[Portugal]
ONG diz que não é hora de decidir sobre adoção

A entidade portuguesa Opus Gay declarou que concorda com o projeto apresentado pelo primeiro-ministro do país, José Sócrates, mesmo a proposta prevendo apenas a legalização da união entre pessoas do mesmo sexo, sem abordar a possibilidade de adoção de crianças.

Igreja portuguesa vai debater casamento gay
Casamento gay: «Panteras Rosa» duvidam que lei avance
Casamento homossexual está a dividir os católicos
Casamento Homossexual: Grupo homossexual católico regozija-se com compromisso de José Sócrates
Casamento homossexual: Opus Gay quer consolidar o casamento primeiro, para lutar pela adopção mais tarde
Conferência Episcopal discute casamento homossexual
Igreja Católica critica casamentos entre homossexuais

[UK]
Man convicted of 1997 murder of trans sex worker Robyn Browne

A 42-year-old man was today found guilty of the murder of Robyn Browne in 1997.
James Hopkins will be sentenced on Thursday. The decision of the jury at the Old Bailey in London was unanimous.

Roofer jailed for murdering transsexual prostitute with celebrity clients

[USA] [Blog/PR/Books]
Book Announcement: Gender Madness in American Psychiatry, Essays from the Struggle for Dignity", by Kelley Winters, Ph.D.

More than three decades after the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove the classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder, those who do not conform to their assigned birth-sex, either by inner identity or outer social expression, are labeled mentally ill in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), with grave consequences to their human dignity and civil liberties. For transsexual individuals, the current diagnostic categories of Gender Identity Disorder (GID) and Tranvestic Fetishism also pose barriers to access to medical transition procedures.

[USA]
14-year-old charged with gay murder should be in juvenile court claims lawyer

A defence lawyer has spoken out about the treatment of a 14-year-old accused of the murder of a gay classmate.
Brandon McInerney will face a pre-trial hearing on January 26th.
He is accused of first degree murder.
Lawrence King, 15, who self-identified as gay and wore feminine clothing, was shot in the head on February 12th during a lesson, allegedly by McInerney, his classmate at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, California.

[IL,USA]
Transgender Training Video

A very well made Transgender Training Video by the Chicago Police Department.