[International]
50 years of faking it
Half a century since silicone breast implants became available, and millions of operations later, they are still causing controversy.

[Brazil]
BA: Vitória da Conquista discute ações para transexuais
Transexuais e travesti de Vitória da Conquista se reúnem para definir ações em 2012

[Brasil]
Transexual desfila em semana de moda e diz: 'Transexualismo não é modinha'
Transexual em passarela de semana de moda não é novidade. Mas ainda assim elas causam burburinho. Que o diga Camila Ribeiro, modelo transexual, de 23 anos, que desfilou nesta terça-feira, 10, no Fashion Business, a feira de negócios ligados à moda que antecede o Fashion Rio.

[Brasil]
Corpo de travesti é encontrado perto de sede da associação de servidores da Ufam
O corpo de uma pessoa ainda não identificada foi encontrado por volta das 9h da manhã desta terça-feira(17), em uma área de mata ao lado do Campus da Universidade Federal do Amazonas (Ufam). De acordo com informações da polícia miltar, o corpo foi encontrado por Lacir Bernaldo Mota que mora próximo à Ufam e foi ao terreno para pegar buriti. A polícia foi acionada por volta das 10h30 por meio do 190.
AM: Travesti é encontrada morta ao lado de universidade

[Brasil]
Ariadna está beirando a pindaíba e vai voltar para Itália
Se a vida não está fácil nem para quem está na atual edição do BBB, imagina para alguns das antigas edições? Este é o caso da ex-sister Ariadna, a morena não está conseguindo nenhum trabalho no Brasil e se mudará para Itália.

[España]
Amor, la joven transexual que se hizo famosa por su participación en “Gran Hermano”, víctima de una agresión en Fuerteventura
mor Romeira, exconcursante de la novena edición de Gran Hermano, el popular reality de Telecinco, sufrió el pasado sábado día 14 una grave agresión en el exterior de una discoteca de Puerto del Rosario, en la isla de Fuerteventura. Amor, una joven transexual canaria que culminó su proceso de reasignación después de participar en el programa, fue apuñalada en el abdomen.

[España]
Una mujer de 89 años lleva a juicio a su yerno transexual para ver a sus dos nietas
La historia podría parecer común. Una pareja se divorcia, la mujer fallece poco después y la custodia de las criaturas que tuvieron en común, pasa al padre, que no cumple el régimen de visitas con la abuela materna. Hasta ahí, nada que no se vea con frecuencia en un juzgado.
Lo infrecuente es llegar al juicio, esperar al que fue yerno y que en lugar de un hombre en vaqueros o con traje, aparezca una señorita luciendo tacones y revelando una nueva identidad. Él ahora es ella. El juicio, mediático por la situación personal del padre transexual con una reasignación de sexo, se celebrará este miércoles.

[UK]
Man who wore stilettos denies vicious attack
A transsexual on trial for rape said he could not have attacked one of his alleged victim because he was wearing five-inch stilettos.

[UK]
First trans teen in Miss England competition leads heat
The first transgender teenager to enter the Miss England competition is leading in her heat of the pageant.

[UK]
Teenager 'sent home from school after he turned up dressed in women's clothing'
Govan High School denies the pupil was thrown out because of his decision to dress as a girl

[Sweden]
Rights activists push Sweden to drop compulsory sterilization of transsexuals
Rights activists are pressuring Sweden to abandon a controversial law requiring compulsory sterilization for those undergoing sex changes.
MEPs demand Sweden lifts trans sterilization
joint letter by TGEU and ILGA-Europe to Swedish Premier

[Israel]
Israeli trans man gives birth
A transgender man in Israel has reportedly become the first in the state’s history to give birth.

[Kuwait]
In Kuwait, transgender people tell of police torture and sexual abuse
Kuwaiti police have been torturing and sexually abusing transgender women continually since 2007, claims a report released by Human Rights Watch published yesterday.
Kuwait: Report highlights police brutality against transgender individuals
Kuwait: Reports highlight police brutality to trans community
Trans Women Raped, Tortured in Kuwait

[India]
Eunuchs to clap their way to Bombay HC for freedom, dignity
Eunuchs plan to go to the Bombay high court on Tuesday for the hearing of a petition that draws attention to the bonded labour-like conditions in which many of their community members live.

