[Portugal]

Cabeleireiro LGBTTI-Friendly
Nunca se sentiram incomodados/as numa ida ao cabeleireiro, com olhares, comentários em surdina, risinhos?

Pois bem, para toda a comunidade, mas especialmente para a comunidade transgénero e transexual, abriu um cabeleireiro unissexo onde poderão usufruir, com toda a serenidade, os préstimos usuais em qualquer salão, sem necessidade de temer qualquer tipo de discriminação.

Chama-se Perfil D'Arte e fica situado na Rua Dom Luís de Noronha, nº24 B - R/C Esq. em Lisboa, junto à Praça de Espanha.

Os serviços prestados incluem: cabeleireiro, manicure, pedicure e estética (massagens, limpezas de pele e depilações), e pode-se fazer marcações (conveniente) através do nº 21 793 01 46.

[UK]
Woman finds long lost dad.. but, now he's a laydee
When Emily Wallis tracked down the dad she had never met they had more in common than she expected… including their taste in shoes, dresses and make-up.
Instead of the “Italian Stallion” her mum Ann had described, Clive Harrison was a lipstick-wearing, bewigged transvestite who now calls himself Chloe, and has EIGHTY-TWO pairs of high- heeled shoes. (Photo)

[Lebanon]
Lebanon's other women 'out' in force
They remain anonymous, but their voices are out in force and bold print: a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women have braved law and social taboo in Lebanon with a little pink-and-white book.
"Bareed Mista3jil," Arabic for "Mail in a Hurry," is a collection of 41 true stories of women grappling with coming out, religion, family and emigration.

[Malaysia/UK]
Transsexual staring at big change over 'wrong' photo
A Malaysian transsexual, who married a 30-year-old man in Britain, might be deported back to Malaysia after his Leave To Remain visa was rejected by British authorities over an 'incorrect' photograph. (Photo)

[India]
Intersex baby draws huge crowds
A Rare baby born in Betanoti hospital, about 25 km from here, is drawing people from far and wide. This baby has both male and female sex organs – one above another. This baby was born to Ishwar Chandra Mahanta and Ahalya Mahanta of Nandasola village in Mayurbhanj district on November 22.

[CA, USA]
Mike Penner dies at 52; Los Angeles Times sportswriter
Penner had been a columnist and covered the Olympics, the Angels, World Cup soccer, tennis and sports media for The Times. In 2007, he announced that he was a transsexual.
(A file photo of Mike Penner, and at right, Christine Daniels. (Los Angeles Times))
LA Times sports writer Mike Penner dead at 52
Journalist who made headlines with gender struggle dies
Mike Penner, transsexual L.A. Times sportswriter, dies at 52
BREAKING: LA Times sports columnist Mike Penner/Christine Daniels found dead
[Blog/Commentary] Trans LA Times Sports Columnist Mike Penner/Christine Daniels Dies At 52

[CO, USA]
Film explores death of transgendered Colo. teen
Fred Martinez was anything but simple.
He was, at various moments, a boy, a girl, a Navajo, a Montezuma-Cortez High School student, gay, transgendered, "nadleehi."
In June 2001, in a ravine just south of Cortez, he became a murder victim.

[NM, USA]
Transsexual faces charges of police impersonation
An Eldorado transsexual has been charged with impersonating a police officer by stopping a car on Interstate 25, police say.
Randey Michelle "Mikeh" Gordon, 60, is a former male high-school art teacher in Westchester County, N.Y., who caused a stir in 2000 when she took the school year off with pay to have a sex-change operation.

[UT, USA]
Transgender officer living his dream -- as a cop and a man
As a child, Kerry Bell dreamed of growing up to become a policeman -- both a police officer and a man.
Becoming a cop was relatively simple -- Bell joined the Bountiful Police Department 14 years ago. Becoming a man took more time.

(Kerry Bell is a transgender man and a Bountiful police officer. He says the police force, including the chief, have been very supportive of his coming out, which included a transition from female to male that began 18 months ago. (Leah Hogsten / The Salt Lake Tribune))