[Brasil]
RedTrans Brasil organiza Caminhada da Visibilidade de Travestis e Transexuais no Rio de Janeiro
Com o tem "NÃO PRECISA GOSTAR, MAS TEM QUE RESPEITAR" , a Redtrans Brasil, através de sua secretaria da região sudeste em conjunto com os grupos Transrevolução e Pela Vidda e o Sindicato das Profissionais do Sexo do Rio de Janeiro (RJ), organiza a Caminhada da Visibilidade de Travestis e Transexuais do RJ.
O evento acontecerá no dia 29 de janeiro de 2012, domingo, às 17h na praia de Copacabana.

[Espanha]
Transexuais em luta
Os transexuais andaluzes pedem a destituição da Drª Isabel Esteva, coordenadora da unidade de transexualidade e identidade de género do Hospital Carlos Haia, em Málaga.

[España]
Unas 3.000 personas viven con un sexo que no sienten suyo
Más de 3.000 personas viven en España con un sexo que no sienten como propio, una contradicción que causa problemas psicológicos, médicos y hasta trabas legales que pueden perdurar durante décadas y que requieren, según los expertos consultados por Efe, un tratamiento multidisciplinar en el que participen psicólogos, psiquiatras, endocrinólogos o cirujanos.

[España]
Amor, de 'Gran Hermano 9', apuñalada en Fuerteventura
Amor, la concursante transexual de ‘Gran Hermano 9’, ha sido apuñalada a la salida de una discoteca de Fuerteventura, donde la joven se encontraba divirtiéndose el pasado sábado, junto a un amigo policía, que en ese momento no estaba de servicio. Por suerte, la ex concursante de ‘Gran Hermano’ ya se encuentra fuera de peligro.

[España]
RTVE retransmitirá en directo la Gala de La Reina y de la Drag Queen de Las Palmas
El Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria y Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) han firmado hoy un acuerdo para que la cadena emita el carnaval capitalino del 2012, que en su próxima edición estará dedicado al cómic. La segunda cadena de la entidad retransmitirá en directo las Galas de la Reina y de la Drag Queen, excepto en el Archipiélago, donde se mantendrá en el el primer canal.

[UK]
Transsexual in Miss England field
A transsexual says modeling agency officials had no idea she had been born male when they urged her to enter the Miss England pageant.

[UK]
BBC Three: Coming Out Diaries
Coming Out Diaries follows the conflicts and dilemmas faced by three young people as they navigate their way through telling their family and friends that they are gay or transgender.
Coming Out Diaries

[Sweden]
Sweden blocks plans to overturn sex-change sterilisation law
The swedish government has shelved plans to overturn the country’s controversial laws which require people undergoing sex-change surgery to be sterilised.
Swedish government upholds forced sterilisation for transgender people

[Turkey]
LGBT group presses for charter rights
Activists from Turkey’s LGBT community made their first formal appearance in Parliament yesterday as they presented their demands for guarantees against sexual discrimination in the new constitution.

[Kuwait]
‘They hunt us down for fun’ – Police accused of transgender torture, sexual assault
Arbitrary arrest, detention, torture and sexual assaults on transgender persons have increased in Kuwait during the last four years, says the Human Rights Watch (HRW). Transgender ‘women’ are individuals who are born male but identify themselves as female. “They hunt us down for fun” was the title of a HRW report on the issue of transgender, launched at the Le Royal Hotel yesterday.
Kuwait police brutalizing transgender people

[Pakistan]
Transgenders need to be accepted into mainstream
Having spent her life as a social outcast for more than 15 years, Sajid Hussain, a transgender now known as Laila, today finds no reason to live any longer in the largely conservative society.

