[Brasil]
Travesti é encontrado morto com um tiro na cabeça em Taguatinga
Região onde vítima foi encontrada é conhecida por ser ponto de prostituição e usuários de drogas
Um travesti foi encontrado morto na manhã desta terça-feira (29), no centro de Taguatinga, no Distrito Federal. De acordo com informações preliminares da perícia da PCDF (Polícia Civil do Distrito Federal), a vítima teria sido morta com um tiro na cabeça.

[UK]
Caroline Cossey: 80s Bond girl, Playboy model & transwoman
The faces on the transwomen’s Mt. Rushmore are largely familiar. The likes of Christine Jorgensen, whose transition inspired the then-shocking McCarthy-era headline, “GI Becomes Blonde Bombshell,” 1970s pro tennis player Renee Richards, electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos, and Stonewall veteran and activist Sylvia Rivera, are well documented.

[Pakistan]
Govt asked to open doors of legislative houses to transvestites
The employment of a transgender in Sindh rose to four after Iraj Aftab was handed over appointment letter on Friday by commissioner office as a junior clerk. She would work at complaint anti price hike centre and would get a salary of Rs 10,000 per month.

[India]
Transgender stands for office after landmark Supreme Court ruling
With a tight budget and a humble autorickshaw, a pioneering transgender is campaigning in her hometown in Tamil Nadu for a seat in Parliament, just days after the Supreme Court recognised "third gender" people.

[India]
The Third Front: Why transgenders remain a minority in election process
Transgenders often spend their lives on the fringes of society, with social unacceptability forcing them into prostitution or begging.

[India]
The hijra legacy
The Supreme Court of India has finally recognised hijras as the third gender. This must be seen as a victory of ‘Indian culture’. Will it? Remarkably, this comes a few months after the Supreme Court recriminalised consensual sex between same sex adults, popularly considered ‘western corruption’.

[India]
Transgenders celebrate first victory in battle for recognition
Transgenders across the city converged at Jantar Mantar on Saturday to celebrate the recognition of the community as a third gender.

[USA]
Transgender US TV host B Scott loses discrimination lawsuit against network who forced him to wear men’s clothes
Popular TV personality B Scott lost the $2.5 million lawsuit against TV network that forced him to remove his make-up and heels, but plans to appeal the case.
B. Scott to Appeal Ruling Finding BET Didn't Discriminate
Transgender TV Personality Loses Viacom Discrimination Lawsuit

[USA]
Transgender Icon Jayne County Banned From Facebook For “Transphobia”
We’d all do well to consider ways in which homophobia and transphobia harm our community in speech, action and thought.