[Europe]
European Parliament asks Lithuania to reconsider homophobic laws
Today the European Parliament called on Lithuanian MPs to reject an amendment to the Lithuanian Code of Administrative Offences. The proposed amendment would punish the ‘public promotion of homosexual relations’ with fines from €580 to €2,900.

[Brasil]
Ariadna sai no primeiro paredão do BBB11
Ariadna se despede no primeiro paredão do Big Brother 11 e com ela vai boa oportunidade de discutir vários tabus
Jornal popular paulistano faz capa absurda com Ariadna (Foto)
[Opinião] Ariadna incomoda porque existe

[Brasil]
Brasília terá seminário sobre transexuais no dia 28
Distrito Federal realiza no próximo dia 28 seu terceiro seminário de visibilidade trans

[UK]
Transgender lover of Kelly Osbourne's ex-boyfriend tells all
''From the moment I met [Luke Worrall], he was telling me he loved me and he wanted us to get ­married,. But now I ­realise it was all lies. At the same time as he was professing his love to me, he was doing the same to Kelly....

[UK]
Broadcasters urged to increase on screen portrayal of transgender people
Broadcasters are being encouraged to sign an agreement to increase the positive portrayal of transgender people on television.
The memorandum of understanding has been drawn up by Trans Media Watch, a voluntary group set up to combat prejudiced and inaccurate depictions of transgender people.

[France/Brazil]
Kate Moss and transsexual model Lea T. kiss on cover of UK's Love magazine
Kate Moss and transsexual model Lea T. are photographed kissing for the cover of a UK fashion magazine.
Kate Moss Snogs Sex-Op Lea T

[Netherlands] [Books]
“Inside out”: children in the wrong body
Girls who feel like a boy inside, boys who feel like a girl. A Dutch photographer and journalist have brought out a book on transgender children who opted for a sex change at an Amsterdam hospital.

[Japan]
Primary school pupil with gender disorder to get hormone treatment
A 12-year-old pupil, who was born a boy but lives as a girl due to gender identity disorder, will undergo hormonal treatment at Osaka Medical College Hospital in order to inhibit physical changes during adolescence, hospital sources said Wednesday.

[Australia]
Cross-dressing policeman Peter Karras caught out by officers
A CROSS-dressing police officer was caught alone in his car in a black ladies G-string, bra and six-inch high heels while committing an "offensive act", a court heard yesterday.

[USA]
Lady Gaga to cast transsexuals in her new video
Pop star Lady Gaga is rumoured to be working with transsexuals in her new video Born This Way.
GaGa casts transsexuals for new video

[CA, USA]
Is Berkeley Ready to Pay for Sex-Change Operations?
While the country’s cities and states are cutting employment benefits, Berkeley City Council members will soon decide whether to set aside taxpayer dollars for city workers to get sex-change operations.
Berkeley Delays Vote on Sex-Change Benefit
Berkeley May Pay for Sex Changes Even Amid Pension Funding Gap
Berkeley taxpayers may pay for sex-change surgery
Council tables vote on funding city employees for sex-change operations

[MA, USA]
HRC to Bring Training Program for Transgender Job Seekers to Boston
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, announced today it will hold the inaugural event of its Back to Work project in Boston on February 26-27, 2011.
HRC to train trans job-seekers in Boston

[MN, USA]
Blaine man arrested in transgender killing
A Blaine man has been arrested in the murder of a transgender woman found dead last week in her Minneapolis apartment, police said.
The 40-year-old suspect was being held at the Hennepin County jail on Wednesday night after being booked about 5 p.m. on suspicion of murder, jail records show.

[TX, USA]
Official oppression earns ex-cop a year behind bars
A former San Antonio police officer accused of raping a transsexual prostitute while on duty was ordered Tuesday to spend a year in jail.

[Honduras]
Embajada pide investigar crímenes en Honduras
La embajada de Estados Unidos en Honduras pidió al gobierno investigar los cinco asesinatos cometidos a la fecha contra miembros de la comunidad lesbiana, homosexual, transgénero y bisexual (LGTB).
EE.UU. preocupado por asesinatos de homosexuales en Honduras
Colectivo Lésbico-Gay recauda firmas para exigir a las autoridades investigar asesinatos a sus miembros
Al menos cinco homosexuales han sido asesinados en un mes en Honduras
Pelo menos 5 homossexuais foram assassinados em um mês em Honduras

[Venezuela]
Identifican a travesti asesinado en El Palotal
Como Ángel Segundo Pirela García (18), mejor conocido como "Ángela", quedó identificado el travesti localizado el pasado lunes en una trilla del sector El Palotal, parroquia Francisco Eugenio Bustamante.

[Venezuela]
Sida: 5 muertos diarios
Se estima que cerca de 151.000 venezolanos están infectados por el virus en el territorio nacional

[Argentina]
Dos policías en Argentina acusados de violar a una joven transexual fueron separados de su trabajo
La víctima de 17 años denunció que fue abordada por los efectivos que la llevaron en el patrullero hasta un galpón, frente al Parque Central, donde la habrían obligado a practicarles sexo oral y luego la accedieron carnalmente. El caso es investigado por la Fiscalía Especial.