[International]
UN Condemns “Normalization” Surgery for Intersexuality
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT) just released a statement condemning the medical profession’s nonconsensual treatment of intersexuality. Although intersexuality—which surfaces as “ambiguous” external genitalia, sexual organs and/or as sex chromosomes that deviate from normative expectations—rarely poses a health threat, the medical profession continues to perform irreversible surgeries on babies and young children to “normalize” genitalia under the guise that these procedures will save one from enduring a life full of shame living in their “abnormal” body.

[International]
Transgender supermodel Lea T opens up about keeping secrets
The male-to-female fashion muse gives an interview as one of the faces for the United Colors of Benetton's UNHATE ad campaign

[Brasil]
Polícia Civil do Rio de Janeiro divulga retrato falado dos agressores de princesa gay do Carnaval 2013
Polícia Civil do Rio de Janeiro faz buscas dos agressores de princesa gay do Carnaval 2013
Rio: agressão a travesti está sendo investigada pela polícia

[Brasil]
Homem diz ser esfaqueado após se negar a fazer programa com travesti, em GO
Crime aconteceu nesta tarde, em sinaleiro no Setor Ipiranga, em Goiânia.
Segundo a PM, ferimento foi superficial e ele não precisou ir a hospital.

[Brasil]
Travesti é perseguido e executado em Mãe Luiza
Um jovem de 30 anos foi executado com dois tiros na cabeça, na rua Antônio Félix, no bairro de Mãe Luiza, zona Leste da capital.

[Italia]
Essere trans in Italia, tra discriminazioni e spiragli di normalità
La Svezia, con una sentenza storica, ha abolito l'obbligo di sterilizzazione per il cambio di genere. E nel nostro Paese? L'analisi di un'esperta di una situazione che sta cambiando.

[Poland]
Transsexual Legislator Divides Opinion in Poland
A Polish anticlerical party this week suggested a transsexual legislator for deputy leader of the lower house of Parliament leading to an outcry by conservatives here who refused to acknowledge the lawmaker’s sex change.
Anna Grodzka, Poland's Only Transgender MP, May Become Deputy Parliament Speaker
Update: Poland’s first trans MP officially nominated for deputy speaker job in Parliament
Anna Grodzka, Poland's trans MP, may become deputy parliament speaker
Transgender MP's deputy speaker candidacy a 'political stunt'?
Transgender MP next deputy speaker?
Polish conservative MPs flinch at idea of transsexual speaker
Justice minister to vote for transsexual deputy speaker?
Polish transsexual lawmaker loses shot at top post
Transsexual MP won’t become parliament deputy speaker
Transgender Polish MP won't be deputy parliamentary speaker
Polish trans MP Anna Grodzka loses out on deputy speaker job in parliamentary vote
Poland's trans MP blocked from deputy parliament speaker post