O Grupo Transexual Portugal convoca tod@s @s seus simpatizantes para aderirem a esta marcha: pela defesa da lei de alteração de nome e sexo, Lei n.º 7/2011 de 15 de Março

Se és transexual ou transgénero e já não tens esperança no teu futuro:

- se sentes que é impossível seres aberto sobre quem és ou viver como te sentes na sociedade de hoje em dia;
- se tens de esconder quem és ou quem foste para poder sobreviver;
- se és rebaixado todos os dias e aguentas, porque não tens poder para o contestar;
- se tens medo de sair à rua à vontade, porque te podem fazer mal;
- se tens medo de ficar sem possibilidade de fazer cirurgias ou de viver legalmente como te sentes;
- se esta crise deixa o teu futuro AINDA mais frágil;
- se sentes que, para além das dificuldades económicas que estás a ter e de não veres um futuro para a tua família, se calhar, já não há mesmo esperança para ti:

NÃO DESISTAS, NÃO ESTÁS SÓ! - 2 de Março sai, porque ESTAMOS lá e vamos LUTAR JUNTOS/JUNTAS/JUNT*S!

[Portugal]
Por que querem os grupos LGBT mandar lixar a Troika?
No próximo Sábado, 2 de Março, sai à rua mais uma manifestação de protesto contra as medidas de austeridade originadas pelo memorando de entendimento com a Troika.
LGBT convocados para a manifestação de 2 de março

[Brasil]
'Discurso da Lea T pode prejudicar cirurgia para transexuais', diz produtora trans Bárbara Aires; confira entrevista completa
Medo. É este o sentimento da produtora Bárbara Aires, transexual que ganhou visibilidade na mídia por trabalhar no programa Amor & Sexo, da TV Globo, após traçar um ano de sucesso e prêmios.

[Brasil]
Valor do programa pode ter provocado briga que resultou na morte de travesti em SP
De acordo com a polícia, como os dois consumiram uma grande quantidade de drogas, o empresário se recusou a pagar o valor combinado com o travesti, o que acabou gerando uma discussão.

[Brasil]
Travesti assassinado em Prazeres

[Itália]
Travesti pode ser deportada da Europa por chefiar rede de tráfico humano
Desde 2011 a Polícia Federal instaurou inquéritos contra seis membros desta quadrilha de tráfico humano. Eles ainda estão soltos em solo italiano por entraves nas relações internacionais

[USA]
Senators Ask Obama for Executive Order Banning LGBT Employment Discrimination by Federal Contractors
Democratic Senators from across the country called on President Obama for an executive order barring employment discrimination against LGBT people by federal contractors.
Thirty seven Senators urge Obama to act on gay workplace rights
Pressure increasing on Obama to sign Employment Non-Discrimination Act by executive order
37 senators call on Obama to sign federal contractor executive order
37 Senators call on Obama to sign ENDA exec order

[USA]
On Transgender Healthcare, NYT Reports Tree, Ignores Forest
The New York Times reports that in the last few years, several elite U.S. universities have begun to cover sex reassignment surgery and/or hormones for transgender students. On the one hand, it's great that they're reporting news like this, and after years of extremely disrespectful coverage of transgender issues, it feels like a victory that their "balance" is limited to noting that "the idea still seems radical to plenty of people." On the other hand, not a single trans-identified person is quoted.
Every State Can Implement Transgender-Inclusive Health Coverage

[TX, USA]
Time for media to focus on the healthcare needs of the trans community
The city of Dallas has taken a proposal to provide comprehensive healthcare to transgender city employees off the table, for now. But unless you read it in an LGBT outlet, you wouldn't know it - and more importantly, you wouldn't know why it's even an issue.

[WI, USA]
Milwaukee Police end landfill search for Evon Young
Milwaukee Police Sergeant Mark Stanmeyer announced Thursday that they have ended the landfill search for Ebony, or Evon, Young, the transgender rapper that was murdered earlier this year.
MPD ends landfill search for Evon Young's body
Milwaukee police end search for Evon Young's body
Landfill search for murdered rapper ends without success

[Colombia]
Comunidad transexual en Cartagena pide buen trato en centros médicos
El caso de la muerte de Alexandra, quien falleció el pasado 24 de enero 2013 (Lea aqui: Transexual agredido a punta de tacón sigue hospitalizado) y la de Tania en 2012, tiene indignados a esta comunidad, quienes aducen que, además de las razones iniciales por las cuales ingresaron estas dos personas a hospitales y clínicas de la ciudad, fue el trato y la discriminación del personal médico quien supuestamente no colaboró a la mejoría y la salvación de la vida de estos dos seres humanos.

[Chile]
Zuliana Araya, primera concejala transgénero de Chile que puso el Hombro en Infierno de Valparaiso
Zuliana la Primera concejal por Valparaíso Transgéneros. Se hizo conocida por ser una dirigente histórica del primer Sindicato de Transgéneros en Chile, luchando por su reconocimiento y respeto por su identidad sexual.

[Chile]
Por qué dos hombres podrían casarse en Chile
Aunque Lukas cambió su sexo para ser hombre, legalmente sigue siendo mujer. Y aunque se declara heterosexual, en un desafío al sistema chileno pidió hora con otro hombre para casarse y no se la pudieron negar.

[Brasil]
Na TV, Laerte revela a Jô Soares que é chamado de Sônia
Em participação na noite da última quinta-feira (19/5) no "Programa do Jô", da Rede Globo, o cartunista Laerte, que recentemente passou a se vestir somente com roupas femininas, revelou que usa o nome Sônia no contexto do "crossdesser".

[Brasil]
Lei João W. Nery - Lei de Identidade de Gênero Brasileira protocolada pelo Dep. Jean Wyllys
Em 20 de fevereiro de 2013 o Deputado Federal Jean Wyllys (PSOL-RJ) protocolou na Câmara o projeto de lei denominado Lei João W. Nery - a Lei de Identidade de Gênero Brasileira. O projeto de lei garante o direito do reconhecimento a identidade de gênero de todas as pessoas trans no Brasil, sem necessidade de autorização judicial, avaliação médica ou cirurgias.

[Brasil]
Travesti cai da janela e morre após briga em prédio na Vila Mariana
Um travesti morreu após se envolver em uma briga na Vila Mariana, zona sul de São Paulo, na manhã desta segunda-feira (25). Segundo informações da Polícia Militar, a vítima teria se envolvido em uma briga com um rapaz.

