[Canada]
Vancouver School Board’s new ‘gender identity’ policy ignores parents: critics
Concerned parents have managed to stall for a time what they say is an under-the-radar attempt by the Vancouver School Board’s (VSB) LGBTQ+ committee to have the board adopt radical revisions to its existing “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities” policy. They believe the policy revisions, which are now expected to be put to a vote on June 11, would usurp parental authority and potentially harm children.

[LA, USA]
La. Trio Accused of Enslaving Trans Woman
After meeting online, an unnamed trans woman's stay with a Louisiana couple turned violent as she was beaten, forced to perform sex acts, and complete household chores against her will.
Trans woman kept as sex slave by Louisiana trio for two years

[IL, USA]
SIUE transgender student says university failed to respond appropriately to assault report
A transgender student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville says she was assaulted by her roommate and the university did nothing about it. However, the university contends it investigated the incident and took the appropriate action.

[MD, USA]
LGBT Community On Alert After Transgender Woman Found Dead
Living in fear. A growing number of attacks of transgender people and two murders put the LGBT community on edge. The latest victim–a transgender woman found dead in a field in Northeast Baltimore.

[OH, USA]
Cleveland man accused of December transgender killing
Police accused a Cleveland teenager of murder in connection with the fatal December shooting of a 22-year-old transgender woman.

[WA, USA]
Port Angeles School Board tables new transgender policy amid loud outcry
The Port Angeles School Board delayed a decision on a transgender student policy, which is required by the state, after hearing protests from an overflow crowd last week.

[Latin America]
No todos aprueban resolución
La Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) aprobó en su Asamblea General una resolución que condena todas las formas de discriminación contra personas por motivos de orientación sexual, pero Paraguay y otros 10 países no se sumaron al consenso.
OEA no impondrá temas polémicos como aborto o matrimonios entre personas del mismo sexo: Insulza

[Mexico]
Proponen reformas para reconocer derechos plenos a transexuales
Con el fin de reconocer plenamente los derechos humanos de la comunidad transexual y transgénero, así como el derecho a la identidad de género, la diputada Miriam Saldaña Cháirez, propondrá reformar los artículos 35, 134 y 135 bis del Código Civil del DF y la derogación de los artículos del Código de Procedimientos Civiles del Distrito Federal.

[Panama]
Detienen a unos 15 homosexuales y trabajadoras sexuales tras operativo
Unas 15 personas que se dedicaban a la prostitución entre ellas mujeres y homosexuales fueron retenidas por unidades de la Policía Nacional por dedicarse a la prostitución clandestina.