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sábado, outubro 08, 2011

[Brasil]
Elogiada peça sobre vida de travesti volta aos palcos de SP
Indicada a quatro prêmios, peça sobre travesti Gabriela faz nova temporada paulistana

[Brasil]
Travesti é morta a facadas dentro de motel na Pampulha, em BH
Ela chegou sangrando até a recepção, antes de morrer, segundo funcionários.
Suspeito entrou com ela no motel e saiu ameaçando uma empregada.

[Brasil]
Travesti é assassinada a pauladas em Lagoa Do Barro, Pernambuco
Hélio Pereira Menezes de 28 anos, que era travesti, foi assassinada a pauladas e teve partes do corpo queimado por elementos ainda não identificados, no Distrito de Lagoa do Barro na zona rural de Araripina, fato ocorrido por trás do matadouro público daquele distrito.


[Espanha]
Rescalvo foi assassinada há 20 anos (com vídeo)
Foi um dos casos que abalou a sociedade espanhola em 1991. Sónia, de 35 anos, foi assassinada por transfobia por sete jovens skinheads neonazis com idades compreendidas entre os 15 e os 18 anos de idade.

[UK]
TV show reveals shocking prejudice endured by transgender couple on Rochdale estate
Sam and Evan are a transgender couple in a gay male relationship – who were both born female. Confused? A TV documentary is set to reveal all and show the shocking prejudice faced by the couple on the Rochdale housing estate where they live, writes Helen Tither.

[Australia]
Transsexuals in landmark High Court ruling
TWO women who had sex change operations to become men have won a High Court ruling officially recognising them as men, despite them still having ovaries and lacking a penis.
Sex-swap pair win court case
Trans organisations hail High Court decision

[Commentary] Australia’s Highest Court Rules Trans People Don’t Need Surgery for Documents

[USA] [Commentary]
Understanding new revisions to ‘Harry Benjamin Standards of Care’
If you’ve ever wondered about the mechanics of “treating” transgenderism, as it were, there are specific guidelines called the Harry Benjamin Standards of Care. A newly-revised edition of the Standards of Care was released Sept. 25, at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) conference in Atlanta.

[DC, USA]
Transgender residents to graduate from jobs program
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray was scheduled to speak at a first-of-its-kind graduation ceremony Oct. 7 for 17 transgender residents who successfully completed a special city jobs training program called Project Empowerment.
Job training programs on the rise for transgender workers, an often-marginalized population

[DC, USA]
Activists Voice Crime Concerns
Representatives from the District's various public safety agencies and the Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs held an outreach meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 28, aimed at members of the LGBT community but received an arguably underwhelming response.

[GU, USA]
Guam holds transgender beauty pageant
Last night Miss Kadenan Umatuiya was crowned Miss Guahan in the transgender beauty pageant held in Guam.

[PA, USA]
One year later, Blahnik case stalled
Police continue to investigate the murder of a local transgender woman as the one-year anniversary of her death approaches.

[TX, USA]
DCCCD considering transgender policy
On Tuesday, Oct. 4, Dallas County Community College District board of trustees was briefed in closed-door session about adding gender identity and expression to its nondiscrimination policy.

[Mexico]
No era mujer y reacciona con enojo
Un hombre quien despojó y robó a un homosexual del pago del oficio como sexoservidor, presumiblemente por no haberle comentado que era varón, fue detenido por agentes de la Policía Municipal en la colonia Esperanza.

[Peru]
Asesinan a 70 homosexuales cada año
Última víctima fue asfixiada, degollada, apuñalada, calcinada y luego arrojada envuelta en una bolsa de basura y dejada en el puente Atocongo.