[International]
International Gay Rights Group, Opposed By GOPers, Wins UN Status
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission today won accreditation from the United Nations despite Republican efforts to defeat the group's application.
Gay-lesbian group overcomes opposition at U.N.
Gay Group Gets United Nations Nod
United Nations Grants Official Status to U.S.-based International LGBT Rights Group
US pushing UN status for gay rights group
An International Place for LGBT Equality

[España]
Este martes FELGTB se reúne con Sanidad para crear una comisión redactará nuevo protocolo transexualidad
La comisión, compuesta por sociedades médicas, el Ministerio y colectivos trans, trabajará en un protocolo de atención a la transexualidad que ya no la considere una enfermedad

[UK]
Sparkle 2010 – An Amazing Weekend Of Transgender Celebration
The Sparkle Transgender Celebration 2010 was another amazing weekend – the 6th Sparkle took place on the 9th, 10th and 11th July in Manchester, UK.

[France]
Givenchy’s Transgender Fall Campaign Model Posed Nude for French Vogue [NSFW]
Fall's Givenchy campaign was made all the more buzzworthy when designer Riccardo Tisci cast his transgender personal assistant, Lea T., to appear in the ads alongside nine other models. And of all ten faces, French Vogue chose to highlight her with a nude portrait that appears in next month's issue.
Prior to this shot breaking, Lea T. modeled in Givenchy's haute couture show this month and posed, privates covered, for last month's Italian Vanity Fair. (Photo)

[Alemania]
Balian, ex campeón europeo salto de pértiga, el hombre transexual más guapo del mundo
Balian Buschbaum, foto, sigue siendo una celebridad en Ulm, la ciudad alemana donde nació, pero sus tiempos de gloria deportiva y de escándalo mundial cuando anunció que dejaba el deporte para reasignarse de sexo -dejaba de ser Yvonne, medalla de bronce en el Europeo de 2002 en salto con pértiga, y pasaba a ser Balian- pasaron.

[Polonia]
LGTB toman las calles de Varsovia con motivo del primer Europride que se celebra en Polonia
Unas 20.000 personas se manifiestan con motivo del Europride para expresar su “repudio a la homofobia y la discriminación sexual”.

[Zimbabwe]
Zimbabwe President Mugabe Pours Fuel on Debate Over Homosexual Rights
Addressing pilgrims in the Manicaland province district of Marange who were attending Passover observations of the Johannes Marange Apostolic sect this weekend, Mr. Mugabe said, 'We say no to gays.'
Para presidente africano, gays não devem ter direito algum

[South Africa] [Commentary]
Men of steel must change
Our constitution is unequivocal: prejudice will not be tolerated, writes Pierre de Vos
The Big Read: Multinational steel retailer Bohler Uddeholm Africa is probably going to regret that it employed Chris(tine) Ehlers. Hopefully the company will also begin to regret that its management is filled with people who act like bigots. Christine Ehlers, a sales assistant who was fired after her employers discovered that she had begun a series of sex change procedures in 2008, is taking her case to the Labour Court.
Christine is a transgendered person because she was born into the body of a man but realised that she was really a woman and is now altering her body to bring itin line with her deeply held view of her sexual status. She claims in court papers that she was fired "on the grounds of her sexual status".

[Pakistan]
Pakistan Hires Transgender Workers to Shame Tax Delinquents
In one of Karachi’s most posh neighborhoods, only half of the 500,000 residents paid their property, maintenance and water taxes last year.
As a result, the Clifton Cantonment board, like Pakistan itself, is in serious financial trouble.
As my colleague Sabrina Tavernise reports, nationwide, less than a million out of 170 million Pakistanis voluntarily filed income tax returns last year. The rate is among the lowest in the world.
In a bid for a solution — and some publicity — the Clifton board borrowed a creative idea that alleviated tax woes in neighboring India: It hired a team of transgender tax collectors to go door-to-door to embarrass the rich until they pay.
Trans Tax Collectors as Punishment?
You've Been Warned, Pakistanis: Pay Your Taxes Or Scary Trannies Will Come For You!

[Pakistan]
‘Registration of eunuchs in Sindh in progress’
Sindh Minister for Social Welfare Begum Nargis N.D.Khan said the registration of eunuchs was underway across the Sindh.
She said this at a meeting at her office according to a statement issued on Sunday.
Registration of eunuchs in Sindh is underway: Begum Nargis ND Khan

[ID, USA]
Transgender suspect sent to mental health facility
The transgender woman who is accused of planting fake bombs around her Payette home and running naked down the street was supposed to be back in court Monday, but her appearance has been postponed.
That's because Catherine Carlson is now in the custody of a mental health facility for what the Payette County prosecutor is calling a "health concern."

[TX, USA]
Suit claims widow of Wharton firefighter was born a man
The family of a Wharton firefighter who died battling a massive egg farm blaze is fighting to keep his widow from receiving death benefits, arguing that the 37-year-old had found out his bride of two years was born a man.
Thomas Araguz III separated from his wife after learning her history two months prior to being trapped in the fatal July 3 fire, according to attorney Chad Ellis, who is representing Araguz's parents in the lawsuit.
Another sad case of trans-bias at work...
Fallen firefighter’s parents file lawsuit to prevent transgender widow from receiving death benefits
Lawsuit: Dead Firefighter's Wife is a Man
(Photo: Nikki Araguz, left, leaves the Wharton Civic Center after the July 12 funeral of her husband, Thomas Araguz III.)

[VA, USA][Commentary]
What Makes Robyn Deane A Woman “In Process”?
On Friday, the Washington Post profiled Robyn Deane—transgender woman, LGBT activist, and former in-law of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. It’s an interesting piece—with a couple of strange hang-ups.
First, the headline: “Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s former in-law speaks out for gay rights.” Deane certainly does speak out for gay rights, but it seems odd to emphasize that fact above her trans activism. Next, the photo gallery: It begins with a series of photos of Deane applying makeup, hair-spray, and pantyhose, as if to emphasize the fact that Deane’s beauty regimen (quite typical, for a woman) is somehow relevant to that activism.

[Mexico]
Cierran el antro ‘Tenampa’; prostituía gays
Un prostíbulo regenteado por la “Zar del Vicio” Manuela Santiago y que apenas este sábado había inaugurado en la esquina que forman las céntricas calles de Ignacio Zaragoza y Cinco de Mayo, fue clausurado por Reglamentos Municipales a las 01 horas de este domingo, cuando en su interior mantenía jovencitas --algunas menores de edad-- que practicaban ahí mismo la prostitución.

[Mexico]
PGR indaga masacre en finca de Torreón
Llegaron, rafaguearon y se fueron. Minutos después de las 01:00 horas, la fiesta que se celebraba en la quinta Italia Inn, en terrenos del ejido San Luis en Torreón, terminó con 17 muertos y 18 heridos. Los instrumentos musicales quedaron botados en el piso y las botellas de vino a medio servir sobre mesas de plástico.

[Ecuador]
Ecuador, Vanguardia Trans, su Constitución sanciona discriminación por identidad de genero
Su Constitución es la única de América Latina que sanciona la discriminación por identidad de género

[El Salvador]
Transexuales de El Salvador denunciaron atropellos y violaciones de la policía nacional
Representantes de la comunidad transexual de El Salvador, denunciaron ser víctimas de violaciones y atropellos a sus derechos por parte de elementos de la Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) y Cuerpo de Agentes Metropolitanos (CAM).