[Internacional]
ONU alerta de condiciones degradantes preso en el Mundo, mas discriminados transexuales, homosexuales y ...
Alrededor de 10 millones de presos de todo el mundo se encuentran internados en condiciones degradantes y sin respeto para sus derechos, según afirmó el relator de Naciones Unidas en materia de tortura, Manfred Nowak, durante un congreso.

[Spain]
La ultraderecha intenta reventar una protesta autorizada contra la “homofobia” de Intereconomía
La asociación de lesbianas, gays, transexuales y bisexuales Arcópoli había convocado para las 20:00 horas de ayer una concentración frente a la sede madrileña de Intereconomía para denunciar la “homofobia” de este grupo de comunicación escorado a la extrema derecha. Minutos antes, llegaron simpatizantes de la web ultra Hazteoir, que había organizado una contramanifestación, aunque ésta sin la autorización pertinente de la Delegación del Gobierno. El resultado fue una batalla de cánticos entre el orgullo gay y la ultraderecha a pocos metros de distancia durante una hora.
Gays y lesbianas protestan contra la homofobia (Foto)

[UK] [News/Commentary]
Analysis: Who's courting the trans vote?
Excerpt: [Liberal Democrats spokeswoman] Ms Featherstone claimed to have heard Tories referring to trans people as "filthy perverts".

[Itália]
Procurador solicita audição de seis transexuais
O facto de considerar haver risco de vida para as transexuais envolvidas no caso Marrazzo originou que o procurador de Roma tenha solicitado a audição das seis transexuais envolvidas na história e três estrangeiros que sofreram ameaças pelos polícias acusados de extorsão pelo ex-presidente regional.
Inchiesta trans a Roma: rischiano quelli del caso Marrazzo.

[Turquía]
Protesta en Turquía ante la ministra que se refirió a la homosexualidad como una enfermedad
Un grupo de activistas LGTB de Turquía, portando pancartas con el lema “no odies, discúlpate”, interrumpieron el pasado jueves en Ankara un encuentro entre la ministra turca de Mujer y Familia, Aliye Kavaf, y la ministra de Igualdad italiana, Mara Carfagna. Los manifestantes exigían a Kavaf disculpas por sus declaraciones de hace unas pocas semanas, en las que calificó la homosexualidad como una enfermedad. El encuentro entre las dos ministras se producía en el marco de un acto sobre igualdad de género.

[Kuwait]
Transsexuals in Kuwait: Criminals or victims?
The term 'transsexual' (third gender or she-male as they are locally known) is often mistaken for homosexuality in the Arab world and is considered highly sinful in Islam. This is why most Arab transsexuals, especially men, prefer keeping a low profile. In some Arab countries, they can face jail sentences for dressing or acting like the opposite sex. In some cases they can even be punished or killed by their families.

[EUA]
El presidente Obama garantiza la no discriminación a pacientes LGTB en los hospitales
Todos los hospitales que reciban fondos de Medicare o Medicaid -la vasta mayoría de instituciones médicas americanas, según el Washington Post- deberán a garantizar el derecho de los pacientes a recibir visitas de sus parejas del mismo sexo así como a respetar los deseos de los pacientes acerca de quién debe tomar decisiones sobre su tratamiento.
Obama assina documento permitindo que gays recebam visita de companheiros em hospitais
Obama extends health care rights to gay partners
Obama makes news on surprising front
Obama orders most hospitals to grant gays visitation rights

[USA] [Commentary]
ENDA Bill Will Force Christian Schools to Hire Gay & Transgendered
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is again being considered by our lawmakers in Washington D.C. ENDA is a federal law proposed by the homosexual lobby and would create a special class of protection based on someone's actual or perceived 'sexual orientation' or 'gender preference.' The law would force Christian schools, organizations, Christian business owners, and more to hire and give preferential treatment to people involved in homosexual behavior and/or people physically altering their gender.
[Commentary] ENDA opposition comprised of lies, chicanery, and beliefs of religious supremacy
Rep Frank Realistic About The Battle Ahead On ENDA
Put an ENDA to Discrimination

[USA]
Event's divisiveness annoys teachers, students
Thousands of public middle and high schools across America are allowing students to participate in today's observance of the "Day of Silence."

[CA, USA]
Transgender community honors members, allies at annual Day of Empowerment
The transgender community honored its advocates and allies and celebrated its achievements at its seventh annual Transgender Day of Empowerment last Friday.

[CA, USA]
Announcing the 6th Annual Transgender Job Fair: TEEI 6th Annual Transgender Job Fair, April 28, 2010, 1 to 4 p.m., at the LGBT Community Center
Over 20 employers gather for TEEI’s 6th Annual Transgender Job Fair on April 28, 2010, 1 to 4 p.m. at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center (the Center). The Transgender Job Fair allows employers to recruit qualified candidates from the transgender community.

