[España]
'En una mudanza rápida, me llevaría mi gata, el ordenador y la ilusión de vivir'

Tantos años de activismo político le han merecido la pena. Carla Antonelli quiere dedicarse por completo a la interpretación y para ello se retira de la primera línea política, tras dedicar muchos tiempos y esfuerzos a su etapa como coordinadora del área transexual del PSOE. Sinsabores incluidos, y tras una huelga de hambre que prefiere olvidar, Carla no se arrepiente de su anterior etapa y ya casi no se acuerda de quienes se dedicaron a ponerle zancadillas.

[España]
EL DIPUTADO VERDE FRANCISCO GARRIDO PREGUNTA AL GOBIERNO POR LA GRATUIDAD DE LAS OPERACIONES DE CAMBIO DE SEXO

El portavoz confederal de "Los Verdes" y diputado por Sevilla, adscrito al grupo parlamentario socialista, Francisco Garrido, ha preguntado al Gobierno si piensa introducir las operaciones de cambio de sexo en el Sistema Nacional de Salud antes de que termine esta legislatura.

[Ireland]
Irish court delays trans test case ruling

The High Court in Dublin has delayed a judgment due today in a landmark case involving a trans person's right to a new birth certificate.

[Uganda]
Crises Across Africa: Uganda's Anti-Gay Stampede

A new chapter opened this week in a vicious, media-led witchhunt that is outing gays in Uganda, when a daily newspaper unveiled the latest installment of what it bills as its "Weird Sex Investigation", publishing the names and detailed descriptions of 40 men it claimed are gay..

PHOTO: VICTOR JULIET MUKASA, A UGANDAN TRANS LESBIAN LEADER, DEFIANTLY RETURNED FROM EXILE

[DC, USA]

Transgender Woman Attacked In D.C.

D.C. police are investigating an assault that occurred just after 6 p.m. on Thursday.

According to police, a transgendered woman was assaulted by several individuals in the 800 block of Seventh Street in Northwest.

[TX, USA]
Texas trans woman says she was fired from Baptist church for wearing make up

Terri Beth Richeson couldn't understand why the business administrator of the First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls kept telling her to quit wearing make up on her job as a church custodian.

[USA] [Film/DVD]
'Hedwig' documentary not noteworthy

If you haven't seen "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (2001), then the documentary "Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig" will mean little to you.

And unless you support the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and want to peek into the lives of youths who attend the Harvey Milk High School, labeled by the press as the first "gay high school" in New York, this film will bore you.

[USA] [OPINION]
Congress should pass ENDA now

FOR THE FIRST time since it was introduced 13 years ago, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act received a hearing before the key committee of jurisdiction in the U.S. House of Representatives last week.

Help ENDA job bias

A few weeks ago, Southern Voice received a call from an employee of a local furniture company. The caller wanted to tell us about his new contract, which he said basically forbids workers to be gay.

Bishops and Elders Council Calls for Passage of U.S. Non-Discrimination Bill

The Bishops and Elders Council, a network of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) affirming churches and organizations touching the lives of 98 million North Americans, has called on the U.S. Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and on President Bush to sign it into law.

[AZ, USA]
Panel head’s backing of anti-bias law questioned

A recent Scottsdale Human Relations Commission vote favoring a proposed anti-discrimination law aimed at private businesses has some questioning whether chairwoman Michele deLaFreniere has abused her position.

[USA]
Corporate America recognises gender identity discrimination

According to a recent report from America's Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (GenderPAC), the number of major corporations that have added gender identity and expression to their non-discrimination policies has topped 200.

[PA, USA]
Advocates challenge hate-crimes stats

Philadelphia police reported only four hate crimes against lesbians and gays last year, but GLBT activists say many more incidents went unreported, either due to victims not coming forward or police failing to accurately record their complaints.