[España]
La Asociación de Transexuales de Andalucía crea el Área de Familia de menores transexuales
Padres y madres de menores transexuales andaluces, se han dado cita hoy en Sevilla para la creación del Área de Familia de Menores Transexuales de ATA, siendo elegida su coordinadora Eva Witt, cordobesa, madre de un menor transexual.
La Asociación de Transexuales de Andalucía (ATA) crea el Área de Familias de Menores Transexuales

[UK]
New Rottingdean toilets go ‘gender neutral’
Unisex toilets are to be rebranded as gender neutral by “politically correct” council chiefs.
A £140,000 refurbishment of the facilities in Rottingdean seafront started this week.

[UK]
Jailed as a man. Released as a woman: Robert Hilton becomes Rebecca Hilton in prison
Rebecca Hilton was Robert Hilton when she was sentenced to life in prison in 1992 for murder. It was the year John Major won the general election, and Shakespears Sister and Erasure ruled the charts. Mobile phones were the size of house bricks and the internet was little more than a whisper.

[UK]
From the archive, 15 February 1986: Transsexual magician challenges men-only rule
Fay Presto finds herself outside the Magic Circle and it will take more than a wave of the wand to get her back in again

[Turkey]
Turkey's opposition party requests LGBT rights inquiry
Opposition party says the police are failing to protect LGBT people in Turkey
Gay rights proposed to Turkish Parliament

[Philippines]
Trans women join One Billion Rising in the Philippines
Transgender women in the Philippines join day of action to end violence against women and girls

[USA]
State Department Posts Informational Brief for LGBT Travelers
The State Department has posted a new advisory brief for LGBT Americans traveling abroad.

[USA]
Increase in colleges providing health insurance to trans students
A growing number of America’s top universities are now extending health insurance coverage to transgender students, that’s according to campaigners.

[USA]
Transgender Model And Designer Isis King Debuts Fashion Collection
On Monday, February 11, transgender fashion designer, actress and former America's Next Top Model star Isis King debuted her much-anticipated collection titled, "The Goldest winter Ever," at a runway show in New York.

[CA, USA]
Santa Clara: Transsexual hoops player's team wins conference title
After a wild season under the glare of the national media spotlight, the Mission College women's basketball team and its transsexual center Gabriellle Ludwig won their conference title Wednesday night.

[MA, USA]
Lawyers for Transgender Rights
LTR is a cocktail party that will bring together lawyers, law students, law firms, legal organizations, bar associations, and law schools to network and support the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition's importantwork on behalf of the transgender community.

[OK, USA]
Rapist wants Oklahoma Corrections Department to pay for female hormones
A convicted rapist who claims he should have been born a woman wants the state Corrections Department to pay for laser hair removal, hormones and counseling so he can complete the transition from male to female.

[PA, USA]
Federal inmate alleges denial of trans-related medical care
Sabrina Jackson, a transgender inmate at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia, says authorities are unfairly denying her access to hormone-replacement therapy.

[TX, USA]
Annise Parker to seek 3rd, final term; trans woman to run for Houston council
Houston Mayor Annise Parker plans to seek a third and final term in November, and a transgender candidate has launched her campaign for City Council. Houston mayors and council members may serve up to three two-year terms.

[Chile]
En fotos: Chileno trans puso en aprietos al Registro Civil
En el contexto del Día de los Enamorados, 2 integrantes del movimiento por la diversidad sexual MUMS (Lukas Berredo y Elías Jiménez) concurrieron hasta el Registro Civil para contraer matrimonio.
Pareja homosexual consiguió hora para casarse en Santiago

[Brasil]
'Quero peitos de silicone, mas não mexo em nada lá embaixo', diz Laerte
Marilia Coutinho, 49, irmã caçula do cartunista Laerte, gosta de uma ideia do autor de "Alice no País das Maravilhas", o inglês Lewis Carroll (1832-1898). "Ele dizia que as pessoas não deveriam depositar suas esperanças de felicidade em algo que podem perder. E veja: você nunca vai perder uma barra de aço."

[Brasil]
Cinco homossexuais são mortos em dois meses
Excerto: Antes, o estudante Jessé Henrique Matsui Gonzaga, 16, foi assassinado com dois tiros na nuca, em frente à Escola Estadual Professor Nélson Alves Ferreira, na rua 5 de Setembro, bairro Betânia, Zona Sul, na noite da última quarta-feira (20).
“O rapaz era um drag queen e morreu porque se desentendeu com uma colega em sala de aula”, afirma.

[Brasil]
Travesti é encontrado morto a tiros na região metropolitana
A Polícia Militar procura suspeitos de matarem um travesti na madrugada deste domingo (24), em Contagem, na região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte.

[UK]
Jackie is stunning and we’re in love.. I don’t care she used to be Jack
TENDERLY holding hands and smiling contentedly, Jackie Green and her boyfriend Kyle Mear look like any other young couple madly in love on Valentine’s Day.

[Poland]
Q&A :: Palikot’s Trojan Horse in Parliament
“Many voters didn’t know Anna Grodzka was a transsexual,” says LGBT rights defender.

[Ukraine]
Ukraine promises to ban anti-gay discrimination
The Ukrainian foreign minister, Leonid Kozhara, has promised that the country will soon ban all anti-gay discrimination in an interview with a Polish newspaper.

[Indonesia]
Women build home for Indonesia’s aging transgender community
Traditionally, elderly people in Indonesia are cared for BY their families but that’s not the case for the country’s large transgender community.

[AZ, USA]
Phoenix to consider expanding anti-bias law to include LGBT residents
The Phoenix city council is expected to vote this month on whether to expand the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance to prohibit discrimination against its LGBT residents.
Phoenix commissions approve LGBT and disability protections
Phoenix to consider expanding city's anti-bias law

[CA, USA]
Trans health officer offers sensitivity classes
A transgender woman on the Health Commission in San Francisco who previously advocated for the Department of Public Health there to pay for gender reassignment surgeries for uninsured transgender patients has developed sessions called Transgender 101 to increase trans sensitivity and awareness there, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

[FL, USA]
9 gender-neutral bathrooms added to UCF main campus
Nine gender-neutral bathrooms have sprung up around campus because of UCF LGBTQ Services and the community’s questioning of gender separation within society.

