[Switzerland]
Meet Claudette, An Intersex Sex Worker From Switzerland
This is Claudette. Claudette is a husband, a grandfather and an award-winning cyclist. She's also an intersex sex worker. "I’d rather sell my ass than my soul; it’s harder but much cleaner," she told photographer Malika Gaudin Delrieu soon after they met.

[Russia]
Patriarch Kirill criticizes opportunity to choose from 50 gender options in social networks
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said he criticized the attempts to drastically change people's ideas on gender.

[India]
Transgenders Seek Special Camps to Get Voter Identity Cards
Members of a transgender network presented a petition to the chief electoral officer, Tamil Nadu, on Tuesday requesting that special camps be organised to provide them with voter identity cards.

[China/Hong Kong]
Proposal for full sex change surgery before marriage allowed 'unnecessary'
Equal opportunities chief says demand would deter transgender people

[Japan]
Court OKs adoption by transsexual
The Osaka Family Court has approved the adoption of a 3-year-old boy by a woman in her 30s who changed her sex from male due to gender identity disorder (GID), the woman said Wednesday.

[Australia]
Norrie wins High Court appeal
The High Court has ruled that NSW laws permit registration of a third “non specific” category of sex other than male or female.
Norrie ruling: High Court recognises third category of non specific gender
High Court recognises third category of gender
Neither man nor woman: Norrie wins gender appeal
Third gender must be recognised by NSW after Norrie wins legal battle
Corbell urges states to follow suit on gender laws

[New Zealand]
Model comp: Trans Aucklander can compete
Organisers of a modelling competition say a transgender Auckland woman can compete, and are apologising for their “naivety and confusion” after earlier telling her it was for “females only”.

[Canada]
Nova Scotia now funds sex reassignment surgery
As of April 1, Nova Scotia will cover eight types of sex reassignment surgeries for residents.
Sex reassignment surgery funding begins in Nova Scotia

[NC, USA]
Attorney: Civil rights complaint possible after harassment of transgender student
CPCC official says school is attempting 'balancing act' between rights of transgender students, other students