[Brasil]
Mesmo sob chuva, Parada Gay de Florianópolis registra 150 mil pessoas
150 mil pessoas participaram neste domingo da Parada Gay de Florianópolis

[Brasil]
Bahia: Parada Gay de Salvador reúne 100 mil pessoas em dia ensolarado
Senadora Marta Suplicy participou do evento, que reuniu milhares de pessoas no Campo Grande

[Ireland]
Same sex wedding hell: Transgender couples ‘must split’
Married transgender folk will have to get divorced if their status gets State approval.
Ireland Nears Recognition of Trans Identities
Minister Burton commits to further dialogue on Ireland's gender recognition legislation
Trans* equality activists protest Minister’s speech
Transgender legislation due within weeks
TENI hosts Transgender Conference at DCU
There is no safe space for Transgender People! Delegates of the Fourth European Transgender Council in Dublin harassed in the streets at night
Transgender legislation pledged

[South Africa]
Gay rights protected: Parliament
Parliament has not endorsed a proposal to do away with the protection of gay rights, the national legislature's Joint Constitutional Review Committee (JCRC) said on Friday.

[Vietnam]
The first trans-gender legally recognized in Vietnam
A man who has become a woman after a transgender surgery in Thailand has become the first transgender in Vietnam and has been recognized by the authorities as a woman.

[Vietnam]
Transgender contestant enters Vietnam Idol’s top 16
Many viewers of the ongoing singing contest Vietnam Idol have been surprised to know that Huong Giang, one of the 16 contestants chosen to be a finalist, is a transsexual.

[MA, USA]
Senate hopeful Warren opposed to sex change ruling
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren is joining a chorus of elected officials criticizing a federal court ruling ordering Massachusetts prison officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving a life sentence for murder.
Boston Globe Publishes Columnist’s Anti-Transgender Screed
Family angry, saddened over Kosilek ruling
Free sex change for prisoner is distasteful, but justified

[MI, USA]
Trans high schooler Seth Knop joins Michigan football team
Grosse Pointe, Mich., high school student Seth Knop has joined his school’s football this season, becoming the first transgender athlete to do so at the school. School newspaper The Tower Pulse has the full report (via The Advocate). One of the coolest parts is the acceptance he’s found in the community and on the team.

[MN, USA]
Transgender Man Charged with Strangling Girlfriend
Police say Kayeden Robert Oliver, who is in transition from female to male, strangled his girlfriend after an argument over a barking dog.

[OH, USA]
Cincinnati police arrest a suspect for killing Kendall Hampton
The Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit and the Cincinnati Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit have arrested and charged Eugene Carlos Dukes,19, of killing transgender prostitute Kendall Hampton, 26.

[PA, USA]
Police seek information on transgender woman’s killing
Philadelphia police are searching for information on the death of a 27-year-old transgender woman found shot in the head in the Northeast last week.
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[Mexico]
On Location Video: Transvestites are more than 'bienvenidos' in a Mexican town
Como se dice "out of the closet?" Locals will tell you in Juchitan, Oaxaca, a haven for open gay and transvestite men.