[International]
Google+ Goes Gender Neutral
As early adapters to Google+ are figuring out the best ways to utilize the social networking platform in addition to others like Facebook and LinkedIn, some users may find that Google+ will be helpful in keeping things gender-neutral.

[Europa]
Comissário Europeu quer desclassificação da “disforia de género” como doença mental e maior combate à transfobia
O comissário europeu dos Direitos Humanos, Thomas Hammarberg, pediu a desclassificação da “disforia de género” como doença mental a organismos médicos internacionais e aos países do Conselho de Europa (CE).

[España]
La primera parlamentaria regional transexual pide acabar con los estereotipos
Antonelli, que hoy ha participado en Zamora en el III Encuentro Transfronterizo de militantes de Juventudes Socialistas de España y Portugal, ha declarado a Efe que hoy en día las mujeres transexuales pueden estar presentes en cualquier ámbito laboral y la prostitución es una realidad para algunas pero "no es el todo".

[UK]
Make your mind up! Cross dresser who stole £12,000 benefits turns up at court dressed as a man - after begging to be sent to a women's prison
A cross-dressing odd job man who stole £12,000 in state benefits escaped jail today.
Transsexual Roy Pittilla, who insists on being called Janet Williams by friends and neighbours, turned up at court today dressed as a man - despite insisting to be sent to a women's prison if convicted. (Photo)
Transsexual benefit cheat determined to work as a woman
Transsexual gets 42 years to repay benefit fraud debts

[UK]
Sainsbury’s apologises for transgender toilet ban
Sainsbury’s has apologised after a transgender woman was told by a Surrey store that she could not use the women’s toilets.
Sainsbury's 'told transgender woman to use disabled toilet'
Transgender woman rejects toilet mix-up apology

[UK]
Sexual orientation and gender conforming traits in women are genetic
Sexual orientation and ‘gender conformity’ in women are both genetic traits, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.
Study: Sexuality in Lesbians Is Based on Genes

[UK]
The girl who decided she wanted to become a boy at the age of 16
As Rebecca Green walked into the cinema to meet her best friend, Gemma, she was shocked at how good-looking the guy standing next to her pal was. Despite never ­meeting him before, she had heard all about who Jason Cooper used to be.

[UK]
Transgender woman speaks about her life
A transgender woman spoke about her life at a public meeting.
Jane Fae, of Church Street, Deeping St James, will finally be shedding off her old life as a man when she undergoes gender realignment surgery in Brighton this month.

[Ireland]
Report on transgender rights issue presented to Cabinet
A long-awaited report on the issue of legal recognition of the acquired gender of transsexuals was presented yesterday to Cabinet by Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton.
Gender Recognition Report Published Today
GRAG Report to be Published
Broden Giambrone on 98FM
GRAG Report Online

[Ireland]
Transgender legislation on the way
The government has announced its intention to legislate for the recognition of the acquired gender of transgender people.
Transgender people will be forced to divorce to achieve recognition
New Irish transgender laws ‘will break up families’
Transgender people to be recognised in law
Transgender legislation 'will tear families apart'
[PR] Gender Recognition Possible but Problematic
[PR] Irish Government Gender Recognition Advisory Group Report – A Missed Opportunity
Transgender legislation pledged
Complications for Transgender Recognition in Ireland
[Commentary] Law reform in Ireland, but intersex people are excluded

[Ireland]
Lydia Foy speaks of difficulty growing up with trans gender syndrome in Ireland
When Lydia Foy was born in 1947, her birth was registered as male, but from an early age she knew that all was not right: “I knew I wasn’t to be allowed be myself and I couldn’t tell anyone basically,” she reflected in a RTE documentary. (Photo)
My Name is Lydia Foy

[Italy]
Brazilian Transgender Prostitute Hospitalized After Attack
A transgender Brazilian aged 49 suffered a severe beating at the hands of 3 men. The prostitute was pummelled with stones and robbed of her earnings.

