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domingo, agosto 03, 2014

[Brasil]
Travesti é encontrada morta com plástico enrolado no pescoço
Outra transsexual é suspeita de ter assassinada Camila
Uma travesti foi encontrada morta O corpo de Camila foi encontrado jogado no meio de entulho em uma estrada vicinal enrolado em um cobertor, em Bragança Paulista. Um saco plástico enrolado no pescoço dava indícios de que ela havia sido sufocada. A Polícia aponta como principal suspeita outra travesti


[Israel]
Famed transgender performer stands up for Israel
Former Andy Warhol protégé Jayne County frequently posts pro-Israel messages, as commentary on anti-Semitism and criticism of Israeli policy, on social media.

[Canada]
Trans march draws several hundred to help kick off Pride
Participants note local recent progress but say more work to be done
Approximately 350 people took to Commercial Drive Aug 1 for the fifth annual Trans, Two-Spirit and Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration March to help kick off Pride weekend in Vancouver.

[USA]
Allyson Robinson Won't Rest Until Trans People Can Serve Openly
Trans military advocate Allyson Robinson may have a new job as a Baptist church minister, but she's not done with helping all military personnel serve openly.

[AZ, USA]
Activists Call for Release of Trans Immigration Detainee Raped in Custody
A trans immigration detainee says she was raped by her male cellmate weeks after reporting that she had been verbally harassed by the man, and threatened with sexual assault.
Activists Say Response to Transgender Woman's Rape in Eloy Detention Center Is Unacceptable

[CA, USA]
Boxer helps transgender athletes find strength
Athlete working to start online gym that encourages transgender people to buck common conceptions of gender and fitness.

[CA, USA]
Transgender Artists Fight Back Against Censorship In New Art Show 'Trigger Warning'
The phrase "trigger warning" is typically used to warn past victims of trauma that something they are about to read, see or hear may spur negative memories. But an upcoming art event featuring work by transgender artists uses the term to discuss the censorship that transgender individuals have frequently faced in their self-expression.

[MD, USA]
Fear and violence in transgender Baltimore: 'It's scary trusting anyone'
The murder of two African American women in the span of six weeks has left an already marginalised community on edge

[MI, USA]
Feds Give Spring Arbor University Permission To Discriminate Against LGBT Community
The U.S. Department of Education has given Michigan based Spring Arbor University permission to discriminate against LGBT students and employees. In a letter dated June 2, 2014, Spring Arbor University President Brent Ellis requested the federal government waive requirements under Title IX of the U.S. Code, which dictates treatment of students and employees and universities and other educational settings.

[TX, USA]
Trans woman settles housing case
Cedar Creek Lake couple say they were pressured by DOJ to accept mediated settlement rather than take case to trial to set legal precedent

[America Latina]
El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras, los países más peligrosos de la región para GLBTI
El triángulo norte de Centroamérica, formado por El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras, es la zona más peligrosa de la región para los homosexuales.
Desde el 2009, en estos tres países han asesinado a 282 homosexuales, alertaron este miércoles activistas de esa comunidad, que reclamaron respeto a sus derechos.

[Honduras]
El delito de ser trans en Honduras
El domingo después de la medianoche un auto azul se detuvo cerca de Darwin René Reyes, transexual que desde hace quince años trabaja en las calles de San Pedro Sula, en Honduras. Su nombre es Shakira y cuenta que esa fue la peor noche de su vida: un hombre la golpeó y la policía, en vez de defenderla, también la agredió. Hacía pocos días, la comunidad LGBIT había hecho una movilización por el respeto de sus derechos y el esclarecimiento de los 168 asesinatos a homosexuales en los últimos 5 años.

[Honduras]
"No soy gay": médico que golpeó a transexual en norte de Honduras
El médico hondureño asegura que se defendió de la agresión del trabajador comercial del sexo, quien le quebró el vidrio de su auto.

[Honduras]
Honduras news captures two men beating a trans woman
A video of a trans woman being beaten by two men, one of them reportedly a police officer, had sparked outrage in Honduras