[Brasil]
Homossexual é encontrado morto dentro de sua casa em Senhor do Bonfim
Foi encontrado na tarde deste domingo (17) morto em sua cama, no residencial Cidade Nova I, o homossexual conhecido como Márcia Cabrita, residente no Cidade Nova I, quadra 6, casa 14, em Senhor do Bonfim.
HOMOSSEXUAL É ENCONTRADO MORTO DENTRO DE CASA EM SENHOR DO BONFIM

[Brasil]
Corpo de travesti é encontrado no Rio Forquilha, em São José
O corpo de um travesti foi encontrado pela Polícia Militar, no final da manhã deste domingo, 17, enquanto uma guarnição fazia rondas, no bairro Forquilhinhas em São José.
Corpo de travesti é encontrado no Rio Forquilhas, em São José
Travesti é encontrada morta em rio em São José, na Grande Florianópolis

[Brasil]
Bruno Gagliasso será transexual na versão internacional de "Supermax"
Bruno Gagliasso interpretará uma transexual na versão internacional de "Supermax", nova série da Globo cujos protagonistas são confinados em uma prisão de segurança máxima para gravar um reality show.

[Germany]
‘Minority groups should not be played out against each other’
Transgender Europe (TGEU) condemns the sexist violence and attack on two trans women in Dortmund, Germany, last weekend.
Two Transgender Women Stoned in The Streets in Germany

[Russia]
Activists turn tolerant St. Petersburg into homophobic city
Timur Bulatov calls himself a "homophobic wolf," and last summer he found his prey.

[Canada]
Edmonton Catholic School trustee apologizes for Calgary Bishop’s letter
An Edmonton Catholic Schools trustee apologized this weekend to parents after the board distributed a controversial letter from a Calgary bishop on the province’s new guidelines for transgender students.

[USA]
Dismissal of Planet Fitness Lawsuit a watershed for trans rights
On the 11th of January, the court dismissed a lawsuit filed by Yvette Cormier which alleged Planet Fitness’ policy on gender identity created a hostile and offensive environment for women and children, claiming that allowing a transgender women into the locker room is an invasion of privacy that also impedes on civil rights.

[ID, USA]
Add the Words rally draws large crowd in the rain
In the rain Saturday afternoon, 400 people attended a rally at the Idaho Capitol steps, where speakers promoted adding “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Idaho Human Rights Act.

[MS, USA]
Street gang member indicted in transgender teen’s death
A documented member of the Latin Kings street gang allegedly used a hammer to beat to death a transgender teen who once considered him a boyfriend.

[NC, USA]
Wake County transgender students want school bathroom choice
Some transgender bathroom requests now approved
Teens want all transgender requests approved
Online petition asks Wake school system for change

[NY, USA]
Literary Community Mourns Trans Writer Bryn Kelly
Fellow writers, her partner, Gaines Parker, and friends like Kelli Dunham, Sarah Schulman, and Bevin Branlandingham have taken to social media to sing praises for Bryn Kelly.

[OH, USA]
Lawmakers resist including LGBT in Ohio hate crime laws
Authorities in Ohio have resisted including lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people to those covered by state hate crime laws.

[VA, USA]
Virginia lawmaker denies bathroom bill would require genital checks
House Bill 663 is one of nine anti-gay bills filed in the 2016 general assembly session

[Brazil]
Brazil two trans murders, one death one wounded
A transwoman was stabbed to death in the early hours of Sunday, January 17th, and another was seriously injured in two separate but possibly related crimes in the centre of Capão da Canoa, Brazil.

[Chile]
Transexuales presentan recurso de protección contra el Registro Civil
Alegan que la negativa del organismo para cambiar el nombre y sexo legal violenta la Constitución Política, en particular los derechos a la igualdad, de respeto a la vida privada y el principio de la no discriminación

[Uruguay]
Por primera vez, reina del Carnaval en Uruguay podrá ser transexual
Hay polémica por la modificación en el reglamento del concurso que permite que personas en discapacidad o transexuales, a partir de los 18 años y sin límite de edad, participen en él.

[Argentina]
Hallaron en Roca a una travesti muerta dentro de un desagüe
Una travesti fue encontrada sin vida en un desagüe de la zona rural de Roca, a unos 1500 metros al sur de la Ruta 22. Aunque no pudo ser identificada y los resultados de la autopsia se conocerán hoy, se cree que sería de Neuquén.