[Brasil]
Travesti é morto a pauladas na Bahia
Um travesti foi morto a pauladas na Ladeira da Conceição na manhã de ontem (29). Segundo informações da delegacia, a vítima, ainda não identificada, era conhecida por "Elani".

[España]
ATA celebra la decisión de la Audiencia de Sevilla en caso de Transfóbia joven escolar
Desde la Asociación de Transexuales de Andalucía (ATA) queremos celebrar la decisión tomada por la Audiencia de Sevilla de debatir el próximo 26 de octubre el recurso presentado por la defensa de una joven transexual, contra la absolución de tres compañeros del instituto "Caura" de Coria del Río (Sevilla), los cuales fueron juzgados por acoso escolar cuando la denunciante decidió manifestar públicamente su identidad de genero.

[Austria]
Transsexual allowed to teach
Austria’s first transsexual teacher has been given the all clear to work by the education ministry after a sex change operation.
The man turned woman named only as Walter S. caused outcry among some parents by informing her students via e-mail at a polytechnic in Vienna-Margareten that she will be a woman when everyone returns for the new term next week.

[Líbano]
“Dramaticas memorias de una mujer transexual árabe” Primer libro que trata el tema en Oriente Próximo
Randa se ha pasado toda la vida castigándose a sí misma. Culpándose por no ser lo que los demás esperaban de ella, por no aparentar ser el viril Fouad que alumbró su madre, por provocar a los hombres con su apariencia andrógina, por haber aceptado un matrimonio de conveniencia para contentar a sus familiares, por traicionarse a sí misma consumando aquella unión como un hombre…

[Philippines]
Sitoy: Separate CR for third sex
Should homosexuals have their own separate comfort rooms?
For Provincial Board Member Arleigh Sitoy the answer is yes. He believes that it is high time to end the confusion of what public restroom should a member of the third sex enter given the present set up wherein there are only male and female comfort rooms available.

[Australia]
Transgender Tiwi Islanders the flowers of exhibition at Australian Centre for Photography
Photographer Bindi Cole and writer Jirra Lulla Harvey have imortalised the world of Sistagirls, a community of transgender women in the remote Tiwi Islands.
Bindi Cole’s portraits of the Sistagirls and Jirra Lulla Harvey’s accompanying texts tell a moving story about the need to be loved and to belong.
Spotlight on Sistagirls (Photo)

[Canada]
World Renowned Gender Reassignment and Plastic Surgeon Joins Satori World Medical’s Network of Providers
Satori World Medical, the leader in medical travel, adds world-renowned gender reassignment and plastic surgeon Pierre Brassard, M.D. to its prestigious network.

[USA]
Transgender dog gets new home
Red, the Pomeranian puppy born with both male and female reproductive organs, now has a permanent home.
"It's wonderful. I'm so happy," said Sharon Blechinger, director of the Helping Every Animal League, a nonprofit support group for the San Bernardino City Animal Shelter.

[GA, USA]
Transgendered Editor Fired for Becoming a Woman
When an editor for the Georgia state government began coming to work dressed as a woman as part of a gender reassignment process, his employer fired him for changing genders. Was that sex discrimination?

[NJ, USA]
Jersey City's LGBT festival and march celebrates rainbow pride
Jersey City resident Ty Whitfield felt so isolated as a gay teenager that at 16, he tried to take his own life.
But now he makes it a point to attend events such as the Jersey City Lesbian Gay Bi-Sexual Transgender Pride Festival that was held at Exchange Place on Saturday where he can be himself among people who accept him.

[TN, USA]
Ex-Cop Pleads Guilty to Trans Beating
One month before his scheduled retrial, a former Memphis, Tenn., police officer pleaded guilty to beating the late Duanna Johnson, positioning himself to receive a two-year sentence rather than the 10 years he would have faced if convicted by a jury.

[México]
Organizaciones gay exigen matrimonio y adopción en la sexta marcha del orgullo
Ni la lluvia impidió la sexta marcha del orgullo en la capital morelense. Cientos de personas de todas las preferencias sexuales recorrieron las calles a pesar de la lluvia que a ratos parecía aguacero. La consigna: “No a la discriminación”; la reivindicación: “Que el Congreso del Estado apruebe la ley contra la discriminación”.

[Honduras]
Asesinan en Honduras a testigo que declaró contra un policía por apuñalar a una transexual
Un testigo protegido que declaró contra un policía que supuestamente acuchilló a una chica transexual en Honduras, murió de varios disparos que le infirieron desconocidos la tarde de ayer, en los mercados de Comayagüela. También están amenazados de muerte otros testigos, fiscales, jueces, agentes policiales que realizaron las investigaciones y periodistas que han denunciado el hecho.