[International]
Trans Stories You Should Have Seen And Heard More About in 2012
As 2012 comes to a close, advocates and bloggers have been compiling end-of-year lists looking back at LGBT-related issues that came to wider attention in the last twelve months. There were milestones for equality, important first steps, and things that just needed to be mentioned once again in case they were missed. Several trans people and trans-related stories were included in these LGBT lists, but many more were not. Unfortunately, even more trans-related stories received little to no media attention at all this year, despite efforts to have them covered by bloggers and journalists. Below is a list of trans-related stories that you should have seen and heard more about this year.

[UK]
Jim Davidson: 'I'm no gay hater, I had ladyboy sex'
British comedian and Celebrity Big Brother contestant says he is not homophobic because he had oral sex with a Thai ladyboy

[Canada]
Rally planned for New West trans murder
Trans people and their allies will rally in New Westminster on January 5 to demand justice for January Marie Lapuz, who was fatally stabbed in her New Westminster home on Sept 29.

[ID, USA]
Moscow, Idaho, considers ban on anti-gay bias in housing, employment
City officials in Moscow in northern Idaho are considering an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in housing and employment based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Moscow, Idaho considers LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance

[MA, USA]
First Event 2013 Transgender Conference Releases Full Program and Announces New Entertainment
First Event 2013, held January 23-27, 2013, at the Boston Peabody Marriott,releases their 2013 workshop, entertainment and speaker schedule for their annual conference. A special program for partners of transgender persons has also been released.

[MA, USA]
Challenges to inmates’ gender cases costly to Bay State
The state Department of Correction may face legal bills of roughly $2 million for unsuccessfully challenging what three prisoners say is their right to treatment for gender disorders.

[Argentina]
New ID's for 1,720 transgender individuals since 2012 law; 5,839 same-sex marriages since 2010 law
In 2010 Argentina became the first Latin American nation to adopt a nation-wide marriage equality law.