[Turkey]
Another trans murder in Turkey
A transwoman named Didem, was murdered in Findikzade district of Istanbul today (31.07.2011) at 22.30. Her throat was cut.
The murderer is a 26 years old man, who met with didem on facebook and agreed to have sex by paying her - Didem is a sex worker. Interestingly, the murderer is a fugitive soldier, named o.f.k.
He was caught by the police just after the murder after the high level of noise coming from the victim. He confessed to the police, "i though that she was a woman, but she was a travesti. After learning this, i killed her." (Photo)
Transgender Woman Murdered in Istanbul
Trans Woman Murdered in Istanbul
Turkey: cis man arrested for woman’s murder

[Kuwait]
3 citizens’ acquittal upheld
The Appeals Court, presided by Judge
Faisal Khreibet upheld the verdict of the First Instance Court that acquitted three citizens of assaulting two cross-dressers.

[Nepal]
Nepal’s oldest school starts sexual revolution
Nepal’s oldest modern school that ushered in a revolution in education in the 20th century is now poised to bring in more sweeping social changes with the acceptance of a 13-year-old student, who was thrown out of a village school for being a transgender.

[Pakistan]
LGBT celebrations: Police fight moralists near red zone
More than twenty-two activists of Jama’at-e-Islami’s student wing were arrested and booked for clashing with and injuring three policemen on Friday while violating section 144, which had been imposed in the city.
Police baton charge protesting JIT activists

[Pakistan]
Performance at functions
The local authorities and transsexuals on Tuesday concluded an agreement making it binding on those taking the latter for functions to register them with the local police.

[Pakistan]
Trans Bashers Arrested in Pakistan
Police in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday arrested seven men for assaulting, sexually harassing, and then shaving the heads of five transgender people.

[Pakistan]
Govt devises safety code for transvestites
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday devised a code for transvestites, performing in wedding parties and other festivities, to curtail incidents of their harassment.
Safety rules for transvestites in Pakistan

[Pakistan]
Accused in transvestites assault case get bail
A local court granted bail to eight persons, charged with assaulting and keeping in wrongful confinement few transvestites when they were returning from a musical programme at Bakshu Pull area.

[India]
Railway Police Arrest 212 Indian Transgender People
Military police charged with protecting India’s South Central Railway arrested 212 transgender people in Hyderabad last month, according to IBN Live.

[India]
Transsexual contestant tests love on Emotional Atyachar
For the first time, a transsexual contestant tests her love on the reality show 'Emotional Atyachar' and finds that her partner attends gay parties.
(Photo: Nikkiey Chawla with Nirbhay on Emotional Atyachar)

[Indonesia] [Film]
"A Waria Is A Man… But He Has A Woman’s Soul"
A friend sent me the trailer for Tales Of The Waria, a film exploring the lives of Indonesia's transgender community. The beauty and honesty is heartbreaking; one subject in this short clip says of her relationship with a guy: "I was just a place to stop until he found a woman."

[Indonesia]
Amnesty International Urges Police to Investigate Attack Against Transvestites
A global human rights group criticized Jakarta police for its failure to investigate the attack on a human rights training session for a group of transvestites in Depok, West Java, last year.

[Malaysia]
Malaysian court rejects transsexual's name change
A court in Muslim-majority Malaysia rejected a bid on Monday by a transsexual to change her name after undergoing a sex-change operation.
A high court in conservative eastern Terengganu state ruled that a person's sex was determined at birth so Ashraf Hafiz Abdul Aziz, who was born a man, could not change the name on her identity card, her lawyer said. (Photo)
Man fails in bid to be legally declared a woman
Court rejects man’s bid to have a woman’s name
Malay transsexual loses court bid to change gender
Ashraf’s parents reach out for help

[Malaysia]
Couple threatened for poking fun at transvestites
A man and his girlfriend, both in their 20s, were threatened with a knife after they allegedly made fun of two cross-dressers at Taman Nirwana, Ampang, reported Harian Metro.

[New Zealand]
NZ hate crime sentence reduced
A 10-year sentence given to a man for bashing a transvestite to death has been reduced by New Zealand’s Court of Appeal.
Trans killer's sentence reduced upon appeal

[New Zealand]
Rally cry sounded in push for trans protection
The glbti community is being asked to help with a renewed push for the Human Rights Act to be clarified to ensure it includes protection from discrimination on the grounds of gender identity.

[New Zealand]
False nails fly in tranny hooker fiasco
Police called to a domestic disturbance in Queenstown were instead faced with three transvestite hookers on a “working holiday” fighting in a room.

[Australia]
Let transsexuals change birth info: MP
Australians who have undergone a sex change operation should be able to change details on their birth certificate to prevent the possible humiliation of those around them discovering their past, a senior federal Liberal MP says.

[Australia] [Commentary]
Intersex documentary ‘Intersexion’ is available on YouTube.com
Long-awaited documentary about the experiences of a number of intersex people around the world, Intersexion (Is He Or Isn’t She?), is now available online at YouTube.com and we have embedded the videos in this news item for your convenience. The film was made for New Zealand television broadcaster TV One by Grant Lahood with the assistance of Wellington-resident intersex activist and counsellor Mani Bruce Mitchell.

[Canada]
Transgender march organizer protests Vancouver Pride parade’s politics
Tami Starlight says she’s tired of the transgender community’s “lack of meaningful involvement” in the Vancouver Pride Parade and Festival.

[Canada]
Winner of “Breast Summer Ever” contest gives heartfelt thank you
The winner of a controversial radio contest has been chosen and some are pleased to hear that it went to a deserving person.
Avery has won 90.3 Amp Radio’s Breast Summer Ever contest.
What gave Avery the edge to win? He is transgendered.
Transgender winner picked for implant contest
Transgendered wins Calgary breast implant contest
Critics silenced as transgendered Calgarian wins breast implant contest
Transgendered Calgarian wins radio station’s breast implants contest
[Commentary] Trans Woman Wins Breast Implant Contest
(Photo: Avery has won a $10,000 breast augmentation surgery with 76 per cent of the public’s vote.)

[USA]
Hate crimes against gay, transgender people rise, report says
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs report says violent crimes against people in the LGBT community rose 13% in 2010, and that minorities and transgender women were more likely to be targeted.
Survey finds increase in anti-gay violence
LGBT murders up in 2010
Report: 2nd highest murder rate ever recorded

[USA]
American Airlines endorses transgender-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act
American Airlines, one of the world’s largest global airlines and a founding member of the oneworld® Alliance, has again advocated the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). As the first airline to endorse ENDA, American Airlines communicated its support of the bill in 2008 and 2009 in correspondence with Congressional leaders. In its current letter of endorsement, American Airlines states:
American Airlines Endorses The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (Enda)
American Airlines Endorses the Employment Non-Discrimination Act

[USA]
Life of Agony's Keith Caputo to Undergo Gender Reassignment Surgery
Keith Caputo, singer with soon-to-be-defunct metal outfit Life of Agony, has revealed he is to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
Life Of Agony Singer Caputo To Undergo Sex Reassignment

[USA] [Commentary]
3rd Anniversary of Angie Zapata's Death
Three years ago on this date we were beginning to hear the news about a young Latina transwoman named Angie Zapata who was found dead in her apartment in Greeley, CO. My first report here at TransGriot about it was in conjunction with my rant about the jacked up media coverage misgendering her.

[USA] [Commentary]
African-American Trans Woman Dissed By DJ At Nashville Event
When Forresta Bee attended the 101.1 The Beat Jamz All White Party at Nashville's LP Field on June 4, little did she suspect that transphobia was going to be included with the price of her ticket.

