[Portugal]
Soares afasta questões gay
O ex-presidente da República, Mário Soares, criticou anteontem à noite José Sócrates, por colocar na agenda política os casamentos entre pessoas do mesmo sexo, quando, no seu entender, há questões mais importantes para resolver no País. "Não são esses os problemas fundamentais que temos neste momento, mas há certos radicais que querem ir adiante para mostrarem que são de esquerda", afirmou.
Mário Soares considera casamentos entre homossexuais uma questão da esquerda radical

[Indonesia]
Transvestites stay unprotected
Discrimination remains a major stumbling block for transvestites and gay communities across the country, especially for those with HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted infections, despite a heightened campaign for equality and rights, a discussion heard Thursday.

[Indonesia]
PAN Lawmaker Calls for 14% of Jobs to Be Allocated to Transgenders
A senior legislator from the moderate Islamic National Mandate Party, or PAN, said he wanted to ensure that as many as 14 jobs out of every 100 are allocated to members of Indonesia’s large transgender community.

[Australia]
Transgender woman attacks anti-discrimination

A Hobart woman says a decision announced today by Tasmania's Anti-Discrimination Tribunal has cleared the way for the demonisation of same-sex marriage.

[Argentina]
Trío compuesto por travestis pretende revolucionar la movida musical
El primer y único trío musical compuesto íntegramente por travestis se presentará oficialmente en nuestro país en las próximas semanas. Son varias las propuestas que han recibido desde distintas provincias para ver sus shows, según pudo saber Agencia NOVA en exclusiva. (Foto)

[TX, USA]
Attagirl: Transsexual Police Officer Nominated Grand Marshal of Pride Parade
The nominees for Grand Marshal of the Pride Parade were announced recently and Houston Police Officer Julia Christina Oliver is among the women named. That couldn't have happened two years ago when Oliver was still a male.