[Brasil]
Rio de Janeiro: Transexual recebe crachá em branco, por não poder usar nome social no trabalho
Na segunda-feira passada, a física Roberta Nunes deu um passo importante no que imagina que poderá facilitar sua inserção no mercado de trabalho: fez a cirurgia de mudança de sexo. Com especialização em engenharia, Roberta já trabalhou em duas grandes empresas de telecomunicações. Mas não obteve o direito de usar seu nome social, o feminino, no trabalho, o que levanta uma questão: a iniciativa privada lida bem com a questão da diversidade sexual no trabalho?

[Brasil]
Rogéria viverá mãe de Maria Padilha na novela Lado a Lado, da Globo
Travesti Rogéria é convidada para participação especial em Lado a Lado

[Turkey]
Trans Murder Worries LGBT Groups
On Saturday night, a transgender woman (19) was reported murdered in Istanbul by a man who was claimed to pursue a relationship with her.

[Uganda]
Museveni Words Not Enough to Protect Uganda’s LGBTI Population
At a ceremony to swear in the new head of the Anglican Church of Uganda, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni stated that homosexuals should not be killed or persecuted. The remark was apparently made in reference to an Anti-Homosexuality Bill currently under discussion in Uganda’s Parliament. In its current form, the proposed bill stipulates that those convicted of the homosexuality could face life imprisonment and in some case the death penalty. Museveni also used his speech to reiterate his stance that “there should be no promotion of homosexuality” in Uganda.

[USA]
Transsexual Model Connie Fleming Poses As Michelle Obama On The Cover Of Candy Magazine
The first transsexual style magazine has taken on the first lady for the cover of its Winter 2012 issue, enlisting former model/performer and current fashion illustrator/designer Connie Fleming to pose as Michelle Obama in a most convincing fashion.
Michelle Obama played by TRANSGENDER model: US magazine appoints alternative ‘first lady’ and asks when black transsexual will be in White House

[IL, USA]
East Aurora school district dissolves transgender policy committee
After over two months of contentious debate, controversy and uncertainty, the East Aurora School District 131 has called off the creation of a new policy that would add protections for transgender and gender nonconforming students.
East Aurora says anti-bullying policy safeguards transgender students

[FL, USA]
UPDATE: Man Wearing KKK Costume Charged for Beating Drag Queen on Halloween
A man dressed in a Ku Klux Klan costume during a Halloween party in Wilton Manors has been charged for attacking a drag queen outside a restaurant, police said.

[OR, USA]
OHSU Extends Health Care Coverage for Transgender Employees
Oregon Health & Science University issued the following news release:

[VA, USA]
Equality Virginia Pushes Antidiscrimination Bill
LGBT rights groups, led by Equality Virginia, the largest such group in the state, are rallying around an antidiscrimination bill ahead of the 2013 legislative session - just 30-days long, starting Jan. 9.

[VA, USA]
Search for missing teen leads to Henrico landfill
Investigators from Charlottesville are searching an eastern Henrico landfill for clues into the disappearance of a Charlottesville teenager. Dashad Laquinn Smith, 19, was last seen on November 20.
Police Searching Landfill for Clues in Dashad Smith Disappearance
Police Search for DaShad Smith in Henrico County

[Ecuador]
Asamblea tramita en primer debate reformas a la Ley de Registro Civil, Identificación y Cedulación
El derecho a la identidad de las personas, como parte de derechos humanos; cédula de identidad; escogimiento de apellidos; respeto a las minorías y a las libertades; equidad de género; unión de hecho; otorgamiento de la cédula a los residentes en el exterior por parte de los consulados; reconocimiento de matrimonios celebrados en el exterior, entre otros, fueron los temas más destacados en el primer debate del proyecto de Ley Reformatoria a la Ley de Registro Civil, Identificación y Cedulación.