[Nigeria]
Cross-dressing trial stalls in Nigeria sharia court

The case of 18 Nigerian men on trial in an Islamic sharia court on charges of dressing up as women stalled on Thursday as the state prosecutor withdrew to let police carry out further investigations.

[Nigeria]
Gay Rights: Wave of Repression On So-Called ‘Amoral’ Behaviour

Human rights advocates in Nigeria are voicing alarm about recent arrests of cross-dressing men and of women allegedly wearing 'indecent' clothes, saying the arrests could signal a deterioration of civil rights.

[India]
Project for rehabilitation of transgender people

An advocacy group has launched a project named "Nestam" (friend, in Telugu) in West Godavari district to work for the behavioural change in the transgender community and for insulating the vulnerable people against AIDS.

[Singapore]
Singapore Transsexual Transforms Self, Looks to Change Asian Culture

M-to-F transsexual businesswoman (and now author) Leona Lo has completed her personal transformation; now she's undertaking to transform Asian culture's views of transsexuals.

[CA, USA]
Seattle confab honors three SF trans men

Three San Francisco transgender men were honored at a conference this month for proactively moving their community forward.

[ID,USA]
Transgender Inmate Wins Bid To Get Hormone Therapy From State

An Idaho inmate who castrated herself after prison officials refused to give her female hormone therapy may have lied about her lifestyle before imprisonment, but the state still must give her estrogen, a federal judge has ruled.