[España]
Mirian Amaya; historia de una mujer transexual gitana valiente y tenaz en su supervivencia

Directa como una flecha que indica y no hiere, que sigue la dirección que le marcó desde la cuna su sexualidad de mujer pese a nacer en el cuerpo de un hombre y en el seno de una familia gitana que la aceptó tal como era desde su primer llanto ("tienen sus leyes, pero también mucha permisividad y cabeza", aclara para los navegantes étnicos), Miriam Amaya ha recorrido sus 50 años de vida dentro del propio huracán que forman sus vientos de libertad.

[Turkey]
Gay, lesbian films no longer a problem for Turkish audiences
When films around the theme of gays and lesbians began to screen nine years ago in Turkey, it caused a public debate. But !f International Independent Film Festival proceeded to feature them despite some negative public reactions

[Kenia]
Imanes Kenia prometen "eliminar a gays de sistema" Human Rights urge Gobierno protección

La organización pro derechos humanos Human Rights Watch (HRW) urgió hoy al Gobierno de Kenia a través de un comunicado a que actúe para proteger a supuestos homosexuales y a grupos que trabajan con pacientes con sida que están sufriendo ataques por parte de patrullas ciudadanas.

[India]
Transgender fears kidnap, seeks CoP’s help
A transgender from Pozhichalur approached the Suburban Police Commissioner on Wednesday seeking protection from being kidnapped by those who forced her into prostitution. She was pushed into flesh trade in Pune, but escaped from there last year.
Jyothika (25) reportedly escaped a bid to force her into an auto by a gang in T Nagar some two weeks ago. The miscreants also snatched her mobile phone and gold chain. Jyothika was born Rajasekaran in 1985 at Pozhichalur. At 14, he felt inclined towards women’s behaviour.

[Singapore]
On trial for transvestite's death
A 28-year-old Malaysian went on trial yesterday for the murder of a 61-year-old transvestite, nearly two years after the cleaner was found dead in his Ang Mo Kio flat.

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
Dear Oprah II
TransGriot Note: I wrote an open letter to Oprah back in 2007 asking when she was going to interview an African American trans person on her show. Time for another one.

[USA]
Tamara Rees (1924 - ) stripper, housewife
From Los Angeles, the father of two children, Rees was wounded and decorated as a paratrooper in WWII.
Tamara transitioned in 1954, with surgery in the Netherlands, a year after the media sensation around Christine Jorgensen. She was mobbed by the press when her ship returned to New York. She played to the press and claimed that her ex-wife’s children had been fathered by someone else. At the end of the year she published a short autobiography.

[NJ, USA]
ACLU, transgender Newark resident sues city police alleging harassment
The Police Department illegally harassed a transgender woman and needs to change its civilian complaint system to prevent future abuses, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The six-count lawsuit alleges two officers stopped Diana Taylor, born Christopher Moore, last March for no reason.
(Photo: Rohan Mascarenhas/The Star-Ledger - Diana Taylor, also known as Christopher Moore, at a press conference today in Newark.)
Transgender Woman Sues Newark Police Over Alleged Harassment

[Puerto Rico]
Defensa intenta minar testimonio de agente
Los cuestionamientos principales de la defensa de Juan Martínez Matos intentaron sembrar dudas ayer en torno al procedimiento de identificación y detención del imputado de la muerte del joven homosexual Jorge Steven López Mercado, por parte de la Policía.

[Puerto Rico]

Molesta Samantha Love con locutores
Ante su indignación, la transexual Samantha Love sale en defensa de la comunidad gay, lésbica y transgénero de Puerto Rico y arremete en contra de varios locutores de la radio que utilizan la palabra “pato” despectivamente hacia los homosexuales.

Samantha Love, como portavoz de la comunidad, denuncia que Deddie Romero y Red Shadow, a través del espacio matutino El relajo de La X (100.7 FM), han utilizado burlonamente la palabra pato, al igual que dice lo ha hecho Ernesto Román, mejor conocido como “Tu Pana Ernesto”, quien es responsable de El Power Lunch y a quien describe como “un cristiano de cartón”.
(Foto: Suministradas / Omar Cruz - La artista no tolera los comentarios despectivos hacia la comunidad gay, lésbica y transgénero.)