[Europe]
Hämäläinen v Finland: The Transgender Divorce Requirement in Strasbourg
In the landmark 2002 decision, Goodwin v United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”), citing an “unmistakable trend” among Council of Europe member states, established a general right for post-operative transgender persons (termed “transsexuals” in the judgment) to access legal gender recognition. In the absence of “concrete or substantial hardship or detriment to the public interest”, the UK’s failure to provide Ms. Goodwin with an amended birth certificate (which had also prevented her from entering into a valid marriage) was held to violate arts. 8 and 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”).

[Mongolia]
Mongolia’s medical community open to providing care for transgender individuals
Mongolian transgender individuals say they are afraid to call on local health care providers for the medical procedures vital to their mental and physical health.

[India]
Madhya Pradesh pushes for honourable identity to transgenders
With an aim to give an honourable identity to transgenders, Madhya Pradesh Government has suggested that the third gender members be addressed by adding "Tgr" before their names on the lines of "Mr, Mrs and Ms in English and "Ki" in Hindi.

[India]
Maharashtra Government's welfare board for transgenders in limbo
Maharashtra Government's proposal to set up a welfare board for the transgender community is not moving ahead for want of exact population of the third gender.

[Canada]
Trans march takes alternative approach to pride
Long before there was a school board policy or a park board committee about them, transgender people in Vancouver were taking to the streets.
Trans, Two-Spirit, and Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration March kicks off Pride weekend

[USA]
New WHO Report: Decriminalize Sex Work, Drug Use to Prevent Spread of HIV
A World Health Organization (WHO) report issued this month details guidelines to address policies on and treatment of HIV among vulnerable populations including transgender people. Notably, the report urges governments to decriminalize behaviors to more comprehensively and competently address the spread of HIV:

[USA]
Left Behind: LGBT Homeless Youth Struggle to Survive on the Streets
A yellow cab creeps along a desolate Manhattan street, following Aludein Marks and a friend on a cold spring night.
Marks, a teen who identifies as a transgender female, knew what the driver wanted—sex—but she wasn’t doing that work anymore. The cabbie trailed her for several minutes before finally driving off.

[Cuba]
Activistas cubanos piden investigar omisión identidad de género en nueva ley
Activistas cubanos reclaman a la Fiscalía General y a la Asamblea Nacional que investiguen la omisión de una referencia contra la discriminación por identidad de género en el nuevo Código de Trabajo de la isla, un caso que ha provocado polémica entre grupos que defienden la diversidad sexual en la isla.

[Bolivia]
Activista socializa ley de Identidad de Género
La activista por los derechos de los gays, lesbianas, bisexuales y transexuales (GLBT), Raiza Torriani García, socializó en la Asamblea Legislativa Departamental el proyecto de ley de Identidad de Género, ayer.

[Honduras]
Protegen travesti agredido por médico y policía militar
Aún convaleciente, casi sin poder caminar y traumatizado, llegó ayer a las instalaciones de la comunidad Lésbico, Gay, Bisexual y Transexual (LGBT) del barrio El Benque de San Pedro Sula, Darwin René Reyes, más conocido en su ámbito como “Mónica Shakira Reyes”, hasta donde también se hicieron presentes autoridades de la Fiscalía de los Derechos Humanos del Ministerio Público (MP), quienes le tomaron declaración en relación a la brutal golpiza que recibió la madrugada del pasado domingo.
Médico y gay agredido declaran ante Ministerio Público
Comparece "Shakira" en el Ministerio Público de San Pedro Sula

[Colombia]
'La revolución trans es imparable'
Geena Rocero, una reconocida activista trans y modelo profesional, estuvo en Bogotá dando un mensaje a la sociedad y al Gobierno sobre la necesaria inclusión y protección de la comunidad LGBTI.