[España]
Sevilla celebra el Día Mundial de la Mujer con sendas exposiciones que tratan sobre la realidad lésbica y transexual
Sendas exposiciones hechas por y para mujeres lesbianas y transexuales, respectivamente, están expuestas al público desde hoy en Sevilla. “En Clave Les” es una exposición hecha por lesbianas con el objeto de visibilizar la realidad lésbica que se puede visitar desde el 25 de Febrero en el Bar “Novecento” de la capital hispalense. La autora es Isabel Amerighi, activista y fotógrafa con titulación expedida por la Escuela de Arte y Oficios Artísticos de Sevilla, especializada en poner de relieve la realidad de lesbianas, gays, transexuales y bisexuales.
Hoy en Sevilla, exposición "Su delito: Ser mujeres" Retratos de veinte mujeres transexuales

[UK]
Police treat attack as homophobic
Excerpt: A police spokesman said: "We have recorded this incident as a hate crime after one of the victims made a claim that the assault could have been a homophobic attack because one of the party was a transsexual.
Three men assaulted in Cornwall ‘homophobic’ attack

[UK]
Mechanic lose nuts... and customers bolt
The boss of a car engine firm has been forced to take a backroom role after customers deserted him when he turned into a woman.
Mechanic Terry Hird, 66, started sex-swap treatment last year and is set to have his nuts removed in "gender reassignment" surgery. (Photo)

[Escocia]
Sólo el 15% de las víctimas de violencia homófoba y tránsfoba denuncian
Las cifras se refieren a Escocia, pero mucho nos tememos que son extrapolables a otros países europeos. Un tercio de las personas LGTB han sido físicamente agredidas, pero sólo un 15% de las víctimas acuden a la Policía para denunciarlo.
Most gays fall victim to hate crimes but just one in seven goes to police

[France]
Removal of Mental Illness Diagnosis for Transsexuals in France Called "Symbolic Victory"
Last month, France became the first country in the world to remove transsexualism from its official list of mental disorders, reports Time magazine in what is being considered a major, though some say largely symbolic, victory.
[Blog/Commentary] Now That France No Longer Considers Transexuals 'Disordered,' Everything Is Cool, Right?

[Uganda]
El presidente del Parlamento de Uganda confirma que la tramitación de la ley homófoba sigue adelante pese a las protestas
El presidente del Parlamento de Uganda, Edward Ssekandi, ha confirmado que la tramitación del proyecto de ley que persigue endurecer todavía más la persecución penal de las personas homosexuales seguirá adelante pese a los ruegos de una plataforma ugandesa de defensa de los derechos humanos y de atención a las personas con VIH de detener el proyecto.
Anti-Homosexuality Bill will not be withdrawn – Speaker
Ugandan activists call for withdrawal of anti-gay bill

[Pakistan]
A small victory for Pakistan's transgenders
The nation's hijra community -- mostly eunuchs and hermaphrodites -- has long lived on the margins in the Muslim nation, barely tolerated and more often abused. A new ruling gives its members some rights.

[India]
Court sends 3 eunuchs, accomplice to jail for criminal trespass
Three eunuchs and one of their accomplices were on Tuesday sent to jail on the charge of entering a house and threatening to take away a minor boy with them here, police said today.

[Australia/China]
Shanghai Beauty brings story to Australia
China's most famous and successful choreographer has taken time in her Australian tour to discuss the challenges of being a transexual dancer and former colonel in the world's largest military force.
Chinese choreographer Jin Xing discusses the challenges of being a transexual dancer and former colonel in the world's largest military force. (Photo)
Dancing colonel who defies convention

[Australia/Malaysia]
Transsexual who feared prison at home qualifies for refugee status
A malaysian transsexual who feared prison, whipping and life as a prostitute if returned home has qualified for refugee status as a member of a persecuted social group.

[Australia]
Transsexuals in landmark case
Two female-to-male transsexuals should be able to keep female organs that allow them to bear children and still be legally recognised as men, it was argued in a landmark test of WA's gender reassignment laws yesterday.
The Court of Appeal case is expected to set a legal precedent which could define the extent of medical intervention required for females to have their gender reassigned to male.

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
You Look Like a Tranny
Yes, you.
Trans lives -- and, especially, the lives of trans women -- are apparently a very effective and "shocking" insult.
Especially among women.
There are "tranny shoes" on network comedies, "You look like a tranny" in CW reality shows, tall models who are inferred to have extra anatomy on Comedy Central, slapstick humor about trans lives on prime time cartoons, and, of course, the esteemed Keith Olbermann using trans lives on national television to mock the woman who did that same thing regarding Rachel Maddow and an aide to KO and joked about his mother's death.
In a way she's generally mocked by most so-called progressives and liberals, who, fairly obviously, aren't being particularly progressive or liberal in their use of such.
So, to all of those people, let me say one thing about this:
"That's so gay."

[EUA]
“Mujeres desesperadas” introduce una trama lésbica
“Mujeres desesperadas”, una de las series de televisión más veteranas de entre las dirigidas al gran público, introduce una trama lésbica en su sexta temporada, actualmente en desarrollo en Estados Unidos. Las protagonistas son Katherine, una de las protagonistas ya presentes en temporadas anteriores (interpretada por Dana Delany) y Robin, un nuevo personaje interpretado por Julie Benz.'
Mujeres desesperadas' se recrea con su primera relación lésbica
Lesbian love scenes for Desperate Housewives (Photo)

[USA]
Lovely reality show ladies break trans ground
Transgender women are finally getting their reality TV due. With no network deal yet, Atlanta-based “Boss Ladies” is receiving huge internet buzz, and “Transform Me” premieres this month on VH1.

[ME, USA]
Hearing Held on Transgendered Students
The Maine Human Rights Commission held a hearing in Augusta on Monday to debate proposed guidelines for public schools on how to deal with transgendered students.

[NY, USA]
Assembly Passes Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act
Yes, despite all the drama surrounding the the resident of the Executive Mansion the legislature is in session. Sure the Senate is in a bit of a deadlock while it waits for the March 16 special election to fill Hiram Monserrate’s seat, but legislators are still showing up to work.
"GENDA" Passes Assembly
New York Assembly Approves Transgender Protections

[TX, USA]
San Antonio Cop Accused of Raping Transgender Woman
A transwoman claims that she was raped by a San Antonio officer; the city police department has taken swift action in the case.

[America Latina]
REDLACTRANS denuncia que transexuales son blanco violencia en Centroamérica y México
Reunidas en la ciudad de San José de Costa Rica, los días 28 y 29 de febrero, en el marco del Encuentro Centroamericano y México de la REDLACTRANS. Con la finalidad de encuentro previo a CONCASIDA, para armar el plan estratégico de la Red Lac Trans y las Referentes Nacionales Titulares de la Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de personas Trans.

[Chile]
El terremoto en Chile azota a activistas LGTB, entre ellas a Karin Avaria, conocida en España por su vinculación con Fundación Triángulo
El terremoto de magnitud 8,8 y posterior maremoto que sacudió el sábado a Chile ha azotado gravemente a la población LGTB y a muchos de sus activistas. En algunos casos, se tienen noticias de las desafortunadas consecuencias, pero en otros se desconoce la situación de activistas que ejercen su labor de defensa de los derechos humanos de lesbianas, gays, transexuales y bisexuales en el sur del país. La preocupación se apodera de organizaciones LGTB, como en el caso del Movimiento de Liberación Homosexual (MOVILH), según explica su secretario general, Juan Hernández.
Chile: Activistas gays pierden familiares
Chile – Ayuda a las víctimas del terremoto