[Brasil]
Projeto que permite que transexuais mudem seu nome no registro civil é tema de enquete
A Agência Senado quer saber a opinião dos leitores a respeito do projeto PL 72/2007 que permite às/aos transexuais alterar o registro civil para que o nome usado socialmente conste na certidão. Este é o tema da enquete promovida durante o mês de setembro em parceria com a Secretaria de Pesquisa e Opinião do Senado.

[Italia]
Fallece mujer transexual histórica del Movimiento LGTB italiano; Marcella Di Folco
Ha fallecido Marcella Di Folco, foto, una mujer transexual histórica del movimiento LGTB italiano.

[Italia]
Tras el rumor de que en Miss Italia participa una mujer transexual se abre debate de cambio reglamento
La polémica vuelve a estar servida en el concurso de Miss Italia. Según varios diarios italianos se han comenzado a oír rumores de que una de las 60 finalistas es una mujer transexual. Dada la noticia no han tardado en surgir todo tipo de opiniones entre los que están a favor y en contra de la participación de esta candidata, de la que no se ha revelado la identidad. El concurso de Miss Italia 2010 se celebra el próximo 13 de septiembre.

[Egypt]
Egyptian transsexual battles to become a doctor
Sally Abdullah Mursi walks into a room with an air of confidence, clutching a leather handbag in one hand and holding a pink mobile telephone in the other.

[USA]
Legalize Trans Campaign Kicks Off
A new public education campaign, Legalize Trans, has launched with the goal of drawing increased attention to transgender people and their issues.
The campaign, created by activists Asher Kolieboi and Brian Murphy, is selling T-shirts, buttons, and other merchandise bearing the message “Legalize Trans,” a response to what they see as a lack of trans inclusion in American Apparel’s Legalize Gay campaign and in the gay rights movement generally, says Kolieboi, who earlier this year was codirector of the Soulforce Q Equality Ride and one of the young activists featured in The Advocate’s Forty Under 40 issue.

[USA]
The transfan in popular culture
In my article on crossdreamers and the fascination for "shemales", crossdressers and transwomen, I looked into the psychology of what drives a transfan (also called a transsensual or a tranny chaser).

[USA]
Transgender Tennis Player Wins Yet Another U.S. Open Due to Lack of Competition
Michael-Michelle Johnson found itself holding yet another U.S. Open championship cup above its head yesterday in Flushing Meadows. Johnson, who may be the most dominant athlete of any sport in history, claimed a 234th straight inter-gender tennis title, making even Roger Federer's accomplishments look tame.
While the men's and women's divisions in tennis get most of the press, Johnson has quietly carved out a career for the ages. It has yet to play an actual opponent, spending most of his/her practice time hitting against a wall, but was nonetheless proud of yet another victory. It was a tearful scene on the illustrious court 52, as it got another trophy.

[DC, USA]
Police investigate transgender attack on Broadway
Two transgender women had rocks thrown at them on Capitol Hill after four suspects yelled hateful insults at them, according to police.
One of the victims told police that she was inside a Capitol Hill business about 3:15 a.m. Sep. 2 when she asked a woman her name. The woman refused to give her name.
Police were told someone with the woman made a comment about the victim's legs and "stated that the four suspects were trying to talk" with the victim "to hook up," according to an incident report.

[MT, USA]
Transgender group seeks support
The first time Bree Sutherland talked to a therapist, it changed her life.
In 2008, Sutherland, a transgender woman, was living as a man and trying to ignore her feelings. “At the time, I knew I was a girl, I knew the way I felt, but I didn’t want to accept it,” she said. “I decided to go to a therapist to have her tell me I’m not trans.” She made an appointment with a trans woman therapist in Missoula.
Sutherland walked out of that first session an hour an a half later with “a million pounds let off [her] chest.”
Since then, she’s become a trans activist and started sponsoring her own Missoula transgender support group, which is just part of the resource network for Montanans struggling with identity issues. “There’s roughly 750 transgender individuals in the city, as of last year,” said Sutherland. She estimates that about 150 trans individuals are on campus.

[NY, USA]
NY Governor David Paterson Signs Gay, Trans-Inclusive Anti-Bullying Bill
New York Governor David Paterson has signed an anti-bullying bill that includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
Paterson, a Democrat, signed the bill this morning at a ceremony held at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in the city's Greenwich Village.
The Dignity for All Students Act won the overwhelming approval of senators in June after the Assembly had approved the bill nine times since openly gay Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell first introduced the bill in 2002.

[OH, USA]
Transohio launches statewide needs assessment for the Ohio transgender community
TransOhio has launched a first of its kind needs assessment for the Ohio Transgender community. The needs assessment will serve as a snapshot of the Ohio Transgender community, including those individuals who were born in Ohio, but now reside elsewhere.

[Colombia]
Con tres homosexuales asesinados en una “campaña de limpieza social” son ya al menos diez las víctimas en una semana en Colombia
La Policía ha dado cuenta del asesinato de tres homosexuales en la ciudad colombiana de Cúcuta, capital del departamento de Norte de Santander. El coronel Jorge Iván Flórez, comandante de la Policía de Cúcuta, ha precisado que los tres hombres fueron asesinados en una calle del centro de la ciudad. Según el alto oficial, “se pudo tratar de una mal llamada “campaña de limpieza social’” puesto que en los últimos días han circulado en la ciudad octavillas “en las que desconocidos amenazan a ladrones, expendedores de droga y a trabajadores sexuales”.

[Paraguay]
¿Travesti fue el que rompió el hogar del “Toro” Acuña?
La ex esposa del pelotero le incineró al futbolista en los estrados judiciales ventilando supuestos amoríos. Electra aparece como “la otra”.
Encarnizada está la demanda de divorcio entre Miguel “El Toro” Acuña y su esposa Deborah Torres, el futbolista del club Rubio Ñu había pedido romper el matrimonio legal a petición de ambas partes, pero su doña ni que torero le dio unas estocadas terribles a su “mediacostilla”.
Posiblemente es la primera vez, especialmente entre famosos, que se alega como causal de adulterio la ¡bisexualidad! y como rival de la esposa a un travesti, en este caso a la ya tan famosa Electra.

[Argentina]
Ni al baño de chicos ni de chicas, al de transexuales
Ni al baño de chicas ni al de chicos, sino a otro distinto. Esto es lo que propone para los transexuales y travestis una edil de una localidad argentina, como si estas personas gozaran de un género diferente de los dos existentes.
La polémica idea se concreta en la creación de un tercer baño para estas personas. Dicha medida ha sido lanzada al aire en la ciudad de San Martín por una concejala y no ha habido que esperar mucho tiempo para recoger las reacciones de distintas asociaciones de transexuales y travestis.
"La edil debería informarse y legislar para conseguir más integración, no para dividir a la sociedad”, sostiene Marcela Romero, presidenta de la Asociación de Travestis, Transexuales y Transgéneros de Argentina (ATTTA). La dirigente de esta organización considera que este caso es “un ejemplo de la transfobia de muchos gobernantes”.
[Opinion] Propuesta de baños separados para personas transgenero: “Lo que busca es castigar en vez de construir ciudadanía”
Transexuales argentinas también ponen el grito en el cielo por creación de baño solo para ellas