[International]
Facebook is becoming a more dangerous place for trans and gender-variant people
Another one has been kicked off Facebook for using an 'incorrect name', Jane Fae questions how far this can go

[Brasil]
Parada Gay protesta contra veto a discussão de gênero nas escolas
A 15ª edição da Parada do Orgulho LGBT, realizada ontem, em Campinas, foi marcada por protestos contra o projeto de resolução que veta a discussão sobre a ideologia de gênero na Lei Orgânica do município.

[Brasil]
Caminhada em SP repudia assassinato de Laura Vermont e outros crimes transfóbicos
O centro de São Paulo foi palco na tarde deste sábado (27) da exposição, indignação e repúdio aos casos de transfobia. – termo que se refere ao preconceito sofrido por travestis, mulheres transexuais, homens trans e outras transgeneridades. Em especial ao caso de Laura Vermont, travesti de 18 anos que foi assassinada por espancamento e tiro na Zona Leste de São Paulo no último dia 20.

[Brasil]
A invisibilidade das pessoas transgêneros no Brasil
São quase duas horas da tarde de uma terça-feira fria quando o cirurgião entra na sua sala no décimo primeiro andar de um prédio na avenida Brigadeiro Luís Antônio, centro de São Paulo.

[España]
Cogam suspende la entrega del premio a Room Mate por un presunto caso de transfobia
La cadena Room Mate de hoteles se caracteriza por tener una gran implicación con el colectivo LGBT; por ejemplo, el pasado febrero lanzaron una campaña solidaria para luchar contra el VIH a través de una llave solidaria, en una iniciativa presentada por el empresario Kike Sarasola, quien un año más ha sido considerado por La Otra Crónica como uno de los homosexuales españoles más influyentes.

[Turquia]
Polícia turca usa canhões de água para dispersar marcha do orgulho gay
A marcha da LGBTI realiza-se em Istambul desde 2003. Este ano, foi interrompida pela primeira vez por forças policiais. O motivo? Coincidiu com o mês do Ramadão.
Incidentes marcam Pride de Istambul (com vídeo)
PRESS STATEMENT FOR ISTANBUL 2015 LGBTI PRIDE MARCH
GOVERNOR BANS PRIDE PARADE AT THE LAST MINUTE; POLICE ATTACKS PARTICIPANTS
Turkish police fire pepper spray at gay pride parade
Police break up the 13th Istanbul LGBTI Pride Parade
Police Intervenes in LGBTI Pride Parade
To the International Allies,

Please spread the news in your networks and websites; and show reaction.

28 June 2015, Sunday – ISTANBUL,

Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week completed its 23rd edition last Sunday. The Pride Parade which has been annually held since its first edition in 2003 is the final celebration of a week long pride week inIstanbul. This year, the 13th LGBTI Pride Parade was attacked bypolice forces at the command of the Governorate of Istanbul.

The ever since peaceful and colorful march of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Trans*, Intersex, and their allies was brutally attacked by the police forces using tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets, and allowing violent Islamo-fascist groups with bats, knives, etc. to scare off Pride participants. The command was given by the Governorate of Istanbul who arbitrarily banned the Pride Parade at the very last moment without even informing the organizers. The reason brought into agenda is Ramadan.

The Islamo-fascist newspapers such as Yeni Akit, Vahdet, Milat, and a couple of wider mainstream media organs such as Star, Sabah, etc have been publishing a series of targeting, hate motivatedarticles and news about the Pride Parade and LGBTI organizations, activists as “perverts”, “deviated people”, “honor-less act in Ramadan”, etc.

The police attack started at around 16:30 (half an hour before the parade should have been taking place). The heavy use of water cannons, tear gas, and rubber bullets even inside of the places where participants wanted to secure themselves, caused several injuries. The police attack continued at night during the Pride Week Closure Party in The Mekan. Many people inside the arena were heavily effected by the intense tear gas thrown inside through the terrace.

LGBTI organizations and LGBTI Pride Week Committee published a declaration protesting against this unacceptable situation. You may find it in the attached file.

Kaos GL, TIHV (Turkey Human Rights Foundation), and IHD (Human Rights Association) declared their support and offered legal consultancy to every injured participant of the Pride Parade in order to bring all these cases into court to seek justice.

The LGBTI organizations, the Pride Committee, and the activists will have a meeting today in Istanbul at 18:00 to discuss about the situation and how to proceed.

Couple of international allies organizing demos today in front of Turkish Embassies and Consulates (Berlin, Stockholm, etc.), also.

There has also been online hate speech and targeting campaign against some of the participants whose photos are in circulation in the internet. The videos and photos of 3 trans women who protested (or just felt like) being naked are in circulation, yet. There has been some horrible calls from both within the trans community and others to execute these people. The movement is also trying to calm all these aggressions, right now.

News links of international media: https://news.vice.com/article/turkish-police-use-water-cannons-rubber-bullets-and-tear-gas-on-gay-pride-parade
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/28/istanbul-gay-pride-police_n_7681324.html?1435522822

A video by a random citizen where people try to celebrate Pride in side streets escaping from police brutality: https://vimeo.com/132080319

[Australia]
Transgender child, 15, gets court approval to feminise body
A child, 15, who was at the centre of a landmark court ruling two years ago, has been allowed to make her own decision to start estrogen treatment to “feminise” her body.

[EUA]
Arnold Schwarzenegger dá resposta «implacável» a comentário homofóbico
A estrela usou uma das frases mais famosas do «Exterminador Implacável» para responder a um crítico no Facebook e disse que a decisão do Supremo Tribunal dos EUA de legalizar o casamento «gay» foi a correta.

[CA, USA]
Terminally ill transgender El Monte man wishes he could legally end his own life
Michael Saum wanted to spend his life helping others understand lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, but, at 35, he spends most of his days wishing he could painlessly end his own life.

[IL, USA]
Protesters call attention to issues other than marriage
The 2015 Pride Parade was briefly held up the afternoon of June 28 when several protestors from the activist group #BlackOutPride staged a "die-in" at the corner of Halsted and Addison. Eight arrests were made in the incident, which held up the parade for about 15 minutes.
The protestors said that they were seeking to call attention to issues that had been neglected by the LGBT community in the push for marriage equality.

[IL, USA]
Winnebago County jail and detention center rules aim to prevent rape, recognize transgender issues
A federal mandate to eliminate prison rape and recognize America's transgender movement have combined to change how Winnebago County corrections staffers interact with juvenile and adult offenders.

[Mexico]
Primer crimen de odio por protestas religiosas en Chihuahua: torturan y asesinan a joven transexual
El crimen ocurrió en Granjas del Valle la madrugada del lunes, pudo haber pasado por un hecho más de no ser porque el cuerpo fue envuelto en la bandera de México y un solo medio lo reportó. En tanto, la religión católica realiza una vigilia por la familia y el Congreso local aplaza aprobación de matrimonios igualitarios tras fallo de la Corte.
Trans Person Murdered, Beaten And Shot Four Times – 100 Mourners Attend Vigil And Protest

[Peru]
LGBT continue to fight in the face of official inaction in Peru
For the sixth consecutive year, the Red Peruana TLGB (Peruvian network of LGBT associations) and Promsex (Centre for the Promotion and Defence of Sexual and Reproductive Rights) have just released a damning report on the situation in Peru.