[NC, USA]
The Potential Impact of a Strict Voter Identification Law on Transgender Voters in North Carolina
Transgender people who have transitioned to live in a gender different from the gender assigned to them at birth face unique obstacles to obtaining identification documents that reflect their correct gender.

[TX, USA]
Gender queer speaker Shane Whalley discusses the transgender community and its struggles in an open session
Shane Whalley, education coordinator of the University’s Gender and Sexuality Center, said progress has been made in accommodating the transgender community both on and off campus, but there is a long way to go.

[Brasil]
Travesti é morta com dez tiros em Manaus
Na madrugada desta sexta-feira (22), uma travesti de 29 anos foi morta a tiros na Avenida Desembargador João Machado, Zona Centro-Oeste de Manaus. O crime aconteceu por volta das 00h30.
Polícia registra morte de travesti com dez tiros em avenida de Manaus

[UK]
Police accused of humiliating transgender woman during Soho Arrest
Police officers allegedly ripped a wig from a transgender woman's head and emptied the contents of her handbag onto the street.

[Germany]
Intersex people should be recognized, supported and protected from discrimination
Today (Thursday) in Berlin, the German Ethics Council is presenting its Opinion on the situation of intersex people, as commissioned by the Federal Government. The Council takes the view that intersex people, as members of a society that espouses diversity, deserve the respect and support of that society. They must also be protected from undesirable medical developments and from discrimination in the community.

[India]
Kerala hounds out its transgender community
“There are no transgenders in Kerala,” says a social welfare officer in the State. Immediately, he clarifies what he was trying to convey through this shocking statement – that transpeople in the State have been oppressed to the point of invisibility. “There are few people in the State who come out openly about their transgender identity. Our society simply does not accept transgenders,” he says.

[India]
40-year-old eunuch found murdered in Nand Nagri
A 40-year-old eunuch was found murdered with her throat slit in a house in northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri on Wednesday morning.

[USA]
Transgender and unemployed for 4 years
Rebecca Juro is just one of thousands of transgender individuals across the country struggling to find and keep a job.

[Guatemala]
Ven discriminación y transfobia en disposiciones del Sistema Penitenciario
Una circular emitida por la Subdirección Operativa del SP, el 3 de octubre anterior, ordenó a los directores y subdirectores de centros carcelarios que “por antecedentes relacionados a fuga, los privados de libertad homosexuales y lesbianas debían vestir de acuerdo a su género natural”,

[Guatemala]
Otorgan amparo a homosexuales
La comunidad homosexual logró que el Juzgado Segundo Penal ampare en forma provisional a reclusos para que puedan vestirse como gusten mientras permanecen en prisión.
Travestis guatemaltecos presos podrán vestirse según su identidad de género

[Colombia]
La mujer que será hombre por una tutela
La vida para Julián no fue fácil: se sentía en un cuerpo ajeno. Un fallo revertirá tal condición.

Gisberta Salce Júnior, 7 anos, em memória

[International}
Events to highlight violence against transgender women in Latin America
The Alliance is coordinating a number of high profile policy seminars in Europe and the U.S. to present a groundbreaking report featuring the testimonies of transgender women who experience extreme levels of violence and impunity in Latin America.

[UK]
UK HIV charity launches online trans health service
Terrence Higgins Trust launches online health and wellbeing advice for transgender community
Terrence Higgins Trust launches extensive online trans health service

[UK]
“Transgender people can be parents too” – Harriet & Lizzy’s story
Harriet is 24 and lives in the South West, with Lizzy, 40, and their two adopted children. Here she tells their adoption story.

[Turkey]
Turkey continues to allow and encourage discrimination
The European Committee on Social Rights has released its conclusions on Turkey’s conformity with the European Social Charter, a European treaty on social rights which Turkey ratified in 2007. The Committee points to authorities’ failure to protect lesbian, gay and bisexual people from discrimination.

[India]
Police raid and arrest 30 people at India gay party
Thirty people were arrested for alleged ‘indecent’ behavior following a raid at a gay party in Malad, a suburb of Mumbai, India.
According to a police officer who spoke with The Times India: ‘The raid was conducted in the wee hours today [10 January] and the accused were caught dancing indecently during the gay party.
‘Six eunuchs were also a part of it’.
Police raid 'gay' party in Mumbai; 30 booked for indecent behaviour

[Indonesia]
Court Grants Sex Change for 5 Year-old
The Cibinong Court in Bogor granted on Monday, Feb. 11, sex change plea for a five-year-old identified as ATP as requested by the child's parents.
Bogor Court Grants Sex Change for 5-Year-Old

[Philippines]
World's only LGBT party launches election campaign
The Philippines' Ladlad launch a campaign to win a seat in congress in the May election

[Australia]
Breast cancer in transsexual patient raises hormone concerns
A rare case of breast cancer in a male-to-female transsexual raises serious questions about the scant knowledge surrounding the cancer risks of long-term cross-sex hormones,

[Australia]
Miss Gay and Miss Transsexual Australia crowned
Gabriella Louise Mendoza and Sofiya Iya Cocaina Vergara were the winners from the 22 contestants in this year’s Miss Gay and Miss Transsexual Australia Pageant.

[Canada]
NDP MP hopes amendments to ‘transgender’ bill will win over Conservatives
NDP Member of Parliament Randall Garrison submitted a number of amendments to his private member’s bill C-279 earlier this month.
Federal trans rights bill in the House Feb 27

[USA]
Veterans Health Admin. Renews Trans Health Care Directive
The Veterans Health Administration has issued a renewed and updated directive on providing health care for transgender veterans and veterans with intersex conditions. VHA originally issued this directive in June 2011, and like other VHA directives it carried a technical expiration date, and was intended to be updated or included in other, permanent VHA policy documents in the future. While the expiration date passed in late 2012, actual VA policy never changed, and the new directive is effective for at least the next five years.

[USA]
Senate approves LGBT-inclusive Violence Against Women Act
The Senate approved an LGBT-inclusive Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Tuesday afternoon, sending the bill to the House of Representatives where it faces an uncertain future.
Senate passes LGBT-inclusive domestic violence bill

[USA]
CBS' Mike & Molly Makes Anti-Trans Jokes; CBS Commits to Meeting with GLAAD
The CBS sitcom Mike & Molly went over the line last night with an offensive scene predicated on the hateful notion that transgender people are inherently disgusting. After constituents and trans community leaders spoke out against the joke last night, GLAAD discussed the issue with CBS directly, with additional follow up planned.