[Taiwan]
Taiwan election blow for LGBT rights
The defeat of Tsai Ing-wen diminishes hope for more LGBT rights in Taiwan

[USA]
ABC Cancels 'Work It' After Gay Groups Called It Harmful To Transgender People
ABC on Friday announced it had canceled the sitcom Work It after only two outings, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In the series, which premiered on January 3, Lee Standish (played by Ben Koldyke) and Angel Ortiz (Amaury Nolasco) played two unemployed men who land jobs as sales representatives for a pharmaceutical company dressed as women.
RuPaul: Work It Wasn't So Offensive
RuPaul Loves The Word 'Tranny'; OK With 'Work It'
[Commentary] I Repeat Gay Media, RuPaul is Not A Trans Expert

[USA] [Commentary]
More Nikki
If ever there was a train wreck it’s Nikki Araguz. Friday, Araguz was set to plead guilty to stealing a woman’s Rolex watch…instead, she was jailed until January 25th for showing up late in court. Is anyone surprised? How many times does someone have to make mistakes before offering up excuses that just don’t fly…and aren’t accepted?

[FL, USA]
Transgendered woman runs for commissioner
A former football player and homecoming king is running for office as a woman.
Gina Duncan, 56, filed paper-work to run for Florida's Orange County Commission earlier this week.
Duncan says being a transgender woman is a part of who she is.

[MD, USA]
Baltimore County Proposes 'Peeping Tom' Law
"Maryland's Baltimore County Councilmembers will introduce a bill tomorrow which creates serious safety issues for women," said Dr. Ruth Jacobs, President of Maryland Citizens for a Responsible Government. "The bill allows cross-dressing men into women's bathrooms even if they are sexually attracted to women. Promoted as a 'gender identity anti-discrimination bill,' Human Relations Bill No. 3-12 forces the public to recognize men as women, thereby allowing men access to women's bathrooms. Sponsored by Councilmember Tom Quirk, the new law, if passed, will legally protect cross-dressing behavior."

[Mexico]
Primera marcha gay en Tultitlán, Estado de México
“La marcha de Tultitlán busca que los chicos locales se animen a salir de sus escondites, ya que en las calles del municipio se han visto casos de agresión tanto físicos como verbales” señalo en entrevista Omar Cueto del Comité Orgullo Tultitlán

[Cuba]
Avanza Cuba en cirugías de reasignación sexual
En Cuba se han realizado 15 cirugías de reasignación sexual, y existen otras solicitudes de la población transexual, quienes son atendidos por una comisión según los parámetros internacionales acordados, aseguró hoy aquí una experta.

[Colombia]
Comunidad LGTB protestó por discriminación
"Y me solté el cabello, me vestí de reina, me puse tacones.." con partes de esta famosa canción de Gloria Trevi varios ciudadanos miembros o amigos de la comunidad LGTB (lesbianas, gay, transgénero y bisexuales), manifestaron su rechazo a la forma en la que fue tratada Danna Sultana, durante la Feria: el travesti es una modelo reconocida y ha trabajado en televisión, pero la rechazaron cuando iba a entrar al bar. Le dijeron que travestis no.

[Argentina]
Impulsarán proyectos cooperativistas para gays, travestis y transexuales en Chubut
La discriminación laboral se presenta como una de las más fuertes a la hora de analizar el cumplimiento de derechos de las personas travestis, fundamentalmente por la falta de concordancia entre la identidad del DNI y su aspecto físico. Por ello, la Asociación de Travestis, Transexuales y Transgéneros (ATTTA), filial Chubut, promoverá la conformación de cooperativas de trabajo como modo de inserción laboral, no solo de la comunidad “trans”, sino también de gays, lesbianas y bisexuales.

[Argentina]
Rito umbanda, deuda de juego, las nuevas hipótesis de los asesinatos
El fiscal Alvaro Garganta reveló hoy que sigue dos nuevas hipótesis: una, si Susana De Bárttole -la mayor de las víctimas y funcionaria de la Justicia platense- practicaba el rito umbanda y otra, si mantenía deudas de juego con un prestamista privado.