[International]
Russia Not Only Country With Anti-Gay Laws
Many other countries, from Iran to Cameroon, have harsh anti-gay laws.

[Brasil]
Primeira vereadora travesti se afasta de cargo após ataques em Piracicaba
Madalena (PSDB) pediu licença da cadeira no Legislativo por 30 dias. Suplente Gilmar Tanno (PSDB) assumirá cargo durante esse período.

[Brasil]
Polícia investiga assassinato de travesti ontem à noite próximo ao CIC
A Delegacia de Homicídios investiga o assassinato de uma travesti de aproximadamente 25 anos que foi morta na noite de ontem. O corpo dela foi encontrado próximo ao Contorno Sul, na Cidade Industrial de Curitiba. A travesti, identificada como Patrícia, foi morta com um tiro no peito.

[Brasil]
Travesti é assassinado com tiro no peito em Parnaíba
O travesti Joales dos Santos, de 22 anos, natural da localidade Brejinho, zona rural de Luis Correia. que residia a rua Delbão Rodrigues, nª 304, bairro São Francisco da Guarita, foi assassinado com um tiro a queima roupa atingindo o peito esquerdo.
Carro do assassino da travesti foi filmado na fuga

[UK]
Merseyside man avoids jail following tirade of abuse at transsexual neighbour
Adam Elston had screamed hate-filled abuse and threatened to defecate and urinate through victim's letterbox

[Turkey]
Press Release by LGBTI Organizations on the Constitutional Draft
We are insistent in our demand to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” in the Constitution’s article on “equality”

[Yemen]
No Place for Gays in Yemen
As he gets ready to go to a café in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, Husam tucks his long tresses inside a hood before getting into the back of his friend’s car.

[Zimbabwe]
Preocupación entre la comunidad LGTB ante el nuevo mandato de Mugabe
No hubo sorpresas en Zimbabue tras las elecciones generales del pasado 31 de julio. Robert Mugabe, tras más de 33 años en el poder, se declaró vencedor a pesar de las numerosas acusaciones de fraude electoral. La comunidad LGTB del país teme ahora un recrudecimiento de la persecución tras las últimas diatribas homófobas del presidente.

[Botswana]
Church onslaught on gays regrettable
The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS and an informal group of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) named LEGABIBO condemn the discriminatory and hurtful views of the Evangelical Fellowship of Botswana on the issue of homosexuality in Botswana.
Pastor says gays are criminals

[India]
Court pulls up Centre, States for silence on transsexual status
The Supreme Court has pulled up the Centre and States for not filing their response and explaining their stand on declaring transgenders citizens under a third category to give them equal protection and rights.

[India]
Doctors declare woman cop aspirant male, unfit for job
The gender and fate of an 18-year-old applicant for a woman police constable's job has been decided. J J Hospital doctors, who conducted a series of medical tests to establish the gender of the candidate, have declared the Ahmednagar-based 'girl' to be a male.

[USA]
Bradley Manning Sent This Photo to Doc With Letter Titled 'My Problem'
The former army intelligence officer who released thousands of classified government documents to WikiLeaks in 2010 reportedly struggled with gender identity issues.

[FL, USA]
Trans SEAL to run for office, Pride marshals and more Pride marshals and more
Kristin Beck, who retired from the Navy SEALS in 2011 and made national headlines by coming out as transgender, was in Atlanta Aug. 3-4 visiting First Metropolitan Community Church where she shared her story at the Sunday service.

[NY, USA]
Murder victim's mother speaks out after killer's release, asks ‘Where’s the justice?’
The parents of a transgender woman who was shot and killed in 2008 spoke out Thursday, a week after her killer was released from prison.
Family of LaTeisha Green pushes for reversal in the release of Dwight DeLee

[Haiti]
Government of Haiti rejects violence against members of the Gay and Lesbian community and pledges to vigorously prosecute perpetrators of hate crimes
The government of Haiti declares that it will not tolerate any acts of hatred or violence against individuals or groups and that it will vigorously prosecute all offenders. Inciting or conducting any acts of violence against individuals or groups is severely penalized under the nation's constitution and code of criminal procedure.