[Portugal]
STOP PATOLOGIZAÇÃO TRANS 2012

Sessão Pública de Apresentação da Campanha Europeia

Sábado, 19 de Setembro de 2009 às 21:00 no Maus Hábitos - Rua Passos Manuel 178, 4º, Porto

Domingo, 20 de Setembro de 2009 às 21:00 no Purex - Rua das Salgadeiras, 28, Bº Alto, Lisboa

[Brasil]
Promotora denuncia quadrilha por explorar travestis no Rio de Janeiro

Uma quadrilha formada por seis pessoas foi denunciada com pedido de prisão preventiva por explorar travestis nos calçadões do bairro de Copacabana, no Rio de Janeiro.

[Brasil]
Travesti cearense é eliminada do Ídolos, mas avisa que vai participar do próxima edição do programa

A travesti cearense Lívia Mendonça, 20 anos, foi eliminada na terceira fase do programa "Ídolos". O episódio com a última participação de Lívia no reality show foi ao ar nesta quarta, 17.

[Europe/Lithuania]
MEPs Slam Lithuanian ‘Gay Hate Law’ in European Parliament

European Council and Commission express concern

[UK] [Commentary]
Why the world is scared of hermaphrodites
I see it all as a joke, it doesn't upset me. God made me the way I am and I accept myself." This was Caster Semenya's response to accusations made following her exceptional victory in the women's 800m final at the recent world athletics championships that she is a man, not a woman.

[UK]
Kidman to play the first man to have a sex change

Australian actress will portray Danish painter Einar Wegener, who became Lili Elbe, in new film by Swedish director Tomas Alfredson

[UK]
Se autonombra mujer trans como la más vieja del mundo

Es inglesa, tiene 75 años y hace apenas 10 decidió ser Rachel. Antes era minero y estuvo casado tres veces. Ahora vive en un asilo y usa lápiz labial, vestidos y alhajas. Es coqueta y se levanta temprano para pintarse y arreglarse.

[South Africa] [Commentary]
The case of Caster Semenya

The South African runner won a world championship -- then came questions about her sex.

[Blog/News/Commentary] Don't Call Them Hermaphrodites
Semenya still under gender microscope
Athletics SA to be grilled over ‘humiliation’
Lord Coe seeks rule changes after Caster Semanya case
Semenya ‘shattered’ by hermaphrodite reports
Gillingham: Cashing in on Semenya is out of order
He Fought the Gulf War Thinking He Was a Guy. Then He Found Out Aboutthe Ovaries

[Canada] [Blog/Commentary]
If You Are Trans No Canadian Forces For You

Here we go again with tolerant and accepting Canada. If you have been following trans activism in Canada, you know that SRS has been delisted in a few provinces and that trans women have been denied care at a medical clinic. A trans identity has been treated as though it is a pathology and this has specifically served to “other” transgender people, thus denying them access to treatment that other Canadians have.

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
Dan Brown Adds “Transgendering” to the Lexicon

Yesterday, CBS CBC News reporter Sarah Liss spent 12 hours of her life reading The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown’s 509-page sequel to The Da Vinci Code. Only 45 minutes in, Liss comes across this Brown gem:
"The act of tattooing one’s skin was a transformative declaration of power, an announcement to the world: I am in control of my own flesh. The intoxicating feeling of control derived from physical transformation had addicted millions to flesh-altering practices …. . . cosmetic surgery, body piercing, bodybuilding, and steroids . . . even bulimia and transgendering."

[USA]
Transgendered people often find acceptance difficult in society

Upon coming to college, many students for the first time have the opportunity to review things they have encountered throughout their youth, and decide what to keep and what to alter. There are many opportunities to reassess gender identity and look more closely at the mores in American society pertaining to gender roles. What is "normal" in American society and in the world community in general? What new ideas and understandings are the medical and psychological communities arriving at, and in what direction are gender ideologies headed? Many people are realizing every day that gender is a more ambiguous topic than previously thought.

[CA, USA]
Anti-gay remarks common at SF schools

Data from a 2007 survey commissioned by the San Francisco Unified School District indicate that homophobic remarks are made frequently in schools citywide, regardless of neighborhood, an analysis by the Bay Area Reporter shows.

[DC, USA]
Murder underscores anti-transgender violence in D.C.

As local police to investigate Tyli’a "Na Na Boo" Mack’s murder, transgender activists and others in the District of Columbia continue to demand an end to anti-trans violence in the city.

[Cuba]
Cuba terá seu primeiro festival dedicado aos transexuais

A capital cubana vai sediar um festival pensado para a promoção direitos LGBT e prevenção ao HIV. O Trans in Cuba será realizado no fim de novembro e contará com debates, workshops, apresentações e um café literário. Transformistas de Havana já estão sendo encorajadas a participar de um concurso de performances que será uma das grandes atrações do evento.

[Cuba]

The New Cuban Revolución
As the daughter of President Raúl Castro, Mariela Castro Espín could have done anything -- or nothing -- with her life. So why did she decide to become a champion of Cuba’s gay and transgender communities?

Cuba exhibe "exitosa" política educación sexual dentro de sociedad "machista"

[Uruguai]
Uruguai aprova mudança de nome para transexuais e se fixa como modelo de direitos LGBT

Mais um ponto para os uruguaios. Depois de aprovar o casamento gay e a adoção de crianças por casais homossexuais, a Câmara dos Deputados do país aprovou nesta semana um projeto de lei para garantir à população transexual o direito de mudar de nome em documentos.

Los diputados de Uruguay aprueban la ley que permite el cambio de nombre y sexo

[Perú]
Policía de Iquitos detiene a Marino por estar acompañado de una persona trans

En la madrugada del pasado domingo 13 de septiembre, la Policía Nacional detuvo al Oficial de Mar, José Antonio Peña Tantarayllo, quien estaba acompañado de una trans en inmediaciones de la plaza 28 de julio de la amazónica ciudad de Iquitos.

[Perú]
Ministerio de Salud obstaculiza y censura campaña “Perú un país diverso”.

Convocan protesta para Viernes 18 al mediodía.

[Argentina]
Acción de Alerta – Demandemos Investigaciones y Acciones por Sucesivos Ataques a Transgenero en La Matanza

Entre los derechos violados en este caso se encuentran: el derecho de toda persona a no ser sometida a torturas ni a penas o tratos crueles, inhumanos o degradantes, derecho a no ser discriminado, derecho de igualdad ante la ley, derecho a la libre expresión.

[Argentina]
Minorías sexuales con palabra propia

Un periódico realizado desde la federación argentina que agrupa a una treintena de organizaciones de lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y trans busca instalarse como canal de comunicación dentro de esa comunidad y difundir las batallas por sus derechos.