[International]
Trans singer on anti-gay laws; gay British men not "queen"
Rizi Xavier Timane, a transgender activist/gospel singer from Nigeria, has shot a music video featuring all LGBT individuals to protest anti-gay laws and actions, including the one recently passed in Uganda, according to an email Timane sent to Windy City Times. ( The video for the song, "The Way God Made Me," is at www.youtube.com/watch. ) Timane is also a registered associate clinical social worker with the state of California.

[Brasil]
Após julgamento em Dubai, travestis brasileiras são multadas, presas e deportadas: ‘Quero esquecer’
A novela [ou filme de terror] vivido pelas brasileiras Karen Mke e Kamilla Satto, que foram presas em Dubai no dia 13 de dezembro de 2013 pelo simples fato de serem travestis, acabou nessa segunda-feira, 24, quando finalmente puderam ser deportadas. As turistas enfrentaram o julgamento no dia 12 de fevereiro e, como pena – no país é proibido que pessoas do sexo masculino vistam-se com roupas femininas - tiveram que ficar detidas por 12 dias e pagar uma multa de 20 mil dirham, o que corresponde a 12 mil reais.

[Brasil]
Após três anos de aprovação em exame, advogada transexual consegue registro da OAB
Três anos depois de aprovada no exame da OAB (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil), a transexual Giowana Cambrone Araújo, 34 anos, finalmente conseguiu o registro profissional, entregue nesta segunda-feira (24), constando no documento o nome feminino que realmente a identifica. Antes, ela precisou vencer uma batalha judicial, iniciada em 2010, para a troca do nome na identidade civil. Somente após essa mudança, a Ordem autorizou a alteração do nome na carteira do órgão. Finalmente ela se sente entusiasmada a exercer a profissão que escolheu.

[Brasil]
Insegurança domina ruas do centro de Jundiaí
Excerto: Agressões, xingamentos e roubos são comuns a travestis, garotas de programas e mendigos, mas nada é feito quando os considerados “marginais” são as vítimas.

[Brasil]
Vereador quer multar quem 'pegar' travesti
O vereador José Carlos Chicarelli (PSDC) quer que a prefeitura comece a multar os clientes de prostitutas, travestis e outros profissionais do sexo em Curitiba.

[Europe]
Upcoming event: 2009-2019: 10 years of LGBT rights – Successes, Failures, Challenges
On Wednesday 5 March, the LGBT Intergroup will host a discussion between MEPs, NGOs and EU institutions about the EU’s recent achievements and upcoming challenges in advancing LGBT rights. Registration is now open.

[UK]
Transgender woman subjected to 'disgusting' abuse on train
Police are appealing for witnesses after a transgender woman was subjected to a torrent of abuse by four drunk men as she boarded a London Kings Cross to Durham train with her partner on Sunday 19 January.

[Ireland]
Speaking from the Margins Report Now Available
The Speaking from the Margins: Trans Mental Health and Wellbeing in Ireland Report is now available to download.

[Greece]
Greek Female Police Officer Becomes.....Male
A Greek female police officer who underwent gender reassignment surgery and wants to continue serving the Greek police force, is now facing Greek bureaucracy and conservative thinking, not allowing him to return to his duties.

[Turkey]
Turkey Man Kills Trans GF, Family Disavows Her Gender
A Turkish man admitted to killing his 29-year-old transgender girlfriend and burying her in vineyard where he worked before stealing her valuables and fleeing to Serbia.

[Australia]
Community concerned over lack of intersex support
The Victorian intersex community raised concerns about the state’s lack of health and support services for intersex adults at a community forum held in Melbourne as part of the government’s LGBTI community consultation.

[New Zealand]
Scholarship for transgender students
An Auckland tertiary education provider has announced it will soon be offering scholarships for transgender students.

[CA, USA]
Conservatives Fail In Bid To Overturn California Law Protecting Transgender Students
The final results are in, and opponents of California’s new law protecting transgender students have failed to collect enough signatures to challenge the law with a ballot referendum. County election officers determined that just 487,484 of the signatures they submitted were valid, short of the 504,760 that were necessary. The coalition fighting the law, Privacy for All Students (PFAS), submitted 619,387 signatures.
Too Many Bogus Signatures: CA's Anti-Trans Kids Measure Fizzles
Opponents of CA 'bathroom bill' vow to fight on after signatures tossed out
Despite Failed Repeal Effort, Transphobic Calif. Coalition Still Fighting
Transgender law's foes won't concede defeat

[KY, USA]
Transgender star of Orange Is the New Black recalls her struggles
Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” star and transgender activist Laverne Cox navigated the intersecting arenas of race, gender and sexuality in a speech sponsored by the Student Activities Board on Tuesday in Memorial Hall.

[NY, USA]
College of Law student speaks on gender identity laws in Argentina
Argentina is known as a very religious country, but that didn’t stop Iñanki Regueiro De Giacomi from fighting for a gender identity law.