[Brazil]
Policía captura a grupo neonazi tras atentando en Desfile Gay de Sao Paulo

La Policía de Sao Paulo arrestó a siete miembros de un grupo neonazi al que atribuyó un atentado con bomba casera que dejó 22 heridos durante la última edición del Desfile Gay de la mayor ciudad brasileña, informaron este vienes las autoridades.

[Brasil]
Taís Araújo ganha abraço apertado de travesti gigante em concurso no Rio
Plumas, cílios postiços e muito cristal swarovski no figurino. Foi nesse clima que Taís Araújo passou a noite desta quinta-feira, 3, quando foi homenageada por um grupo de camareiros, figurinistas, maquiadores e cabeleireiros da TV Globo, durante a entrega do “Troféu Taís Araújo”. A reunião temática aconteceu em uma casa de festas próxima ao Projac, na Zona Oeste do Rio. Na ocasião, foi promovido um concurso musical para eleger o melhor transformista dublador de 2009. (Foto)
Taís Araújo vibra com concurso gay que leva seu nome

[Brasil]
Pareja gay engañó a un cura y se casó en Brasil

Una transexual se casó engañando a un párroco de una iglesia ortodoxa del interior de Brasil en noviembre pasado. El sacerdote, que lo unió en matrimonio pensando que eran un hombre y una mujer, amenaza con procesarlos por "engaño", publia hoy el diario La Nación.

[España]
Coordinadora Area Tran G. Catalán y EHGAM preguntan Gobierno Vasco sobre huelga Muñiz
Como portavoz y coordinadora del Área de personas transexuales y sus familiares del Grupo de amigos GLTB me hago estas preguntas, reflexiones y medidas de acción:

[España]
Un alumno transexual recurre la absolución de tres compañeros acusados de acoso
La defensa de un joven transexual ha recurrido la absolución de tres compañeros de su instituto de Coria del Río (Sevilla) que fueron juzgados por acoso escolar después de que el denunciante, entonces de 16 años, manifestase públicamente su tendencia sexual.

[UK]
Sex change trucker: At last I am happy
A dad-of-two from Rossendale has turned his back on a 25-year marriage – to become a woman.
Nikki Jane Weston, formerly known as Nigel, hopes to soon complete a sex change that will forever alter her and her family’s life. (Photo)

[Italy]
Italy: Sex worker quizzed over transsexual death
Italian police are investigating a fellow sex worker and colleague of the Brazilian transsexual 'Brenda', who was found dead last month in Rome. Brenda was at the centre of a major sex, drugs and extortion scandal after being linked to former Lazio regional governor Piero Marrazzo.
She claimed to have video taped him in the bath during one of their sexual encounters.
Police said they considered Brazilian transsexual 'Barbara' the prime suspect in Brenda's death who authorities said died of smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at her flat in northern Rome on 19 November.

[Italy]
Analyst says 'homosexuals will go to hell' likely a misquote of Vatican cardinal
Italian Vatican analyst Andrea Tornielli said this week that the statement, “Homosexuals and transsexuals will never enter the Kingdom of God,” attributed to Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Health Care, is “very likely” an “improper synthesis on the part of the interviewer,” Italian journalist Bruno Volpe.
Gays And Transsexuals Can't Enter Heaven: Cardinal
[Commentary] Where's the "Rebuke"? Mainstream Media Inventing another Vatican Feud
Vatican rebuke for cardinal over anti-gay comments
"Todos somos hijos de Dios"
"Tenemos derecho a Dios": Gays
Gays y transexuales no pueden entrar al cielo: cardenal
Pastor cristiano reta a debatir sobre homosexuales
“Los transexuales y homosexuales no entrarán nunca en el Reino de los Cielos”
Cardenal desmiente dicho sobre gays
Aboga Luna Timide por tolerancia a homosexuales
‘Hasta santos pueden llegar a ser los gays’
Condenan homosexuales discriminación de la Iglesia Católica

