[Portugal]
15ª Marcha do Orgulho LGBT de Lisboa
Realizou-se ontem mais uma Marcha do Orgulho LGBT de Lisboa com uma participação muito significativa
Concentrados no jardim do Príncipe Real por volta das 17:00 eram apenas algumas centenas que estendiam as suas faixas com reivindicações, frases feitas reflexo de discriminações vividas, de exigências de uma vida melhor, digna, igual.
Lisboa foi palco de uma grande manifestação da ‘Diversidade contra a Austeridade’
Cerca de 3000 pessoas marcharam em Lisboa pelos direitos da comunidade LGBT
LIBERDADE SEXUAL, LIBERDADE DE AMAR

[Portugal]
Uma "aguarela" contra a discriminação [Vídeo]
A sede do Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra acolhe até 28 de junho a exposição de fotografia "Aguarela", de Pedro Medeiros. O projeto está integrado no Plano de Iniciativas para o Combate à Discriminação pela Orientação Sexual e Identidade de Género, organizado pela Saúde em Português (Organização Não Governamental para o Desenvolvimento situada em Coimbra).

[Brasil]
Travesti é morto a pauladas após programa com policial
O travesti bebia com amigos, quando foi levado para um morro, no Rio de Janeiro, e em seguida encontrado morto a pauladas. Veja!

[Sweden]
Court overrules diagnosis-requirement
A Swedish administrative court overruled the diagnosis-requirement in Swedish gender recognition law.

[South Africa]
20-year wait for sex change surgery
People wanting sex change surgery at the province’s only transgender health-care unit, at Groote Schuur, could wait for 15 to 20 years, thanks to limited funding and staff shortages.

[India]
Transgender turns hostile, denies forced sex-change
His sordid tale of brutalisation came as a shocker when it was reported in March. Vinod alias Trisha, 19, approached the CB-CID in 2009 and alleged that a group of transgenders had abducted him, forced him to undergo a sex-change operation, raped him and pushed him into prostitution.

[Canada]
Shame on Toronto's McPride Parade
This weekend, after years of fighting for the right to be seen and heard, thousands of people took to Yonge St. in the largest Trans March of all time. This wasn't the largest Trans March in Canada--this was the largest Trans March in the world. Ever.

[CT, USA]
Transgender Teen May Go To Massachusetts Facility
The transgender girl imprisoned since April 8 without criminal charges has been tentatively accepted at a private mental health treatment center for children and teenagers in Massachusetts, Connecticut child protection officials said Thursday.
Transgender Teen Could Be Moved Out of State
Jailed Conn. Trans Teen to Be Released
DCF finds placement for jailed transgender teen

[FL, USA]
Trans Woman in Florida Found Burned to Death
Yaz’min Shancez's remains were found behind a Fort Myers, Fla., dumpster. Police remain without leads.
Last Thursday, Fort Myers, Fla., police uncovered the burnt remains of 31-year-old transgender woman Yaz’min Shancez. Shancez was discovered behind a garbage bin at a rental facility located at 2807 Fowler Street in Fort Myers.

[FL, USA]
Medicare coverage for sex-change surgery lifted
A 33-year ban on Medicare coverage for sex-change operations has been lifted.
This move could cause a domino effect when it comes to private insurance plans.

[MD, USA]
KOKUMO Is Missing!
Just got the alert from one of my BTMI brothers that KOKUMO is missing. The Chicago based artist was in the Baltimore area and was last seen on Thursday at her hotel.

[MD, USA]
Trans Woman Found Murdered in Baltimore
Earlier this week, a transgender Baltimore resident was found dead in a field, just days after local advocates celebrated the state's new antidiscrimination law.

[WI, USA]
Cross-dressing students cause stir at Middleton High School
Cross-dressing students cause stir at Middleton High School
A number of Middleton High School students defied a request from school officials not to cross-dress during a senior dress-up day, and it could cost one student attendance at graduation.