[Brasil]
Travesti Patrícia Araújo pode ser nova panicat
A travesti Patricia Araújo, que desfilou para o Fashion Rio 2009 e é considerada uma das mais bonitas do Brasil, é mais uma das musas cotadas para substituir Nicole Bahls e Juju Salimeni no programa Pânico na TV!, da RedeTV!.

[Espanha]
Mulheres transexuais incluídas na violência de género
De Espanha chega-nos a notícia que a Fiscalia General del Estado, para acabar com as interpretações erradas que deixam de fora as mulheres cuja documentação ainda não corresponde ao género assumido, emitiu um parecer que inclui especificamente as mulheres transexuais na Lei de Violência de Género.

[Swaziland]
Rape convicts sodomise sex-change teacher
Convicted sex-change teacher Patricia Dludlu is complaining that he is being sexually molested by other rape convicts at the Matsapha maximum prison.
The 30-year-old Dludlu expressed his greatest fears of contracting HIV and AIDS and other sexually transmitted dieses to Magistrate Sindisile Zwane. He is doing seven years for rape himself.

[India]
No headway: Ahmedabad cops quiz transgender Sonia’s close aides
The Ahmedabad city police have started zeroing in on some of the close aides of eunuch Sonia Masi for clues. Sonia was gunned down on Thursday night near Rupali cinema in Lal Darwaja area. The crime scene falls under Karanj police station.
Life & times of ‘flamboyant’ Sonia Masi

[India]
Transgender ramp show in city today
Shunning stereotypes of beauty, at least 100 trans-genders and hijras were to sashay down the ramp as part of a fashion show here on Friday.

[Hong Kong/China]
Transsexual seeks Hong Kong court ruling for right to marry
A transsexual will ask Hong Kong's top court to affirm her right to marry her boyfriend, a news report said Saturday.

[Malaysia]
More peaceful gatherings against Seksualiti Merdeka
The Malaysian Malay Network Organisation (JMM) and Putrajaya 4B Youth Movement held a peaceful gathering today, in protest over the Seksualiti Merdeka programme for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals.

[NC, USA]
Health centers a mecca for LGBT community
When one thinks about the Planned Parenthood organization, it’s usually associated with birth control and women’s healthcare. Well, it’s no longer the family planning clinic that it once was and it’s a step ahead of the game in providing for the LGBT community.

[MA, USA]
Deval Patrick Signs Massachusetts Transgender Protections Bill
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on Wednesday signed a bill into law that bars discrimination in the workplace against transgender people, the AP reported.

[México]
Reclaman gays derecho a cambiarse de nombre
El Primer Encuentro Travesti, Transgénero y Transexual del Norte de México sirvió para que estos grupos reclamaran derechos como el cambio de nombre y una atención digna por parte del sector salud para los pacientes con Sida.