[India]
Hospital demands clear-cut rules
With transgenders queueing up for sex change operations, the doctors of Vellore Government Hospital have demanded that the government come out with "clear-cut" rules for performing the surgeries.

[Australia]
Australian government deny trans passport requests
The Foreign Minister of Australia has reversed a policy whereby transpeople could obtain a passport stating their "intended sex."
[News/Commentary] Passports Denied to Trans Community by Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
In May 2007 Alexander Downer the Australian Minister for Foreign affairs signed an order that changed the policies of the Australian passport office concerning the issuing of passports to members of the trans community. The paper was signed in secret without consultation with the sex and gender diverse community, health service providers and nor was it debated in open parliament.

[CA, USA]
Trans ex-prisoner loses suit, plans appeal
The transgender former prisoner who sued the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for failing to protect her from sexual assault filed an appeal to the 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco Tuesday, August 7 after a civil jury ruled against her last week.
Alexis Giraldo. Photo: Jane Philomen Cleland

[UK]

See celeb sex swap viral

Bruce Willis is really in touch with his feminine side.

The Die Hard tough guy is among the Hollywood hunks transformed into glam girls in a madcap viral email doing the rounds.

Computer wizards at Worth1000.com <http://www.worth100 0.com/default. asp> have given a whole host of stars sex-swap makeovers – and the results are hilarious!

Our gallery features the lady-likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, Matt Damon and more.