[Ireland]
WorldIrish Talks to Broden Giambrone About Ireland's Transgender Community
Michelle DiBattiste recently sat down with Trans Equality Network Ireland’s Broden Giambrone – in a wide ranging interview he talks about the transgender community, the lack of meaningful inclusion and being a trans guy from Canada living in Ireland in 2012.

[France]
Un couple de Canadiennes sauvagement battu à Paris parce que l’une d’elles est trans
Ma copine Marie-Eve Baron, avec qui j’ai vécu la périlleuse traversée du désert de changement de sexe, lors de plusieurs rencontres de soutiens de l’ATQ, vient de se faire sauvagement agresser avec sa conjointe d’origine française Claire Giroudeau à Paris, devant leurs deux jeunes filles. Je suis si troublée et sous le choc que je préfère recopier ici les messages Facebook et les photos qu’elle m’a fait parvenir et/ou posté sur mur Facebook (avec sa permission de diffuser).

[France]
Un transsexuel fait condamner la CPAM qui refusait de lui payer un phallus
La CPAM du Puy-de-Dôme a été condamnée récemment par le tribunal des affaires de Sécurité sociale (Tass) de Clermont-Ferrand à rembourser à un transexuel une phalloplastie (implantation d'un phallus), a-t-on appris mercredi auprès de l'avocat nancéen du plaignant.
La Caisse primaire d'assurance maladie (CPAM) refusait de payer les 23.500 euros de l'opération transgenre réalisée en 2010 en Suisse sur un Lorrain de 54 ans qui, né femme, avait obtenu en 1983 du tribunal de grande instance de Nancy d'être reconnu comme un homme par l'état-civil, a expliqué Me Olivier Bauer.

[Pakistan]
Pakistan trans activists protest against US drone strikes
The transgender community in Sukkur, Pakistan has protested against US drone strikes claiming they are counterproductive and kill innocent people

[India]
Eunuchs to handcuff Delhi cops with rakhis
Delhi cops will have their hands - or at least wrists - full this Rakhi. In a bid to get cops to support their community, a group of eunuchs will visit police stations, tying rakhis to cops.

[India]
Transgenders to get Rs 1,000 monthly pension
In yet another move to help transgenders and bring them into the social mainstream, chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday announced a monthly pension of 1,000 for those above 40 years and living in abject poverty. The state government has allotted 1.17 crore for the scheme.
Destitute transgenders to get pension

[Australia]
Intersex mayor Tony Briffa to stand for re-election in Melbourne
The world’s first openly intersex mayor will stand for re-election again this October

[Canada]
Transgender health resources still lacking in B.C.
It can be challenging to deal with isolation, family issues, and medical professionals who may not understand unique physiological concerns.

[USA]
Transgender Matrix Director Larry Wachowski Reveals New Identity as Lana
You can call them the Wachowski siblings from now on.
[Commentary] Defending Lana Wachowski
[Commentary] Hollywood has a transgender director

[USA]
True identity: Learning about sex reassignment surgery
Imagine feeling like you are in the wrong body - feeling so uncomfortable in your own skin, you are willing to drastically change your body, so that you can reflect your true identity.

[MI, USA]
Transgender Pride in the Park Aug. 4
Transgender people from around the region will converge on Geary Park in Ferndale for the annual Transgender Pride in the Park event, taking place from noon to 6 p.m. on Aug. 4.

[Argentina]
Marcela Romero es distinguida personalidad destacada de los Derechos Humanos por la Legislatura porteña
A partir de un proyecto de la legisladora porteña María Rachid (FPV), Marcela Romero, Presidenta de la Asociación de travestis, transexuales y transgéneros de Argentina (ATTTA) y Secretaria General de la Federación Argentina LGBT será declarada "Personalidad destacada en el ámbito de los Derechos Humanos" de la ciudad.