[International]
STP launches the Call to Action for the International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization 2014
STP, International Campaign Stop Trans Pathologization, announces the date for this year's International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization, which will take place on Saturday, October 18, 2014, and invites, as in previous years, activist groups from throughout the world to organize demonstrations or other actions in support of trans depathologization.

[Europe/Germany]
EU Commissioner praises trans-project
New EU Commissioner for Justice Martine Reicherts praises a recently completed transgender employment project from Berlin.

[Spain]
Jailed for killing his transsexual partner
The high courts in Malaga (TSJA) have confirmed the sentence of 11 and half years for a man who killed his transsexual partner.

[Israel]
Trans star Dana International: Europeans should ‘shut their mouths’ about Gaza
Dana International, the first trans singer to win the Eurovision Song Contest, has said that Europeans should “shut their mouths” about the Gaza conflict.

[Canada]
Protest highlights sex change challenges on P.E.I.
Changing sex is a difficult journey, a protest gathering in Charlottetown heard Wednesday.

[USA]
Study: LGBT youths harassed online ‘three times more often’ than rest of population
A new study has found that LGBT youths experience online harassment three times more often than the rest of the population.

[USA]
Watch: Laverne Cox shoots down host who claimed she was ‘born a boy’
Transgender actress Laverne Cox has shot down a TV host who claimed she was “born a boy”.
Laverne Cox objects when TV host Gayle King says she was 'born a boy'

[CO, USA]
Colorado: Bar discriminated against man in drag
Colorado regulators say a Denver gay bar discriminated against a man when a bouncer denied him entry last year because he was dressed in drag.
State regulators say Denver gay bar discriminated against man in drag

[DC, USA]
Transgender Woman Robbed at Gunpoint in D.C.
For the second time within a week, D.C. police are investigating a possible hate crime against a transgender victim.

[KS, USA]
Roeland Park bans discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity
Roeland Park, in a revote, became the second city in Kansas to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

[MI, USA]
Task Force signs Equality Michigan petition to change Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival position on transgender women
"As an organization with a core value of inclusiveness, the Task Force believes that the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival’s 'womyn born womyn' intention, to the exclusion of transgender women, must end.

[TX, USA]
BREAKING NEWS: HERO petition rejected but city will delay implementation
The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance will not appear on the November ballot, Mayor Annise Parker announced at a press conference today.
“The petition is simply invalid,” said David Feldman, the city’s attorney.