[Brasil]
USP terá especialização sobre orientação sexual
Orientação sexual e identidade de gênero serão tema de especialização da USP

[Brasil]
Transexual Carol Marra é tema de documentário do National Geographic
A modelo transexual Carol Marra foi convidada pelo canal National Geographic para mostrar o seu dia-a-dia.

[Brasil]
Projeto de lei permite alterar nome, sexo e foto no documento de identidade
Hoje, de acordo com a legislação, o primeiro nome só pode ser alterado no documento de identidade quando causar constrangimento a pessoa. Mas essa realidade pode mudar.

[Poland]
World’s only transgendered MP to become Polish deputy parliament speaker?
Anna Grodzka, Poland and the world’s only transgendered MP, says she is willing to stand for the post of deputy speaker of parliament “if my party supports me”.
The MP for the liberal Palikot Movement – Poland’s third largest party in the lower house of parliament (Sejm) - has been put forward for the post by her party leader, Janusz Palikot.

[India]
Transgender conversion racket: Young victim recounts the horror
In a sensational development, a 20-year old youth has thrown light on a flourishing racket involving forcible conversion of young teens into transgenders. The victim, 20-year old Prakash aka Monica, was kidnapped by a transgender in Amroha when he was 14-years old and sterilised.

[Philippines]
Sex change not a ground for change of entries in civil registry
There is no law in the Philippines allowing for a change of name or sex in the civil registry by reason of sex reassignment.
A transsexual underwent a sex reassignment surgery in Bangkok, Thailand.
He lived as a woman and soon got engaged to an American. Wishing to get married, he filed a petition for the change of his first name and sex in his birth certificate to make these compatible with his present sex.

[Australia]
Anglicare SA rejects discrimination
Anglicare SA has made a statement committing the organisation to diversity and respect for all people regardless of sexuality or gender identity.

[Canadá]
Quebec - abrigos para todos... menos trans.
Montreal, no Quebec, encontra-se por estes dias a sofrer uma brutal onda de frio, com temperaturas a chegarem aos 30º negativos. Por isso, os abrigos para os sem abrigo estão a funcionar em pleno… mas não para todos, porque a várias pessoas transexuais foi recusado abrigo.
Out in the cold

[USA]
Shaheen reintroduces bill barring anti-LGBT bias in juror selection
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators led by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) last week reintroduced legislation that would prohibit bias against LGBT people during the juror selection process.

[VA, USA]
Appeals court restores inmate’s sex-change lawsuit
A federal appeals court on Monday restored a lawsuit filed by a Virginia inmate who claims her constitutional rights were violated when prison authorities refused to evaluate her for a sex-change operation.

[WA, USA]
Ingersoll Gender Center Presents: Advocating for Inclusive Health Care in the Workplace
On February 11, 2013 at 6:00PM at Ingersoll Gender Center, representatives from Basic Rights Oregon (BRO) Sasha Buchert and Joe LeBlanc will present “Advocating for Inclusive Health Care in the Workplace,” a talk about how progress for Transgender-inclusive healthcare and insurance was made in Oregon.

[WI, USA]
Transgender rapper's body still not located in landfill
Milwaukee police were still be unable to locate the body of Ebony "Evon" Young's Monday.
MPD started searching a local landfill for Young's remains that morning with heavy equipment and dogs.
Police search Menomonee Falls landfill for body of Evon Young
Search for Milwaukee rapper Evon Young's body begins in landfill
Police search Menomonee Falls landfill for Evon Young

[Mexico]
Narco asesina transexuales en el norte
Las personas transexuales en el estado de Nuevo León se han convertido en blanco de asesinatos por parte del narcotráfico, tan sólo el año pasado se registraron 11 crímenes por odio, de los cuales: 7 asesinatos fueron perpetrados contra mujeres transexuales y 5 a homosexuales, dijo a IZQ, Edgar Sierra Martínez, Consejero Estatal del Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) y activista a favor de los derechos de la comunidad de la diversidad sexual en la entidad.

[Argentina]
Oficial de Prefectura Argentina fue reconocido como varón trans
"Estoy muy contento porque ya no tengo que mentirle a nadie", dijo Diego, quien hasta hace poco debía utilizar pollera
Histórico: Prefectura reconoció el cambio de género de oficial