[UK]
UKIP Councillor: Bisexuals and trans people are 'part time homosexuals'
A UKIP councillor has labelled bisexuals and trans people ‘part time homosexuals’.

[Australia]
Act Legislative Council amends Births, Deaths and Marriage Act for greater recognition of trans and intersex people
The ACT Legislative Council has voted through amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriage Act 1997 (ACT) to provide better legal recognition for trans and intersex people.
ACT approves new gender identity birth certificate rules for trans and intersex people

[USA]
More Than 47,000 Petition White House to Recognize Nonbinary Genders
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition urging the Obama administration to legally recognize nonbinary genders.

[CA, USA]
Yosemite High School teacher undergoing gender transformation
Families in the foothills are reacting to news of a high school science teacher with plans to unveil his new gender identity after spring break.

[MD, USA]
Referendum drive possible if transgender rights bill passes
Opponents of a bill to include gender identity in Maryland’s anti-discrimination laws are warning it could be challenged in a referendum if the measure passes this session.

[NY, USA]
Department of Education Issues New Transgender Guidelines
After decades of dragging its feet on LGBT inclusion, the New York City public schools –– the nation’s largest school district –– took two big public steps forward in recent weeks in tandem with a hearing in the City Council Education Committee led by its new chair, Daniel Dromm, a veteran out gay Queens public school teacher.

[OR, USA]
First transgender mayor in America auctioning off shoe collection for charity
Stu Rasmussen, the openly transgender mayor of Silverton, Oregon, plans to auction off his women’s shoe collection for charity to raise money for his city