[Brasil]
Travesti é encontrado morto às margens de cafezal em Arandu
Vítima, de 29 anos, foi encontrada com cortes no pescoço e amarrada.
Ela se prostituía em uma rodovia; autor do crime pode ser um cliente.
Um travesti de 29 anos foi encontrado morto na tarde deste domingo (8), em Arandu (SP). Segundo a Polícia Militar, um morador do Bairro Anhumas, zona rural da cidade, encontrou o corpo às margens de um cafezal com as mãos e os pés amarrados. Havia hematomas no corpo e cortes, possivelmente de faca, na região do pescoço e ombros.
Travesti de 29 anos encontrado morto e seminu é enterrado em Avaré
Travesti de 29 anos encontrado morto e seminu é enterrado em Avaré

[USA]
AMA Says Transgender Patients Don't Need Surgery To Change Birth Certificate
The American Medical Association today said transgender people shouldn’t have to have surgery to change their birth certificate.

[KS, USA]
Topeka, Kan., Now Protects Gender Identity, Domestic Partnerships
The city council of Topeka, Kansas, passed an 'equality package' to extend employment nondiscrimination protections to transgender individuals and those in domestic partnerships.

[MD, USA]
Transgender student named prom queen at Baltimore high school
Destiny Hartis had made up her mind.
She would be elected Digital Harbor High School's prom queen at the school's senior prom on May 15, she remembers thinking that night -- even if it meant spending part of the dance gathering votes from her fellow classmates.
Maryland Transgender Student Crowned Prom Queen

[OR, USA]
Mother of Gladstone woman killed in 2011 seeks $900K from murder suspect
Excerpt: Benton, a former Gladstone police sergeant, is accused of plotting for more than a year to have Debbie Higbee-Benton killed. Benton underwent a sex change procedure and now lives as a man.
Wrongful death suit against ex-Gladstone cop

[TX, USA]
Council extends rights protection for gays, transgendered
Mayor hails vote, but opponents vow to force recalls, referendum