[GA, USA]
Trans man alleges restroom discrimination at Underground
Incident with security guard highlights issues trans people face with public bathrooms
On March 16, at about 8:30 p.m., Lehcar Peterson was with a friend at Underground Atlanta when they had to use the restroom. The men’s room was being cleaned and several men were standing around it while the women’s restroom was clear. A transgender man, Peterson decided to use the women’s restroom. (Photo)

[MA, USA]
Transgender inmate has taxpayer-funded mammogram
A cross-dressing Massachusetts inmate who murdered his wife and has spent the last decade suing the Department of Correction for access to a sex change operation had a taxpayer funded mammogram this week, Fox 25 has learned.
Massachusetts Transgender Inmate Gets Taxpayer-Funded Mammogram

[ME, USA]
Maine Commission Shelves Move to Ban Gender Specific Bathrooms, Sports Teams in Schools
After FoxNews.com reported last week on the commission’s draft guidelines for how schools should accommodate transgender students, members decided Monday to cancel a public hearing on the issue and indefinitely postpone its work on the brochure entitled "Sexual Orientation in Schools and Colleges."
[Commentary] FOX News Distorts Trans-Inclusive Guidelines in Maine Public Schools

[MT, USA]
Engen signs Missoula's equality measure
Mayor John Engen put his pen Thursday to the equality ordinance, and he shared his perspective on the long meeting he ran and the historic measure he signed.
Petitioners seek freeze, public vote on equality ordinance

[NC, USA]
San Francisco group highlights Charlotte murder case
Tony Alston lived as a woman for more than 20 years, and his family wonders if someone might have killed him for that reason.

[NJ, USA]
NJ School Pulls “Cross-dressing” Project
One parent and an antigay blogger managed to stop a women’s history project that involved historical fashions at a Maple Shade, New Jersey elementary school this week. They said the project promoted a “gay agenda” by suggesting that boys dress in women’s clothing from different time periods.
New Jersey School Nixes 'Cross-dressing' Fashion Show After Parent Complains
[Commentary] Your comments: Maple Shade school ends project after request is misunderstood to be about cross-dressing
[Commentary] Women's Month class project wasn't a 'gay agenda'

[NY, USA]
Ridgewood transgender murder suspect arrested in Las Vegas
A Manhattan man has been charged with murdering a transgender woman in her Ridgewood apartment last month and then pouring bleach all over her body, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
[NY, USA] Arrest in Transgender Murder Case in Queens (Photo: Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar)

[PA, USA]
Gender Reassignment Surgeries Approved at Penn
The University of Pennsylvania approved health insurance coverage for transgender students' gender reassignment surgeries, psychotherapy, and hormone treatments, university spokesman Ron Ozio said Wednesday.
UPenn To Cover Sex Change Operations

[TN, USA]
No verdict yet in beating case
A federal jury deliberated for a second day Thursday without reaching a verdict in the case of a former police officer charged with beating a transgender prisoner he arrested for prostitution two years ago.
Federal Jury in Memphis Transgender Beating Case Deadlocked
Jury Struggles for Verdict in McRae Trial
In brief: Jury stumped on ex-cop’s verdict

[Panamá]
Activistas LGTB de Panamá piden una ley contra la discriminación por orientación sexual e identidad de género
La Asociación de Hombres y Mujeres Nuevos de Panamá (AHMNP) presentará ante la comisión de Derechos Humanos de la Asamblea Nacional de Diputados una propuesta de proyecto de ley con la intención de prohibir la discriminación por razones de orientación Sexual e identidad de género. Se trata de la segunda vez que lo intentan: en 2005 recibieron la negativa por respuesta.
Denuncian homofobia y crecimiento de la violencia contra la comunidad gay

[Argentina]
Realizan en Buenos Aires Jornadas sobre el problema de la vivienda y las personas transexuales
El titular de la delegación Provincia de Buenos Aires del Instituto Nacional contra la Discriminación , la Xenofobia y el Racismo, Pablo Roma, participó de la jornada “El derecho a la vivienda es para todos/as” que se realizó en el Auditorio José Martí, de la Universalidad Nacional de la Matanza y abordó la problemática situación habitacional de la población travesti.
(Foto: Diana Sacayán, izquierda, Coordinadora del Programa de Inclusión Educativa para Travestis y Transexuales de la Dirección General de Cultura y Educación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires y Lohana Berkins, presidenta de la Asociación de Lucha por la Identidad Travesti y Transexual (ALITT))

[Argentina]
En Argentina hay mas de 52 personas transexuales en lista de espera para cirugía CRS
La operación se hace gratis en un hospital siendo aun necesario en Argentina la orden de un juez. Pero el proceso puede llevar 3 años.