[USA]
70 Percent of Anti-LGBT Murder Victims Are People of Color
It’s an all too common, if shocking story: A transgender Latina woman with HIV is attacked on a street close to her home in a low-income neighborhood in the Bay Area. Making a bad situation worse, police officers literally drag her from her bed at 6 a.m. because they think she committed the crime herself.

[AK, USA]
ACLU sues Alaska DMV over transgender's driver's license
The Alaska Civil Liberties Union is squaring off in court with Alaska’s Division of Motor Vehicles over what it calls an outdated internal policy at DMV regarding how and when someone can change the sex listed on their driver’s license.
State sued for denying transgender woman a driver's license
[Commentary] Alaska DMV refuses to put correct gender on drivers license; ACLU sues
ACLU sues Alaska over driver’s license requirements of transgender individuals
Alaska Sued Over Transgender Woman’s Driver’s License
Alaska Sued After Denying License Identifying Transgender Woman as Female
[Commentary] If You’re MTF In AK And Want A Driver’s License, Bring Proof Of A Boob Job
[Commentary] Alaska Sued Over Trans Driver License Denial
ACLU Files Suit Against State In Transgender Driver's License Case

[AZ, USA]
Phoenix police search for a transgender suspect
Phoenix police are still searching for a male suspect who they say fired shots into the air at approximately 2 a.m. Monday, March 28.
The suspect is a transgender black male known as Trina.
Transgendered man wanted for Shannon's Law violation

[CA, USA]
Girlfriend of McInerney Testifies
Brandon McInerney, on trial for the murder of Lawrence King, was urged by his girlfriend to avoid violence against the gay teen, according to testimony from the girl on Tuesday.
Prosecutors: McInerney Had White Supremacist Ideals
Prosecutor seeks to quash 'gay panic' defense in Oxnard slaying

[CA, USA] [Commentary]
Paulina Ibarra Case Update
I posted last year about the arrest of Jesus Catalan, who was a person of interest in the August 2009 killing of 24 year old transwoman Paulina Ibarra in Los Angeles. Turns out there has been some resolution in this case as well.

[CA, USA]
In Small-town Northern California, When 'She' Becomes a 'He'
Healdsburg's Tyler Erlendson is better known to many in town as Audra Erlendson, a female volleyball and fast-pitch softball player at Healdsburg High School in the late 1990s and early 2000s, graduating in 2001.

[CA, USA]
Transgender Style Icon Candis Cayne Honored by Stonewall Democrats
The Stonewall Young Democrats (SYD), whose mission is to represent and mobilize Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning and Allied (LGBTQA) youth within the Democratic Party, today officially announced the 2011 HERO Award Honorees. The 5th Annual HERO Awards are sponsored by The Honorable Betty Yee and are hosted by Actress and MadTV’s Debra Wilson.

[CO, USA]
Mayor, council reject call for hate-crime resolution
Leaders of the gay and lesbian community, local Democrats and clergy gathered Tuesday on the steps of City Hall to urge the Colorado Springs City Council and Mayor Steve Bach to sign a resolution condemning an attack the victims have characterized as a hate crime.

[DC, USA]
Transgender woman shot dead in Washington DC
A transgender woman was shot dead in Washington DC on Wednesday morning.
Transgender Woman Murdered in D.C.
Transgender Woman Shot And Killed In D.C. Possible Hate Crime
Community Mourning
D.C. police struggle over disclosure of transgender murder
D.C. police investigating murder of transgender woman
[PR] DCTC Grieves After Violence Claims Yet Another Transgender Woman’s Life; Vigil on Saturday

[DC, USA]
Another Shooting Involving Transgender Victim
D.C. police are currently investigating a second shooting involving a transgender victim in two weeks.
Police: Two transgender attacks, emerging pattern? (WTop)

[GA, USA]
A Transgender Man of Color Shares his Story
James Newton, 29, of Norcross, Ga., a suburban community near Atlanta, got a rude awakening into what it sometimes means to be a black man in America. (Photo)

