woman by having sexual-reassignment surgery next spring.
PHOTO: Gina Duncan, formerly known as Greg Pingston, began living as a transgendered woman last November.