[España]
DENUNCIAN AGRESIÓN A MUJER TRANSEXUAL EN ZARAGOZA
La Asociación SOMOS LGTB+, el Colectivo Magenta y ATA (Asociación de Transexuales de Andalucía), organizaciones en defensa de la igualdad de géneros, de las diferentes orientaciones sexuales e identidades de género, en especial de las realidades lésbica, gay, transexual y bisexual y entidades de pleno derecho de la Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gais, Transexuales y Bisexuales FELGTB, manifestamos nuestra más firme condena a las agresiones físicas y verbales que en la madrugada del miércoles 4 de abril tuvieron lugar en la discoteca ‘La Jungla’ del Casco Viejo de Zaragoza hacia una mujer transexual, activista del colectivo ATA de Andalucía.
SOMOS y Magenta denuncia agresión tránsfoba la madrugada del miércoles en el Casco Viejo

[UK]
Jury discharged in 'S&M' house case
THE jury was discharged in the trial of a transgender man accused of committing a rape at a house in Neath that had a room equipped for sado-masochism called The Dungeon.

[Hungary]
POLICE REFUSE TO GRANT PERMISSION FOR THIS YEAR’S BUDAPEST PRIDE MARCH
The Budapest Police Department has refused to grant permission for this year's Budapest Pride march. The march had been announced for July 7, 2012, with a route from City Park to Alkotmány Street along Andrássy Avenue, by the festival’s organizers, the Rainbow Mission Foundation. This is not the first time the police have tried to prevent the march, and this year they again justified their decision to restrict our freedom of assembly with the claim that it is impossible to redirect traffic to another route. With the help of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ), we are filing a petition for review of the ban. We look forward to the Budapest Metropolitan Court repealing the police’s decision, which is expected to be announced in the next few weeks.

[Iceland]
Transgender Man Assaulted in Icelandic Nightclub
A man who was born with a female body was attacked by three men at a nightclub in Reykjavík last weekend. The victim’s friend, who is also transgender, said prejudice is rife in Icelandic society and that people in their position are frightened.

[Russia]
Two people fall foul of fresh Russian anti-gay law
Police detained two men in Russia’s St. Petersburg for rallying against the new law banning gay propaganda. They are now likely to become the first to be convicted under it.
Activists in St Petersburg arrested for protesting against ‘gay propaganda’ ban

[Malaysia]
No ‘pondans’ allowed on TV, radio
Male characters who appear gay, transsexual or effeminate will not be allowed to be heard or seen over Malaysia’s airwaves.
No such thing as barring 'pondans', says Maglin
Rais says no ban on "LGBTt" characters on govt TV channels
Malaysia Announces Funding To Tackle Gays, And 'Sexual Disorders Like LGBT'

[Canada]
Jenna Talackova’s Miss Universe plight and the LGBT(TIQQ2SA) community
Canadian Jenna Talackova, who is pleading to compete in the Miss Universe pageant despite being born male, declared her fight was a landmark for the dignity “of LGBTQ citizens everywhere.” The statement required the hasty addition of parentheses to explain the letters stood for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning. Last month, Thomas Mulcair’s campaign boasted the NDP leader fought for “the LGBTT community.”
B.C. First Nation supported trangender beauty's dream
Beauty queen saga highlights need for trans bill: MP
Transgender Beauty Queen: 'I Always Knew ... I Was in the Wrong Body'
[Commentary] Jenna Talackova: Call for Miss Universe to Adopt a Fully Inclusive Policy

[USA]
Latino civil rights group endorses ENDA exec order
An organization known as the “law firm for the Latino community” has become the first non-LGBT civil rights group to announce support for an executive order that would require federal contractors to have LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination policies.

[USA]
New Fact Sheet: Trans Sexual and Reproductive Health
Last week, in honor of National LGBT Health Awareness Week, we released a preview of this resource highlighting nine facts about sexual and reproductive health for transgender people.