[IL, USA]
Ill. to Issue New Birth Certificates to Litigants
Three trangender Illinois residents will soon receive new birth certificates reflecting their correct gender, after an order issued last week by a Cook County Circuit Court judge in an ongoing lawsuit over gender markers.
[PR] Individuals Ask Court to Declare Unconstitutional Illinois Vital Records Requirements for Genital Surgery
[Commentary] Illinois Issues New Birth Certificates To Trans Litigants
3 transgender residents get new birth certificates

[MA, USA]
Northampton City Council votes to support transgender rights legislation
They are a minority within a minority, but the transgender community won another battle in a long war last Thursday when the City Council voted unanimously to support state legislation affirming transgender rights.
TERC Lauds Northampton City Council’s Support for the Transgender Equal Rights Bill

[MA, USA]
Transgender bill lacking in support
A bill that would add the state's transgender population to groups protected by state anti-discrimination laws is even more unpopular with area lawmakers now than when it was debated a year ago.

[ME, USA]
Denny's adopts gender identity restroom policy
The corporate owner of six Denny's restaurants in Maine is now allowing customers to use restrooms consistent with their gender identities.
Denny's Restaurants in Maine Welcome Transgender Customers
New Restroom Policy for Denny’s in Maine
Denny's allowing transgender customers to use bathroom they identify with
Transgender Dispute Prompts Denny's in Maine to Change Restroom Policy

[MI, USA]
Man to woman; a transsexual's journey
Hair curled, nails polished, and with a freshly powdered face, Marissa Jayne Wolfe is primped and prepared for whatever her day brings. Sadly, some things are to be expected. There will be mean glares and a constant struggle. You see, Marissa Jayne Wolfe used to be Steve Mattice. (Photo)
[MN, USA]
Researchers discover gene required to maintain male sex throughout life
University of Minnesota Medical School and College of Biological Sciences researchers have made a key discovery showing that male sex must be maintained throughout life.

[NC, USA]
Crossdresser Kicked Out of Pizza Hut
Vishon Murphy knows the phrase "no shirt, no shoes, no service" but when he decided to wear a dress to pick up some food at the Pizza Hut in Wallace, North Carolina he says he was turned away for being "disruptive."

[NH, USA]
Transgender status at issue in court
Ally Collina, who started out life as a man, says her decision to have sex-change surgery and to live her life as a woman has helped prompt a judge to bar her from having any contact with the two-year-old son of the man who is her fiancé.
Collina stood in front of Laconia District Court this week with a sign protesting what she believes is a biased ruling.
(Photo: Ally Collina of Gilford is protesting a recent custody decision in the ongoing divorce proceedings between her fiance and his estranged wife. Collina, who has undergone sex-change surgery, claims her transgender status is unfairly factoring into the judge's decision to bar her from all contact with her fiance's two-year-old son.)

[NJ, USA]
Man Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Victoria Carmen White
A Newark man pleaded not guilty in the September 2010 shooting death of a Maplewood woman today in Superior Court in Newark.
Man pleads not guilty to fatal shooting of transgender lingerie model in Maplewood
Defendant in Maplewood Transgender Murder Case Pleads “Not Guilty”
Man Pleads Not Guilty to Transgender Murder
Man pleads not guilty to New Jersey trans woman’s murder

[NY, USA]
Fire kills tranny in dairy den
A transvestite hooker who turned an unused Elmhurst Dairy trailer into her longtime personal crack den and brothel burned to death there yesterday, according to eyewitnesses and police.
The 47-year-old woman, known only as Dee, was found dead at about 6 a.m. at South Road and 157th Street in Jamaica, in the parking lot of the city's only dairy, where workers had for years allegedly turned a blind eye.
[Commentary] The NY Post Makes Extra Sure To Spit On Corpse Of Dead Trans-woman

[TX, USA] [PR]
Appeal Filed in Nikki Araguz Marriage Case
Lawyers for Nikki Araguz, a transsexual woman fighting for recognition of her marriage to a fallen firefighter, filed an appeal Tuesday that seeks to overturn a judge’s ruling that the marriage is invalid.

