Vigília de homenagem a Luna, Transexual assassinada em Lisboa.

4ª feira, dia 26 de Março, 19h00, Conde Redondo (esquina com a R. Gonçalves Crespo), em Lisboa.

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[España]
LOS SEXÓLOGOS DENUNCIAN QUE LOS TRANSEXUALES SIGUEN SIENDO OBJETO DE DISCRIMINACIÓN Y MALOS TRATOS EN ESPAÑA
Los sexólogos que participarán en el Congreso Nacional de Sexología que se celebrará en León el próximo mes de abril denunciaron hoy que los transexuales siguen siendo objeto de discriminación y malos tratos en España, donde existen todavía "esquemas mentales y estereotipos sexuales y sociales cerrados".
LOS EXPERTOS DENUNCIAN QUE EL PACIENTE TRANSEXUAL SIGUE ESTANDO DISCRIMINADO Y MAL TRATADO EN NUESTRO PAÍS
"La transexualidad no es necesariamente una enfermedad y, menos aún, una enfermedad mental", asegura la sexóloga Miren Larrazábal, presidenta del Comité Científico del Congreso Español de Sexología, que tendrá lugar del 17 al 20 de abril en León. La aclaración es importante porque, como denuncia esta experta, "en estos momentos, y apesar del avance que ha supuesto la Ley Reguladora de la Rectificación Registral de la Mención Relativa al Sexo de la Personas, sigue siendo imprescindible el diagnóstico de disforia de sexo para que se acepte un cambio de sexo en nuestro país".

[Uruguay]
Mil travestis y transexuales de Uruguay podrían cambiar su identidad
Unas 1.000 travestis y transexuales estarán en condiciones de adherirse a la ley que, en caso de aprobarse, permitirá el cambio de nombre en la partida de nacimiento, documento de identidad y credencial cívica. La senadora frentista Margarita Percovich explicó a Índice 810 que los interesados deberán presentar testigos que certifiquen que la persona utiliza otro nombre.

[Nepal]
Landlord Shutters Nepal AIDS Hospice
Excerpt: In 2006 police arrested 26 transsexuals in one raid. According to Blue Diamond they were taken to the Hanuman Dhoka central police station in Kathmandu where they were held for weeks without being allowed to contact anyone.

[India] [People/Television]
Man, he's shaking up talkshow scene
TOUTED as the Tamil-language Oprah Winfrey, Rose Venkatesan is making waves on Indian cable TV.
The twist? Rose was born as Ramesh Venkatesen, a former web designer with a masters degree in biomedical engineering from an American university.
On his 30-minute show Ipadikku Rose (Yours, Rose), the cross-dresser tackles topics considered to be taboo in Indian society like sexual harassment and sex workers.

[India]
Bangalore: Sexuality minorities seek social justice
Sangama, Suraksha and Samara, working for the welfare and rights of sexual minorities, organized Karnataka State Sexuality Minorities Annual Convention in Bangalore today March 23, 2008. This year's theme of the convention was "Mobilisation, Collectivisation and Empowerment" of Sexuality minorities.

[USA] [Books/People]
American author explores crossdressers and transsexuals in Get Dressed!
Crossdressers and Tranassexuals, although both under the transgender umbrella, are really very different things, which Gina Lance talks about in her new book entitled: Get Dressed!

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
A Labor of Love: Breaking down the gender divide
This story is truly amazing. Thomas Beatie, a transgender man, has decided to carry his child. He is quoted in a recent column as saying, "Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire."

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
Barney Frank: Smoke it if you got it
Now that Congressman Barney Frank has lost a sizable portion of his LGBT support, he's apparently turning to pot smokers to shore up his base. The openly gay Congressman came under fire for abandoning transgender folks in an attempt to get some form of "gay rights" passed in this session of Congress. While protecting trans rights doesn't make the cut, he is willing to sponsor legislation making small amounts of marijuana legal.