[Portugal]
SOS Racismo denuncia terror nas escolas da margem sul do Tejo provocado por "skinheads"

Dirigentes do SOS Racismo, reunidos hoje na Tocha, Coimbra, denunciaram um clima de terror em escolas e bairros residenciais da margem sul do Tejo, imputando a responsabilidade da situação a grupos de cabeças rapadas (skinheads).

[USA]
[Commentary] My rights versus yours
Trans activists to picket HRC dinner
[Blog/Commentary] The transgender fiasco
[OPINION] Don’t break up the family
[Commentary] It's about time for an ENDA
[Commentary] ENDA protests doing more harm than good

[CA,USA] [Advice]
Heterosexual cross-dressing less understood than being gay

I am 19 and I have a secret. I am a cross-dresser. I've been wearing female clothes and makeup since I was 11. Honestly, life would be easier if I was gay. When you are gay, people understand you, you fit in. But nobody understands cross-dressing.

[PA, USA]
Mother speaks out on behalf of wounded trans child

As a young transgender woman clings to life with a bullet in her head, her mother is speaking out about violence against the trans community.

[TX, USA]
Ex-Cop Convicted Of Raping Transsexual Seeks New Trial

A former San Antonio police officer sentenced to 24 years and four months in prison for the rape and beating of a transsexual woman is seeking a new trial, claiming now that he was set up.

[NY, USA]
GLAAD Condemns "Dehumanizing" Page Six New York Post Column

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation today condemned an article in News Corp.'s New York Post tabloid for a Page Six item referring to a transgender woman as "she-male."

Murdoch tabloid in trouble again over LGBT slurs

American tabloid newspaper the New York Post has been condemned by gay activists for using the term "she-male" to refer to a trans person

NY Post Apologizes for Page Six Gaffe

The New York Post's "Page Six" section, the "We Hear..." column has issued an apology today following the use of a slur in yesterday's edition and a condemnation from GLAAD.