[Portugal]
Transexuais: Cavaco promulga lei de mudança de sexo
Presidente da República Portuguesa, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, promulgou ontem, 1 de Março de 2011, o diploma que simplifica o processo de mudança de sexo e de nome próprio no registo civil. Simultaneamente o Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) perde o único cirurgião que praticava estas intervenções cirúrgicas.
Saída de médico do SNS deixa 20 transexuais sem operação
Portugal sem cirurgias de mudança de sexo

[Portugal]
An unusual night out in Madeira.
One of the more unusual nights out in Madeira Island’s jam-packed calendar is set to take place this Friday,as cross-dressing comes to Funchal.

[Brasil]
Travesti que aplicava silicone liquido é presa após morte de "paciente"
Foi presa em São Paulo a travesti conhecida como Elba, 43 anos, acusada de provocar a morte de outra travesti, Shelley,de 22 anos. Elba era conhecida por aplicar, irregularmente e ilegalmente, silicone em jovens que saíam de outros estados do país para se prostituírem em São Paulo, capital.

[UK]
Transsexual challenges op ruling
A transsexual has launched an appeal against a High Court ruling that she is not legally entitled to NHS funding for a breast enlargement operation.
C, who suffers from gender identity dysphoria (GID) and cannot be named for legal reasons, was born "male" but has been living as a woman for more than a decade.
Despite hormonal treatment which began in 1996, her breasts have failed to develop to a size "appropriate to her size and frame", leaving her feeling that she has not completed her transition from male to female.
Transsexual challenges op ruling

[India]
Kancheepuram transgenders miss out on opportunity to be listed as “others” in electoral rolls
Chennai district, with 16 Assembly Segments, tops list with 292 transgenders enrolling themselves under “others” category
Transgenders have enrolled themselves as “other” category voters in only 15 out of 32 districts in the State

[USA] [Commentary]
Crazy Mom Lets 7-Year-Old Son Become a Girl (VIDEO)
What if your 7-year-old son liked to wear sequined dresses, preferred to play with Barbies instead of WWE action figures, and wanted to be referred to by a girl’s name instead of a boy’s? Where would you stand? How would you feel?

[USA] [Commentary]
Rep. Chris Lee: When Trans in a Headline Matters
I have written before about the use of the terms transgender and transsexual in headlines. In many instances (far too many), the press goes after these words as if they were gold – and in a way, they are, if you want to sensationalize your news and get as much traffic as possible to your site.

[CA, USA]
Transgender Law Center Discusses Civil Rights at Reception
The Transgender Law Center invited supportive attorneys, other legal professionals, and interested parties to attend a reception in support of transgender rights. At this reception on Feb. 24 at Seyfarth Shaw, 20th floor - JP Morgan Chase conference room, people learned more about opportunities to support the Transgender Law Center’s ground-breaking policy advocacy and vital legal services.

[FL, USA]
Gay, Bi, and Transgendered Students Get Protection From Bullying in Broward County
If RuPaul were still in high school, guarantee he'd want to be in Broward County -- now Florida's largest school district has added "gender identity and expression" to its nondiscrimination policy.

[IL, USA]
UIC fights for transgender coverage in CampusCare
The Chancellor's Committee for the Status of LGBT Issues (CCSLGBTI) is pushing for CampusCare, UIC's student health benefit program, to become more inclusive in their care for transgendered individuals.

[MA, USA]
MTPC: Trans woman brutally beaten in Chelsea
Unidentified victim expected to survive violent attack.
In Wake of Vicious Beating in Chelsea, MTPC Calls on Media to Report
Responsibly on Transgender Victims

[NY, USA]
GENDA Reintroduced in NY
GENDA, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, has been reintroduced in the New York State Assembly (A05039) and Senate (S2873).

[NV, USA]
Legislator to revive 'gender identity' bill
A bill that spawned a controversial legislative hearing in 2009 attended by many transgender residents and their opponents has been revived by its sponsor.

[PR, USA]
Denunciado el discrimen contra la comunidad LGBTT
Imagínese llegar a un hospital en busca de asistencia médica y toparse con médicos que no quieren atenderlo, que se colocan protección exagerada para revisarlo y que lo culpan por la condición de salud que esté padeciendo. Este cuadro, que parecería sacado de una historia de terror, es la realidad que viven las personas que forman parte de la comunidad lesbiana, gay, bisexual, transexual y transgénero (LGBTT).

[TX, USA]
Photo was key as police chased suspected serial killer
A transgender woman who police say was the victim a downtown Houston serial killer took a picture of the man accused of killing her last September, prosecutors said in court Wednesday.

[Mexico]
“Comunidad gay sufre agresiones de policías”
El Presidente de la comunidad lésbico-gay, Ezequiel García denunció que han sido objeto de ataques de tipo sexual, de extorsión y violencia.
Autoridades “ignoran” el número de sexoservidores

[Ecuador]
Red Trans El Oro demanda campaña contra transfobia
La 0rganización Red Trans de El Oro reiteró su protesta contra los crímenes de odio y transfobia que están ocurriendo en el Ecuador y cuestionó la inacción de las autoridades frente a estos hechos.

[Argentina]
Por discriminación a travestis, realizarán nueva campaña de concientización
La Comunidad Homosexual de Entre Ríos (Cher) realizará nueva campaña contra la discriminación, ya que, en este último tiempo, se registraron “muchos casos de travestis segregados”, subrayó a AIM el representante de la organización, Juan Carlos Fernández, quien añadió que también realizarán convenio para llevar acciones de prevención a nivel nacional.