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terça-feira, setembro 15, 2015

[Ireland]
RTE news reporter Jonathan Clynch 'is overwhelmed' by public support since it was revealed he is gender fluid
RTE news reporter Jonathan Clynch is said to be overwhelmed by the support he has received since it was revealed he is gender fluid.
RTE star comes out as 'gender Fluid'
RTÉ ‘supportive’ of presenter’s decision to be known as Rachel


[Italy]
Fury as far-right uses trans suicide victim's pic
UPDATED: A British photographer told The Local she is suing the far-right party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) after it used a picture she took featuring a 17-year-old transgender girl, who committed suicide last December, in a campaign against gender education in schools in the northern province of Trentino.

[Australia]
Outback 'Broken Heel' drag festival hailed a success
Visitors from across the country poured into the outback New South Wales city of Broken Hill at the weekend, dressed in drag to celebrate the Australian film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

[Canada]
'About Ray' director responds to critics at TIFF about portrayal of transgender character
The drama has angered some members of the trans community for casting actress Elle Fanning as Ray, a transgender boy.

[Canada]
School form asks students' identified gender
Some Anglophone East District Schools information forms offer choice of female, gender independent, or male

[Canada]
Transgender: the margin of the margin
An exploration of transgender perspectives and issues in Toronto

[USA]
Hitman Turned Hitwoman: Gender Reassignment Thriller Shopped at TIFF (Exclusive)
'Tomboy,' currently seeking a headliner to play a male hitman who becomes a woman, has Walter Hill attached to direct and Sigourney Weaver and Freida Pinto in negotiations to co-star.

[CA, USA]
S.F. Announces Jail Integration Plan for Trans Women
Trans women, currently housed in a separate unit, will be placed with other female prisoners if they wish to be.

[FL, USA]
UNF's new housing gives LGBT students safer place to call home
A gigantic rainbow flag adorns one wall in Haiden Baier’s new college dorm room, alongside a few photos, illustrations and the lyrics to a Fall Out Boy song. In past years, the University of North Florida junior said he would usually wait a few weeks to hang it up.

[IL, USA]
Fraternity offers membership to transgender men
A national fraternity with a DePaul presence made history this summer by becoming the first non-LGBTQ fraternity in the country to allow members of the transgender community to join.

[IN, USA]
Transgender Hoosiers transition to new lives
One woman and two men share the stories of their journeys to become the people they say they were meant to be

[MO, USA]
Missouri teen becomes her high school’s first transgender Homecoming Queen
Landon Patterson was crowned Oak Park High School’s 2015 Homecoming Queen – becoming the first transgender person at the school to be picked for the role by her peers

[TX, USA]
No Justice for Janette? Dallas Man Sentenced to Probation in Fatal Assault of Trans Woman
A man responsible for the 2012 beating of a Dallas transgender woman who died from her injuries is set to receive probation and no jail sentence.
A spokesperson for the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office has confirmed to the Observer that Jonathan Stuart Kenney, 29, is expected to plead guilty Tuesday to first-degree felony aggravated assault. Under a plea bargain, Kenney will be sentenced to 10 years probation for the death of his then-partner, Janette Tovar.