[UK]
Devon and Cornwall councils warned on gay equality
Devon and Cornwall councils are being warned not to use the recession as an excuse to cut services for gay people.
Equality South West, which fights for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, says services in this sector may be the first to go.
It is telling councils they have a legal requirement to promote equality.

[Turkey]
Turkey's gays, transsexuals decry increasing homophobia
When Turkey's family affairs minister recently described homosexuality as a curable disease, she was roundly criticized for discrimination and flouting human rights.
But for activists her remarks only underscore what they say is increasing prejudice, discrimination and violence -- even from police -- against homosexuals and transgender people in this Muslim-majority country stuck between its conservative roots and flourishing modernism.

[Africa] [Opinion]
Desmond Tutu leads fight to halt anti-gay terror sweeping Africa
Threat of death punishment in Uganda and arrest of Malawi's first gay couple to marry sparks decriminalisation campaign

[Australia]
Intersex people not ‘disordered’
Australia’s peak body for intersex people has labelled revisions to the American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic manual as a backwards step in the fight for intersex rights.

[USA]
House plans to resurrect law requiring 'gay' hires
Now that the health-care fight has proven House Democrats can muscle through legislation without a drop of bipartisan support, plans are underway to resurrect a bill that would make employers susceptible to lawsuits for refusing to hire "gay" or transsexual employees.
H.R. 3017, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009, or ENDA, makes it unlawful for government agencies or businesses with more than 15 employees to refuse hire or promotion of anyone based on "gender-related identity, appearance or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, with or without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth."
[Blog/Commentary] 16,000 Ask Pelosi To Move ENDA - Are You One of Them?

[USA] [Blog/Social Science]
Women Partners of Transgender Men Doing Housework and Emotion Work
Despite increasing family studies research on same-sex cohabiters and families, the literature is virtually devoid of transgender and transsexual families. To bridge this gap, I present qualitative research narratives on household labor and emotion work from 50 women partners of transgender and transsexual men. Contrary to much literature on ‘‘same-sex’’ couples,the division of household labor and emotion work within these contemporary families cannot simply be described as egalitarian. Further, although the forms of emotion work and ‘‘gender strategies,’’ ‘‘family myths,’’ and ‘‘accounts’’with which women partners of trans men engage resonate with those from women in (non-trans)heterosexual and lesbian couples, they are also distinct, highlighting tensions among personal agency, politics, and structural inequalities in family life.


[FL, USA]
Gay rights bills seen as progress
About six years ago, David Perreault rented a house on the beachside that he loved.
He says he kept the place tidy, always paid the rent on time, never made any noise that bothered his neighbors.
But not long after his landlord's son started seeing Perreault welcoming gay and transsexual people into the home, he was told to move out in 15 days. No explanation why.

[TX, USA]
Houston Mayor Adds Transgender Protections
Houston Mayor Annise Parker has signed an executive order that adds gender identity to the city's 12-year-old non-discrimination policy, the Houston Chronicle reported.

[UT,USA]
New laws protect gay and lesbian rights in Salt Lake City
Two new laws go into effect today, April 2, defending gay rights in Salt Lake City. The ordinances will protect residents from being discriminated against based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.

[WI, USA]
Win in Wisconsin for Incarcerated Trans Folks
Incarcerated trans people in Wisconsin should finally have access to hormones and surgery for first time since January 2006.
[Blog/Law] Federal Court Strikes Wisconsin Ban on Hormone Therapy for Transsexual Prison Inmates

[México]
Mujer transexual de México aparece decapitada en una nueva forma de brutal violencia hacia este colectivo
La imagen derecha, es la de la mujer transexual asesinada de forma brutal, son imágenes muy fuertes, pero hemos creído necesario ponerlas, y no mirar hacia otro lado. Para mostrar la brutalidad y como se nos masacra aun en todo el planeta por el mero hecho de ser personas transexuales. Sobre todo para esas personas que aun cuestionan el por qué nos visibilizamos en la búsqueda de la normalización, alegando que ya somos hombres y mujeres y que esta todo andado y conseguido.
Encuentran homosexual decapitado en Chihuahua

[México]
Diez personas dan paliza a una transexual en México y encima la amenazan denunciarla por corrupción menores
“¡Puto! ¡culero! ¡No mereces estar ahí!” ¡Abusador de menores! fueron parte de los improperios que Marlene recibió en la estética donde laboraba al momento de ser agredida por más de 10 individuos el pasado miércoles

[México]
La primera pareja de transexuales que se casó en México el 2008 supera sus retos
Acurrucados en un sillón de su casa, tomados de la mano, Diana Laura y Mario se miran felices como marido y mujer. Para lograrlo tuvieron que demostrarse a sí mismos, a jefes, familia, sociedad, políticos y jueces que la naturaleza sí se equivoca: ella debió ser él y él debió ser ella. (Foto)

[El Salvador]
San Salvador tierra fértil para la prostitución
En los últimos años varias calles de la capital se han convertido en verdaderos escaparates para mujeres y hombres que ofrecen servicios sexuales. La Alameda Roosevelt, Calle Arce y 27 Calle Poniente son algunos de los puntos donde mujeres y homosexuales venden, además de sus servicios, todo tipo de drogas. Vecinos claman por más orden

[Chile]
Aprueban ordenanza en Chile que garantiza no discriminación a transexuales y homosexuales
La Ordenanza ya ha sido aprobada en cuatro comunas y en medio de ello surgieron voces contrarias que intentaron boicotear la propuesta por hacer referencia a las minorías sexuales, haciendo consultas respectivas a la Contraloría Genera de la República. Felizmente, la contraloría sólo hizo observaciones, sin oponerse a la propuesta, ni alterar sus objetivos o contenidos.

[Argentina]
Cambio de género: el juez se declaró “competente”
La presentación se efectuó el 11 del actual luego de que en noviembre último María Julieta Martínez se sometiera a una operación de reasignación de sexo, en Chile. Es la primera causa judicial de ese tenor que se tramita en los Tribunales de Entre Ríos, aunque hay antecedentes de resolución favorable en otras jurisdicciones, como Rosario.
Nuevo juicio por cambio de nombre y sexo en Argentina para una transexual, donde aun se necesita sentencia

[Argentina]
Joven chica transexual de Argentina se tuvo que cambiar de escuela porque la obligaban a vestir de hombre
Luly Barrios, de 17 años, es el nombre de la adolescente transexual paranaense que decidió vestirse de mujer para concurrir a clases en la Escuela de Comercio N° 2 “Manuel Belgrano", ubicada en la intersección de Santos Domínguez y Artigas de Paraná. (Foto)