[Europe]
TGEU Statement on Social Inclusion through Sustainable Transport
Public space and usage of public transport is for many trans persons in Europe a dreadful experience. Transgender Europe shows how trans passengers often are affected in their safety, security and dignity by staff and fellow passengers. 79% of trans people in an EU-wide survey reported harassment in public; 43% of trans respondents in a national survey feel “less well treated” in the street. This statement also presents best practices and 10 concrete recommendations aiming to inspire dialogue and yield sustainable improvements.

[Brasil]
Transexual assume cargo público na Bahia e quer recursos para ações anti-homofobia
Ela nasceu homem, mas faz questão de não pronunciar o nome de batismo. Aos 20 anos, assumiu a identidade de Paulett Furacão e se transformou numa ativista da causa LGBT , que defende os direitos das lésbicas, gays, bissexuais e transexuais.

[UK]
Urban Outfitters under fire for selling transphobic greeting card on website
Retailer Urban Outfitters has come under fire from many in the LGBT community for what advocates are calling a “transphobic” greeting card that was offered for sale on its website, but is now listed as sold out.
Urban Outfitters 'Tranny' Greeting Card Slammed As Transphobic (PHOTO)

[Liberia]
US concerned by Liberia’s Nobel-winning president defending anti-homosexuality law
The Obama administration chastised one of its most favored world leaders Tuesday, expressing “surprise and concern” over reports that Liberia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning president was defending a law criminalizing gay acts.
La Presidenta de Liberia, Premio Nobel de la Paz en 2011, a favor de criminalizar la homosexualidad
EEUU critica a presidenta liberiana por postura contra los gays

[Uganda]
Uganda's gays see progress in public opinion war
Four years ago Frank Mugisha begged his colleagues to join him for his first demonstration in support of gay rights in Uganda. Only four came along.

[China]
Gay coal miners and female-to-male transgenders win film funding in China
LGBT film training in Beijing awards two fledgling filmmakers the chance to make documentaries

[Fiji]
Fiji Land Transport Authority taking sexual harrassment very seriously
Fiji’s Land Transport Authority says it’s taking complaints about sexual harrassment by public service drivers very seriously.
Women’s organisations say women and transgender passengers face widespread harrassment and abuse by taxi, bus and minivan drivers.
Fiji young women’s organisation working with transport authorities over harrassment

[Canada]
Jenna Talackova: Miss Universe Canada accepts transsexual contestant, unless it doesn't
Last week, blogs devoted to the doings of the beauty pageant circuit were reporting that 23-year-old Jenna Talackova had made it to the finals as a contestant in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada pageant to be held this May. Not terribly noteworthy for a 6'1 statuesque blonde.
Except for one thing. Talackova was born male.

[USA] [Video]
Parents of transgender children say 'It Gets Better'
A new video featuring parents of transgender children saying "It Gets Better," making it the first such video of its kind.
New ‘It Gets Better’ video features parents of transgender youth

[USA]
NCTE’s Blueprint for Safe and Supportive Schools: A Resource for the Obama Administration’s LGBT Conference on Education
In preparation for the White House LGBT Conference on Safe Schools and Communities tomorrow in Dallas Arlington, TX, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is releasing a preview of a forthcoming publication, “A Blueprint for Equality: A Federal Agenda for Transgender People,” with the Safe and Supportive Schools chapter.

[AK, USA]
Opponents Of Anchorage's Gay Protections Prop 5 Say Offenders Would Be Jailed
Opponents of Anchorage's Proposition 5, which would bar discrimination based on sexual orientation, say if approved offenders could be jailed.
If approved on April 3, Proposition 5 would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative. Religious organizations would be exempted from the law. The Anchorage Assembly approved a similar ordinance in 2009, but it was vetoed by Mayor Dan Sullivan.

[DC, USA]
March to begin Tuesday at IHOP to remember LGBT shooting, assault victims
Friends of one of the victims of three separate incidents of anti-LGBT violence last week have scheduled a march for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, outside the International House of Pancakes restaurant in Columbia Heights to show support for the three victims and others targeted for hate violence.

[DC, USA]
MPD Reports Reveal More Anti-LGBT Attacks
Recent attacks sparking strong community reaction are not alone among reported incidents of past few months
DCTC Denounces Ongoing Violence against Trans and LGB People

[FL, USA]
Woman charged in toxic tush procedures in court
The woman accused of injecting people with toxic chemicals made another court appearance.
Sharhonda Lindsay had a restitution hearing Monday afternoon in Hillsborough County.

