[España]
Lambda convoca la Manifestación del Orgullo LGTB con el lema “Transexuales con derechos, ¡ya!”
El Col·lectiu Lambda de lesbianas, gays, transexuales y bisexuales ha presentado hoy la convocatoria de la Manifestación del Orgullo lésbico, gay, transexual y bisexual (LGTB), que tendrá por lema “Transexuales con derechos, ¡ya!”. Esta convocatoria cuenta con la participación de otras entidades LGTB del País Valenciano: DecideT (Alicante), Arco Iris (Castellón), CLGS (La Safor), Colorets (La Ribera i la Costera), Diversa-ment (Camp de Morvedre), Galesh, Ampgyl, Samarucs y la Asociación de Expresos Sociales, así como con el apoyo de la Federación Estatal de lesbianas, gays, transexuales y bisexuales (FELGTB). Un año más los colectivos LGTB toman la calle en una marcha reivindicativa y festiva que saldrá el próximo sábado 26 de junio a las 19:30 horas desde el Parterre de Valencia.

[España]
Partido Popular rechaza hacer una Ley que reconozca los derechos de los transexuales en Madrid
La mayoría parlamentaria del PP en la Asamblea ha logrado que se rechazara ayer una Proposición de ley del PSOE para que se reconozcan los derechos de los transexuales en todos los ámbitos, al situar los "populares" a Madrid en la vanguardia europea en la defensa de los derechos de estas personas.

[España]
¿Te dan miedo las serpientes? Una de las preguntan que hacen médicos para "demostrar" la transexualidad
La Asociación lesbiana, gay, transexual y bisexual de Baleares, Ben Amics, ha repartido de manera simbólica entre los peatones de la plaza de Cort píldoras contra TRANSfòbia, el rechazo y la discriminación que sufre específicamente el colectivo de personas transexuales.

[España]
Parlamento Andaluz pedirá a la OMS que deje de considerar la transexualidad como enfermedad
El Pleno del Parlamento andaluz emitirá una declaración institucional suscrita por los tres grupos parlamentarios en la que se demanda que la transexualidad sea eliminada de las clasificaciones internacionales de trastornos y enfermedades, como ya se hizo con la homosexualidad.

[España]
"Mi jefe me echó de mi trabajo por llamarme Jesús y sentirme mujer"
Susana Cifuentes empezó en el bar cuando aún era Jesús. Lo era en su DNI y aparentaba serlo: un hombre alto y delgado. Decidió salir del armario (en el argot, vestirse y actuar conforme al sexo del que se siente) porque Susana se sabe mujer. "Me dejé el pelo largo, me ponía sombra de ojos... mi jefe empezó a mosquearse", señala esta madrileña de Carabanchel. Luce melena rubia y largas piernas, pero su voz es grave y el rostro, cubierto de maquillaje, aún resulta masculino. Los clientes del bar aceptaron el cambio. El jefe, no. Ella le confesó que había empezado a hormonarse, que se quería operar. "Yo no entiendo de esas cosas", le respondió él, relata Susana. "Cuando le dije que me sentía una mujer, me echó".

[España]
Testimonio de transexual extremeño evidencia que todavía se cierran muchas puertas
El 'qué dirán' es su cruz. Dice que aquí todo el mundo es de un pueblo y que sus decisiones no sólo repercuten en él. «Yo me paro mucho por mis padres, que tienen 75 años y bastante me ha costado que estén ahí». Mario tiene 34 y nació en un cuerpo equivocado. Hace dos años se operó y a día de hoy su físico ya se corresponde con su DNI. Mario es transexual y la gente de su entorno más cercano lo sabe. Pero se niega a hacerse fotos, «yo tengo la vida muy tranquila».

[España]
Alexia Pardo reclama al Ministerio Justicia que apoye su caso en Tribunal Estrasburgo
Alexia Pardo, demandante de la custodia de su hijo ante el Tribunal de Derechos Humanos de Estrasburgo convoca a los medios el día 28 de junio, a las 12.30 horas en la sede de Transexualia para solicitar un cambio de postura del Ministerio de Justicia español y que apoye su caso en Estrasburgo.

[UK]
Married transsexual wins right to pension at 60
A married transsexual has won a legal battle to receive a pension from the age of 60.
Christine Timbrell, who was born Christopher Timbrell but had a sex-change operation 10 years ago, applied for a state pension in 2002 after reaching the age of 60, but was denied one because she was still married to wife Joy. The marriage meant that her new gender status was not recognised by law, and she was told she would have to wait for her 65th birthday.
Law to treat trans man as both sexes

[Ireland]
Transgender Triumph
Legislation recognising transgender people in their new identity is set to be introduced after the Government scrapped a Supreme Court appeal yesterday. This decision brings to an end Doctor Lydia Foy's thirteen year struggle for her gender to be recognised by the state...
Transgender Athlone native wins 13-year legal battle

[Rússia]
Rússia tenta impedir 1ª Marcha do Orgulho em São Petersburgo
A 1ª Marcha do Orgulho LGBT de São Petersburgo, Rússia, pode não ser realizada como estava planejado. Isso porque as autoridades russas não estão aceitando o trajeto a ser percorrido pela manifestação, alegando que estão sendo realizadas obras nos locais que devem receber a caminhada.

