[Brasil]
Globo mostra drama de adolescente transexual

Em um episódio dedicado ao drama de crianças vítimas de vários tipos de abusos, o programa global "Profissão Repórter" desta terça, 23, mostrou a história de uma jovem que apanhava dos pais por gostar de usar roupas masculinas.

[Brasil]
SP: Seminário aborda tráfico de travestis e transexuais

Com o intuito de abordar um tema ainda pouco discutido, o tráfico de travestis e transexuais, será realizado em São Paulo o "Seminário Internacional - Tráfico de Pessoas/Mercosul", entre os dias 22 e 24.

[Brasil]

Rondônia: Professora transexual afirma que está sendo impedida de lecionar em escola pública
CARTA ABERTA DENUNCIANDO A SEDUC/RO. - EM RONDÔNIA POR CONVENIÊNCIA DE DIRETORES E ALUNOS PRECONCEITUOSOS DE UMA ESCOLA PÚBLICA PROFESSORA TRANSEXUAL É IMPEDIDA DE LECIONAR E APELA A SEDUC E AO GOVERNADOR DO ESTADO PARA GARANTIR SEUS DIREITOS DE MINISTRAR AULAS... . Professora Victória Bacon

[UK] [Blog/News]
Translondon to lift Pride Boycott

Two TransLondon organisers attended an open meeting hosted by Pride London’s representative for the trans community on Saturday 6th of June. At that meeting, it became clear that Pride London has been listening to the concerns expressed by members of TransLondon and other LGBT groups.

[Paraguai]
Governo paraguaio contrata transexual e gay para conter discriminação

O Governo do Paraguai incorporou hoje como funcionários da Secretaria de Emergência Nacional (SEN) um transexual e um homossexual, dentro de um processo que busca "pôr fim à discriminação e à exclusão".

[USA]
New Protections for Transgender Federal Workers

Lawyers for President Obama are quietly drafting first-of-their kind guidelines barring workplace discrimination against transgender federal employees, officials said Tuesday.

Obama To Protect Transgender Federal Workers
[Blog/Commentary] A bold move by Obama for LGBT rights imminent!!!

[USA] [History/Commentary]
69: Drags gone wild

Forty years ago, on 27 June 1969, friends were having a quiet drink at the Stonewall Inn in Christopher Street New York. The Inn, reportedly owned by the Mafia, was more of a dump than a trendy public house. It operated without a liquor licence, its bar having no running water, with glasses being washed in dirty water. The Inn attracted an assortment of patrons: blacks, street queens, hustlers, effeminate men, butch dykes, homeless kids, transvestites and “scary drag queens”. Many were in their late teens (some underage). Those who were in their early thirties were considered “old”! At the Inn, drugs were freely available and the Inn was a good place to buy acid.

[USA] [Blog/News]
Federal Commission Recognizes Victimization of LGBT Prisoners in Report

In 2003, Congress unanimously enacted the Prison Rape Elimination Act, showing a strong commitment to protecting incarcerated individuals from sexual abuse. The act established a National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, tasked with the duty of studying the causes and consequences of such abuse and providing solutions for prevention. Today, the Commission released its report, and it includes extensive discussion about the need to protect incarcerated members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

[DC, USA]
Frank Introduces Federal Gay Protections Bill

Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank reintroduced a federal gay protections bill in Congress Wednesday.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) would ban employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

[PR/News] Employment Non-Discrimination Act Introduced in the House
Text of H.R. 2981: To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity
[PR/News] ENDA's Introduction