[España]
Admitirá Ejército español a transexuales

La milicia ibérica dio a partir de ayer vía libre al reclutamiento de transexuales en sus filas, luego de la entrada en vigencia de las nuevas directivas sobre “exclusiones médicas”, introducidas por la ministra de Defensa, Carme Chacón.

Transsexuals can now be admitted into the Spanish armed forces

[Serbia]
Churches in Serbia against

Serbian Orthodox Church, supported by the Catholic Church, Islamic Religious Community and some other churches in Serbia opposed the Law on discrimination adopted by Serbia Government what made Cvetkovic’s cabinet withdraw it from the procedure.

[China]
Female athlete was really a man

A Chinese woman athlete who won dozens of medals has thrown most of them away after learning she is really a man.

Xiao Nan, of Chengdu, won more than 40 medals as a women in student competitions after graduating from high school.
But after hospital tests confirmed Xiao's suspicions that she was really a man she has thrown out all but 10 of them.

[Guyana]
Guyana: Stop Dress Code Arrests

Guyana should halt arrests and police abuse of transgender people and repeal a repressive law that criminalizes wearing clothes considered appropriate only for the opposite sex, six human rights organizations said today in a letter to President Bharrat Jagdeo.

[DC, USA]
Anti-trans assault reported at D.C. gay bar

Two female-to-male transgender patrons at the Dupont Circle gay bar Fab Lounge told police they were verbally harassed and assaulted by two female customers who denounced one of the men as androgynous.

[USA]
TransOhio March 2009 Newsletter Now Available!

Hello TransOhio Family, Friends and Supporters!
The March 2009 issue of the TransOhio newsletter is now available!
There's a lot going on in March (The Black Mondays, Out @ Wex Film Festival, 3rd Annual Bowl for Equality, and more!), so, make sure you check out the calendar of events!

[TX,USA]
Lobby Day sees record attendance

They came from areas as remote and farflung as Abilene, Amarillo, McAllen and Tyler.

They were young and old — black, brown and white — gay, straight, lesbian and transgender.

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
Where Do I Fit In?

In the African-American community we have a saying which states, 'get in where you fit in.'

But for the people who are proudly African-American and transgender, the question becomes 'where do I fit in?'