[Colombia]
Asesinatos de personas de la comunidad LGBT serían considerados genocidio aprobarse proyecto de ley
El objetivo es identificar estas agresiones como "muertes específicas, no puede prevalecer la idea de que se trata de crímenes pasionales", dijo su autor, el representante Venus Albeiro Silva.

[CO, USA]
Transgender murder trial starts next week in Greeley
Jury selection in the trial of the man accused of killing Angie Zapata, a transgender teenager beaten to death last summer in Greeley, starts Tuesday in Weld County. State anti-violence and gay-rights groups are using the occasion to raise awareness about hate crimes and spread the word about Zapata, an eighteen-year-old who loved her nieces and nephews and wanted to be a cosmetologist.

[USA]
Rash of Student Suicides Clouds ’Day of Silence’
Two years ago, a high school student taunted with anti-gay slurs killed himself. Now, his parents are seeking a program at the school to address bullying, according to the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN), a national GLBT youth and safe schools organization.

[CA, USA]
California Appellate Court Grants Birth Certificate Transgender Name Change
A transgender Kansas woman won the right from a state appeals court in San Francisco today to change the gender on her California birth certificate from male to female.
Court OKs out-of-state birth certificate change