[MO, USA]
Richmond Heights Passes Nondiscrimination Ordinance
This evening (March 19), the Richmond Heights City Council passed an ordinance that would include nondiscrimination protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in employment, housing, and public accommodations.

[NV, USA]
Nev.'s Scott Could Be Nation's First Transgender State Legislator
The executive director of Equality Nevada is running for the Nevada assembly and if she wins, she'll make history.

[OH, USA]
Transgender Student Fights University Over Housing
In just about every way, Kaeden Kass is a typical college guy. But his birth certificate identifies him as a female.

[PA, USA]
Transgender support in Penn community grows
Director of the LGBT Center Bob Schoenberg has seen history change in front of his eyes, and the after-effects have left him impressed by what has become.

[TN, USA]
Rights Denied: Tennessee Kills Gender Change Recognition Bill
Tennessee lawmakers have voted to kill a bill that would have allowed trans people to amend their birth certificates to reflect a change in their gender expression.

[Mexico]
Detenidos los presuntos asesinos de la activista transexual mexicana Agnes Torres
Cuatro hombres han sido detenidos y uno más permanece prófugo por el reciente asesinato de la activista transexual Agnes Torres en el estado de Puebla (México). Según la versión oficial, el móvil del asesinato fue el robo de un automóvil. Activistas LGTB creen sin embargo que ha existido una motivación tránsfoba.
IACHR Condemns Murder of Human Rights Defender in Mexico March 20, 2012
ONG exigen que la PGJ respondan a la denuncia de mujeres por tortura en caso Agnes
Avalar identidad sexogenérica no es prioridad del Congreso: Buxadé
[Opinion] Agnes ganó la batalla, pero los tuiteros luchan vs molinos de viento
PGJ descarta violar derechos de vinculados con caso Agnes Torres
Comunidad LGBT pide sentencia contra asesinos de Agnes Torres
Exigen a PGJ transparencia en el caso Agnes Torres
Necesario un consejo estatal contra la discriminación
[Opinion] Agnes
[Opinion] Después del asesinato de Agnes Torres, ¿qué?
Condena CIDH asesinato de activista
La CDHEP investiga presunta violación a los derechos de 3 jóvenes que fueron detenidos
Agnes Torres, cabos sueltos

[Mexico]
En dos años 90 denuncias por violación a derechos de la diversidad sexual en DF
Violencia física, psicológica, sexual y acoso laboral entre las principales: CDHDF

[Chile]
Daniel Zamudio podría quedar con daños neurológicos
Tras sufrir un paro cardio-respiratorio durante la tarde de este lunes, el joven agredido por presuntos neonazis, Daniel Zamudio, podría quedar con serios daños neurológicos, según comentó el director de la Posta Central, el doctor Emilio Villalón.
Quiénes son los “nazis” que atacaron a Daniel Zamudio
Movilh convocó a velatón en el Parque San Borja por Daniel Zamudio
Joven Daniel Zamudio vuelve a entrar en riesgo vital tras paro cardiorrespiratorio

[Argentina]
Pesar del INADI por el fallecimiento de Claudia Pía Baudracco
Con profundo dolor, el Interventor del INADI, Pedro Mouratian, comunica el fallecimiento de nuestra compañera y luchadora por los derechos de las personas transexuales, Claudia Pía Baudracco. Sus restos serán desde hoy lunes velados en Carlos Calvo 1874 a partir de las 20:00hs.
Murió la activista trans Claudia Baudracco, fundadora de ATTTA
Murió la trans Claudia Pía Baudracco, emblema de la lucha por la igualdad

[Argentina]
Cómo mejorar la atención de la policia hacia los gays, trans y lesbianas
El proyecto de la asociación Vox propone una "oficina de enlace" que atienda casos puntuales y capacitación especial desde el inicio de la formación policial. La iniciativa fue entregada al secretario de Seguridad de la provincia, Marcos Escajadillo.

[Argentina]
Travesti pidió cambiar su DNI
Una estudiante de enfermería travesti se presentó ante la Justicia local para pedir que su documentación personal sea reformulada a tono con su identidad sexual "autopercibida"

[Argentina]
Jueza autoriza intervención quirúrgica para cambio de sexo y modificación de DNI
La jueza de Familia de la ciudad de Bariloche, Dra María Marcela Pájaro hizo lugar a la presentación de una persona que requirió la intervención judicial a efectos de que se la autorizara a realizarce una intervención quirúrgica tendiente a modificar su estructura genital -Orquidectomia- como asi también se autorice la rectificación de su partida de nacimiento, expidiéndose en consecuencia nuevo DNI con la consigna de "Sexo Femenino".