[UK/Malaysia]
M’sian transexual in Britain may face action if deported
The Malaysian transsexual, who married a 30-year-old man in Britain, may face action by the Immigrations Department when he returns to Malaysia if he has violated laws here, said department director-general Datuk Abdul Rahman Othman.
Malaysia threatens legal action on transsexual

[Ireland]
Trans recognition laws to come before Irish parliament
New laws to give greater legal recognition to trans people will come before the Irish parliament (Dail) next year.
They have been proposed by the Green Party, who say that people should be able to chose which gender they want to be legally recognised by.

[Uganda]
Imprisoning gays
Christian ministries ask President Museveni to preserve life and liberty for Ugandan homosexuals
Ex-African leaders petition Museveni on Aids law

[Sud Africa]
Caster Semenya conserve son titre de championne du monde du 800 mètres
La Fédération internationale d'athlétisme accepte que la Sud-Africaine, sacrée championne du monde du 800m lors des derniers mondiaux de Berlin, conserve son titre en dépit des tests qui ont révélé son hermaphrodisme.
Athlétisme : Semenya toujours dorée

[India]
Eunuch marriage website paves way for third gender comeback in India
In the days of the Mogul emperors, India’s eunuchs were the bodyguards of queens and privy to the most sensitive of state secrets. Today they are most often seen begging at traffic lights.

[Thailand]
Thailand to require transgender surgery candidates to wait one year
''It is not necessary. I really didn't want to go through that process, so I decided to have the operation... before the law is enforce.... I don't like this part of me because I don't use it. I don't know why I have it. If I had a vagina, I would use it.''

[Philippines]
Bigotry of the highest order
In 2007, Ang Ladlad, a group fighting for the welfare of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders was denied party-list accreditation by the Commission on Elections on the grounds that it didn’t have national representation. The Comelec required proof that there were lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people across the land. The denial, based on technicality, rankled because surely one has to be blind, deaf and stupid not to realize that Ang Ladlad’s constituency can be found anywhere and everywhere in this archipelago. True, not all of them are registered members of Ang Ladlad; but then again not all Filipinos pay taxes, vote, or get residence certificates to qualify as Filipinos.
Philippine gay group fights to contest elections

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
How To Get ENDA Moving Again
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act bill (ENDA), which was originally planned for a House vote in September or October, then November, now looks like it's headed for a February landing. That's problematic because it puts ENDA into the Senate during an ultra-difficult time: a major legislative logjam, a major jobs initiative, midterm election campaigns, and a promised Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal.
ENDA delayed again; activists grumble

[CA, USA]
LA Times writer and CSUF alumnus Mike Penner was beloved
Tragedy struck during the Thanksgiving break when Cal State Fullerton alumnus and former Daily Titan staff writer Mike Penner allegedly committed suicide and was found dead in his Los Angeles home.
RIP Mike Penner/Christine Daniels, Transgender LAT Sportswriter
[Commentary] On the Suicide of Mike Penner
[Blog/Commentary] Should We Remember Mike Penner or Christine Daniels?
[Blog/Commentary] A Sad Ending to Mike Penner's Struggle With Becoming Christine Daniels
Transgender Sportswriter's Suicide Leaves Questions
[Blog/Commentary] The Case For Eulogizing Christine Daniels

[DC, USA]
Editing for Inclusion
The Metropolitan Police Department is slated to review hate-crime reports for 2008 in an effort to include a new category noticeably missing from Mayor Adrian Fenty's recently released "Bias-related Crime Report": gender identity.

[MA, USA]
Cross-Dressing Killer Robert Kosilek's Hair-Removal Treatments Denied
Transgendered killer Michelle Kosilek's request for state-funded electrolysis treatments was shot down by a federal judge last week.

[NY, USA]
Westchester County Judge Agrees to Waive Publication of Trans Name Change
Finding that transsexuals are at risk of being victimized by hate crimes, New York Supreme Court Justice William J. Giacomo (Supreme Court, Westchester County) has granted a request by a transsexual man that the usual requirement that a name-change notice be published in a local newspaper be waived in his case, and that the court files on the proceeding be sealed.

[OH, USA]
Cleveland City Council approves anti-discrimination protection for transgender citizens
Excerpt: Council members said they might expand the protections next year. One issue they will consider: Allowing transgender citizens to use either a men's or women's restroom in public.

[UT,USA]
Bountiful’s transgender cop is one of at least 30 nationwide
TCOPS International has been tracking — and supporting — transgender law enforcement workers since 1976, when one of the first-known transgender police officers came out in Washington, D.C.

[República Dominicana]
Nuevo asesinato de una mujer transexual en República Dominicana
Nuevo asesinato de una mujer transexual, esta vez en la República Dominicana. Kelli Correa, estudiante de Medicina y una de las promotoras del colectivo TRANSSA, fue tiroteada el pasado miércoles desde una motocicleta mientras ejercía el trabajo sexual en una calle de la capital, una de las escasas opciones que las mujeres transexuales tienen para ganarse la vida en buena parte del mundo. Herida de gravedad, la joven murió tras ser trasladada a un hospital. Se trata del séptimo asesinato de una mujer transexual contabilizado por TRANSSA a lo largo de los últimos años.
Odio y discrimen
Asesinan brutalmente a promotora grupo TRANSSA.

Diario El Nacional publica articulo sobre muerte travesti.
Trans exigen justicia ante muerte una de sus lideres.
Se querellarán hoy por muerte travesti

Organizaciones se concentraron frente al Palacio de Justicia de Ciudad Nueva

[República Dominicana]
Trans encienden lazo de solidaridad en el Parque Duarte
Cada 1 de Diciembre se conmemora el día Mundial de la lucha contra el sida por tal motivo TRANSSA (Trans Siempre Amigas) aprovecho la ocacion y por 2do año consecutivoRealizo un encendido de lazo de solidaridad en memoria a las personas que han fallecido a causa del SIDA.

[Puerto Rico] [Blog/Commentary]
Withers: Was Mercado a sex worker? Does it matter?
For about three beats I thought about writing something about the whole Adam Lambert mess; however, my eyes quickly glazed over and decided it best to leave the shocked sensibilities of the blue-haired ladies be.
[Blog/Commentary] Jorge Steven was not trans, but...

[Mexico]
Denuncian gays acoso policiaco en Durango
Excerto:Ezequiel García Torres, presidente de la asociación civil Comunidad Gay, señaló que los policías acosan en especial a quienes se visten de mujer. Cuando los ven en las calles, de inmediato los suben a las patrullas y creen que porque se visten así son sexoservidores. Para no llevarlos a la cárcel” les exigen dinero o un acto sexual; se ensañan.

[Argentina]
Transsexual Is Argentina’s “Woman of the Year”
A transsexual who recently prevailed in a 10-year-long court battle to receive a new identity document recognizing her as a woman has been honored by lawmakers as Argentina’s “Woman of the Year.”
¿La mujer más destacada del año?