[UK/Malaysia]
Fatine to face action only if marriage registered here
Malasyan transsexual Fatine will only face action under the Syariah law should he return and re-register his marriage here, reported Kosmo!
Fatine's marriage to a British man Ian Young, 30, in London last May has created waves both in Britain and here. [Letters to the Editor] Actually, Immigration DG the one who is a great shame
[Letters to the Editor] Live and let live; respect lifestyle choices
[Letters to the Editor] 'Their right to be human is non-existent here'
[Letters to the Editor] Transsexual a 'great shame'? What about our hypocrisy?
MP: Fatine should not fear coming back
Transsexuals: The paperwork is just too much
[Blog/Commentary] The Tale Of The Transsexual and Wrong Body She's Born Within
Pas: Welcome home, Fatine, but...
[Letters to the Editor] It’s Fatine’s choice
Sweden to cut aid to Uganda over anti-gay law
[Letters to the Editor] Fatine’s right to dignity
Un transexual residente en Reino Unido será investigado si regresa a Malasia

[Namibia]
LGBT Community Calls for Equal Rights
With this week marking World Aids day, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people(LGBT) hopes to achieve a world where all people can fully enjoy human rights and have equal access to opportunities regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, said Jacobus Witbooi, Project coordinator of the People in Need Sexual Minorities Project.

[Uganda]
Harper lobbies Uganda on anti-gay bill
Proposed law, condemned by human-rights groups, would put Ugandan gays behind bars for life
[Opinion] A gay witch hunt in Uganda
Pastor Rick Warren Refuses To Condemn Ugandan Law Making Homosexual Acts Punishable By Death
Ugandan church leader brands anti-gay bill 'genocide'
UN envoy urges Uganda to drop laws against AIDS patients, gays
Anti-Homosexuality bill likely to pass

[South Africa]
Caster Semenya kept under wraps as she awaits IAAF's gender ruling
To understand where Caster Semenya's interminable struggle for self-identity might end, it is necessary to go back to the beginning. Alone amid the scorched savannah of South Africa's Limpopo province, where the physical horizons are endless and the personal ones less so, it becomes possible to see how far she has run already.

[India]
Editorial: Legitimising the other
The decision of the Election Commission of India to allow eunuchs and transsexuals the choice of registering under a separate sexual identity is a significant step towards mainstreaming an ostracised people who have been treated heartlessly by society. By giving them the choice of registering as “Others,” thereby dropping the requirement that they declare themselves male or female, the ECI has freed sexual identity from the trappings of obscurantism and bigotry.

[Brunei]
Transgenders irked over tests
Transgenders in Brunei are crying foul as reports of law enforcement agencies conducting HIV/AIDS tests targeting the transgenders have begun to circulate among themselves.
[Commentary] Don't Shun The Transgender Folks!

[Japan]
Japan transsexual queen wants her country more tolerant
Japanese TV personality Ai Haruna said she wants her country to be more tolerant toward people of diverse sexual orientations, a month after she was crowned the world's most beautiful transsexual.(Photo: Japanese transsexual television personality Ai Haruna)

[Canada] [Blog/Commentary]
Proving (or Disproving) Gender Identity
One of the complaints that are often levelled at transsexuals (and other transgender people) is that the claim of cross-gender identity is not verifiable (or falsifiable).

[Canada] [News/People]
Celebrated genital surgery doc retires
At the end of November, one of the world's most celebrated gender reassignment surgeons retired after more than 30 years of performing genital reconstruction and other transition-oriented surgeries. His work has profoundly changed the lives of thousands of trans men and women all over the world.

[USA]
Former SAC Capital Employee Details Forced Oral Sex, Hormone Use, Sodomy, And Cross Dressing
Today, we wrote about how Steven Cohen's SAC Capital may be the next big FBI insider trading target, partially stemming from ties to the Galleon hedge fund case.
SAC is also in the news because of recently unsealed court documents (below, via Reuters) regarding former SAC analyst Andrew Tong. The documents add shocking details to already reported allegations of extreme sexual harassment at SAC.

Amazing SAC Capital Cross-dressing and Sexual-Harassment Suit Resurfaces

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
Suicide: Christine Penner’s and Others
I’ve always had mixed feelings about the Day of Remembrance. On one hand it seems important to remember those who were victims of often horrendous violence and yet it often seems that in death these victims become tools to be used for political gain. Especially true when so many were sex workers living outside middle class support systems.
But then again over the years I have lost more friends to suicide than to violence. So many that I often wonder if we shouldn’t have a Day of Rememberance for those who kill themselves.

