Realiza-se no dia 23 de Junho a 13ª Marcha do Orgulho LGBT, organizada por um conjunto de associações e colectivos, com o objectivo de celebrar e promover a igualdade de direitos e contribuir para a eliminação de preconceitos e discriminação negativa das pessoas LGBT (lésbicas, gays, bissexuais e transgénero).

Este ano é organizada pela AMPLOS, APF, ATTAC Portugal, Clube Safo, GAIA, GAT, Grupo Transexual Portugal, ILGA Portugal, Janela Indiscreta, Médicos pela Escolha, não te prives, Opus Gay, Panteras Rosa, PolyPortugal, Precários Inflexíveis, rede ex aequo, Rumos Novos, Solidariedade Imigrante, SOS Racismo, UMAR, e UGT. Estas organizações, de diversos âmbitos, pretendem reforçar o compromisso da sociedade civil em prol da eliminação de todas as formas de discriminação com base na orientação sexual e na identidade de género e da sensibilização para uma mudança social e cultural na sociedade.

Algumas das mudanças necessárias encontram-se espelhadas no manifesto deste ano que pode ser lido em: http://marchaorgulholgbtlx2012.blogspot.pt/2012/06/manifesto.html

A Marcha terá início no Príncipe Real, às 17h00, seguindo pelo Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara e Chiado, e terminando na Praça da Figueira.

[Brasil]
Travesti é morta por enforcamento no centro de SP
Travesti é encontrada morta com pano no pescoço em São Paulo
Travesti é enforcada em SP após fazer programa com três homens

[Brasil]
Curso de Drag Queen é o preferido dos jovens LGBT em escola de Piracicaba, SP
Além deste, grupo oferece mais dois títulos: dança e criação de fanzine.
Inscrições gratuitas podem ser feitas até sábado, por e-mail ou por telefone.

[Brasil]
Finalista do concurso transex de Valesca Popozuda diz que engana muito homens
Miquelly Pasqualotto tem 28 anos, é gaúcha e a primeira finalista do concurso dançarina transexual de Valesca Popozuda. Dançarina profissional, ela trabalha de segunda a sexta-feira como secretária executiva e nos fins de semana faz shows em boates de Porto Alegre, no Rio Grande do Sul. Mas o seu maior sonho é dançar ao lado da funkeira.

[Brasil] [Comentário]
Apagamento das Ids trans e não-cis: como empoderá-las
Frequentemente vejo em publicações dos mais diversos gêneros, nas mídias e no cotidiano, situações e enunciados em que as identidades não-cis e trans são apagadas. Poucas pessoas sabem o que é cisgênero, entretanto, é mais provável que tenham ouvido o termo transgênero. Porque será?

[Brasil]
Transexual consegue liminar na Justiça para tratamento de depilação a laser no SUS
Sem ter o nome divulgado, uma transexual de Juiz de Fora, em Minas Gerais, conseguiu uma liminar da Justiça permitindo que o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) forneça um tratamento de depilação a laser.
Justiça decide manter fornecimento de depilação a laser a transexual em MG

[España]
CCOO pide que no se suprima la Secretaría del Plan Nacional sobre el SIDA
Los recortes presupuestarios anunciados por Ana Mato, Ministra de Sanidad, Servicios sociales e Igualdad, están poniendo en peligro lnumerosos programas de prevención del contagio del SIDA, según informa CCOO. Por ello, Rosana Costa y Pedro J. Linares, secretarios confederales de Política Social y de Salud Laboral del sindicato, han solicitado que se revise el recorte presupuestario que supone la desaparición de la Secretaría del Plan Nacional sobre el SIDA a partir del 30 de junio.

[UK]
Kids, 4 Labelled Trannies
Barmy watchdogs have praised school bosses who label children as young as four “transgender”.

[UK]
Concern over ‘pernicious’ Freedom of Information requests on LGBT issues
As government Ministers appeared before the Leveson inquiry last week to argue that changes to press regulation should not be too extensive, concern is growing that some national newspapers are abusing Freedom of Information laws to trawl for stories that they then skew to depict LGBT issues in a sensational and negative fashion.

