[Brasil]
Maria Clara Spinelli: uma nova musa para o cinema nacional
A julgar pela reação dos primeiros espectadores de “Quanto dura o amor?”, de Roberto Moreira, exibido no domingo durante a segunda edição do Festival de Cinema de Paulínia, Maria Clara Spinelli é a nova musa do cinema nacional. Ela é alta, tem cabelos ondulados e castanhos, e é de uma gentileza ímpar. Entre os homens que a viram antes da sessão no Theatro Municipal, todos estavam curiosos para saber quem era aquela mulher elegante. Logo que o filme acabou era impossível esconder a surpresa: assim como Susana, sua personagem, Maria Clara é uma transexual. A produção ainda traz nomes como Paulo Vilhena, Danni Carlos e Silvia Lourenço. (Foto)

[España]
El transexual agredido en un gimnasio fue sacado desnudo de la ducha y «pateado»
La asociación de gays y lesbianas denuncia que la víctima «no recibió ayuda alguna» a pesar de que «salía sangrando» de las instalaciones

[Malta]
Treat us as equal citizens
“We want to be treated as equal citizens of this country and other countries we live in,” said Gabriella Calleja, coordinator of the Malta Gay Rights Movement during the annual Gay Pride Parade that took place in the streets of Valletta yesterday morning.

[Pakistan] [News/Commentary]
Pakistan to register 'third sex' hijras
A court ruling follows a bid to improve life for Pakistan's impoverished transgender, transvestite and eunuch community
[Commentary] Life in the twilight zone

[South Korea]
Transsexual — Qualified for Beauty Contest or Not?
Is sex by birth a qualification for a beauty pageant?
It appears not, as a male-turned-female transsexual has passed the preliminary stage of the 2009 Super Model Contest. (Photo)

[Malaysia] [News/Film]
Mat Rempit and drag queens OUT
Mat Rempit and transvestites will soon be missing from Malaysian movies and television.
A new ruling by the Information, Communications and Culture Ministry two months ago bans local filmmakers from showing Mat Rempit and men in women’s clothes in their productions.
The directive follows a letter from Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan to the Home Ministry to ban the term "Mat Rempit” in film and TV productions, and to ban scenes showing illegal racing and activities involving Mat Rempit.
Sources said it was one of the government’s ways to fight immoral activities linked to both groups.

[Thailand] [News/Photo Feature]
Tiffany Transexual Beauty Contest
(Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images - Miss Tiffany 2009 winner Sorrawee Nattee (C) poses with second-placed Writtorn Narapaipimol (L) and third-placed Napatsawan Cholakorn (R) after her victory in the 2009 Miss Tiffany transgender contest in the Thai beach resort town of Pattaya. Sorrawee took the top prize at Miss Tiffany's Universe 2009, beating off 29 other transsexuals and receiving a small Honda car, and 100,000 baht (2,860 USD) in cash.)

[NY, USA] [News/Commentary]
Hate crimes verdict in Lateisha Green’s murder
Activists and family supporters cheered the July 17 verdict in the trial of Dwight DeLee, accused of murdering Lateisha Green, a 22-year-old African American trans woman of Syracuse, New York.
[Blog/Commentary] Syracuse Sucks If You're Trans And Murdered

[EEUU]
Transexual muere en EEUU después de participar en ritual vudú
Lucille Hamilton, de 21 años voló a Jersey para tomar parte de un ritual vudú de remoción de la “suciedad” espiritual que tenía.

[EEUU]
FedEx ofrece beneficios a sus empleadas transgeneros
FedEx, la mega empresa de logística, ha dado un gran paso en la lucha contra la discriminación ofreciendo beneficios para sus empleadas y empleados transgeneros. La empresa reconocerá la identidad de género en su política interna.

[Honduras]
IGLHRC Expresses Outrage at Human Rights Abuses After Military Coup
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) strongly condemns the recent murder and arbitrary arrests of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists in Honduras. IGLHRC has learned that these human rights abuses have occurred as a direct result of the military coup on June 28, 2009, which ousted that country’s democratically elected government. The coup was apparently precipitated by now-exiled President Manuel Zelaya’s attempts to amend the constitution and seek an additional 4-year term in office after his original term expired in 2010.

[Argentina]
Diana Sacayán aseguró que la población travesti tiene un promedio de vida de 32 años
En una entrevista exclusiva, la activista del Movimiento Antidiscriminatorio de Liberación (MAL) ratificó su postura para las próximas elecciones legislativas y aseguró que ningún homosexual votará “al candidato que discrimine”. Habló sobre la situación en La Matanza, aseguró que la ordenanza que obliga a los hospitales a inscribir a los travestis por su nombre adoptivo “aún no surtió efecto” y dio detalles sobre un próximo reclamo local. (Foto)