[Bangladesh]
Bangladesh refuses to decriminalize homosexuality
Rights activists say discriminatory act gives police a handle to illegally arrest, attack and abuse LGBTI people

[USA]
Transgender youth face unique challenges, discrimination
Matt Duron is a self-described "guy's guy." He's an athletic, masculine police officer and he's also the cheerleader, protector and ally to his transgender child.

[AZ, USA]
Update: Transgender Law Center Files Brief with Arizona Court of Appeals in Transgender Marriage Case
Transgender Law Center recently filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Arizona Court of Appeals in response to an Arizona Superior Court ruling that a transgender man’s marriage was invalid.6

[CA, USA]
Man arrested in beating death of trans woman in Southern California
Melony Smith was found dead in motel room where she lived

[CA, USA]
Victory for Gender Nonconforming Student!
Transgender Law Center recently helped Madison, a gender nonconforming student in the Los Angeles area, respond to discrimination by the ACT, the college admissions testing service.

[CA, USA]
Transgender theology professor asked to leave California Christian college after coming out
A California Christian college has asked a professor who was once its chair of theology and philosophy to leave Azusa Pacific University after he came out as transgender.
Theology professor set to leave university over transgender identity

[CA, USA]
Student crowned first transgender high school homecoming queen in US history
Cassidy Lynn Campbell makes history in Huntington Beach, California
Transgender student Cassidy Lynn Campbell made history Friday (20 September) when she was crowned homecoming queen of Marina High School in Huntington Beach, California.
Transgender teen crowned Homecoming Queen at Calif. high school
Transgender Student In Huntington Beach Named Homecoming Queen
Transgender teen voted homecoming queen in Huntington Beach
Transgender Student Named Homecoming Queen
Transgender teen crowned homecoming queen at O.C. high school

[CA, USA]
Prop. 8 backers behind effort to repeal transgender law
The National Organization for Marriage, which backed Proposition 8’s now defunct ban on same-sex marriage, announced Friday that it would work to repeal a new California law that permits transgender students to use bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity, not their physical sex.
NOM Abandons Marriage Mission To Campaign Against Transgender Children
Prop. 8 players join bid to repeal transgender law

[DC, USA]
Community Service Likely for ''Heidi Glum'' Defendants
Prosecutors reach deferred-sentence agreement with one of two defendants in June attack on D.C. drag performer

[FL, USA]
The Pride Center Offers Discussion Panel on Transgender Women & Lesbians
On Tuesday, September 24, 2013, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., The Pride Center in Wilton Manors, offers a panel discussion called “Are Trans Women Our Sisters?”

[MN, USA]
Gender-identity conversation comes out of the closet
Some members of the GLBT community are challenging the norm that everyone must live as one gender or the other.

[PA, USA]
Pa. School Silent on Trans Teen's Bid for Homecoming King
School administrators told Kasey Caron and his family that they plan to take no action regarding his request to be listed on the male ballot for homecoming king.

[TX, USA]
Transgender Texas widow fighting for first husband’s death benefits
Under Texas law, Nikki Araguz is still considered a man. Even though she’s found another husband, the woman is appealing a ruling that voided her first marriage and cuts her off from more than $600,000 in benefits.