[HIV/Sida]
Ministérios da Educação e da Saúde lançam concurso - Prevenção da sida nas escolas

O concurso ‘A minha escola e a prevenção da infecção VIH/sida’ foi apresentado esta terça-feira, no âmbito de uma parceria entre o Ministério da Educação e o Ministério da Saúde.

Portugal: diagnósticos VIH/sida baixaram 67% de 2000 a 2007
Sida: casos diagnosticados cairam 67 por cento

[UK]
Belfast church's anti-gay ad banned

A press campaign with the headline "The word of God against Sodomy" run by a church and timed to spark a protest against Belfast's Gay Pride parade has been banned for being offensive.

[Turquia]
Autoridades turcas legalizam criação de organização gay

Na última reunião da Suprema Corte da Turquia, realizada nesta segunda, 1º, determinou-se a legalidade de uma associação gay.

[Russia]
Transsexual arrested for theft from unconscious Muscovite

Moscow police arrested a transsexual, who insisted on being called Svetlana, on Tuesday on suspicion of theft from a Russian man who passed out after a drinking session, a police spokesperson said.

[India]
AIDS awareness rally: homosexuals, transgenders participate for first time

For the first time, homosexuals and transgenders participated in the AIDS awareness rally on the occasion of World AIDS Day.

[India]
And she became he to marry her

Excerpt: The marriage, sanctified on November 30 at a nearby Shiv mandir, is unique because the groom, Deepak (name changed), was born a girl and has undergone three operations for a complete sex change, only to marry his childhood sweetheart, Savita (name changed).

[Colombia]
Rights-Colombia: Where Homophobia Totes a Gun

Excerpt: Cali, the third largest Colombian city, is known as a death zone for transgender people. Out of 21 LGBT murders there in 2006 and 2007, no less than 16 were of transgender persons, a disproportionate number for that tiny minority, according to Colombia Diversa.

[Argentina]
Locutora trans presenta documental sobre su vida para pedir por cambio de nombre en DNI

Este viernes la primera locutora transexual de Argentina, Ariana Cano, presentará el documental sobre su vida, titulado “Ariana, mucho mas que un nombre”, donde pretende reflejar la realidad de las chicas trans ern pimera persona.

[USA]
Hate crimes, ENDA seen as top legislative priorities

Officials with the Human Rights Campaign and National Gay & Lesbian Task Force are hopeful that Barack Obama’s administration and Democratic leaders in Congress will help orchestrate the passage next year of two gay rights bills that enjoy widespread support.

[FL,USA]
Police Search for Cross Dressing Attackers

Police are searching for three male suspects who first appeared to be female. Police say it was almost two in the morning Tuesday in the area of Slusher Drive and Conradi Street--when three people dressed in women's clothing confronted a man walking home.

[CA,USA]
Transgender Day of Remembrance helps acceptance, understanding

Burning candles dripped wax onto the grass as 12 people stood in a circle reading the names of transgender individuals who had been murdered.

[RI, USA]
Queer film director talks about 'Hedwig' and life

Film star and director John Cameron Mitchell spoke to College Hill students about love, sex, religion and the burdens of dressing in drag at the screening of his film "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," at the Rhode Island School of Design last night.