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
Am I intersexed? Who cares!
Did you get a genetic test to see if you're intersex?
I get the question once every few months, usually from a well-meaning and honestly curious person. It's an interesting question, as well as a bit of a hot-button issue within the transgender community. I mean, who wouldn't want to know if there was a genetic reason for their transgender feelings, right? Being intersexed is no big deal, after all, and is just another part of the tapestry we call gender. Getting tested wouldn't do anything to affect my status as a woman.

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
ENDA Postponement Trumped By Marriage Debacle, Again
It is 5 minutes to midnight on ENDA, with still a possibility of getting a vote this year if everyone pulls together, and what happens? Do we have LGBT and progressive media exploding with articles of protest and telling people how to lobby Congress effectively to get this moving?
[PR] LGBT Americans Outraged At Delay In Basic Job Rights
[News/Commentary] A Patchwork of Protections
[Blog/Science/Commentary] Research Shows We Need ENDA Now
[Blog/Commentary] ENDA is not a bright, shiny object
[Blog/Commentary] Congress to Gays: LA-LA-LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU
[Blog/News] Community Expresses Outrage Over ENDA Markup Delay
[Blog/Commentary] Gay Inc. Declares Defeat on ENDA. Face It: Their Strategy Is Not Working
[News/Commentary] Gay rights groups urges Congress to act on ENDA

[USA]
Giving voice to the silent 'T' in LGBT
Transgender individuals still face many hurdles, even within the LGBT world. And the photo identification policy at northwest suburban Hunters Nightclub has come to represent some of them.

[CA,USA]
Friends mourn death of L.A. Times sportswriter
The death over the weekend of Los Angeles Times sportswriter Mike Penner, who had vaulted into the national consciousness in 2007 when he announced that he was transsexual and who later in 2008 re-transitioned back to a man, led friends and colleagues to mourn his loss, led journalists to ponder style issues over gender identification, and left bloggers to speculate over the whys and wherefores.

[CA, USA]
Khlomar Questioned over Transgender Incident
A transgender male declared war on Khloe Kardashian last night -- calling the cops on the reality star after an alleged shoving incident that occurred outside of a Hollywood club.

[Honduras]
Activists in Honduras tell Amnesty International of hidden human rights crisis
As Honduras' president elect Porfirio Lobo prepares to take power, new questions arise about events that have taken place since the coup d’etat last June.
An Amnesty International delegation in the country talked to human rights activists about the hidden crisis affecting the Central American nation.

[Nicaragua]
Personas con opciones sexuales diferentes tendrán su defensor
El 100 por ciento de las personas con opciones sexuales diferentes sufre de discriminación en los colegios, institutos y universidades.
Un 12 por ciento es víctima de violencia física, mientras otros abandonan sus centros de estudios por no soportar la discriminación, según un estudio sobre la discriminación a los gays, lesbianas y transexuales, según un estudio del grupo estratégico por los derechos de la diversidad sexual.

[Colombia]
Defensoría buscará castigo por ley a quien discrimine
Aunque Colombia ha firmado varios tratados internacionales contra la discriminación, y varias leyes señalan que no se debe discriminar, la realidad es distinta.
Las comunidades indígenas y afrocolombianas, los discapacitados, los desplazados por la violencia y el colectivo Lgtb (lesbianas, gays, transgeneristas y bisexuales), siguen excluidos por su condición.
(Foto: La violencia contra las travestis en Cali llamó la atención de la Defensoría, que lleva a cabo un evento para promover la tolerancia.)
En Bogotá, los transexuales le temen a "limpieza social" de grupos armados

[Peru]
Prostitutas y homosexuales latinoamericanos marchan por sus derechos
Prostitutas, homosexuales y lesbianas de diversos países de América Latina marcharon este lunes en Lima para rechazar la discriminación de que son objeto y reclamar que se respeten sus derechos como ciudadanos en la región, constató la AFP.

[Argentina]
Una transexual es "la mujer del año"
El Congreso argentino entregó su premio anual a "la mujer destacada de 2009" y este año desató una polémica: la ganadora fue una transexual que libró una larga batalla judicial para conseguir un documento de identidad con nombre femenino.
Activista trans Marcela Romero es distinguida como Mujer Destacada del 2009 por la Cámara de Diputados de la Nación
Diputados eligió a un transexual como la Mujer destacada de 2009