[Natureza]
Tejo: Milhares de peixes aparecem mortos perto de Arrocampo

Na manhã de quarta-feira, equipas de avaliação ambiental e da Confederação Hidrográfica do Tejo receberam um alerta acerca de milhares de peixes mortos que teriam sido encontrados no rio, muito perto da barragem de Arrocampo.

[Portugal]

Cozinheiro com HIV: Supremo confirma despedimento
Supremo Tribunal de Justiça confirmou as decisões do Tribunal de Trabalho e da Relação de Lisboa

[Portugal]
PS aprova disciplina de voto contra casamentos homossexuais

Uma maioria dos deputados socialistas aprovou hoje a disciplina de voto contra os projectos sobre casamentos homossexuais, com mais de 20 votos contra, admitindo apenas como«excepção» ao voto geral o do ex-líder da JS.

Casamentos homossexuais: socialistas com «disciplina de voto»
Projectos do BE e de «Os Verdes» que alteram o Código Civil deverão ser chumbados por todos os deputados. PS abre apenas uma excepção. PSD dispensa da disciplina de voto deputados que solicitarem

[Brasil]
Eleições SP: Candidatos drags, gays e trans falam sobre suas propostas LGBT em debate

Em busca de uma cadeira na Câmara Municipal de São Paulo e apenas a quatro dias das eleições, aconteceu na noite dessa última quarta-feira, dia 1º de setembro, um debate que reuniu cinco candidatos LGBT de expressão entre a comunidade gay: Jacque Chanel (PMN), Kaká di Polly (PTN), Léo Áquilla (PR), Marcos Fernandes (PSDB) e Salete Campari (PDT). O evento foi realizado no Bill Pizza Bar e serviu para os candidatos apresentarem suas propostas para a comunidade LGBT.

[UK] [Blog/Commentary]
Transgendered Children Demo at the Royal Society of Medicine

This morning saw a small but effective demo outside the Royal Society of Medicine against Prof Zucker and his 'reparative therapy' which is little more than bullying or torture of transgendered children.

[MA,USA]
Attackers plead guilty in Lowell trans-bashing

Three men charged with assaulting a transgender woman in Lowell in June 2007 pled guilty this week to charges of assault and battery for purpose of intimidation due to sexual orientation and civil rights violations. Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone’s office had urged Superior Court Judge James Lemire to sentence each of the men to one year in prison, but the judge instead sentenced each of the men, Jonathan Artis, Jules Ruggs, and Jeffrey Buchanan, all 20 years old and all from Lowell, to two years probation, 50 hours of community service, and diversity training. The latter two men must also obey a curfew from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the first three months of their probation and to stay away from the victim.

[CA,USA]
Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoes Harvey Milk bill

On the last day to either sign or reject hundreds of bills, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday, September 30 vetoed a bill honoring the late San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk.

[MD,USA]
Uproar as Maryland Pre-teen Expresses Gay Pride at School

Excerpt: Felix-Hawver, a resident of Kensington who says he is bisexual, also has a pink button-down shirt with the words "Homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals, gays, transgenders: All are cool with me," on the back.

[DC,USA]
Feds sue Harley dealership for firing transgender mechanic

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing locally-owned Dudley Perkins Company, one of the country's oldest Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealerships, for allegedly violating federal law when it fired a transgender mechanic after she filed a sex discrimination complaint against it.

[IN,USA]
Federal Lawsuit Defending Transgender Student Excluded from Prom Can Move Forward

Late last week the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana denied Gary high school's motion to dismiss a case brought by transgender former student Kevin "K.K." Logan, a feminine male who was barred from prom because he wore a dress.

[USA]
Federal Court Rejects Civil Rights Claims by Transsexual Inmate

U.S. District Judge George H. Wu (C.D. California) has rejected a transsexual inmate's constitutional claims concerning treatment while being held in the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles awaiting trial.

[MD, USA]
Fight continues against transgender ordinances

Another attempt is being made to give Baltimore-area residents a chance to vote down an ordinance permitting transgendered people to use facilities of the opposite sex.