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sábado, setembro 07, 2013

[Brasil]
Travesti morre após ser baleado em estrada de Maringá, no norte do PR
Vítima foi encontrada com marcas de tiros na Estrada Miosótis, diz a PM.
Ele estava sem documentos e não havia sido identificada até esta manhã.
Travesti é assassinada com tiro no rosto em Maringá

[Brasil]
Travesti é morta com tiros, pedradas e pauladas em Piracicaba, diz polícia
Crime ocorreu em esquina do distrito de Ártemis, na zona rural da cidade.
Documentos, objetos pessoais e carro da vítima foram deixados no local.


[UK]
Goldfrapp unveils must-watch short film exploring gender identity
British band is getting ready to release their sixth studio album Tales Of Us
While Goldfrapp may be known for electro pop, glam and glitter, the band has always been artists.
Video: Goldfrapp releases new short film exploring transgender issues in childhood

[Russia]
Líderes del G20 instaron a denunciar leyes discriminatorias y abusos a los Derechos Humanos en Rusia
Usted sabe que un país se encuentra bajo escrutinio cuando la gente de todo el mundo comienza a boicotear su bebida emblemática.
La campaña "tira el Stoli" (dump Stoli), una iniciativa lanzada por el columnista y activista LGBTI Dan Savage, llama a un boicot de una de las principales exportaciones de Rusia, el vodka Stolichnaya.
El Consejo de Europa se pronuncia contra las leyes "homófobas" en Rusia
Gays' Kids Could Be Taken by State Under Proposed Bill
Homosexuales rusos denunciarán su persecución legal en reunión con Obama


[Senegal]
Senegal minister rules out lifting ban on gays
Senegal's new Justice Minister Sidiki Kaba has ruled out legalising homosexuality in the deeply conservative Muslim country despite being a former leading campaigner for gay rights, reports said on Friday.

[Pakistan]
Once a ‘wife’ soon to be a husband
Some eight months ago, happily married Nagina Akram had not even imagined one day she would be running a tyre shop at a bus stand as a young man, Usman Akram.

[AZ, USA]
UA seeks to boost transgender studies program
The University of Arizona is creating four tenured professor positions to expand its transgender studies courses.

[CA, USA]
Student struggles with SDSU transgender policy
Getting accustomed to a new school as a transfer student may be a difficult experience. For lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies junior Rob Ortiz, the necessary first week of school changes and challenges were added to by another set of stressors: dealing with a university staff that was not prepared to answer the pleas of someone who identifies as a transgender male.

[CA, USA]
Unresolved homicide befuddles and bewilders
Fontana Police say that a suspect in the murder of a transgender woman, who was brutally beaten in her apartment late last month, is on the run, and the police department is in need of the public’s help in tracking him down. According to Fontana Police spokesman Doug ImHof, the victim in this case was a transgender individual, known as Domonique Newburn.

[ID, USA]
Transgender Woman Faces Trial
The transgender woman banned from the Lewiston Rosauers for using the women's bathroom will stand trial today for allegedly battering a woman after a confrontation in a downtown bar.

[NY, USA]
Grand Jury to Weigh Indictment in Islan Nettles Killing
The 20-year-old Manhattan man arrested for what witnesses said was a brutal attack on a transgender woman in Harlem shortly after midnight on August 17 is due back in court on October 4, by which time he will likely have faced grand jury consideration of stiffer charges than the third-degree assault and second-degree harassment he is currently charged with.

[PA, USA]
Transgender Student Denied Dream of Running for Homecoming
At 17, Pennsylvania teen Kasey Caron was more concerned with the SATs and college applications than his school’s homecoming ceremony. But when Caron, a transgender teen, requested to be on the male ballot he caused a stir in his school district.

[TX, USA]
San Antonio Adds LGBT Protections to Nondiscrimination Ordinance
The nation's seventh-largest city now protects LGBT people from discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and housing.
VICTORY: San Antonio council passes LGBT protections
S.A. council adds LGBT protections to city's non-discrimination ordinance
San Antonio Passes LGBT Nondiscrimination Ordinance
San Antonio approves gay rights measure after fierce debate
Opponents and supporters of the newly updated NDO react; tell what's next
Gays Predict Change, Conservatives Plan Lawsuit Following NDO Approval


[Argentina]
Realizan el Primer Encuentro Nacional trans y de la diversidad sexual
El Ministro de Salud de Santa Fe, Miguel Ángel Cappiello estuvo en la apertura que se realizó en el auditorio del Cemar con la presencia de más de 150 participantes de todo el país.