[UK]
Sex-change soldier assaulted in champagne bar

A MAN has been convicted of assaulting Britain's first sex-change Army officer in a champagne bar.

James Young's victim was former Parachute Regiment hero Captain Ian Hamilton, who served his country in six war zones.

[Italy]
Iranian film 'Tedium' explores the lives of 7 transsexuals in Iran

Organizers of the Venice Film Festival waited to announce "Khastegi (Tedium)" by first-time Iranian director Bahman Motamedian until the last minute to avoid alerting authorities to its sensitive subject: transsexuals in modern-day Iran.

[Cambodia]
Transgendered Khmer Rouge victim demands justice

Excerpt: S. alleges she suffered numerous rapes at the hands of Khmer Rouge soldiers and cadres and was imprisoned several times in re-education camps as well as in prisons. She says she was threatened with death if she refused to marry a woman and the Khmer Rouge forced her to engage in sexual intercourse with her arranged wife.

[Mexico]
Mexico City approves name changes for transsexuals

Mexico City's legislature has passed a law making it easier for transsexuals and transgender people to legally change their names and obtain revised birth certificates that reflect their gender identification.

[ID, USA]
Transgender Iranian refugee charged with murder in shooting

A transgender Iranian refugee has been charged in Twin Falls with shooting and killing his male housemate, also a refugee from Iran.

Majid Kol-estani, 42, was charged with first-degree murder for the Monday shooting death of Ehsan Velayati Kababian, 29.