[CA, USA]
Historic campaign for trans benefits kicks off
A group of LGBT labor activists is launching a nationwide campaign to push unions to bargain for transgender health benefits for their members.
Health care hard to come by for transgender people outside urban areas

[CA, USA]
Former Saddleback student returns as transgender, is told not to go into female restroom
"Natalie" Nathan Smith demands to use woman's restroom
Natalie Smith was told by campus police that she would be arrested for using the woman's restroom in the girls locker room late January at the beginning of the semester.
"We can't have men in the women's locker room," said Interim Chief of Police Christopher S.M. Wilkinson.

[CA, USA]
Crazy Tenderloin Fight Proves That the Tenderloin Is Still Just the Tenderloin
Transgender fist-fights, pickpocketing assholes, and crooks who know a crime of opportunity better than they know anything else. That's just another day in the Tenderloin.
SF Weekly dumps on transgender people, all of Tenderloin

[ME, USA]
Transgender awareness leader speaks at UMaine
Wayne M. Maines, director of safety and environmental management at the University of Maine, gave an emotional presentation on Wednesday afternoon as part of the spring 2013 lunch series hosted by the women’s studies program. His daughter Nicole has become a symbol for transgender justice in Maine. Maines described his family’s journey and how the experience of press, bullying, parenting and the court have changed his views on transgender.

[NY, USA]
Transgender teacher fired from Catholic school
Meet Marla Krolikowski. She no longer has any reason to hide. For 32 years, Krolikowski lived a dual life, teaching at St. Francis Prep School in Queens as a man, Mark, who professionally dressed in a suit and tie.

[NY, USA]
When Your Boyfriend Becomes Your Ex-Girlfriend: A Nightlife Star Tells All
During a recent taping of Here TV's sexual gabfest Threesome, DJ/promoter/drag performer Michael Formika Jones blurted a revelation that sounded like the theme of a vintage Maury episode: An old boyfriend of his was now his ex-girlfriend. And they're still friends.

[OR, USA]
Scheller hopes his ‘coming out’ will help others
Jim Scheller is dressing a little differently these days.
His hair is longer, his earring dangles low, and his dress fits just right.

[RI, USA]
Brown University Takes a Big Step Forward in Transgender Inclusion
Brown University will join a handful of universities across the country that cover sex reassignment surgeries for transgender students.

[VA, USA]
House version of bill allowing student discrimination passes Va. Senate
The Virginia Senate today passed the House version of a bill to allow student groups and organizations at higher-educational institutions to discriminate with regard to whom they admit as members.
Concerns About SB 701 Addressed: “If this bill passes, you cannot be discriminated against if you are an LGBT state employee.”
Va. House subcommittee tables anti-LGBT discrimination bill

[WI, USA]
Universities Changing Gender-Based Housing Rules
More Wisconsin colleges and universities are bending traditional housing rules for LGBTQ students, and also for men and women who just want to live together.

[Colombia]
Ordenan el primer cambio de sexo a un adulto en Colombia
En un transcendental fallo, la Corte Constitucional le ordenó a la EPS Comparta que, en un plazo de 48 horas, debe autorizar el cambio de sexo a un joven de 25 años que nació siendo mujer.
Ordenan a una EPS realizar operación de cambio de sexo a una mujer

[Brasil]
Motorista se dá mal ao insultar travestis em São Carlos, SP
Ele foi agredido e teve o veículo danificado com paus e pedras.

[Brasil]
Travesti é morto com tiros e facadas
O namorado dele conseguiu escapar

[España]
IU retira la ley sobre transexualidad por presiones del Gobierno andaluz
Activistas transexuales amenazan con encadenarse al Parlamento
El proyecto se incluyó en el pacto de gobierno PSOE-IU
IU retira el proyecto de ley integral de transexualidad en Andalucía tras surgir dudas sobre sus contenidos

[France]
Pas de changement de sexe à l'état civil sans intervention chirurgicale
Sans opération chirurgicale de changement de sexe, le transexuel n'est pas fondé à demander le changement de sexe sur son acte de naissance.

[USA]
Activists to Stage White House Protest Over ENDA Sunday Night
Activists demanding Obama keep his first-term promise to extend workplace protections to LGBT people will gather outside the White House two days before the President's State of the Union address to demand he do so.

[IL, USA]
Lurie Children's Hospital Opens Gender Identity Clinic
The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago unveiled a gender identity clinic Friday that will offer transgender and gender-variant kids 13 years old and younger a wide array of services, from endocrinology to psychology to social services. The clinic, which has not officially launched yet, has been operating as part of the hospital's Center for Gender, Sexuality and HIV Prevention, which is located in Uptown.

[Portugal]
PSD e CDS admitem discutir recuo na lei do aborto e do casamento gay
Petição contra casamentos gay e aborto vai chegar ao parlamento nas próximas semanas

[Brasil]
Transexual vive dilema por não poder usar banheiro feminino de escola em Campo Grande
A estudante que frequenta a maior escola estadual de MS, vive um dilema no uso do banheiro e resolveu se manifestar sobre uma polêmica que parecia estar adormecida, mas, na verdade, por tratar-se do direito de uma minoria, parou de ser discutida, mas incomoda e muito quem precisa lutar para conquistar um espaço na sociedade, mesmo que isso comece pelo simples ato de usar o banheiro.

[UK]
Transgender man bursts out of courtroom in tears of joy after being cleared of raping and sexually assaulting a woman
Nadine Natasha Williams was cleared of rape and two counts of assault
The transgender man has been living as a woman in a bid to eventually have a sex change
He admitted having sex with the woman but insisted it was consensual
Judge Peter Heywood: 'It has been a rather unusual case'

[France]
Arnaud Alessandrin, Du ‘transsexualisme’ aux devenirs Trans, thèse de sociologie sous la direction d’Éric Macé, Université Bordeaux Segalen, 2012.
À la rencontre entre une histoire du « transsexualisme » et une histoire des mouvements Trans, cette thèse propose d’analyser le passage d’un « transsexualisme fort » à une multiplication progressive d’expressivités de genres alternatifs et dépathologisés.