[Mexico]
One dead, five shot in attack in Mexico on gay and transgender sex workers
Another shooting in the 'zone of tolerance' left five people riddled with bullets, one of them dead. It was suggested that the victims are transvestites and the deceased was known as "Thalia"

[Mexico]
LGBT Activists Rally in Mexico City
Thousands convened along the Paseo de la Reforma to participate in Mexico City’s 33rd Gay Pride Parade recently. Adorned in colorful flags and angel costumes and chanting loudly amid peals of music, people of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) orientation marched and danced in demand of respect for sexual diversity in Mexico.
Desfilan lésbico-gays: defienden libertad sexual, discriminados

[Mexico]
Atacan a regidora por plan de diversidad sexual
La regidora de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural del municipio capitalino, Alejandra García Morlan, analiza interponer una denuncia ante el Consejo Estatal para Prevenir la Discriminación (Conapred), luego de los ataques verbales hacia su persona por proponer un punto de acuerdo que impulse programas a favor del sector lésbico, gay, bisexual y transexual (LGBT).

[Mexico]
Realizan Jornada contra la homofobia
Una veintena de personas se dio cita ayer en las inmediaciones de Chapultepec y Vallarta donde protestaron cerca de las ocho de la noche en contra de los crímenes por homofobia.
En Chihuahua y Guerrero, 41 muertos por homofobia
Denuncian aumento de asesinatos por homofobia en Chihuahua y Guerrero
Exigen a Chihuahua aclarar crímenes de odio por homofobia

[Mexico]
La Comuna ha detenido a 17 gays y tres sexoservidoras “para frenar el aumento de VIH”
Al menos en el último mes 20 personas han sido enviadas al Juzgado Calificador del municipio de Puebla por ejercer la prostitución; de éstas, 17 son homosexuales y tres son mujeres. El gobierno capitalino asegura que ejercerá mayor control sobre este oficio bajo el argumento de que hay un incremento en las enfermedades de transmisión sexual por el ejercicio de la prostitución, según una de las conclusiones a las que llegó ayer la Comisión de Salud del cabildo.

[Mexico]
Sexoservidores sufren violencia y extorsión en juzgados calificadores: Marco Moreno
El abogado Marco Moreno, de la Asociación Jurídica Juvenil de Puebla, afirmó que por las noches se desata una red de corrupción en los juzgados calificadores del ayuntamiento capitalino, a donde son enviados hombres y mujeres por el “delito” de ejercer la prostitución. En estos juzgados no sólo son violentados sus derechos y garantías individuales, sino que tanto policías como juzgadores cobran favores sexuales para liberar a travestis y sexoservidoras.

[Mexico]
Lanzan reality de gays y transexuales
Ocho gays y cinco transexuales activistas de Tijuana, Oaxaca, Guanajuato y Distrito Federal, entre otros, participarán en el reality “La homofobia está out”, donde convivirán las 24 horas del día durante dos semanas y recibirán capacitación para la prevención del VIH y para el desarrollo de habilidades.

[Mexico]
Por homofobia, Rivera impone la persecución de travestis y prostitutas, señaló Demysex
“Limpien las calles de putos”. Esa fue la orden que dio el presidente municipal de Puebla, Eduardo Rivera Pérez, a los agentes de la Policía Municipal que todas las noches hacen operativos en la capital para retirar a travestis y mujeres que ejercen la prostitución en la vía pública.

