[Brasil]
Travesti é morto a facadas na Região Leste de Belo Horizonte, diz PM
Segundo corporação, vítima foi morta por outro travesti no Sagrada Família.
Polícia informou que ninguém foi preso.
Um travesti de 30 anos morreu na madrugada deste sábado (16) depois de levar três facadas no bairro Sagrada Família, na Região Leste de Belo Horizonte. De acordo com a Polícia Militar (PM), a vítima foi morta por outro travesti na Rua João Carlos.

[Brasil]
Travesti é encontrado morto com 6 facadas
Polícia acredita que crime pode ser passional

[UK]
Transgender boxing promoter Kellie Maloney joins Celebrity Big Brother house
Transgender boxing promoter Kellie Maloney has entered the Celebrity Big Brother house.
The former UKIP candidate and manager of Lennox Lewis revealed last Sunday that she is transgender, and has begun to transition.
Kellie Maloney went public about life as woman 'after newspaper threats'
Frank Maloney sex change: Ex-boxing promoter realised she was 'different' from the age of three
Trans boxing legend Kellie Maloney: Newspapers hounded me into coming out

[UK]
Paris Lees appointed as first openly trans Stonewall Awards panel judge
Prominent journalist and broadcaster Paris Lees has been appointed as the first openly trans member of the Stonewall Awards judging panel.

[Malta]
Catholic Malta enacts ‘transgender’ employment discrimination law
An amendment to Malta’s Employment and Industrial Relations Act means that employment “discrimination” against “transsexuals” is now officially prohibited in the Catholic country. The provision, which was quietly passed in May, came into effect on August 12th.
Illegal to discriminate against trans-people at work

[Turkey]
Lots of guns but no trans!
Helin wrote about her “adventure with the military” for KaosGL’s 117th issue (March – April 2011) titled “Militarism.”

[India]
‘Open varsity doors for transgenders’
After Delhi University’s move to introduce third-gender option, activists in Madurai are planning to approach educational institutions to open the doors for transgender students.

[China]
'Moral model' plans gender reassignment surgery
Liu Ting, celebrated as a national "moral model", announced last Thursday he plans to have gender reassignment surgery at a hospital in Guangzhou.

[Australia]
Brisbane LGBTI-friendly club accused of trans* discrimination and assault
One of Brisbane's major gay-friendly venues has been accused of transphobic discrimination and assault following an alleged incident with security and a patron last week.

[USA]
7 Trans Films From The Summer Film Festival Circuit That You Must See
There's no doubt that 2014 has been a big year for trans representation in film, and this summer's film festival circuit made that all the more clear. So we asked trans artist, writer and filmmaker Ewan Duarte to run down his favourites from festivals like Outfest, Newfest and Frameline, and these were his big seven:

[USA]
Gavin McInnes Pushed Out of Ad Agency While Defending Transphobic Views
Despite being dismissed from his position at the ad agency he cofounded after publishing a violently transphobic essay, Gavin McInnes is sticking by his views.

[USA]
Attorneys for Chelsea Manning promise fight if Pentagon doesn’t grant gender treatment
Attorneys for Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning said last week they will sue the Defense Department if officials do not immediately provide gender dysphoria treatment for the soldier, who is serving time in a military prison for leaking classified documents to the anti-secrecy Web site WikiLeaks.

[CA, USA]
Arraignment scheduled for man who allegedly killed Fontana transgender woman in 2013
An arraignment was scheduled on Aug. 18 for a San Bernardino man who allegedly killed a transgender woman in Fontana last year.

[MD, USA]
Friends and family celebrate Mia Henderson's life while they still search for answers in her death
Friends recall fond memories of Mia Henderson as they gathered for a private celebration of life ceremony on Saturday afternoon.

[NJ, USA]
New Jersey School: Transgender Teen Must Identify As A Boy
A New Jersey school has told 13-year-old Rachel Pepe that she cannot return to school this year dressed as and identifying as a girl, even though coming out as transgender earlier this year helped relieve her of years of depression.
13-year-old trans girl banned from school unless she dresses as boy

[NY, USA]
A year ago, Islan Nettles was killed in New York City
The New York City Anti-Violence Project remembers the 2013 death of a trans woman and points to alarming hate crime numbers

[Colombia]
Panfleto amenazante causa desplazamiento de personas LGBTI en el municipio de Aracataca – Magdalena
Un documento firmado por “Los Paisas” advierte que “Este es un ultimátum todos los bandidos, rateros, mariguaneros, rateros, maricas, cobradores de vacunas, tienen un plazo no mayor de 24 horas para que se vayan de Aracataca o si no ya saben lo que les espera llegamos para quedarnos y hacer una limpieza social…”

[Argentina]
Denunciaron a Lanata por sus dichos contra Flor de la V
La Federación Argentina LGBT ya realizó una presentación ante la Defensoría del Público y está haciendo otra ante el INADI por los dichos discriminatorio del periodista. Según adelantó a INFOnews la legisladora María Rachid, la actriz evalúa iniciar acciones legales.
Teresita Luna salió a fustigar a Lanata por Florencia de la V

[Argentina]
Me gusta la diversidad
La Argentina es el cuarto país donde la red social permite a los usuarios elegir entre hombre, mujer y otras 52 categorías. El efecto en la ampliación de derechos. Y la idea de sacar la definición en el DNI.