[AK, USA]
Trickery Behind Anchorage Gay Rights Defeat?
The ACLU and the Anchorage city attorney want to know why the city ran out of ballots during Tuesday's vote for a gay rights ordinance that went down in defeat.
“Gay Rights” Measure Turned Back by Anchorage Voters
ACLU seeks independent review of Anchorage election
ACLU calls for special counsel to investigate city election

[CA, USA]
OCEANSIDE: Porn company sues jailed murder suspect
A man accused of fatally beating a transgender woman in her Oceanside home is being sued by an adult entertainment company, which claims the murder suspect illegally downloaded and shared two transgender porn movies on the Internet, federal court documents said.

[CA, USA]
USD `Drag Show' Divides Campus
The Drag Show at the University of San Diego (USD) is supposed to be a celebration of equality, similar to the message of San Diego's annual gay pride parade.

[FL, USA]
Resident charged with shaking ‘his wee-wee’
Zot L. Szurgot allegedly walked out of her house naked, turned to five of her neighbors and started wagging her penis.
Szurgot, a 52-year-old transgender man who identifies as both a man and a woman, was arrested Wednesday by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office for indecent exposure and lewd behavior.
Gainesville resident charged with indecent exposure

[FL, USA]
'Toxic tush' suspect pleads not guilty in Broward cases
Oneal Morris, the transgender woman charged in two counties with injecting a toxic concoction into the backsides of men and women who wanted curvier figures, sent a written plea of not guilty to a Broward judge on Thursday.
Bad Butt Injection Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Broward
Cement Butt Doc Oneal Morris Pleads Not Guilty to Latest Charges

[DC, USA]
Council prepares to vote on bullying bill
An anti-bullying bill stalled in a D.C. City Council committee since January 2011 is scheduled to come up for a committee vote on April 20, according to the office of Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6).

[IL, USA]
Millikin panel leads discussion of transgender students in Greek life
Tom Robson, assistant professor of theater at Millikin University, seemed to challenge the idea that campus Greek life could encompass transgender students.

[IL, USA]
Transgender health fundraiser also raises controversy over inclusion at CWHC
Subject to Change in conjunction with the Chicago Women’s Health Center put on Boom and Bloom, a dance party fundraiser to benefit CWHC’s Trans Greater Access Program Wednesday night at The Bulington in Logan Square, where the organization was met by critics who question their transgender inclusiveness.

[LA, USA]
La. Senate OKs Anti-Gay Law that Could Impact LGBT Youth
A Louisiana state Senate committee recently passed a law that would allow charter schools to refuse to admit gay students, the Baton Rouge, La., newspaper the Advocate reported.

[Chile]
Chile Passes Antidiscrimination Law After Fatal Antigay Attack
Chilean lawmakers have passed a long-awaited antidiscrimination law following the fatal assault of a 24-year-old man last month in Santiago, Chile’s capital.
Movilh denunciará al Estado de Chile ante la CIDH
Presidente de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos: No basta con “no matar”
Víctima de Karadima se suma a críticas contra Ezzati por no visitar a Daniel Zamudio
Cerebros de "Coliseo Romano" chantan chistes homofóbicos en honor a Daniel Zamudio
Escritor Pablo Simonetti responde a obispo Opus Dei que dijo que la homosexualidad es una ideología: “Es un integrista. Ve a los homosexuales como peligrosos, oscuros, a lo cual hay que tenerle miedo”
Obispo de San Bernardo sale en defensa de Ezzati y desata una gran polémica: "mató" al destacado sacerdote Baldo Santi y habla de "ideología homosexual"

[Perú]
Maribel Reyes, representante de travestis y lesbianas se pronuncia sobre "los crímenes de odio"
Maribel Reyes, representante de la red peruana de Trans, Lesbianas, Gays y Bisexuales del Perú, conocida también como TLGB, habló en el programa JUEZ JUSTO, sobre la poca voluntad que existe de parte del Congreso de la República de debatir el proyecto de ley de crímenes de odio.