[International]
UN General Assembly hears pro-gay statement
Sixty-six nations at the UN General Assembly supported a groundbreaking statement Dec. 18 confirming that international human rights protections include sexual orientation and gender identity.

[Vaticano]
Gays falam em “loucura homofóbica”
A Associação de defesa dos direitos dos homossexuais ILGA Portugal classifica como "lamentáveis" as declarações de Bento XVI e acusa a Igreja Católica de estar "possuída por uma espécie de loucura homofóbica".
[Blog/Commentary] Catholic Church Is STILL Hatin' on Transgender People
[Blog/Commentary] Translations from the Vatican
[Blog/Commentary] The Pope’s Christmas Condemnation Of Transsexuals

[Arábia Saudita]
Negado divórcio a uma menor
Um tribunal da Arábia Saudita negou o divórcio a uma menina de oito anos, que foi obrigada pelo pai a casar-se com um homem de 58 anos. O juiz Sheik Habib Abdallah determinou que a menor deveria permanecer unida ao marido até a puberdade.

[Canada]
Man, set to become a woman, poses problem for Quebec prison authorities

A federal prisoner serving a 40-month term in a Quebec jail is posing a problem because the man wants to become a woman.

Transsexual Quebec inmate sentenced to serve time in male prison

[TN, USA]
Memphis transgender woman shot
Making it the fourth hate based shooting in three years, another Memphis transgender woman has been shot and is in a Memphis hospital in critical condition.
Transgender Woman Shot in Face