[Uganda]
Ugandan Bishop speaks out against homophobia
Anglican Bishop Christopher Senyonjo has spoken out against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that is being proposed in his native Uganda. Bishop Senyonjo was speaking at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, at the end of a speaking tour of Ireland.

[Indonesia]
Killers in Rape-Murder of Boy Deserve To Die, Distraught Mother Demands
A woman whose young son was allegedly raped and murdered by her neighbor visited the National Commission for Child Protection on Wednesday, demanding the killers receive a death sentence.

[CA, USA]
Dyke, trans marches this weekend
Two popular Pride-time events are set to take place again in San Francisco this year: the Dyke March and the Trans March.
The seventh annual Trans March begins with a rally Friday, June 25 at 3:30 p.m. in Dolores Park, at 18th and Dolores streets. There will be performances from the Transcendence Gospel Choir and others.
This year's theme is "United by Pride, United By Power."

[CA, USA]
Newsom restores funding for transgender program
Mayor Gavin Newsom has restored funding for the Transgender Economic Empowerment Initiative, which helps transgender people find jobs.
Tony Winnicker, Newsom's communications director, told the Bay Area Reporter last week, "There were a number of reductions in the initial proposal that the mayor was not happy about," including the proposed cuts to the transgender initiative.

[CO, USA]
Regents make statement against transgender discrimination
Hillary Montague-Asp is leading the charge to try to get leaders at the University of Colorado to change school policy. They did not make the change, but they still made noise.
"I believe it starts with language and if our university sends a message from the top - discrimination is not OK," said Montague-Asp, co-chair of the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, Transgender Student Advisory Board.

[IL, USA]
Trans professor makes history at Chicago State
When classes begin at Chicago State University later this summer under the tutelage of Das Janssen, it will usher in the almost-one-year mark since the Fordham University Ph.D. began his teaching career at the South Side institution. Janssen was welcomed to the school, along with other newly hired individuals, earlier in the year at a reception in the office of the university's president. But what stands out about Janssen's addition to the university, among everything else that seems so routine, is that Janssen, a philosophy professor, is openly transgender—the first such addition, by all accounts, to the school in its history. (Photo)

[MS, USA]
Transvestite Gets Life for Stealing Bras
A man arrested for the first time in DeSoto County was sentenced to life in prison.
Darnell Wilson was caught leaving the Kohl's in Southaven after stealing bras. Although this was his first arrest in Desoto County, prosecutors used his numerous arrests in Tennessee and a Mississippi law to put him behind bars for life.
Wilson was confronted by police after Kohl's employees caught him filling a garbage bag full of clothes. After a life of crime, this would be Wilson's last shoplifting trip. (Photo)

[NY, USA]
New York Senate Approves Gay, Trans-Inclusive Anti-Bullying Bill
The New York Senate has approved an anti-bullying bill that includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 58 to 3, senators approved the Dignity For All Students Act Wednesday.
New York state Senate passes anti-bullying bill
New Bill Protects Students From Bullying
New York State Passes Anti-Bullying Law
Antibullying Bill Goes to the Governor

[OK, USA]
Doctors debate the facts surrounding sexual orientation and gender confusion
A letter and fact sheet about teen sexual orientation and gender confusion sent from the American College of Pediatricians to public school administrators have been challenged as non-factual by two of the country’s largest and most prestigious professional associations: the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association.

[TX, USA]
Lance Reyna: Assaulted In An HCC Bathroom Because He's Transgendered
Gay rights groups are decrying the assault of Lance Reyna, an activist for gay and transgendered rights, in a Houston Community College bathroom.
Houston GLBT Community Center president Tim Brookover said "The Center condemns this attack against a member of our community." (Photo)

[TX, USA]
‘Blue sheet’ uncovered: A copy of the DART resolution on transgender protections
DART spokesman Morgan Lyons just sent along a copy of the two-page resolution that was apparently approved by the DART board last night. Lyons also promises to call soon, but based on his e-mail, it looks like the board did in fact approve the proposed nondiscrimination policy minus the word “except.” In other words, board member Claude Williams’ interpretation was correct. I guess this is the “blue sheet” to which Board Chairman William Velasco was alluding.
Dallas Transit Authority Finally Stops Running Over Its Trans Employees