[Malta]
MGRM welcomes approval of hate crime law
The Malta Gay Rights Movement has welcomed the passing of Hate Crime legislation in Parliament that extends the scope of this law from race and creed to also include sexual orientation and gender identity. The Bill was approved by parliament last night.

[Kenya]
Bars introduce bans on LGBT customers
Several reports from Kenya indicate that bars and clubs in the country’s main cities are now enforcing a ban on LGBT people.

[Uganda]
Uganda to ban NGOs accused of promoting gay rights
Uganda said on Wednesday it was banning 38 non-governmental organizations it accuses of promoting homosexuality and recruiting children.

[India]
Pinki Pramanik's gender identity still ambiguous
The seven-member medical team that conducted a gender determination test on 2006 Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik on Tuesday said she has both male and female reproductive organs.

[Malaysia]
Minister says Malaysia constitution does not protect LGBT citizens
Malaysia deputy minister says government is ‘tackling’ LGBT issue
[Letters to the Editor] Federal constitution does not define gender at all

[Malaysia]
Putrajaya reining in LGBT spread, says deputy minister
The government views the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-sexual (LGBT) issue seriously and is controlling its spread through prevention efforts and legal enforcement, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat today.
She said these efforts were done with the help of the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) and State Religious Department (Jain) through programmes such as the BEST! Tour which aimed to educate teenagers on social ills such as HIV Aids caused by homosexual lifestyles.

[Australia]
Zoe Belle Gender Centre
Five years ago a group of people got together to talk about the ongoing need for a gender centre in Melbourne. That place would become known as the Zoe Belle Gender Centre (ZBGC). While an actual centre is still yet to be established, the ZBGC, for all intents and purposes, is up and running. Rachel Cook spoke with Andrea Waling, Gem de Marco and Tom Cho about what the ZBGC does, their plans for the future and the issues facing those in the sex and gender diverse (SGD) community.

[Canada]
Another B.C. school board approves anti-homophobia policy
The Sunshine Coast board of education has joined a growing list of B.C. school districts that have created policies that offer specific protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students.

[USA]
9 U.S. senators to Harkin: Time to move on ENDA
A bipartisan group of nine senators is backing the idea of having the Senate panel with jurisdiction over the Employment Non-Discrimination Act advance the legislation to the floor by a committee vote.

[USA]
HRC, Sebelius unveil report on medical facilities
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin and Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius unveiled HRC’s annual report evaluating the LGBT friendliness of medical facilities throughout the country at a media appearance Tuesday.
HRC Releases HEI Report at Howard University Hospital Event

[CA, USA]
Frameline Tackles Transphobia in Iran
Last night, the Frameline Film Festival packed the Castro Theatre. An Iranian film, Facing Mirrors, debuted that evening -- the first Iranian film to portray a transgender protagonist.

[DC, USA]
MPD Hate Crimes Report - 2011
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has recently released their Annual Report for 2011. The report was officially released on Friday June 1, and contains updated statistics and information on police activity and crime in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

[DC, USA]
Two transgendered men suspected of knifepoint robbery
Two transgendered men are suspected of having robbed a third man at knifepoint in Northwest D.C. early Tuesday morning, District police reported.

[FL, USA]
Anti-discrimination bill on hold for another month
The highly debated conversation over a proposed anti-discrimination bill in Jacksonville continues, but the city's decision to pass it or not has been put on hold for at least another month.

[IA, USA]
Transgendered Man Speaks To Stop Bullying, Spread Awareness
No one will be charged in the death of a 14-year old Primghar teen.
Kenneth Weishuhn committed suicide in April.
His family says that was a result of constant bullying after he told his class mates that he was gay.

[NY, USA]
New York Moves to Curb Cyberbullying
Legislation to protect students from online harassment will make New York’s antibullying laws among the most comprehensive in the nation, say backers.

[NY, USA] [Commentary]
Everybody's Trans: Gender Oppression Hurts All of Us
When I was bullied as a child, called names, chased home from school, and sometimes physically attacked, it was because of my gender expression. The way I acted was way more feminine than how most of the people around me thought a boy "should" act. Though I was often told I acted like a girl as a child, I was also usually called anti-gay slurs, like "sissy" or "faggot." I was bullied because of my gender expression, but everyone called it "gay" years before I knew I liked boys, years before I understood I was trans.