[Portugal]
Os homens conseguem amar? Uma reflexão.
É uma reflexão interessante e que me surgiu depois de ler alguns textos e crónicas sobre a capacidade ou falta dela de os homens amarem. Isto dá pano para mangas, como qualquer assunto que tenha a ver com sentimentos e emoções. Principalmente porque as mulheres são educadas e induzidas a mostrar o que sentem, e os homens não.

[Europe]
Despite opposition, Parliament takes stock of LGBT equality in new report
Today the European Parliament voted its annual report on fundamental rights in the European Union. The report includes an extensive overview of the situation for LGBT people, and recommendations to reach European equality standards laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

[Brasil]
Travesti morre baleado na zona sul de SP
Polícia investiga os motivos do crime, ocorrido na madrugada
Um travesti morreu após ser baleado na zona sul de São Paulo. O assassinato ocorreu por volta das 4h desta quinta-feira na Avenida Indianópolis.

[UK]
Talk Sport slammed for mocking 'tranny army' Scotland kit
UK's Talk Sport, the 'world's biggest sports radio station', laughed and repeated transphobic comments about the new pink and yellow Scotland strip

[Ireland]
Ireland's 'trans' bill will grant state recognition to teens' chosen gender
Ireland’s Parliament has proposed a bill that would allow 16 year-olds to have their “gender” changed on their birth certificates and passports. The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, said she would bring the proposal to Parliament on Tuesday.

[Pakistan]
Sex change blesses family with more earning hands
Though his family feels stronger at the addition of another male member in him, teenager Abdul Raheem is fighting an identity crisis lying in the Pakistan Railways Hospital in the city.

[New Zealand]
Ailing Beyer hopes to return to politics
Georgina Beyer says she is hopeful of returning to politics by standing in the next round of local body elections.

[USA]
Intersex Youth Tell Fox News (and the World) About Challenges They Face
Members of Inter/Act, a group of young intersex writers and advocates, have drafted an open letter about what 'intersex' is and what it means to have that gender option on Facebook.

[CA, USA]
Effort to repeal trans law fails
A referendum sponsored by right-wing organizations to repeal Assembly Bill 1266, a groundbreaking transgender youth equality law, has failed to garner enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot.

[DC, USA]
Police chief to release hate crimes report
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier was expected to release this week a report prepared by an independent task force that assessed how the department investigates and reports hate crimes, including anti-LGBT hate crimes.

[GA, USA]
'Orange is the New Black' actress shares life story as black, transgender woman
Laverne Cox gave her personal testimony to students at the University of Georgia, describing how she learned to embrace herself as a transgender woman and how the transgender community as a whole is misunderstood and mistreated.

[NH, USA]
Taking a stand for transgender rights in Portsmouth
If Portsmouth is indeed the "City of the Open Door," then it should embrace adopting a nondiscrimination policy for transgender individuals, said Assistant Mayor Jim Splaine.

[NV, USA]
A Vegas woman's fight for gender recognition
A Las Vegas woman's fight against the federal government has led to a national policy change that affects people across the country.
Jillian Destito was born a man, but now lives as a woman, and she wanted her identity with Social Security to reflect that choice.

[NY, USA]
CeCe McDonald's media tour of New York City
Last week, CeCe McDonald visited New York City for the first time, and spoke with several media outlets and organizations about her story and work as an activist.