[Luxembourg]
Minister promises action on transgender rights
Luxembourg Justice Minister Félix Braz has said that the government is in the process of working on reforms to benefit transgender persons in the Grand Duchy, with first results to be presented soon.

[Malta]
Main witness in transvestite’s murder was 'very scared to testify'
Ronald Grima, witness in the murder case of transvestite prostitute Simon Grech, summoned to retestify, defence objects

[Poland]
Celebrity transsexual gets into TV scrap with nationalist
Artur Zawisza, leader of Poland's far-right National Movement, stormed out of a live TV show when Rafalala, a 'transsexual poet', threw water in his face after he called her a "whore".

[Kenya]
Sex-change lobby sues Health CS James Macharia
A lobby has sued Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia and a medical board for allegedly failing to develop a national guideline for transgender people as earlier promised.

[DC, USA]
Trans stabbing suspect to receive 45-day psychiatric evaluation
A D.C. Superior Court judge on Friday ordered a Beltsville, Md. man charged with stabbing a 15-year-old transgender girl on a Metro train on July 30 to undergo a 45-day psychiatric evaluation and treatment regimen.

[TN, USA]
Chattanooga Voters Reject Law Extending LGBT Protections
Voters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly rejected an ordinance Thursday that would have extended equal protections and benefits to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender city employees.