[International]
First-ever survey of trans* and intersex advocacy organizations reveals glaring need for support, partners
Global Action for Trans* Equality (GATE) and American Jewish World Service (AJWS) released today the results of the first-ever survey of transgender and intersex groups around the world in a new report, The State of Trans* and Intersex Organizing. The report is being presented on January 28 during the International Human Rights Funders Group’s 2014 San Francisco Conference.

Resposta da Ordem dos Psicólogos a um artigo da autoria do tristemente célebre psicólogo Abel, o mesmo que em directo na TVI afirmou-se contra a lei de alteração de nome e género e, entre outros "enganos", considerou que as pessoas trans não deviam contar por serem uma população residual. Pelos vistos os "enganos" continuam, agora dirigidos aos LG.
[Portugal]
Comunicado – Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
No passado dia 21 de Janeiro do presente ano, o Exmo. Sr. Dr. Abel Matos Santos, membro efectivo da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses (OPP), escreveu um artigo de opinião no jornal i sobre a co-adopção, fazendo referência ao relatório apresentado pela OPP. De acordo com o Exmo. Sr. Dr. Abel Matos Santos, assume-se que o documento contém diversas afirmações imprecisas e algumas lacunas, terminando o referido artigo invocando a célebre frase sobre a idoneidade da mulher de César. Perante estas alegações, a Ordem é obrigada a esclarecer alguns pontos, não apenas aos seus membros, mas também à população portuguesa e ao autor do artigo de opinião

[Brasil]
Delegado Thiago vira Laura e pode assumir defesa da mulher em Goiás
Cirurgia de mudança de sexo foi realizada na Tailândia; Laura deve voltar ao posto em fevereiro

[Greece]
JOINT PRESS RELEASE: “Discriminations by the school administration, persistent threats against the life, physical integrity and dignity, plus the disappointment because of a change in stewardship by the Greek Ombudsman, forced the trans schoolgirl to leave the school environment”
Greek Transgender Support Association (G.T.S.A.) and Greek Action for Human Rights – “Pleiades”, released an update about the highly negative developments in the case of the trans schoolgirl who was studying at a Night School of Athens and was finally forced to drop out because of the extreme discrimination and harassment she had to face.

[UAE]
Brazil Trans Women Detained in Dubai for 'Imitating Opposite Sex'
Two transgender women from Brazil were detained and their passports confiscated while on vacation in Dubai.
Hairdressers 38 year-old Karen Mke and 33 year-old Kamilla Satto have been detained last month while attending a local nightclub with police charging them with the crime of 'imitating' women.

[MD, USA]
New website offers resources for trans youth in Maryland
PFLAG, FreeState Legal collaborate to answer questions about legal aspect of transition

[MN, USA]
Transgender actress to speak at SCSU diversity conference
'Orange is the New Black' star will be a keynote

[NC, USA]
Transgender students want policy change at Asheville college
Community college administrators are working now to review name-change policy revisions

[PA, USA]
City: Trans litigant can’t seek punitive damages
Bobbie E. Burnett, a transgender library assistant who’s suing the city for workplace bias, wants the opportunity to seek punitive damages.
But the city maintains Burnett shouldn’t have that opportunity, because the anti-bias law in effect during the relevant time period didn’t authorize punitive damages.

[PA, USA]
Judge strikes down voter-ID law
A Pennsylvania judge last week struck down the controversial voter-identification law, declaring it unconstitutional to mandate individuals to present their photo identification before voting.