[Mexico]
Orgullo gay desfila en calles de Cancún
Al más puro estilo del carnaval la comunidad homosexual reclamó derechos, además de señalar a la entidad como un lugar que les brinda una vida amable.
Plumas, tacones y lentejuelas en desfile lésbico-gay

[Cuba]
Transgender activist resigns after clash with Castro daughter
For Mariela Castro, gay rights are OK in Cuba but political rights are not, says transgender woman.
A transgender woman has quit her job at a government-run sex studies center headed by the daughter of Cuban ruler Raúl Castro, alleging that Mariela Castro accused her of disloyalty because of her relationship with a gay opposition activist.
Hija de Raúl Castro presiona a mujer transgénero por relación con opositor
(Photo: Wendy Iriepa, a transsexual who has has undergone a sex change operation, sits along Havana's El Malecon seafront boulevard during an interview with Reuters in Havana May 12, 2010)

[Cuba]
Mariela Castro: "La sociedad socialista no puede ser homofóbica"
La hija del dirigente cubano Raúl Castro asegura a la Cadena SER que su tío Fidel no sabía que en los años sesenta se represaliaba a los homosexuales

[Honduras]
Los extraños caminos de la muerte
Excerto: Yesenia era un homosexual atractivo, con más virtudes femeninas, físicamente hablando, que de varón. Librepensador, no escondía su orientación sexual y se ganaba la vida con lo que generosamente Natura lo había dotado: su hermoso, sensual, provocativo y envidiable cuerpo. Lo demás lo había aprendido en el camino de la vida, practicando, por supuesto, por lo que sus clientes siempre volvían.

[Honduras]
Demandan parar crímenes en contra de transexuales
El Comité Lesbianas, Gay, Transgénero y Fobia (LGTB-FOBIA) de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Sula, dio a conocer hoy su repudio hacia los últimos hechos criminales contra los transexuales, porque aún no han sido esclarecidos.

[Honduras]
Fiscalía investiga muerte violenta de 15 homosexuales
Los fiscales de derechos humanos investigan desde hace dos años la muerte violenta de al menos 15 homosexuales, informaron fuentes del Ministerio Público (MP).

[Guatemala]
Miss Universe Shows Support For Trans Community
On a recent visit to Guatemala, the reining Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete met with transgender women who have been victims of abuse and discrimination. (Photo)

[Venezuela]
Activistas en defensa del respeto a la Diversidad de Género marchan hasta la Asamblea Nacional
Ingrid Varón, miembro de la Base Lésbica de Venezuela, indicó que esta actividad tiene un carácter reivindicativo donde las comunidades Lesbianas, Gay, Bisexuales, Transgéneros e Intersexuales (LGBT) solicita igualdad y equidad de derechos en los diferentes ámbitos del acontecer nacional.
Activistas por la diversidad Sexual marcharon por el orgullo gay
Activistas en defensa del respeto a la Diversidad de Género marchan hasta la Asamblea Nacional
El orgullo gay colmó las calles de la ciudad por un día
Marcha del “Orgullo gay” abarrotó a Valera

[Peru]
Marcha en Lima a favor de la discriminación de homosexuales
Decenas de niños y padres de familia desfilaron hoy por las calles céntricas de Lima para rechazar las ideas de la alcaldesa de la ciudad, Susana Villarán, en contra de la discriminación contra los homosexuales.
No queremos hijos malogrados y corruptos y Exigimos respetar los valores de la comunidad, se leía en algunos de los carteles que portaban los caminantes, quienes acusaban a Villarán de querer imponer una ideología LGTB (lesbianas, gays, transexuales y bisexuales).

[Peru]
Crímenes de odio prevalecen contra grupos homosexuales
Entre el 2006 y 2010 se registró el asesinato de 249 personas gays y transexuales

[Argentina] [Opinion]
Las travestis somos anti todo
Las travestis de La Matanza estuvimos muy involucradas en el proceso que decantó en la Ley de Matrimonio, sabemos que significa un gran avance, estuvimos en la firma y hay que reconocer que fue un momento histórico, pero no conozco muchas travestis que hayan hecho uso de ese derecho civil.