[Portugal]
PS vai apresentar de novo lei de mudança de sexo
Só um estudo ainda não conhecido ou um especialista ainda não ouvido poderá levar o PS a fazer propostas de alteração à lei de mudança de sexo vetada pelo Presidente da República. Essa foi a única hipótese - embora remota - colocada pela vice-presidente da bancada socialista Ana Catarina Mendes para "mexer" na lei.

[Brasil]
Transexual Ariadna, do BBB 11, diz ser hétero. Saiba porque ela está correta nessa definição
Como é triste falar do que não entende, né? Alguns veículos de comunicação trataram a declaração da transexual Ariadna, do BBB 11, de que ela é heterossexual, como uma tentativa da sister de enganar os colegas de programa. Calma lá! Ela está correta no que disse. Vamos aos conceitos.

[Brasil]
Gama, una mujer transexual brasileña es la primera arbitro trans del mundo según informa O Globo
Dirigió un partido amistoso entre una selección de la ciudad de Beberice y el club Ferroroviario. Sería la primera persona transexual, árbitro de la historia.

[España]
Arcópoli informa que un trabajador transexual de Torrejón denuncia a su empresa por presunta discriminación
A sus clases acudieron varios cientos de personas durante ese periodo, muchas de las cuales han manifestado por escrito su plena satisfacción con las clases impartidas por el profesor. En octubre de 2009 el trabajador, que responde a las siglas C.S.N., comunicó a su empresa que iniciaba su proceso de reasignación de sexo. Desde entonces, empezaron a presentarse por parte de algunos empleados y alumnas quejas sin fundamento que terminaron con la no renovación de su contrato, comunicándose al trabajador que no daba el perfil requerido para el desempeño de ese puesto, a pesar de que anteriormente había trabajado tres temporadas completas.
Empresa acusada de despedir a transexual en Torrejón alega que trabajador esta en activo y que no discrimina

[Malta]
MGRM hands proposed Gender Identity Bill to MPs
Representatives of the Malta Gay Rights Movement on Monday were present outside parliament to distribute copies of a Gender Identity Bill for Malta to Members of Parliament as they arrived for the evening’s parliamentary session. Copies of the Bill were handed to around 20 MPs including several members of the Cabinet. The Bill, which was tabled in parliament by Labour MP Evarist Bartolo on 10 December as a private member’s Bill, seeks to address shortcomings in the existing legislation with regard to the rights of transgender persons that better protects their rights and dignity.

[India]
Transgenders enraged with Censor Board V Lakshmi, TNN, Jan 12, 2011, 12.43pm IST
Debutante director Vijayapadma's Narthagi has been given an 'A' certificate by the Regional censor board and this has upset the members of the Tamil Nadu Transgender Association.

[Australia/New Zealand]
Carmen Rupe faces surgery after fall
Tran-Tasman tranny legend Carmen Rupe, a famous Kiwi drag community icon now living in Sydney, is in hospital this week awaiting hip surgery after a fall at her home last Friday. (Foto)

[Canada] [Commentary]
SRS: Necessary?
Something a little more serious to discuss . . .
We've probably talked about this here before, but I know there are many new readers here, so I'll introduce the subject again.

[Canada] [Commentary]
Brilliant!
Should We Teach Children To The Concept of Transgender People
The logic is a beautiful counterpoint to the usual screaming "omigod if we teach kids about these strange people, they'll become one themselves" that we hear from outer wingnuttia.

[USA] [Commentary]
Autunm Sandeen’s Shark Jumping Act
I’m breaking a rule I set for myself and I am directly addressing some harsh criticism toward some one I had great respect for and who I considered and still consider a friend.
Hopefully people will understand that what I am saying is being said in the spirit of my wanting to stop a public trashing of another friend, Ashley Love.
Further I consider neither party blameless in this public act of getting down in what resembles a bar brawl.

[USA]
Transgender Veterans Hope for Own DADT Opportunity
The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prohibited gays and lesbians from openly serving in the military has been repealed, but there is still one group who will be unable to serve: transgender recruits. While openly gay recruits will now be allowed to serve in the military, transgender recruits are automatically deemed unfit for service.

[CT, USA]
Gender Identity Ordinances Pass
The city council on Monday approved two ordinances that ban discrimination based on gender identity and expression.

[IL, USA]
Ex-police chief defends B-N cop's arrest of transgender woman
Former Bloomington Police Chief Roger Aikin defended the 2005 arrest of a woman by one of the city’s officers Tuesday during his testimony at the officer’s trial in a civil lawsuit.

[MN, USA]
Chrissie Bates, transgender homicide victim, found stabbed downtown
Chrissie Bates, a transgender woman living northeast of the Basilica of St. Mary in downtown Minneapolis, is the city's first homicide victim this year.
Formerly known as Christopher Bates, Chrissie was found dead Monday in an apartment at 1302 Linden Ave.
Trans woman murdered in Minneapolis, vigil planned for Jan. 21
Transgender Woman Killed in Minneapolis' First Homicide of 2011

[PA, USA] [Commentary]
SEPTA Forces Drivers to Guess Your Gender
Women: Keep that hair long. Men: Grow a beard. Passengers using public transportation in southeastern Pennsylvania who don't look like their respective genders can be booted from the bus.

[Mexico]
Comunidad gay y travestis harán “beso colectivo” en Xalapa (E-Consulta)
La comunidad lésbico gay y de travestis de Xalapa responderá a la "razia" de la que fueron víctimas, el pasado viernes 7 de enero, con un "beso colectivo" a manera de protesta pacífica por lo ocurrido.