[Europa]
Identidade de género é oficialmente base para asilo
O parlamento da União Europeia adoptou formalmente um novo conjunto de regras para asilo. As regras, vinculativas, incluem agora a identidade de género como motivo de perseguição que os estados membros devem ter em conta. Os governos já aceitaram a decisão, que é definitiva.

[Brasil]
Travesti está desaparecida em Goiânia
Tallita tinha ido para uma reunião na cidade e esta desaparecida desde o dia 03
Amigas da travesti estão fazendo campanhas nas redes sociais.
A travesti Tallita (Hamilton Costa), está desaparecida desde a tarde da última quinta-feira (03), ela havia saido e não voltou mais.
Tallita e um grupo amigas do DF, foram para Goiania, participar de uma reunião de Redução de Danos no dia 02, no dia seguinte, Tallita saiu do hotel em que estava com o grupo e não voltou mais. Suas amigas voltaram para Brasília com sua bagagem.

[Brasil]
Prisão de travesti em copacabana iarley mais uma vez .....


[Brasil]
Homem provoca grupo de travestis e a discussão acaba em pancadaria na Bahia


Travestí agredido por "caçador", fala com exclusividade ao Na Mira!!!


[UK]
Art Festival GFEST in London starts today!
GFEST – Gaywise FESTival is widely recognised as ‘London’s annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) cross-art festival for all’. The festival opens with an exciting visual arts exhibition at the Dreamspace Gallery on Monday 7 November.

[Poland]
Poland's first transsexual and gay MPs to be sworn in
Poland's first transsexual member of parliament is to be sworn in on Tuesday, in what has traditionally been a socially conservative country.

[Turkey]
Action Request From Pembe Hayat
On 19th June 2010, 3 well-known trans human rights defenders from Pembe Hayat were subjected to arbitrary arrest and violence by the police officers of esat Police Station in Ankara. Buse Kılıçkaya, Selay Tunç and Naz Gudumen objected to the arbitrary arrest of the police officers, stating that the police officers misused the Police Authority and Duty Law and the Law on Misdemeanors just because of their gender identities. The only explanation from the police officers was, “Your crime is to be a transvestite.”

The 3 human rights defenders were taken to a police station by force and they were beaten up by the police officers. The victims filed complaints against the police officers however the relevant prosecutor’s office rejected the complaints on the basis that there was no clear evidence of violence. The police officers also complained against the human rights defenders with the allegation that they “resisted” and “insulted” the police and “destroyed the public good.”

The prosecutor’s office accepted the allegations of the police officers and opened a case against the human rights defenders in July 2010. The first hearing was held in october 2010 and the last hearing was realized in October 2011, when the human rights defenders were sentenced to prison sentences starting from 5 to 18 months. Buse Kılıçkaya, the board chair of Pembe Hayat, was sentenced to 5 months of prison sentence while Selay Tunc, the vice-chair of Pembe Hayat, was sentenced to 6 months of prison sentence. Naz Gudumen, an active member of Pembe Hayat, was sentenced to 18 months of prison sentence.

We kindly request our friends in other countries to support the 3 trans human rights defenders; and the trans community in Turkey. You can follow the instructions below:

1. You can send a letter to the relevant Turkish authorites in Turkey and/or to the Turkish mission in your countries, asking for an intervention to drop the charges against 3 human rights defenders. We suggest you to send the letters to the authorities both in Turkey and abroad.

2. You can organize a demonstration in front of the Turkish embassies/consulates in your countries, visibilising the issue and asking the Turkish authorities to take necessasy actions to stop harrasing trans persons in Turkey. You can request rendez vous from the Turkish Ambassadors, Consuls, etc. in your countries. You can encourage/ask supporting political figures [parliamentarians, artists, media people] to meet the Turkish authorities or visibilise the issue in the media.

3. You can visibilise the issue in the media in your countries, by giving interviews or by directing them to Pembe Hayat for interviews. Please do not hesitate to direct requests of interviews to me directly.

4. You can send letters to the relevant authorities in your countries [Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Joint Parliamentarian Working Groups, etc.] to ask them for raising the issue with the Turkish Government or parliamentarians; putting pressure over the Turkish Government by your Governments.

5. You can produce very short videos [30 seconds, etc.], stating that you support the trans human rights defenders and that the Turkish Government should take legal and de facto measures to stop harrassment of trans by the police. Also, you can criticize the impunity of the police officers. To ask the Turkish authorities to drop the charges would be another option. You can send these videos to me, while uploading/circulating the videos on Internet àYoutube, Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, etc.

[Malaysia]
Seksualiti Merdeka not a 'free sex party', says Marina
Seksualiti Merdeka is about discussion and spreading awareness on the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender (LBGT) community and not a free sex party, said Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir.

[Australia]
Better recognition for transgender people under the law
Transgender people all too often have to contend with discrimination and even violence.

[Australia]
Intersex councillor likely to be mayor
Victoria could soon have its first intersex Mayor with Hobsons Bay City Councillor Tony Briffa looking likely to win the top job in the city’s west.
Currently Deputy Mayor, Briffa told the Star Observer he believes he has the numbers to win the mayoralty on December 2.

[EE UU]
¿Qué impulsa las reacciones agresivas contra los transexuales?
Esta condición suele incomodar porque desafía las convenciones de género, las creencias religiosas y los roles establecidos

[USA/China]
Exchange Program Brings Seattle Transgender Activist to China
A transgender activist from Seattle spent 15 days in China last month, working with Chinese LGBT activists as part of a Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center-sponsored exchange program.

[DC, USA]
Plea Deal Likely for Cop Who Shot At Transgender Women
Former Washington, D.C. cop Kenneth Furr will likely get a plea deal for shooting at a car in August that contained five people, including three transgender women.

[KS, USA]
USD 501 considers adding rules against transgender discrimination
Stephanie Mott will forever carry the difficult memory of being a woman living in a young man’s body while growing up in rural Douglas County.

[WA, USA]
Transgender Youth Kicked Off Spokane Bus
Three young transgender people were allegedly told to get off a Spokane, Wash. bus after their discussion over LGBT issues offended the driver.

[Colombia]
Cartagena celebra la diversidad sexual
Por tercer año consecutivo la comunidad de Lesbianas, Gais, Bisexuales y Transexuales (LGBT) de Cartagena se unirá a la celebración de las Fiestas de la Independencia de esta capital, mediante una marcha de color y alegría que busca reivindicar la lucha por el respeto a la diversidad sexual.

[Argentina]
Un fuerte pedido por la ley de identidad de género en la Marcha del Orgullo
Gays, lesbianas, bisexuales y trans compartieron la Avenida de Mayo, algunos en carrozas, junto a autodefinidos heterosexuales. También reclamaron que se faciliten los trámites para todos los hijos de parejas del mismo sexo.
Multitudinaria marcha del orgullo gay en la capital argentina
La XX Marcha del Orgullo Gay, una fiesta y reclamo al Congreso
Mucho color y poca ropa en una nueva “Marcha del Orgullo Gay”
La marcha por el orgullo gay pintó paredes de la catedral

[Argentina]
Escasa participación en una marcha local por el orgullo gay en Corrientes
Acompañando las movilizaciones nacionales que se realizaron en Buenos Aires y en otras ciudades del país durante este fin de semana, para el sábado fue convocada la Marcha Correntina del Orgullo Gay. La propuesta tuvo una escasa participación par parte de la comunidad homesexual local y fueron pocas las personas que asistieron a la cita, fijada para las 18 en la Plaza Cabral.