[Portugal]
As duas faces: reflexão sobre mim e os outros
Ultimamente, e entrando na silly season, há mais disponibilidade e mais abertura para a introspecção e para me aperceber daquilo que sou e do que me rodeia. Realmente as pessoas que me rodeiam não são o que parecem, tudo à minha volta foi mudando e nunca podemos tomar ninguém nem nada como garantido.

[Portugal]
Forcing Kids To Stick To Gender Roles Can Actually Be Harmful To Their Health
Raising children in societies that adhere to rigid gender roles, with fixed ideas about what should be considered “masculine” and “feminine,” can actually be detrimental to their physical and mental health, according to a study that observed 14-year-olds’ interactions over a three month period.

[Ireland]
Equality Authority Launches Important Report on Gender Recognition Bill 2014
Today (Thursday 7th August), the Equality Authority launched their detailed observations on the Revised Scheme of the Gender Recognition Bill 2014. This report highlights the necessity of introducing legislation that protects the rights, dignity and family life of trans people.
Singles clause in Gender Bill is ‘forced divorce’
Couples will be 'forced to split' after sex change

[Lesotho]
Young, Idealistic And Transsexual: Speaking Out In Africa
Tampose Mapotheng has a cold. His lymph nodes are swollen, and it's a bit uncomfortable for him to talk in the air-conditioned hotel in Washington, D.C., where he is attending a conference. But when I ask him to tell me about himself, Mapotheng's voice grows strong, with a composure that belies his 28 years.

[India]
Steps to empower transgender community
An expert committee constituted by ministry of social justice and empowerment has made an in-depth study of the problems being faced by the transgender community and suggested suitable measures to ameliorate their problems.

[India]
Sex reassignment surgery on 2-year-old
Doctors at Sishu Bhawan here will conduct sex change or sex reassignment surgery on a two-year-old on Friday. The child was brought up as a girl, but the parents found some ambiguity in the sex organs.

[USA]
A Bi Bank Robber, His Trans Wife, and a Documentary to Love
The Dog is a documentary whose subject — a romantic queer criminal who inspired Al Pacino — may seduce you as much as he did wives and lovers.

[CO, USA]
Gay Bar Told It Violated State Law By Turning Away Man in Drag
Nearly a year after being refused entrance to a popular Denver gay bar, a state regulatory agency has ruled in favor of 27-year-old Vito Marzano.

[NY, USA]
Bronx assault on transgender woman being investigated as hate crime
Police in the Bronx are looking for two men who attacked a transgender woman, and the incident is being investigated as a hate crime.