[República Dominicana]
Albert Xavier concluye rodaje de Hermafrodita

Albert Xavier, el realizador dominicano radicado en los Estados Unidos, acaba de concluir la etapa de rodaje en República Dominicana de su segundo largometraje, "Hermafrodita" , un filme sobre una persona que nace con las características físicas de una mujer y un hombre y cuyos padres deciden criarla como tal, olvidando las consecuencias de esta decisión.

[Malaysia] [Letters to the Editor]
Islam does not discriminate against transsexuals

I WOULD like to refute the writer's assertions in "Transsexuals are not acceptable" (The Star, July 31) that by acknowledging the beauty of transsexuals, it implies a change in its meaning.

[CO,USA]
Murder a hate crime?

The brutal murder of Greeley transgender woman Angie Zapata has all the makings for a hate crime, say lawyers and advocates for the gay community.

And in fact, prosecutors in Greeley are treating the beating death of Zapata as a hate crime.

Community and Zapata Family Applaud Decision to File Hate Crime Charges

The Colorado Anti-Violence Program (CAVP) applauds Weld County District Attorney, Kenneth Buck, prosecutors and law enforcement for filing hate crime charges against 31-year-old Allen Ray Andrade in the beating death of 18-year-old Latina transgender woman, Angie Zapata.

[GA,USA]
Transgender woman claims she was wrongly fired

A former state employee claimed July 22 in a federal lawsuit that top Georgia legislative officials fired her because she said she would come to work dressed as a female as she prepared for a sex-change procedure to transform from man to woman. Vandy Beth Glenn said she was illegally fired from her job as a legislative editor for the Georgia General Assembly after she told her boss she was going to live as a woman full time.