[Samoa]
'My exotic life as a traditional Polynesian "third gender" cross-dresser'... by England rugby star Manu Tuilagi's brother
England rugby star's brother dresses as a woman called 'Julie' on the Samoan island of Savai'i
Julie tells of her delight when Manu buys him make-up and handbags
Six-foot Julie dresses in stilettos and her favourite sport is netball

[New Zealand]
National MP silent after trans "fringe" outburst
National MP Maggie Barry appears to have ducked for cover over her description of transgender rights as “fringe” issues.

[MA, USA]
Amherst Chamber to host presentation on transgender workers
Many transgendered people, in particular those who are transitioning to women, may have difficulty finding work and are part of a group facing significant discrimination, according to representatives from the LGBT Coalition of Western Massachusetts and the University of Massachusetts Stonewall Center.

[MD, USA]
Transgender Anti-Bias Bill Introduced
A bill that would ban discrimination against transgender individuals in the workplace, housing, and public accommodations was introduced in the Maryland General Assembly on January 29 by Sen. Rich Madaleno (D-Montgomery County) and Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery County). The Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2013, SB 449, has more than 20 co-sponsors. Twenty-four votes are needed in the Senate for passage.

[Mexico]
Compiten por la corona de ‘Reina Gay’
En entrevista para Radio Zócalo Carlos Llamas invitó a la población en general a participar en el desfile de las candidatas transgénero que disputarán la corona de 'Reina Gay'. Este concurso tiene ya una trayectoria de 5 años en la ciudad.

[Panama]
Dayanara Anguizola Tipaldos renuncia como reina gay del Carnaval
Luego de no recibir el apoyo de la organización, Dayanara Anguizola Tipaldos decidió renunciar como reina del Carnaval de Gay.
Renunció la reina Gay

[Colombia]
El Sexódromo: Historia de una transexual colombiana
Ser "trans" tiene que ver con la manera en que yo me siento y quiero que me vean, sin importar mi genitalidad.

[Chile]
VIDEO: Transexual golpeada en Valparaíso se encuentra estable dentro de su gravedad
Transexual que fue agredida por desconocidos la madrugada del pasado martes en Valparaíso se encuentra estable dentro de su gravedad internado en el Hospital Carlos Van Buren de la ciudad puerto. Sus familiares pusieron una querella este viernes por homicidio frustrado.

[Chile]
VIDEO: Ser una persona trans en Chile

[Chile] [Commentary]
Valentina Verbal Running For Office In Chile
If Diane Rodriguez fails in her bid to get elected in Ecuador, then the opportunity to become the first open trans legislator on the South American continent would fall to Valentina Verbal.

[Argentina]
“Es un deber el pedir perdón”
Un informe del Inadi dice que el 91 por ciento de las personas trans fue víctima de algún tipo de violencia y el 64 tiene la educación primaria incompleta. Su titular, Pedro Mouratian, sostiene que es un deber del Estado pedir perdón a esa comunidad.

[Argentina]
Conocé a la candidatas a Reina del Sol Gay
En la presentación, las cuatro candidatas, por separado, coincidieron en destacar la labor de la Abanderada de los Humildes. La fiesta se realizará el 15 y 16 de febrero. Conocelas en la nota.

[Brasil]
Alessandra de Oliveira: eletricista, marido, pai e... TRAVESTI!
Conheci Alessandra de Oliveira em 2009, quando mergulhava no universo trans para escrever o livro reportagem Por um Lugar ao Sol – histórias de travestis e transexuais no mercado de trabalho.

[Brasil]
Vereadores evangélicos vão lutar para derrubar reconhecimento da Associação de Travestis
Os representantes de igrejas evangélicas na Câmara de Campo Grande prometem um embate duro e união de forças para derrubar o projeto a ser apresentado pela vereadora Luiza Ribeiro (PPS) para reconhecer como de utilidade pública a Associação de Travestis de Mato Grosso do Sul.

[Brasil]
Transexual é baleada no Paraná
A Delegacia de Homicídios tem duas linhas de investigação para um homicídio ocorrido na noite de sexta-feita (8/2). A transexual Mônica Lewinski, nome social de Odair Xavier de Lima (38), levou um tiro na cabeça no quarto de pensão onde mora, no Centro de Curitiba (PR).

[UK]
Transgender man, Nadine Williams, cleared of rape and sexual assault
A jury has found a transgender man not guilty of rape and two counts of sexual assault.
Speaking to the Post after the verdict, Nadine Williams said she was relieved the "torment" was over.
Transgender man cleared of rape

[UK]
Trans woman student abused and shoved out of toilets at Leeds University
A trans woman student at Leeds University was verbally abused and pushed out of the Student Union’s female toilets by two girls.
Transgender student shoved out of Union toilets

[UK]
The transgender gap in Brighton and Hove
A special report has uncovered secret discrimination and hate crime endured by trans people in Brighton and Hove. Bill Gardner examines its findings.

[Canada]
Trans community supports Dr Barwin
Members of Ottawa’s trans community are rallying behind Dr Bernard Norman Barwin, who was recently banned from practising medicine for two months for artificially inseminating three of his patients with the wrong sperm.

[DC, USA]
Trans Campaign for Health, Housing, and Employment
Sick of being disrespected at shelters? Can't get Medicaid to pay for trans care? Want better job opportunities?

[IL, USA]
Clinic for transgender and gender-variant children opens in Chicago
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago unveiled a gender identity clinic on Friday, the first of its kind in the midwest, and among only a handful across the country.
The clinic will offer transgender and gender variant children a range of supportive services including psychology, endocrinology, and pediatrics.
Help for Lesbian, Gay and Transgenger Youth

[Brasil]
Vereador se veste de mulher em protesto contra a homofobia
Em Cajazeiras (cidade a 476 km de João Pessoa, na Paraíba), o vereador Jucinério Felix (PTB) se vestiu de mulher para protestar contra a homofobia.

[Brasil]
Princesa Gay do Carnaval passa por cirurgia no quadril após ser jogada de passarela no RJ
O A Capa noticiou a brutalidade que sofreu a Princesa Gay do Carnaval, Melissa Freitas, que foi agredida e jogada do alto da passarela da Estação Padre Miguel na linha do trem, no dia 31 de janeiro.

[UK]
Police sent on transgender awareness course
Police officers will attend a course teaching them to ask transgendered people whether they would like to be known as a man or a woman.

