[USA]
Carmen Carrera Fires Back at T Word Critics
'I want to be respected as a woman, as a mother, as a wife. That’s why I transition,' Carrera said, responding to critics about why she would never advocate for the use of the word 'tranny.'
RuPaul, Justin Vivian Bond, And Lady Bunny React To Trannygate
Winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race makes transphobic slur towards trans model

[USA]
Interview turns bizarre as Rush Limbaugh asks trans woman how to ‘trick’ men into sex
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh found himself being schooled by a transgender woman on the air on Thursday after he used the term “tranny” to describe her.
Transgender Caller Condemns Limbaugh For Using Transphobic Slur

[GA, USA]
Trans women beaten, stripped on train as passengers cheer
Two women have fled the US state of Georgia as they feel they are not protected by the police

[LA, USA]
Post-Op Transexual Says She Was Bullied Out of a Job
A post-op transsexual says she was bullied out of her nursing job; and she’s been unable to secure employment elsewhere, because her past employer is holding her back.

[OR, USA]
Bizarre Murder Case in Oregon
The mother of a woman who was slain in 2011 sued a former police officer who has been charged with the murder of his estranged wife, claiming the transsexual officer solicited and conspired in the murder.

[PA, USA]
Eighth Ward urges Morris probe
The Eighth Ward Democratic Executive Committee has sent a letter to Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane and District Attorney R. Seth Williams, urging a state probe into the Nizah Morris case.

[WY, USA]
Town adds protections for gays, transgendered
Gay rights advocates are lauding a move by the Jackson Town Council earlier this week to officially add protections for gay and transgender people into the municipality’s policy manual that governs hiring.

[Mexico]
Jade, migrante homosexual
El asfalto le parece eterno. Jade se ha quitado los tenis converse de estrellitas que le regalaron en la casa del Migrante de San Luis Potosí. “Ya no aguanto los pies, lo que tiene uno que aguantar para hacer dinero” murmura. El aire está fresco, se aferra a una palestina que lleva en el pecho.