[New Zealand/Australia]
Farewell service for Carmen
Transgender icon Carmen Rupe will be remembered at a service in Auckland next month following her death in Sydney last year.
Memorial service planned for transgender icon Carmen
Details of AKL memorial for Carmen confirmed

[USA]
‘Transphobic’ series pulled
US network ABC has pulled its cross-dressing comedy Work It which had been plagued by bad reviews and accusations of transphobia.
US cross-dressing sitcom cancelled after two espiodes

[USA]
RuPaul Wants The Trans Community To Stop Being Offended By "Tranny"
The Trans Enlightenment and Defense League has blasted RuPaul for his recent defense of gay men's pejorative use of "tranny." Details follow.

[USA] [Commentary]
An Open Letter to the Transphobic Girl Scout
This letter is a response to Taylor, the 14-year-old girl who called for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies because the Scouts allow transgender members. You can watch her video here.

[IN, USA]
Indiana Has Nation's First LGBT License Plate
Indiana is now the only state in the country to offer license plates promoting awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender causes.

[MD, USA]
Md. Bill Seeks to Allow Transgender People to Use Bathroom of Their Choice
A Maryland County Councilman plans to introduce a bill Tuesday pushing local businesses to change public bathroom restrictions to accommodate transgendered men and women.

[TX, USA]
Araguz booking raises questions about Harris County jail’s treatment of transgender inmates
According to the Houston Chronicle, Nikki Araguz has been booked into the Harris County Jail after arriving 40 minutes late for a scheduled court appearance on Friday. The court date was to allow Araguz to plead guilty to charges that she stole a watch from an acquaintance last year. Under the proposed plea bargain Araguz would have paid $2,600 in restitution and served 15 days in county jail. State District Judge Vanessa Velasquez, a Republican first appointed to the bench by Gov. Rick Perry, responded to Araguz’s apologies for her tardiness with, “It’s too late for sorry,” ordering bailiffs to escort her to a holding cell next to the courtroom.

[México]
Torturan y asesinan a travesti en Apodaca
Un hombre que vestía ropa interior de mujer, fue torturado y asesinado de varios disparos en Apodaca, los homicidas también semiamputaron ambas manos del desconocido

[Cuba]
Cuba Makes Progress in Sex Reassignment Surgery
Cuban surgeons have performed 15 sex reassignment surgeries, and other transsexual people, who are assisted by a committee in compliance with international standards, are applying to that kind of procedure, an expert said on Monday.

[Cuba]
Muere travesti tras golpiza propinada por policías
Desde la prisión provincial Cerámica Roja, informó el recluso Rolando Castro Sánchez, del destacamento 3, que la noche del miércoles 4 de enero fue asesinado un travesti en la unidad de la policía de Guáimaro, en Camaguey.

[Cuba]
Daughter of Cuban President Expects Communist Party to Accept LGBT Rights
The sexologist daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro expects the upcoming assembly of the ruling Communist Party to help clear the way for a bill on transsexual and gay rights.

[Jamaica]
PM to review gay laws
One of the most notoriously homophobic nations in the Caribbean has elected a pro-gay leader.

[Venezuela]
Comunidad Gay del Zulia denuncia nuevos atropellos policiales
Las Fundación Venezolana de Apoyo a la Diversidad Sexual (FUVADIS) y su director presidente Luis Meneses condenan terriblemente los abusos perpetrados a chicos de orientación sexual homosexual mayores de edad en la ciudad de Maracaibo. Consideramos que se trata de un hecho particularmente repudiable que debe ser investigado y castigado adecuadamente.

[Argentina]
Cuádruple crimen: ADN no era del transexual
Los investigadores están seguros de que el asesino era conocido de las víctimas y de sexo masculino, según surge de los rastros hallados en la escena del crimen
Cuádruple crimen de La Plata: el móvil sería una deuda de juego
Cuádruple crimen de La Plata: El padre de Micaela le apunta al karateca

[Argentina]
Serán juzgados dos policías por el abuso de un travesti
Hace un año, el adolescente habría sido sometido por los uniformados que están detenidos. La causa está a punto de elevarse a juicio y el debate será este año.

[Argentina]
Mary Robles recibió su DNI
Esta mañana, en el Registro Civil, la transexual Mary Robles recibió su DNI y partida de nacimiento, que le otorgan identidad como mujer.