[International]
‘Traditional Values’ code for human rights abuse?
The U.N. Human Rights Council recently passed a resolution on “traditional values of humankind” as a vehicle for “promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms.” It sounds innocuous, but its implications are ominous. Indeed, it is an immediate threat to the rights of many vulnerable groups – including women and lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) people. And it flies in the face of the founding principles of universality and indivisibility enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

[International]
'Trans is not a mental illness' campaigners tell WHO
My Transsexual Summer's Maxwell Zachs joins tens of thousands in call for World Health Organization to declassify trans as a mental illness

[Portugal]
Concentração em Lisboa pelo Dia Internacional pela Despatologização Trans
Hoje, Sábado 20 de Outubro, haverá uma concentração em Lisboa para assinalar o 5º Dia Internacional pela Despatologização Trans.

[Portugal]
Crise parou mudanças de sexo
Muitos dos candidatos ficaram com o processo de transição a meio. Nesta altura, há 40 candidatos à espera de iniciar ou de concluir o processo

[Brasil]
PSDB pede investigação de ameaças a travesti eleita vereadora
Travesti eleita em Piracicaba recebe ameaças de morte. PSDB cobra investigação
São Paulo: Vereadora travesti de Piracicaba diz que ameaças têm motivação política

[Brasil]
Travestis ativistas fazem evento nacional em Brasília
De 4 a 6 de novembro, Brasília estará mais travesti e transexual possível. E com forte tom político a favor dos direitos a pessoas transgêneros. Nesses dias, será realizado o XIX Encontro Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais que Lutam contra a Aids, o Entlaids.

[UK]
Rapist's jail term 'severe' but fair, appeal court rules
A transsexual deserves every day of a 16-year prison sentence for the gang rape of a woman with a transvestite former lover, appeal judges ruled.
Clare Lawton, who was born a man but lives as a woman, had an appeal dismissed at London’s Criminal Appeal Court on Tuesday after being convicted of a string of offences at Cambridge Crown Court in March.

[Ireland]
Dublin gets ready for Europe’s largest LGBT conference
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA-Europe) is staging its 16th annual conference in the Irish city of Dublin from 18 – 21 October.

[Ireland]
Cellphone Advertisement Blasted as 'Transphobic' (VIDEO)
An advertisement for a popular cellphone network in Ireland has been heavily criticized as being transphobic and promoting stereotypes of transgender people.

[France]
L’égalité pour les Trans ! (CGT)
Les trans sont des personnes qui ne s’identifient pas, ou pas totalement, avec leur sexe biologique, de naissance, et chez qui il existe une combinaison ou dualité entre le genre féminin et le genre masculin (transidentité). Certaines personnes empruntent les attributs du sexe opposé et le revendiquent.

[Sweden] [Commentary]
Swedish Appeals Court Overturns Trans Rape Acquittal
In a case that horrified trans women around the world, a 61 year old cis man was acquitted of brutally attempting to rape a 61 year old trans woman in July because in the words of the judge she still had male genitalia.

[Nepal]
First gay sports fest shows changing Nepal attitudes
Clad in pink, blue and yellow clothes, more than 250 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) athletes took part in a sports festival in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, at the weekend, billed by organizers as the first in South Asia.

[Malaysia]
Malaysian transsexuals lose cross-dressing case
Four Malaysian Muslim transsexuals on Thursday lost a landmark case challenging an Islamic law that bars them from dressing as women, activists said.
The case was the first attempt to overturn the prohibition on cross-dressing in the conservative, Muslim-majority nation where homosexuality and transsexual lifestyles remain taboo.
Regional groups back transgender 4
Malaysian AIDS Council criticizes transgender court ruling decision

[New Zealand]
Maggie Barry’s trans attack labelled “jaw dropping”
Gardening broadcaster-turned-National MP Maggie Barry has attacked lesbian Green MP Jan Logie’s advocacy of transgender rights in a debate in Parliament, describing such issues as “fringe”.

[Canada]
Ontario updates law to let transgenders change birth certificate without surgery
People who live as the opposite sex in Ontario can now change their gender on their birth certificates without first undergoing sex-change surgery.
Ontario allows transgender people to change birth certificate without surgery

[USA]
Press-Shy Wachowski Siblings Go Public For 'Cloud Atlas' And LGBT Cause
Despite their enormous successes, the Wachowskis are known for being among the more press-shy filmmakers in Hollywood. But for their latest opus, the sprawling, soul-stirring Cloud Atlas (co-directed with Tom Tykwer), the duo have blazed a trail talking up their ambitious passion project — partly, as Lana Wachowski explains, because of the film’s deeply personal connection to her own recent transformation.

