[Ireland]
Petition set up demanding RTÉ scrap ‘The Centre’ over portrayal of transgender character
A petition HAS been set up to remove the RTÉ show ‘The Centre’.
It demands that RTÉ immediately scrap the show as it encourages “abuse of transgender people”.

[Ireland]
TV3 to Air Documentary Which Positively Represents the Lives of Three Trans People Living in Ireland
TV3's Irish Lives: My Transgender Journey, which will air next Wednesday 16th April at 9pm, gives an up-close and personal account of three trans people's journeys and explores what it is like to live in a country that does not fully accept them

[Italy]
Lawyers warn of global push for 'gender identity' language
Attorneys working for human rights at the United Nations and other global organizations note a growing trend to introduce “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” language – as well as abortion rights – into international law.

[Italy]
Italian MPs introduce bill to protect parents' constitutional rights against 'gender ideology'
Italian Deputies Eugenia Roccella and Alessandro Pagano have introduced a bill in Parliament that would establish the rights of parents to make decisions about their children’s education, particularly on moral issues.

[India]
Transgenders Besiege Police Station Over 'Sex Torture' Spin to Murder
Around 50 transgenders besieged the Tiruvotriyur police station on Wednesday condemning reports published in some Tamil newspapers that a transgender was killed by a man unable to bear ‘sexual torture’ from the victim.

[Thailand]
Transgender love song becomes a viral hit online in Thailand with 9 million views
A pop song telling the story of a transgender woman who reunites with her best friend has become a surprise viral hit in Thailand – with nearly 9 million people watching the video clip on YouTube

[CA, USA]
USD drag show goes on despite Vatican appeal
The drag show will go on at the University of San Diego Thursday despite an ongoing effort to ban the event — a petition that’s been taken all the way to the Vatican.

[CA, USA]
Hundreds Expected at Transgender Leadership Summit
Transgender Law Center will host its 8th annual Transgender Leadership Summit from April 11-13th, at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) bringing together transgender community members, activists, leaders, and amazing artists and performers.

[CA, USA]
Trans women of color confab seeks to empower
Two Bay Area trans women of color are part of an unprecedented project intended to build community amongst trans women of color on a global scale.

[CT, USA]
Conn. judge orders transgender juvenile into state women's prison in Niantic
Connecticut prison officials say they're detaining a transgender juvenile at the state women's jail, after a judge transferred custody of the teen from the Department of Children and Families to the Department of Correction.

[PA, USA]
Transgender Law Center Files Brief in Student Discrimination Case
Transgender Law Center is representing Seamus Johnston, a former honors student at the University of Pittsburgh, in his sex discrimination lawsuit against the university.

[TX, USA]
Texas teacher suspended for being trans
After one parent complained, the school told a substitute teacher to not return as she was a 'distraction' in the classroom
Lumberton ISD suspends trans teacher after parents complain her gender identity is a ‘distraction’
Parents Force Transgender Teacher Out Of A Job
WATCH: Texas Teacher Suspended for Being Transgender
Attorney looks into legalities of firing a transgender teacher
Man-turning-woman substitute teacher suspended
Texas Transvestite Teacher Confuses 5th Grade Students at Lumberton ISD – Suspended after Outrage
Breitbart Texas Smears Teacher Suspended For Being Transgender
Teacher suspended after parents complained because she is transgender

[Belize]
Transgender woman is stoned and beaten by an angry mob
On Tuesday evening, a transgender woman was badly beaten in Belize