[UK]
Transgender man tells jury he did not rape woman
A trangender man accused of raping a woman after showing her around an S&M dungeon has insisted to a jury he did nothing wrong.
Rape accused denies having "one last throw of the dice" before sex change

[France]
Etre élevé par un transsexuel n’est pas un problème pour la santé de l’enfant !
Le Centre d’étude et de conservation des œufs et du sperme humains (CECOS) de l’hôpital Cochin est le seul centre en France à répondre favorablement aux demandes de don de sperme émises par des couples où le futur père est…une femme devenue homme. Aux enfants nés de ces dons de sperme, le CECOS propose un examen psychiatrique et psychologique annuel.

[Ukraine]
Ukraine to ban discrimination against gays, says foreign minister
Ukraine’s foreign minister believes that a law prohibiting discrimination against gays will be adopted soon
Law prohibiting homosexual discrimination to be passed in Ukraine, Kozhara sure

[Canada]
New Campaign Advocates for Trans Healthcare in NS
A new provincial campaign is looking to get universal healthcare coverage for transgender Nova Scotians.

[USA]
More Than Healthcare: Transgender Prisoner Rights
Ophelia De'Lonta, a transgender prisoner, recently won an appeal of her lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections for refusing to evaluate her for sex reassignment surgery. Along with Michelle Kosilek's similar win last year, it's a significant victory for trans prisoner rights. Still, the fight for equitable treatment of transgender people by law enforcement is about more than healthcare.

[DC, USA]
Deoni Jones's Legal Legacy
Family to file complaint in homicide case as mayor announces partnership with U.S. Attorney's Office

[FL, USA]
Fake Trans Doctor Arrested Second Time For Silicone Injections
In a bungalow room at the El Patio Motel in West Palm Beach, deputies say a man injected at least three people with silicone, aiming to increase the size of their buttocks, and then sealed the injection sites with Krazy Glue.

[IL, USA]
Lurie LGBT center launching Gender Identity Clinic
Go to Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, and you'll find one of the most HIV-impacted communities in the city. But look for free HIV testing services, and you might come up short.

[MD, USA]
Next up in equality fight: Transgender discrimination
After same-sex marriage win, advocates say time right in Maryland

[PA, USA]
National trans leader addresses post-DADT progress in Philly
The Scranton native is an Army veteran, a mother and a wife — and also a transgender woman leading the LGBT-equality movement in the military to its next level.

[PA, USA]
PAC to review emergency response issues in Morris case
The city’s Police Advisory Commission last week agreed to review its Nizah Morris file for possible clarification of emergency-response issues relating to the case.

[RI, USA]
Brown adds sex reassignment surgeries to student health insurance plan
Brown, Cornell, Harvard, Stanford, and Penn have many things in common. They are all elite colleges with diverse student bodies and reputations for being at the forefront of education and now, health insurance coverage for sex reassignment surgeries.
Fox (and Friends) Have Fun at Expense of Brown's Transgender Student Healthcare

[TX, USA]
Comprehensive healthcare for Dallas transgender employees is 'off the table'
Despite efforts by local activists, the city of Dallas likely won’t add comprehensive healthcare for its transgender employees this year.

[WI, USA]
Evon "Yung LT" Young: Remains still not found in gruesome murder of transgender rapper
Evon "Yung LT" Young, the 22-year-old transgender male rapper who has been missing since New Year's Day, is the alleged victim of a gruesome murder, according to Milwaukee authorities.

[Mexico]
Ante crímenes de odio, no hay indignación del colectivo LGBT: activistas
El reciente asesinato de un hombre gay a las afueras de un bar del Centro Histórico de esta ciudad no ha despertado la indignación del movimiento de la diversidad sexual, “no estamos haciendo nada, no hemos reaccionado”, coincidieron activistas de la sociedad civil.

[Mexico]
Ocurre el primer crimen de odio del año
La mañana de ayer, miércoles, fue encontrado el cuerpo sin vida de una persona de entre 20 y 22 años de edad, en un camino rural a Santa Isabel Cholula, a una media hora de la capital poblana.
Encuentran en Puebla el cadáver de un joven vestido de mujer; tenía el cráneo destrozado y huellas de tortura

[Mexico]
Construir el género: La transexualidad en la niñez
La condición transexual sigue siendo un tema polémico y complicado de entender.
De igual forma, es difícil explicarlo a la sociedad. Sin embargo, niños y niñas que viven
esta situación tienen cada vez más clara su identidad y luchan, algunos junto a sus familias, por que se respete su esencia, aun si no concuerda con el cuerpo biológico
con el que nacieron.

[Cuba]
Conversaciones con Mariela Castro Espín (4/4). Hay consenso de que homofobia y ‘transfobia’ son incoherentes con la Revolución
"Existe un consenso en la sociedad cubana para considerar la homofobia y la ‘transfobia’ como formas de discriminación que incoherentes con el proyecto emancipador de la Revolución”
Para Cuba identidades trans no son patología

[Ecuador] [Commentary]
Ecuador's Diane Rodriguez Poised To Make History
February 17 could see international trans history being made if all goes well for 30 year old psychology student Diane Rodriguez on election night.

[Brasil]
Rio Grande do Norte: Travesti baleado pode ter sido vítima de homofobia, diz polícia
Um travesti de 25 anos, natural da cidade de Fortaleza, no Ceará, foi vítima de um atentado com arma de fogo na noite desta segunda-feira (11) no município de Mossoró, na região Oeste do Rio Grande do Norte. Baleado na perna por suspeitos que estavam em um Gol de cor preta, José Maria da Silva foi socorrido ao hospital e não corre risco de morte. O crime foi registrado pelo Centro Integrado de Operações em Segurança Pública (Ciosp), órgão que auxilia as ações da Polícia Militar no estado.

[UK]
Police investigate alleged Barrow hate crime of transgender woman
A transgender lady was allegedly verbally abused and had a football thrown at her.

[UK]
Transgender rape accused denied rape in police interview, jury told
The jury in a trial where a transgender man is accused of raping a woman have been read his police interviews.
Transgender rape accused was 'nuts', complainant told cops

[UK]
The plan to 'scrap' the use of Mr and Mrs...
In October 2012, many column inches were devoted to claims that Brighton and Hove City Council was planning to 'scrap' the terms Mr and Mrs.

