[Brasil]
Madalena, vereadora travesti de Piracicaba que passou mal diz ter câncer de próstata
Madalena afirmou que os remédios provocaram indisposição durante posse.
Consulta marcada para o dia 15 servirá para reavaliar seu estado de saúde.

[UK]
One Direction fan hopes sex swap will make her look like hero Harry Styles
A GENDER-SWAPPING girl says she hopes her sex-change ops will make her look more like her hero - One Direction heart-throb Harry Styles.
Transgender lass Catrina Best, 20, is currently waiting to find out if she will be able to have female-to-male surgery on the NHS.

[Turkey]
Turkey progress report slammed - no progress for gay rights
Turkish activists claim: Turkey's own progress report to the European Union ignores repeated critique of the country's failure to protect LGBT people

[CA, USA]
Film fest presents provocative, emotionally raw look at transgender issues and love
When Fred (short for Frederique) meets Laurence at work in Montreal, she instinctively knows their relationship — whatever it becomes — will be powerfully transformative. She is intrigued by Laurence’s good looks, charm and directness, as anyone would be encountering a potential new love for the first time. But as the flashback scene near the end of “Laurence Anyways” shows, Fred has no idea the extent of how they and their lives will change during the next 10 years.

[DC, USA]
D.C. murders down, anti-LGBT hate crimes up
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and District Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced at a news conference on Thursday that the 88 homicides reported in the city in 2012 represent the lowest number of slayings within the city in 50 years.

[OR, USA]
Oregon Scores Transgender Health Insurance Win
LGBT advocacy group Basic Rights Oregon is calling attention to a recent legal tweak in Oregon that will impact every transgender person in the state: Insurance companies in Oregon can't deny medically necessary care for transgender people if it covers the same care for non-transgender people.

[TX, USA]
SMU adds transgender protections
Southern Methodist University has issued a new statement of nondiscrimination. The previous policy covered sexual orientation but not gender identity and expression. The new policy reads: