[España]
Travesía hacia el cambio de sexo
La intervención y el tratamiento están financiados por el sistema público, pero solo en Barcelona y Málaga "Se sienten como en una cárcel", explica el presidente de la Fundación Triángulo

[Ireland]
Woman born a man enters civil partnership with female
A woman from another EU country who was born a man has entered a civil partnership with a woman in Ireland.
It is the first civil partnership in the State involving a transgender person, and could not have been entered if it had involved an Irish transgender woman, campaigners have noted, as the Government has not yet introduced legislation to recognise transgender people.

[Ireland/UK]
British broadcasters pull trans ladies ad
A sports betting company’s TV ad which invites viewers to pick out transgender ladies in the crowd at Cheltenham Festival has been suspended after outcry in Britain.

[UK]
'I want to see my grandson kicking a football not wearing a dress': Heartbroken grandmother of 'gender neutral' boy, five, speaks of her torment
The grandmother of a five-year-old boy who is now living as a girl has admitted she would rather he were back to his old self than going around in pink dresses.
For more than a year Zach Avery from Purfleet, Essex, has worn his long fair hair done up in bunches and insisted on living his life as a member of the opposite sex.
But Jill Recknell, from Alderney in the Channel Islands, who is in her mid 50s, confessed she cannot accept that her grandson has suddenly become a granddaughter.

[UK]
Woman lived as a man for 41 years because parents didn't tell her she was born a hermaphrodite
Caroline Kinsey, 42, was born with both male and female sex organs but was raised as a boy
She didn't find out she had Disorder of Sex Development until she was 19
She began dressing as a woman two years ago and now plans gender surgery

[Zimbabwe]
Presidente de Zimbabue exhorta a rechazar valores occidentales
El presidente de Zimbabue concluyó una semana de celebraciones por su 88vo cumpleaños aconsejando a la juventud de la nación a rechazar los valores occidentales, la homosexualidad y la codicia.
Mugabe a Cameron: «¡Puede usted irse al infierno!»
'To hell with you': Robert Mugabe in rambling anti-homosexual rant at David Cameron's call for global gay rights

[Nepal]
Laws to ease sexual minorities' plight
The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare and the Blue Diamond Society (BDS), an NGO working for sexual monitories, are reviewing 25 Acts to guarantee lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders rights, to which every Nepali is entitled to.

[Pakistan]
Maulvi begum sahib: The eunuch who found her calling as a Quran teacher
Seventy-year-old Jameela has come a long way from playing as a child with eunuchs to teaching 450 children the Holy Quran every day.
Born a transgender in March 1941, Jameela never fit in at home or at school, so when an elderly eunuch, Pasham Fakir, offered to take her away she ultimately yielded and followed him.

[India]
Fire mishap: Case against organisers, compensation announced
Delhi Police today registered a case of causing death due to negligence against organisers of a transgender meet in Nand Nagri where a fire left 14 dead even as the city government announced a compensation of Rs two lakh each to the next of kin of those killed in the mishap.

[India]
A marriage with a difference
As a kinnar bride and a straight guy gear up to get 'married' today (Feb 26) in Nagpur, we bring you the finer nuances of this bold love story. It's an exclusive...

[Australia/New Zealand]
'Lady Carmen' title conferred on Carmen Rupe
When the late Carmen Rupe was laid to rest she was able to legally use the title 'Lady' Carmen Rupe.

[New Zealand]
Criticism of prison policy continues to bite
The pressure continues to be heaped on the Government over Corrections’ stance on transgender prisoners.

[USA]
UUA persuades Verizon to protect transgender workers
In five-year shareholder advocacy campaign, UUA helps create gender identity protection for 2.9 million workers at many companies.

[AZ, USA]
Black history meets women’s history in ‘TransGriot’ event
West African historians called “griots” can recite hundreds of years of their history from memory. Monica Roberts, an African-American transwoman writer and activist, has modernized this responsibility by adopting the role of “TransGriot” — telling the history of transpeople of color in her award-winning blog. Roberts will present her experiences with “Blogging at the Intersection of Race and Gender,” on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Gallagher Theater.

[FL, USA]
Gay, transgender candidates wade into Central Florida politics
When Randy Ross was running for Orange County School Board in 2000, he had a secret.
"I was worried people were going to find out I was gay," Ross said.
What a difference a dozen years can make. Now there are three openly gay candidates on this year's Orlando City Council ballot — including Ross — and a transgender candidate running for the Orange County Commission.

[ID, USA]
Idaho Activists Not Backing Down
After what many local activists called a heartbreaking loss in Idaho, the Twin Falls Times-News reports that fight will go on even after the Senate State Affairs Committee nixed legislation that would’ve added LGBT protections to the Idaho Human Rights Act.

[KS, USA]
"Not About Special Rights, But Rather Equal Rights"
About 45 people gathered in Salina late Sunday afternoon to hear a presentation by Stephanie Mott, state chair of the Kansas Equality Coalition, and to learn a little more about a controversial proposed change, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city anti-discrimination ordinance.
City Hosting Forums This Week on Proposed Ordinance Change

[LA, USA]
Organizations release petition against bullying in public schools
Stop Bullying Louisiana and Equality Louisiana released an online petition earlier this month to support the 2012 Louisiana School Bullying Prevention Act.

[MA, USA]
Newton mayor appoints first transgender representative to Human Rights Commission
In what advocacy groups are hailing as a historic move, Newton Mayor Setti Warren has appointed the first transgender representative to the city's Human Rights Commission.

[NM, USA]
Transformation Is Complete for Woman
It’s been two years and two surgeries since we last visited with Brigitte Barbra Bellsong, and her transformation from man to woman is now complete from nose to nether regions.

[PA, USA]
MOSAIC: annual conference on gender issues
From street harassment to religious gender implications, Sunday’s MOSAIC Gender Conference brought rare but important discussions of social gender constructions to center stage. Every year, the MOSAIC conference tackles issues of gender and explores them in unconventional ways. This year’s conference featured sessions led by faculty, staff, students, and guest speakers — each exposing attendees to provocative and insightful material on the ways in which society constructs gender.

[Mexico]
La comunidad LGBTTTI no cuenta con el respaldo del IMJ
En comparecencia del titular del Instituto Municipal de la Juventud, la regidora Sandra Montalvo cuestionó la falta de apoyo a este grupo.

[Colombia]
“Prostituirse en la Carrera Segunda de Neiva, ya perdió su encanto”
Si Gloria, un travesti que ofrece sus servicios sexuales en la carrera Segunda de Neiva, tuviera un poder sería el de retroceder el tiempo; de esta manera le devolvería a ese sector capitalino la misma ‘vitalidad’ y el ambiente fiestero que según ella lo caracterizaba hace varios años.

[Peru]
Cabecilla terrorista recién capturado reconoce haber asesinado a “delincuentes comunes y homosexuales”
El cabecilla senderista Florindo Eleuterio Flores, también conocido como “camarada Artemio”, ha admitido con absoluta frialdad ser responsable de la muerte de 56 militares, 43 policías y 32 civiles, entre ellos personas homosexuales. Así figura en la lectura que hizo el fiscal de su caso, Marcos Guzmán, sobre el contenido de los atestados policiales en su contra referidos a atentados cometidos entre 1989 y 2011.
Movimiento homosexual de Perú exige “sanción ejemplar” por asesinato de 500 gays y travestis