[Brasil]
Livro de Claudia Wonder dá uma lição de civilidade ao tentar derrubar o preconceito contra as trans
O universo das transexuais está desnudado para quem quiser ver, e admirar, no livro “Olhares de Claudia Wonder” (Edições GLS), escrito por uma das trans mais famosas e respeitada do Brasil, Claudia Wonder, claro. Em 181 páginas que reúnem crônicas, entrevistas e relatos, miss Wonder abre as portas do universo transexual para mostrá-lo de modo verdadeiro, real, longe de estereótipos e totalmente livre de preconceitos. As trans estão nuas, no sentido figurado, abrindo suas vidas e contando seus medos, angústias e suas trajetórias de vida, que nem sempre são fáceis e rodeadas do glamour dos shows feitos por elas. Um tapa na cara de muitos homossexuais que se acham superiores a elas simplesmente por serem mais bem-sucedidos profissionalmente, mas mal sabem que estão abaixo por nem sempre serem tão felizes quanto.

[Brasil]
Trans entregam reivindicações ao ministro da Saúde
O ministro da Saúde, José Gomes Temporão, recebeu na quarta-feira, 27, um grupo de representantes do Coletivo Nacional de Transexuais para receber um documento onde elas listam as reivindicações para o segmento trans. (Foto)

[New Zealand] [Blog/Commentary]
Transgender discrimination in Wellington
Back in the mists of time, Labour MP Georgina Beyer introduced a Human Rights (Gender Identity) Amendment Bill to amend the Human Rights Act to outlaw discrimination against transsexuals, transvestites, transgenders, and cross-dressers. The bill was eventually withdrawn after much pressure from the government (which didn't want a repeat of the divisive civil unions debate - cowards). But as part of that process, the government produced a legal opinion [PDF] stating that discrimination on the grounds of gender identity was already covered by the existing "sex discrimination" clause.

[New Zealand]
Temperance locks queers out in the rain
A group of 30 queers and supporters, many in drag, frocked up to The Temperance Bar on Blair Street on Saturday night, only to be denied entry before the entire group had even walked down the street. Their purpose was to create visibility and show support within Courtenay Place nightlife for those groups in society who challenge heteronormative gender roles. "We chose The Temperance bar because of reports of homophobic comments directed at drag queens earlier this month, during their forcible removal from the venue, but our main aim as a group is of course to create more freedom for all sorts of gender expression in public places," says Radical Queer Rachael Wright.

[México]
Discriminación permite que sociedad sea insensible a transexualidad
Vivimos en un país donde somos discriminadas y discriminados por todo, de manera muy natural, lo que hace que desde la familia hasta las autoridades sean insensibles al tema de la transexualidad, afirmó Irina Echeverría, durante la presentación de su libro “Carta a mi padre, testimonios de una persona transexual con discapacidad”, celebrada hace unos días en la Asamblea Legislativa del Distrito Federal (ALDF).

[México]
Avalan organizaciones iniciativa de Reasignación Sexogenérica
Como todos sabemos, la suma de voluntades al interior de la ALDF permitirá que la "Iniciativa de Reasignación Sexogenérica" sea dictaminada, y muy posiblemente presentada para su aprobación en el próximo pleno de la ALDF. Dado que contamos con el compromiso de los partidos que se reconocen a si mismos de izquierda y que el PRI se ha autodefinido como un "Partido Socialdemócrata" (lo que trae en congruencia el apoyo a esta agenda), no dudamos en que la capital del país contará con un primer instrumento jurídico que dé reconocimiento a la población Transgénero y Transexual del Distrito Federal lo que permitirá sentar un precedente por demás necesario en lo histórico, político y social en todo nuestro país.

[Canada]
Transsexual's old online ad won't derail parks board bid
One of the NPA's more colourful parks board hopefuls says an ad she posted in 2000 on a website advertising escort services won't stand in the way of her political career.
Jamie Lee Hamilton told the Courier she's always been honest about admitting her work in the sex trade, and that she is not working as a paid escort while seeking a nomination for the parks board.

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
The Song Remains the Same
On Tuesday I attended the HRC/Victory Fund luncheon and on Wednesday I attended the LGBT caucus at the convention center in Denver. Many stories were broke in the past few days, but one event passed by without a word. In a very consistent manner, Barney Frank again signaled that when ENDA is introduced, it will not be fully inclusive.
[Blog/Commentary] We Need a Superficial Conversation About Trans-Inclusion
LGBT people need to put aside their differences and come together on common ground. Especially at this crucial moment in our history. How better, I ask, to achieve this goal than to engage in an inconclusive, protracted, ignorant, and superficial examination of the issue of trans-inclusion in federal and state civil rights legislation?

[NY,USA]
Teacher Chooses Gender Change
After getting her mail last week, Bobbi Dragt learned that one of her daughter’s teachers at Sodus High School has chosen to have a gender reassignment. And while the news was a bit shocking, Dragt says it wasn’t at all concerning.
" I don't think anything someone does outside of school has to do with the way they teach. "

[TX, USA] [Film]
A fascinating visit to the 'sex change capital of the world'
Excerpt: It began when a Dr. Stanley Biber conducted the area's first genital reassignment surgery in 1969 and took off from there. In 2003, after performing almost 6,000 sex-change operations, Biber, then 80, handed over his practice to Dr. Marci Bowers. Marci used to be Mark, and she became the first transgender surgeon to perform these operations.

[TX, USA] [Film]
A trend of transgender movies
Do nine transgender and intersex films make a trend? They do if they're all playing during the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, Wednesday through Sept. 7.
Films about transgender characters are not as rare as you might think. A raft of contemporary features — 'The Crying Game,' 'Boys Don't Cry,' 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch,' 'Transamerica,' to name a few — dealt seriously with the issue. At least two entire film festivals — in Seattle and the Netherlands — are devoted to transgender-themed movies.

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
APA Task Force Report underreports the prevalence of gender identity disorder
Lynn Conway has just published a report on the APA Task Force’s underreporting of the prevalence of gender identity disorder - link here.
[Commentary] Falsification of GID prevalence results by the APA Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance
The Report of the APA Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance [APA08] grossly underreports the prevalence of "gender identity disorder" by a factor on the order of 10 to 20.