[Natureza]
Biólogo: Degelo nos pólos está próximo de ponto sem retorno

A perda de gelo "milenário" nos pólos pode estar a atingir "um ponto sem retorno", criando um efeito dominó em que o gelo se derrete cada vez mais rapidamente, afectando outros componentes que regulam o ambiente, alerta um especialista.

Degelo está a atingir «um ponto sem retorno»

[Brasil]
MS: Travestis querem políticas públicas de segurança

A Associação das Travestis de Mato Grosso do Sul divulgou uma nota reclamando sobre a falta de segurança na região da Avenida Costa e Silva, onde a travesti Deborah Mancini foi assassinada a tiros um ano atrás, sem que ninguém tenha responsabilizado até hoje.

[Brasil]
Vereador de Cuiabá flagrado com travesti menor de idade tenta anular processo por quebra de decoro

O vereador de Cuiabá Ralf Leite, flagrado fazendo um programa com uma travesti menor de idade, pediu na última quarta, 11, que o processo que o investiga por quebra de decoro seja anulado. Ele sustenta que houve "muitos equívocos" nos procedimentos adotados pela Comissão de Ética e alega que a Casa não tem um Código próprio que defina as ações que devem ser tomadas nesses casos.

[Turkey]
Transgender Activist Murdered

The killing of Ebru Soykan, a prominent transgender human rights activist, on March 10, 2009, shows a continuing climate of violence based on gender identity that authorities should urgently take steps to combat, Human Rights Watch said today. News reports and members of a Turkish human rights group said that an assailant stabbed and killed Ebru, 28, in her home in the center of Istanbul.

[UAE]
Gulf Women Targeted for Cross Dressing

The United Arab Emirates is launching a campaign to fight women who dress as men, according to a report in the German press agency and several Arab news outlets.

[FL, USA]
Former Largo city manager who became woman now a finalist for job in Lake Worth

Susan Stanton, the former Largo city manager who drew national media attention after being fired for announcing plans for a sex change, is a finalist for the city manager's job in Lake Worth.

[CO, USA]
Transgender victim may be referred to in several ways

It’s one of the oddest cases in Weld County history: a man, living as a woman, is found murdered. Charged with the murder is a lover who discovers “she” is a “he” and is accused of beating the victim to death.

The murder trial of Allen Andrade is set to begin next month, and in the court’s previous hearings, the pronouns used to describe the victim have been divided.

Angie Zapata, 18, was a transgender woman —born a male, but living as a female. Her family and friends called Zapata “she,” and the Associated Press stylebook states that a transgender woman should be called a woman if that’s the way she lived her life.

But in the courtroom, things could be confusing to a jury.