[Portugal]
PESSOAS TRANS E INTERSEXO. QUEM NOS SILENCIA
As pessoas trans e intersexo sabem e podem falar por elas próprias. Foi com esta convicção que aderi, em 2009, ao GRIT – Grupo de Reflexão e Intervenção sobre Transexualidade, um grupo de interesse liderado por pessoas trans e constituído dentro da ILGA Portugal.

[Brasil]
Projeto quer isenção de impostos para empresas de Fortaleza que contratarem travestis
Empresas poderão ter isenção de impostos se contratarem o mínimo de 10% de profissionais travestis ou transexuais, segundo projeto da Câmara de Fortaleza

[Brasil]
‘Situação está longe do ideal’, diz presidente
Uma delas contou que deixou a prisão há 15 dias, depois de um ano e oito meses presa em Ipatinga, no Vale do Aço, condenada por latrocínio. “Nunca sofri nenhuma agressão lá dentro

[Brasil]
Integrante da corte gay do carnaval do Rio ganha ação contra boate da Baixada após ser discriminada
Primeira princesa da corte gay do carnaval do Rio, a dançarina transexual Marcelly Morena, de 28 anos, ganhou uma indenização contra uma boate de Nova Iguaçu depois que seguranças do estabelecimento a barraram na porta. A Justiça determinou que ela receba R$ 10 mil diante do tratamento “descortês, mal-educado e intolerável” praticado.

[Ireland]
HSE spent €170k on sex-change ops in 2014
Health chiefs spent almost €170,000 last year for patients to have sex change operations abroad.

[Turkey]
4 TRANS SEX WORKERS ATTACKED IN ONE NIGHT
In Istanbul’s Şişli district, a woman named Gülşen was found stabbed in her home. According to the statements by Gülşen’s friends, two men who were previously her clients came to her home and attacked her with a knife and a skewer. Trans women, sex workers, and supporters arrived at Şişli Etfal Hospital, where Gülşen was taken to. Gülşen was transferred to the ICU in critical condition following a long surgery.

[India]
Fear of sexual assault keeps transgenders away from Koovagam
They have been going to Koovagam to marry their love. But, of late, some have been keeping away for the fear of being raped.

[Thailand]
Thailand university fires trans lecturer for unspecified 'inappropriate behavior' in media
Activist is one of the most leading LGBTI voices in the country
A prestigious university in Bangkok has fired a transgender lecturer for 'inappropriate behavior' in the media.
Kath Khangpiboon, 28, a social work lecturer at Thammasat University, was notified of her dismissal in early March after about 10 months of teaching.

[Canada]
On the trail: Outdated voter list could out transgender people, woman says
A transgender woman says she is worried an outdated registered voters list will lead to the inadvertent “outing” of other people in the transgender community.

[USA]
What Does The Transgender Brain Look Like?
What does it mean to be transgender, and what does it look like in the brain?

[FL, USA]
Different gender, but still Mom & Dad
This Mother’s Day, Jesus Lam Jr. will honor parent Jessica Lam with “the love she deserves and the respect that she deserves.”

[FL, USA]
Conference Gives Leadership Training For Transgender Rights
The National LGBTQ Task Force held a conference focusing on advocacy for transgender and non-gender-conforming individuals Friday in Miami. Attendees at the Unity on the Bay building in midtown were instructed on how to canvass neighborhoods and given leadership training.

[MA, USA]
Smith College to admit transgender women in historic policy change
In the decade before her death in 1870, Sophia Smith had a problem. She was the wealthy heir of a Massachusetts farmer, but had no children of her own — what should be done with her fortune? An avid reader with a profound hearing problem, Smith thought about endowing a school for the deaf — but was beaten to the punch when another opened in New England first.

[MN, USA]
Paula Overby on Transgender Values
From Paula Overby at the Independence Party of Minnesota website:

[SD, USA]
South Dakota's battle re: transgender policies
A family policy group believes an international organization is influencing state athletic organizations to adopt transgender policies.

[Mexico]
Dos homicidios en Sucre, uno en Majagual y otro en San Marcos
Dos homicidios se registraron este viernes en el departamento de Sucre, uno tuvo como escenario los alrededores de la corraleja del municipio de Majagual y el otro en la localidad de San Marcos.