[Australia]
Tranny thought she was going to die
The cross-gender lover of a bank auditor claims she was bashed, almost raped and thought she was going to die before her flatmate intervened, a court was told.
Hayley Aniston, a cross-gender male with breast implants, said Russell Scott Madill an escort client who became her friend had been pestering her for sex at her Varsity Lakes home on February 1 this year but when she refused him he retaliated.

[Australia]
Tackling transphobia
This Saturday is International Transgender Day of Remembrance — held to remember victims of transphobic prejudice and raise awareness of hate crimes against transgender people around the world.

[Canada] [Commentary]
Lunatic Transgender Bill sails through committee
Private member’s Bill C-389 which seeks to criminalize opposition to new “gender identity” or “gender expression” clauses in the Hate Crimes Act, was passed by a 9-2 vote at a parliamentary Justice Committee of the House of Commons in 15 minutes flat on November 2, 2010. No witnesses, no discussion. The bill’s promoter is the openly homosexual activist MP Bill Siksay of the NDP (Burnaby-Douglas).
[Commentary] Support for Trans Rights Bill C-389 Starts To Come In

[USA]
Conservative Michael Medved Lambasts Trans Basketball Player Kye Allums
Conservative talk show host Michael Medved has slammed the first openly transgender college basketball athlete, calling Kye Allums's participation in collegiate sports "[a]n insane level of political correctness."
Michael Medved Slams Trans Athlete
Acceptance of GW transgender basketball player a good life lesson

[USA] [Commentary]
Remembering the Self-Violence on the Transgender Day of Remembrance
As I enter my 30th year of life, something is happening to me that I never thought would take place: I'm getting older. The hair atop my head is thinning; the creases around my eyes are deepening, and the love handles simply won't go away, no matter how hard I hit the gym. It's a fact of life I never imagined I'd have to deal with because, simply put, I thought I'd be dead by now. Grim I know, but keep reading - it gets better.

[AZ, USA]
Tucson transgender week
This week marks Tucson's 5th Annual Transgender Awareness Week

[CA, USA]
Woman becomes nation's 1st transgender trial judge
A 49-year-old California patent lawyer has been elected as the nation's first openly transgender trial judge.
Alameda County elections officials say Victoria Kolakowski beat prosecutor John Creighton 51 to 48 percent - a margin of nearly 10,000 votes - in the Nov. 2 election to fill the vacancy in California's Superior Court.
Alameda Elects First Transgender Judge
Transgender Candidate Wins Judicial Race

[CA, USA]
Jewish Transgender Day of Remembrance Events
As I prepare for Transgender Day of Remembrance this Saturday, I am energized and excited to see how the Jewish community in Los Angeles and elsewhere is marking this day.

[CO, USA]
Mexican transgender asylum seeker allowed to stay in U.S.
When Alexandra Reyes' father caught her wearing her sister's shoes and clothes, he tied her up and beat her with spiked pieces of a tree.
Mexican Transgendered Woman Given Asylum After Horrific Discrimination in Mexico

[MA, USA]
Mick's struggle as a transgender man
For the next three Wednesdays, Metro will post the stories of three transgender Bostonians and the struggles they've faced on their journey. Their lives are featured as part of a new public education campaign sponsored by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition originally featured in Metro on Nov. 16. This week, we hear from Mick, a licensed clinical social worker, a provider for GLBT youth, a feminist and, in his words, a queer trans man.

[ME, USA]
Candlelight vigil to be held in Belfast
The Welcoming Congregation of the Unitarian Church of Belfast is hosting a candlelight vigil Saturday, Nov. 20 at 5 p.m. in front of the Belfast Post Office to remember transgender people who have been murdered.

[NJ, USA]
Transgender Night of Remembrance at Burgdorff
Garden State Equality held the annual remembrance for transgendered victims of violence in Maplewood this year. Victoria Carmen White was remembered.

[OR, USA]
Trans Empowerment Week and the Transgender Day of Remembrance
Events, gatherings and celebrations are already underway for Trans Empowerment Week leading up to this Saturday’s Trangender Day of Remembrance. Today at 6pm on KBOO’s Outloud (90.7FM) Tobi Hill-Meyer and Smitty Buckler will be talking with Sasha about TDR, a day dedicated to day primarily memorializes those lost to hate crimes, it also serves as a forum for transgender communities and allies to raise awareness around the threat of violence faced by gender variant people and the persistence of prejudice felt by the transgender community, trans justice and intersecting oppressions and the connections between violence and the mainstream adult film industry.

[PA, USA]
2nd person arrested in hotel killing and fire
A second person has been arrested in the Oct. 30 killing of a suburban man at a luxury hotel in Center City.
N.J. man charged in slaying at Phila. hotel

[VA, USA]
Local groups to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance with open house
Several local organizations will participate in an open house and candlelight vigil in Norfolk on Saturday to mark the Transgender Day of Remembrance, a national event calling attention to acts of violence against transgendered people.