[France]
Les DSM font-ils de nous des malades ?
Des propositions pour la prochaine édition du Manuel diagnostique et statistique des troubles mentaux ("Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"), le DSM-5, dont la publication est prévue pour mai 2013, peuvent conduire à poser des diagnostics de maladies mentales chez des millions de personnes aujourd'hui considérées normales, met en garde le psychiatre Allen Frances de l'Université Duke qui a été impliqué dans la révision ayant mené à la troisième édition du manuel et qui a dirigé celle de la quatrième édition.
La bible américaine de la santé mentale

[Canada]
Accused in Lapuz murder back in court
The man accused of murder in connection with the death of January Marie Lapuz will return to court on Feb 27 for an arraignment hearing, at which time the court will schedule a date for a preliminary hearing.

[USA]
First lingerie line for transgender women launches
Chrysalis Lingerie offers underwear that tucks and smooths and silicone-padded bras that create bust lines. The line was created for men transitioning into womanhood. ‘I needed this … and I knew there were thousands of other Trans women just like me out there,’ said co-creator Cy Lauz.

[USA]
Brendon Ayanbadejo Expands His Gay Advocacy To Transgender Rights
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has signaled that he's prepared to back a transgender protections bill in Maryland.

[CA, USA]
Slaying casts light on Hollywood's transgender prostitutes
The last that Cassidy Vickers' street friends saw of him was about 10 p.m. on Nov. 17, 2011, outside the Donut Time shop on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood.

[DC, USA]
Robinson Trial Date Rescheduled
Man accused of attacking transgender woman in D.C.'s Chinatown gets postponement of Feb. 6 trial

[NH, USA]
Brown University’s student health plan will cover sex changes
Students at Brown University who decide they want to change genders will now be covered under the school’s generous student health insurance plan.

[VA, USA]
Va. court: Sex-change surgery a constitutional right for convicts
A Virginia appellate court ruled last week that a prison trampled on an inmate’s constitutional rights by refusing to pay for the felon’s sexual-reassignment surgery — a procedure costing about $20,000.

[América del Sur]
Loka, Loka, Loka
"Loka, Loka, Loka", es un documental autobiográfico realizado en la Escuela Audiovisual AL BORDE, una experiencia pionera de artivismo contrasexual en América del Sur, en la que Mujeres AL BORDE entrenamos activistas bisexuales, pansexuales, lesbianas, heterodisidentes, tortilleras, trans, travestis, intersex, queer, de ciudades sudamericanas como realizadorxs audiovisuales, financiamos y difundimos sus producciones.

Loka, Loka, Loka from AL BORDE Producciones on Vimeo.

[Mexico]
En dos meses, siete actos de discriminación contra personas de la diversidad sexual
*Los hechos han ocurrido en municipios como Tecomán, Armería y Coquimatlán *Y han sido de parte de policías, instituciones de salud y la sociedad civil
Piden esclarecer agresiones a personas LGBTTTI

[Ecuador]
In a first, transsexual runs for office in Ecuador
A 30-year-old rights activist is vying to become Ecuador's first transsexual lawmaker.
Nelson Zavala no asistirá a debate con candidata trans
Diane wants to be the first transsexual to reach the Congress of Ecuador
Diane Rodriguez could become South America's first trans legislator

[Chile]
Joven transexual recibe brutal golpiza en Valparaíso
Internado en el Hospital Carlos van Buren de Valparaíso, sin riego vital pero con graves lesiones en el rostro, permanece internado el joven transexual que fue brutalmente golpeado por desconocidos en el sector de Avenida Errázuriz con Francia, en la ciudad puerto.
MUJER TRANS FUE GOLPEADA EN VALPARAÍSO

[UK]
Court hears details of alleged rape by transgender man in Neath house with sadomasochistic 'dungeon'
A jury have been told details of an alleged rape involving a transgender man in a sadomasochistic “dungeon”.
Nadine Williams, also known as Dean, is on trial at Swansea Crown Court after denying rape and two counts of sexual assault.
Dean Williams Transgender man 'raped woman in friend's sex dungeon'

[UK]
Edward Leigh MP attacks gender reassignment in condemning equal marriage ‘revolution’
Conservative MP, Edward Leigh, has come under heavy criticism for a speech he made at today’s House of Commons debate around the equal marriage bill during which he attacked the Gender Recognition Act, and criticised efforts towards equality.

[Macedonia]
Macedonia local elections whip up anti-gay hate
Anti-gay sentiments are whipped up in Macedonia ahead of local elections. EU politcians warn things must improve if the country is admitted into the Union

[Turkey]
Kaos GL Submits 2012 Hate Crime Report to European Institutions
Kaos GL prepared and announced its 2012 Hate Crime Report on the human rights violations of LGBTs in Turkey.
The reports starts with a brief summary of what 2012 looked liked for LGBT people: “In Turkey, 10 hate crimes were committed. 6 transgenders and 5 gays lost their lifes due to hate murders. 8 hate attacks were published online on kaosgl.org. We witnessed lynch attempts, torture, ill-treatments, domestic violence, harassment, rape and cyber attacks.”
Yes, Indeed, Turkey Does Discriminate at Workplace

[USA]
Transgender woman launches lingerie line for others who have made male-to-female transition after fruitless hunt for the perfect underwear
A transgender woman has designed a lingerie collection for others who have made the transition from male-to-female.
New York-based Cy Lauz launched her underwear label Chrysalis after she saw a gap in the market.
She set to work fashioning bras with full-cup inserts and seamless panties in a bid to enhance the transgender body.

[USA]
New York Times ‘Ethicist’ Tells Transitioning Reader To Weigh Others’ Happiness When Coming Out
The New York Times’ “Ethicist,” Chuck Klosterman, offered a disappointing response to a transgender reader on Friday. The reader wrote in to explain that she was beginning to transition to living as a woman, but she was struggling with how the transition might impact her wife and three children. Klosterman suggested that it was a question of happiness, and that perhaps the reader was better off not stressing her family with the news:

[GA, USA]
In Our Skin: A look at the trials and triumphs of transgender students at the University
It’s raining on a cold December morning in Athens, the kind of heavy, splattering rain that makes it almost unbearable to crawl out of bed. Justin Moore, however, seems unfazed this early in the day. With a playful grin on his face, he asks with unconcealed excitement, “Oooh, wanna see my ID?” and pulls out a thin piece of plastic. “I just got it yesterday.” After months of waiting for an official name change, these tiny, printed letters—“JUSTIN”—affirm a new beginning for him.

