[Portugal]
Presidência veta alteração de nome e género de transexuais
A Presidência da República anunciou hoje o veto de Cavaco Silva à lei de alteração de nome e género de pessoas transexuais, alegando “graves insuficiências de natureza técnico-jurídica assim como procede a um enquadramento controverso das situações de perturbação de identidade de género, segundo a opinião colhida junto de especialistas nesta matéria”.
Cavaco Silva veta Lei do Género e diz que “transexualismo” é “perturbação” (actualizada)
Cavaco veta diploma sobre mudança de sexo e nome próprio
Cavaco veta diploma que simplifica mudança de sexo
Cavaco veta diploma que simplifica mudança de sexo e nome próprio
Cavaco Silva explica veto no meio da campanha
Mudança de sexo: Cavaco diz que o diploma estava "mal feito"
Transexuais: PSD já esperava veto
PS indisponível para alterações ao diploma
ILGA: Veto de Cavaco Silva é "ataque" aos direitos de uma minoria
Secretário de Estado da Justiça considera veto presidencial "lamentável"
PS, Bloco e PCP querem ultrapassar veto de Cavaco
As razões de Cavaco para vetar a lei que visa simplificar o procedimento de mudança de sexo
Diploma que simplifica mudança de sexo «estava mal feito», diz Cavaco
BE: veto é "definidor" do mandato de Cavaco
Cavaco veta diploma que simplifica mudança de sexo e nome próprio no registo civil
Cavaco: especialistas consideraram que o diploma estava "mal feito"
"Graves insuficiências de natureza técnico-jurídica" justificam veto
Veto de Cavaco Silva é "ataque" aos direitos de uma minoria
Transexuais: Veto de Cavaco Silva é "ataque" aos direitos de uma minoria - ILGA
Transexuais. Presidente sob ataque por vetar lei "simplificadora"
ILGA: veto de Cavaco Silva é "ataque" aos direitos de uma minoria
[Comentário] O veto

[Brasil]
'BBB 11': TV Globo confirma que Ariadna nasceu homem
A assessoria da TV Globo confirmou no fim da tarde desta quinta-feira (6) que a participante Ariadna Thalia nasceu homem.
Site espanhol diz que participante do "BBB11" é transexual
Amiga de Ariadna diz que ela é operada: ‘Todos os documentos foram trocados’

[España]
Unidad de Genero del País Vasco ha realizado ocho intervenciones de reasignación de sexo en primer año
Un total de ocho personas transexuales han sido intervenidas en Cruces durante el primer año de funcionamiento de la unidad de Género en este hospital. Hasta la llegada de los socialistas al Gobierno vasco, los transexuales vascos sólo recibían de Osakidetza tratamiento hormonal. Para la cirugía de reasignación sexual tenían que acudir a otros hospitales de España, si bien durante la etapa de Javier Madrazo como consejero de Asuntos Sociales percibían subvenciones para costear las operaciones. A finales de 2009, el Departamento vasco de Sanidad decidió incluir estas intervenciones en su catálogo de prestaciones y, en consecuencia, eliminó la ayuda económica para realizarlas fuera.

[UK]
Trans woman performs DIY castration
A transgender woman in North Derbyshire was so determined to have sex reassignment surgery, she performed a DIY castration.

[UK]
Trans Atlantic
Shameless creator Paul Abbott has come up with his oddest drama yet - a thriller featuring a transsexual contract killer.
Shameless writer Paul Abbott returns with pre-op transsexual contract killer drama Hit And Miss
Sky Atlantic orders Paul Abbott drama

[France/Brazil]
Lea T. Speaks
"I've never had a girlfriend or a boyfriend," says transsexual model Lea T. who, since starring in last season's Givenchy campaign, has become a bit of a celebrity—even booking a spot on Oprah's last season.
Lea T., Transsexual Model, Talks About Her Love Life
Lea T: "Nunca tive namorada nem namorado"

[France]
Stérilisation des trans’: La France exige de ses citoyen-ne-s ce qu’elle combat en Europe
«La notion de changement de sexe irréversible (…) est d’ordre médical et non juridique et, selon certains spécialistes, le caractère irréversible peut résulter de l’hormonosubstitution, ce traitement gommant certains aspects physiologiques, notamment la fécondité, qui peut être irréversible.»

[Australia]
’Spansexual’ Aussie ’In Between’ Genders
After being examined by not one, but two, physicians, an Australian named Norrie has become the first person to receive an official gender classification of "Not Specified." That suits Norrie fine: the 49-year-old, who was born anatomically male, identified as transgender, and finally came to embrace an identity that spans both male and female, offers the term "spansexual" as a self-description.

[Commentary] [USA]
'No Humans Involved'
Ending Violence Against Queer and Transgender Sex Workers.

[USA] [Commentary]
Good Parents Let Their Sons Wear Dresses
When it comes to heartwarming parenthood stories, the ones that touch me the most are always the ones in which parents truly accept their children for who they are. A shining example of this is Dyson -- a self-described "Princess Boy."

[USA] [Commentary]
Transphobia in the Harry Benjamin Syndrome Circle
*sigh* Once upon a time, I thought that because of the discrimination and hatred that transsexual women face at the hands of transmisogynists like Mary Daly, Janice Raymond and people who write articles on hate blogs like Margaret Jamison’s A Room of Our Own12, that transsexual women would know better than to persecute others. How wrong I was because I have read the blog of a transsexual woman who thinks that including transgender women into women-only space is a bad thing. No, that wasn’t a typo – Aria Blue, a woman who identifies as a transsexual woman, believes that there is something wrong with transgender women who want access to women-only space and that advancing transgender rights is “a case of men abusing women”.

[CA, USA]
First US transgender trial judge is sworn in
Victoria Kolakowski made history this week when she became the first trans person to be sworn in as a trial judge in the US.
Victoria Kolakowski sworn in as first openly transgender US trial judge
Nation's First Openly Transgender Trial Judge Sworn In
Transgender trial judge makes history
Victoria Kolakowski: 5 Facts About America's First Transgender Superior Court Judge
Trans Trial Judge Makes History
(Photo: Victoria Kolakowski, right, takes the oath with presiding justice Anthony Kline Tuesday evening to become the first openly transgender trial judge in the country.)

[NY, USA]
A Son Confronts Gender Identity and a Mother Grieves
Sharon Weir may not be happy that her son is openly gay and identifies himself as transgender, but she will fight for his right to exist in peace.
“He and I battle, but he’s my son,” she said.
It took a violent encounter at school to unite mother and son, who struggle to understand each other across a cultural divide.

[NY, USA]
'Porn' date is nearly a blast
Happily, it didn't end with a bang.
A sultry transsexual porn star from LA -- in town to film a video, appear on the Howard Stern show and hang out with Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss -- told cops she got the scare of her life in an apartment with an obsessed fan who collected grenades.

[Perú]
Abandonan e roban a homosexual
El homosexual, Luís Ernesto Ríos Tananta (23) más conocida como “Sharon” ayer al promediar las 8 de la mañana fue auxiliado y despertado en uno de los bancos de la plaza 28 de Julio donde dormía plácidamente creyendo talvez que se encontraba en su cama, pero grande e ingrata fue su sorpresa al despertarse yacía sobre un rústico y frío banco