[Portugal]
Travesti suspeito de regar namorado com gasolina

É o segundo homicidío entre casais homossexuais em três dias em Portugal. Um homem de origem chinesa foi regado com gasolina e morreu. Principal suspeito é o namorado travesti.

Lisboa: Discussão após relação homossexual acaba em homicídio - Travesti mata chinês com fogo
O travesti e o comerciante chinês: a história do segundo homicídio gay no país em três dias
Homem detido por matar parceiro sexual após o ter incendiado
Homem mata parceiro sexual ateando-lhe fogo

[UK]
New policy on sex change therapy

Transgender patients in Wales will now be able to access funding for gender reassignment therapy under a new policy by the Health Commission Wales (HCW).

Funding sex change therapy in Wales is a life-saver, says transgender journalist

[Australia] [Blog/News]
World First: Intersex Legal Advice Service Opens in Sydney

Inner City Legal Centre is a community legal centre based in Kings Cross. We provide legal advice to people living in the inner city and eastern suburbs of Sydney. We also have a statewide Gay and Lesbian Advice Service and Transgender Advice Service.

[CO, USA]
Polis praises verdict in Zapata murder: ‘zero tolerance for hate crimes’

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who was elected to Congress in 2008 as an openly gay man, urged the passage of pending federal hate-crimes legislation in the wake of Wednesday’s conviction on murder and bias-motivated, or hate-crimes charges of the man accused in the brutal death of Angie Zapata, a transgender Greeley woman.

[Blog/Commentary] Colorado "Hate" Crime
[Blog/News] The Angie Zapata story on truTV
[Commentary] Hate, sexuality and gender shouldn’t mix so easily
[Commentary] What a murder conviction in the Angie Zapata trial means
[Commentary] Victory in fight against bias-motivated crimes
[Commentary] Justice served for Angie
Some say Angie Zapata deserved to die
[Blog/Commentary] Not Guilty
[Blog/Commentary] Why the Jury Had No Trouble Convicting Angie Zapata's Murderer
[Blog/Commentary] Justice For A Trans Hate Victim

[PA, USA]
PAC to view Morris records

The city’s Police Advisory Commission has reached an agreement with the District Attorney’s office and is preparing to review additional records in the Nizah Morris case, PAC members said last week.

[USA] [News/Commentary]
'Hate crimes' bill okayed; 'sexual orientation' remains undefined

Republican opponents of the controversial "hate crimes" legislation that passed the House Judiciary Committee today claim Democratic supporters of the measure are not being clear about who exactly will receive special protections under the bill.

[Commentary] Your Opinion: Keep the laws in line with the word of God
[News/Commentary] Judiciary Committee greenlights 'hate crimes'
[Blog/Commentary] Hate crimes legislation passes Judicial Committee - now the real fun begins