[NY, USA]
En Queens transexuales aprenden a defenderse de la violencia
Mujeres transexuales de Jackson Heights reciben clases gratuitas de defensa personal en una academia local, como parte de un programa que busca protegerlas de posibles agresiones.

[TN, USA]
Memphis City Council Approves Nondiscrimination Ordinance
The Memphis City Council voted 9 to 4 on Tuesday afternoon to approve an amendment adding "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to a list of city workplace protections.
Council Approves Non Discrimination Ordinance, Adds Resolution
Memphis approves protections against discrimination for sexual orientation
Memphis Passes Non-Discrimination Ordinance for City Employees
Tennessee Equality Project applauds Memphis City Council
Memphis approves LGBT protections for city workers
City Council Passes Non-Discrimination Ordinance
[Commentary] Memphis Passes Inclusive Non-Discrimination Law
[Commentary] Memphis Approves Sexual Orientation and Gender ID Protections

[TX, USA]
Study shows high rate of discrimination against transgender people in Texas
Transgender Texans generally face even higher levels of discrimination than transgender people nationwide, according to a state-level breakout from a national study conducted last year.

[Latin America]
CIDH pide investigación
“En todo lo que se refiere al continente americano, la Comisión está muy preocupada porque ha recibido elementos muy consistentes de información que le hacen deducir que hay una situación muy agravada de violencia y exclusión de las personas trans, de todos los beneficios y aspectos de la vida pública”, dijo Víctor Madrigal, de la unidad para los derechos de las personas con orientación sexual diferente.

[Mexico]
Denuncian crímenes de odio contra integrantes de la diversidad sexual en Nayarit
El gobierno de Nayarit, encabezado por el priista Roberto Sandoval, promueve una política de homofobia hacia la comunidad lésbico-gay y transexual que radica en el estado, acusaron ciudadanos nayaritas al denunciar la comisión de siete crímenes de odio contra integrantes de la diversidad sexual ocurridos en los últimos cinco meses.

[Mexico]
Violaciones a los derechos humanos de trabajadores sexuales están a la orden del día
En Tamaulipas falta mucho por hacer en cuento al respetp de los derechos humanos de los homosexuales, la diversidad sexual sigue viendose como pecado incluso a nivel institucional, lo que genera todo tipo de agravios en especial para quienes son portadores del VIH-SIDA.

[Mexico]
Asesinan a homosexual de un disparo por la espalda
De un disparo en la espalda fue asesinado un homosexual en calles de la zona centro de la ciudad, el cuerpo fue localizado apenas horas después de que el finado se fue con un "cliente" en una camioneta parcialmente identificada.

[Panama]
Aunque tenía cuerpo de niño siempre se sintió Bárbara
ELLA ES BÁRBARA. Toda la vida se sintió como Bárbara aunque la llamaran como a un niño. Por eso desde que pudo, y por todos los medios, demostró que no quería serlo. Jugaba a las muñecas, prefería la compañía femenina y se disfrazaba de niña confesando lo que era obvio, lo que nadie dudaba en el barrio ni en la escuela ni en la casa. Se sentía Bárbara sin que nadie la nombrara. Hasta que a los 19 años, además de sentirse, se llamó Bárbara, gracias a un amigo que la bautizó así.

[Colombia]
Esta semana jornadas de cambio de nombre para transexuales de Bogotá
Bajo el lema “Sé tú, sé conmigo”, se realizará a partir del 11 y hasta el 21 de octubre, la Semana Distrital de la Diversidad Sexual y de Géneros, que se estableció en el espacio ciudadano denominado Alianza por la ciudadanía plena de los sectores LGBT de Bogotá.

[Argentina]
Formosa sede de la primera jornada regional sobre diversidad de género
La ciudad capital será sede el próximo 18 del mes en curso de la primera Jornada Regional del NEA sobre Diversidad de Género, con una maratónica agenda que comprende una serie de conferencia, talleres vivenciales y un concierto en vivo, en horas de la mañana, por la tarde y de noche.