[Brasil]
Transexual brasileira Lea T entra em lista das modelos mais importantes do mundo
Ela só não se firmou como mulher. Ela é poderosa também! Lea T, transexual brasileira, acaba de ser inclusa na lista das modelos mais importantes do mundo. A 40° posição é dela. Dentre seus trabalhos mais conhecidos estão fotos para a Givenchy. Lea é adorada pelo estilista da marca.

[Brazil]
Protests over gays-only toilets in Brazil
As Brazil gears up for its annual carnival festivities, a row has broken out over toilets for the exclusive use of gays and transvestites in samba schools readying for the event.

[India]
Indian Bride Discovers Husband Is a Woman
With shadows of classic films such as Some Like it Hot and Victor, Victoria lingering in the transsexual air, there is no comedic denouement for this unfortunate Indian bride who lived with her husband for a year before finally discovering the very naked and painful truth.

[Thailand]
Born to Fight
Beautiful boxer Parinya Charoenphol shares her life out of the spotlight and the new challenges ahead (Photo)

[Japan]
Subculture inspires young male cross-dressing trend
Special clubs, 'cosplay,' 'anime' just latest twist to long tradition

[USA]
Parentage goes 'gender neutral' on passport form
Goodbye, Mom and Dad. Hello, Parent One and Parent Two.
The State Department has decided to make U.S. passport application forms "gender neutral" by removing references to mother and father, officials said, in favor of language that describes one's parentage somewhat less tenderly.

[USA] [Commentary]
ENDA Isn’t Going to Happen For At Least Three Years
Can we Just Skip Forming the Obligatory Circular Firing Squad?
Over the last few weeks since the repeal of DADT I’ve watched a growing bit of nastiness among people who proclaim themselves part of the “Transgender Community”.

[USA] [Commentary]
Part One: Ashley Love And Anti-Defamation
Ever since cross dressing men and transvestites co-opted the transsexual movement, TS folks have actually LOST already pre-existing rights. ~Ashley Love, in the Trans Forming Media essay

[FL, USA]
MUG SHOTS: Transexual prostitute stole credit cards from Johns, deputies say
A 21-year-old Lehigh Acres man who has several aliases, including “Miss Juicy” was arrested Thursday after video surveillance showed him using another man’s debit card at a store and deputies conducted an undercover sting operation into prostitution.

[GA, USA]
Transvestite purse-snatcher sought
Gwinnett police need the public’s help in locating a purse-snatching transvestite, authorities said Friday.
Charged with robbery by sudden snatching and possession of cocaine, Serafin Gutierrez-Carvajal — aka, “Sarah” — remains at large.
Transvestite purse snatcher on the loose
Arrest Warrant Issued for Transvestite Suspected as Purse Snatcher
Police seeking transvestite purse-snatcher
[Commentary] Cross-dressing purse snatcher titillates media

[NY, USA]
Artist Refutes Transsexual Adult Film Star's Bad Date Story
It seems that there are two sides to every transsexual porn star date-gone-awry story. Kayla Coxx, a "sultry transsexual porn star from LA" best known for hocking a video of her hanging with Charlie Sheen, had called the cops on artist Allan D. Hasty just before New Years, alleging that he stiffed her on her "date" fee, and that he had live grenades, guns, and drugs all over his apartment. But Hasty spoke with Scallywag and Vagabond, and gave his own rundown of the evening in question, which paints a slightly different picture of Coxx as an "extortionist meth head tranny porn star." (photo: Kayla Coxx)
Extortionist meth head tranny porn star sets up her ‘client.’

[PA, USA]
Suspect charged in Upper Merion stabbing
A man was arrested for attempted murder after a knifing during an argument, allegedly between an Upper Merion transgender couple who recently broke up.
The stabbing that occurred in the couple’s apartment three days after Christmas left the victim with a partially collapsed lung.
Andrew Elliot Baschoff, 22, of 570 W. DeKalb Pike, is accused of stabbing his roommate inside their Courtside Square Apartments unit on Dec. 28 around 8 p.m., according to the criminal complaint.
Baschoff and the victim were both born female but identify as men, according to sources.

[UT, USA]
Center hosts playgroup for gender-variant kids
Life is often hard on children who don’t fit neatly into the category of ‘boy’ or ‘girl,’ especially when it comes to making friends. But thanks to a group at the Utah Pride Center, this aspect of growing up gender variant may be a little less difficult.