[MA, USA]
Boston settles with transgender woman
The city of Boston has agreed to pay a transgender woman $20,000 in exchange for her dropping a lawsuit against police officers she said humiliated her.

[MA, USA]
State seeks out sex-change doctors
There are no surgeons available in the Bay State who can give a convicted wife-killer the sex-change operation he wants taxpayers to bankroll — but at least five have been found who can be flown in, the state’s prison chief told a federal judge.
Mass. finds doctors willing to perform surgery on transgendered inmate
State correction boss says six out-of-state doctors willing to perform sex reassignment surgery on murderer Michelle Kosilek

[MD, USA]
Transgender Rights Advocates Hopeful for Equal Protection from Maryland Bill
Sens. Richard Madaleno and Jamie Raskin, both of Montgomery County, are co-sponsoring a bill that would prevent discrimination based on gender identity.

[MI, USA]
Civil Rights report concludes in favor of LGBT equal rights
Reference is made to Holland several times in the Michigan Department of Civil Rights’ report on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender inclusion.

[MN, USA]
Leslie Feinberg in Court for Cece McDonald Action
Leslie Feinberg, the activist and author of the trans coming-of-age classic Stone Butch Blues, was back in court on February 4 as a result of a June solidarity action for Cece McDonald. Cece's the black, trans woman imprisoned for defending herself against a white, straight cisgender attacker - a way-too-common story. She's currently serving a 41-month sentence in a Minnesota prison. Leslie could get up to a year behind bars depending on the outcome of the jury trial.
Feinberg is convicted but walks free

[NY, USA]
All-Gender Bathrooms: Would You Be Comfortable Using One?
More and more we've seen (and gotten used to) the male and female symbols disappearing from bathroom signs around the country. But many bathrooms that allow men, women and transgender people are single-occupant restrooms. What about gender-neutral multi-stall bathrooms? How would that make you feel?

[OR, USA]
Transsexual says threat was because of her gender identity
The incident sparks a volunteer effort to post “Hate Free Zone” posters in the neighborhood

[RI, USA]
Student health plan to cover sex reassignment
The change is part of a broader attempt to make U. policies more inclusive of transgender students

[VA, USA]
Public sounds off in support of rights panel
Charlottesville residents turned out in droves Monday calling on the City Council to back a proposed human rights commission and anti-discrimination ordinance.

[UK]
Transgender crime in Devon and Cornwall 'taken seriously'
A support group in Cornwall has said the police force is starting to take hate crime against transgender people seriously.

[UK]
Transgender man accused of raping woman
A man waiting for a sex change operation has gone on trial accused of raping and sexually assaulting a woman.
Nadine Natasha Williams, 38, formerly known as Dean Williams, of Pontrhydyfen, Port Talbot, denies raping the woman in Neath on October 5, 2011.
Man waiting for sex change operation goes on trial for raping and sexually assaulting a woman

[UK]
Wait for help ‘risks lives of sex swap patients’
The lives of sex swap patients are being put at risk by “horrendous” treatment waiting times, a charity has warned.
Troubled patients referred to NHS Lothian’s Gender Identity Clinic by their GP, whose lives are often in turmoil according to the Scottish Transgender Alliance, are being forced to wait 16 months for a first 
appointment.

[UK]
Op by unknown doctor was a world first
One of the most important episodes in the history of gender re-assignment surgery took place in Bristol during the Second World War say researchers on the LBGT project.
In 1942 a Bristol Royal Infirmary house surgeon carried out an operation on Michael Dillon – christened Laura Dillon – the first procedure of its kind in the world.

[Dinamarca]
Guatemalteca es la primera transexual en lograr asilo en Dinamarca
La guatemalteca Fernanda Milán se ha convertido en la primera persona en lograr el estatus de refugiada política en Dinamarca al considerar las autoridades danesas que su vida estaba en riesgo en su país de origen por su condición de mujer transexual.
First transgender person granted asylum in Denmark
Fernanda Milan: Activism Works!
Translation of article about Fernanda Milan in Danish newspaper Politiken

[Polónia]
Anna Grodzka, a primeira deputada transexual da Europa
Ela é o símbolo de mudança na cena política polaca, tradicionalmente conservadora e católica. Anna Grodzka, 58 anos, deputada pelo Movimento Palikot, conquistou o eleitorado jovem e quer fazer da Polónia um país mais tolerante
Polish Lawmakers Duck Vote on Transsexual Woman
Anna Grodzka, Polish Transgender Lawmaker, Loses Shot At Top Post
In the spotlight: Wanda Nowicka

[Russia]
Anti-gay 'propaganda law' is assault on freedom of expression
Russia’s Parliament has backed a bill which outlaws the “propaganda of homosexuality among minors” in a move that will restrict fundamental human rights and is in breach of the country’s international obligations to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people from discrimination, Amnesty International said.
Nordic Council condemns Russian anti-homosexual law
Russia's Past Is Ever Present: The "homosexual propaganda" ban is traditionalism at its worst

[Thailand]
Thai tomboy students demand the right to wear pants
University students in Bangkok who identify as tomboy say it is unfair that they can't wear pants, when kathoey (trans women and gay men) can wear skirts

[CA, USA]
Slaying casts light on Hollywood's transgender prostitutes
Nathan 'Cassidy' Vickers, killed by a man police call the Western Bandit, was part of a world of transgender streetwalkers that has changed radically.

[DC, USA]
Trans Discussion Group: Health Care Reform
The DC Center hosts a transgender discussion group on the first Friday of every month. The next trans discussion group takes place Friday March 1st at 7:00 PM at the DC Center for the LGBT Community, 1318 U Street NW.

[DC, USA]
Mayor, city officials attend memorial for slain trans woman
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe, and Deputy Police Chief Diane Groomes were among a contingent of city officials who joined about 100 participants Saturday night in a memorial remembrance for slain trans woman Deoni Jones.
Jones, 23, was stabbed to death Feb. 2, 2012 while sitting at a bus stop near her home at East Capitol Street and Sycamore Road, N.E. A 56-year-old District man was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder while armed in connection with Jones’ murder.

[MA, USA]
Boston, transgender woman settle lawsuit
The city of Boston has agreed to pay a transgender woman $20,000 in exchange for dropping her suit against the officers who arrested her on disorderly conduct at a homeless shelter, in a case that highlights the department’s absence of written policies for dealing with transgender people.