[International]
LGBT people in Crimea and Ukraine fear persecution under Russian anti-gay law
Concerns have been raised for the safety of LGBT people in Ukraine, Crimea and Russia amid a crisis in the area.

[International]
Transgender Europe: IDAHOT Press Release: May 1st 2014
Alarming figures: Transgender Europe’s Trans Murder Monitoring project unveils interactive map of more than 1,500 reported murders of trans people since January 2008

[Brasil]
Travesti é morta a facadas por causa de dívida
Uma travesti foi morta na madrugada desta quinta-feira, 15, por volta de 1h30, na rua Nilo Peçanha, no bairro da Calçada.
A vítima, Sued José Nascimento Lima, de 39 anos, estava devendo dinheiro para outra travesti, conhecida como Patrícia Bracinho, segundo informações da Superintendência de Telecomunicações das Polícias Civil e Militar (Stelecom).

[UK]
Trans Tory candidate and NHS diversity advisor opposes lesbian fertility rights
A Conservative Party Candidate and equality and diversity advisor to the National Health Service has taken to Twitter to voice her opposition to lesbian couples using sperm banks to have children.

[USA]
Education Department moves to protect transgender students from discrimination
Transgender students are protected from discrimination under the same federal law that prohibits sex discrimination, the Department of Education announced Tuesday.

[NC, USA]
Man pleads guilty to shooting transgender woman six times
A Florida man was convicted Tuesday of charges that he shot a transgender woman he had met on Craigslist six times within days of leaving his wife and arriving in Kernersville.

[OH, USA]
Transgender inmate sues over hormone treatments
A transgender prison inmate, serving a sentence on theft on forgery charges out of Hamilton County, wants a federal judge to order the state to allow her hormone treatments to continue, saying she suffered a medical setback including facial hair growth and depression when the treatments stopped.

[TX, USA]
Fired Texas trans teacher rehired to avoid lawsuit, but still barred from classroom
A Lumberton, Texas substitute teacher was fired by the Lumberton Independent School District when a parent complained that she is transgender. The Advocate reported that Laura Jane Klug was suspended earlier this month when a parent complained that her trans status was a distraction to students.

[WI, USA]
Milwaukee County bans discrimination based on gender identity
Milwaukee County in Wisconsin has banned discrimination on the grounds of gender identity and expression.