[Portugal]
MARIA JOSÉ VILAÇA: “TER UM FILHO HOMOSSEXUAL É COMO TER UM FILHO TOXICODEPENDENTE”
Maria José Vilaça, presidente da Associação de Psicólogos Católicos, quando questionada sobre a forma como se poderia acolher pessoas homossexuais, afirmou que para aceitar o filho não é preciso aceitar a homossexualidade:
Rapaz ou rapariga: uma escolha?

[Portugal]
Andreja Pejic: "Corri um risco, mas valeu a pena" (com vídeo)
A supermodelo Andreja Pejic esteve na Web Summit de Lisboa. Andreja falou da sua incursão no mundo da moda e da cirurgia de mudança de sexo a que se submeteu em Janeiro de 2014. A sua história vai poder agora ser vista num documentário que foi realizado com recurso a uma campanha de crowdfunding.

[Portugal]
FOBIAS INTERNALIZADAS E FETICHE
Abusando do significado das palavras – tentando escrever de uma forma directa e simples – fazer uma transição social de género é um despertar para a consciencialização de um conjunto de fobias internalizadas presentes na maioria das pessoas que nos rodeiam. Até mesmo em pessoas que aparentemente não falam de fobias (em torno de identidades e orientação sexual ou relacional) como um conceito presente nas suas vidas.

[Brazil]
Homem trans Day Azevedo é assassinado com nove tiros em Caicó, RN
O homem trans Day Azevedo foi assassinado com nove tiros na última quinta-feira (10), em Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte. Ele era mototaxista, morava em um albergue e também era conhecido como Day Mininão.
De acordo com a mídia local, Day estava no bairro Samanáu com uma mulher - identificada como Ana Paula - quando foi abordado pelos assassinos. Os dois caíram em frente ao Corpo de Bombeiros, onde Day foi alvejado com mais de seis tiros.

[Brasil]
Porto Alegre tem seis homicídios em menos de 12 horas, diz polícia
Excerto: Próximo da meia-noite, um transexual foi assassinado a tiros na Lomba do Pinheiro, na Zona Leste da cidade. A vítima foi identificada como Juliana Silva Pereira, que usava o nome social de Rafael, que tinha antecedentes criminais. O corpo estava com diversas marcas de tiro.

[Brasil]
Homem trans Iuri Dantas comete suicídio aos 26 anos em Natal; mãe lamenta
O homem trans Iuri Dantas, de 26 anos, cometeu suicídio na quinta-feira (17) em Natal, no Rio Grande do Norte. Ele era cantor, músico, já esteve estudando e trabalhando no Peru e não resistiu à transfobia institucionalizada.

[Brasil]
Travesti de 26 anos é assassinada em Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ
A jovem E. J. Pereira Gomes*, travesti de 26 anos, foi assassinada na madrugada de segunda-feira (21), na Avenida Teresópolis, no Parque Guarus, em Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro.
Travesti é assassinado com cinco tiros em Guarus

[Brasil]
“Nenhuma cirurgia vai me fazer mais ou menos mulher”, diz a modelo trans Valentina Sampaio
Aos 19 anos, Valentina Sampaio continua arrasando na carreira de modelo. Depois de ser porta-voz da L’Oréal Paris e desfilar no São Paulo Fashion Week neste ano, a bela estampa a mais nova capa da revista de moda Elle. É a primeira da sua carreira.

[Brasil]
Judiciário paulista nega indenização a vítima de transfobia por empresa de telefonia
Em decisão da semana passada, desembargadores do Tribunal de Justiça do estado de São Paulo negaram pedido de danos morais feito por mulher transexual vítima de transfobia.

[Brasil]
Prefeitura recua e tira direito de travestis ocuparem ala feminina em hospitais
Durou sete dias a resolução que permitia travestis e transexuais ocuparem as enfermarias conforme a identidade de gênero

[Brasil]
16 anos após seu falecimento, transexual recebe placa com nome social em seu túmulo
Transfobia, maior incidência de Aids, riscos de morte por silicone industrial, poucas oportunidades e caminhos que se funilam e levam à prostituição. Por que a vida de Andréa de Mayo ainda é tão atual e precisa ser lembrada?

[Brasil]
SUSPEITO DE AGREDIR TRAVESTI É LINCHADO EM ILHÉUS
No dia 1º de novembro, três homens espancaram a travesti Kayalla Ayalla no bairro do Malhado, em Ilhéus. A vítima ficou com hematomas em várias partes do corpo e precisou ser internada.

[Brasil]
Indianara Siqueira sofre ataque transfóbico no Rio: “Não conseguiram me calar”
Indianara Siqueira, militante, profissional do sexo e suplente a vereadora no Rio, sofreu um ataque transfóbico na madrugada do dia 13, logo após sair de uma confraternização do PSOL e tomar drinks com amigas travestis na rodoviária de Campo Grande, zona oeste.

[Brazil]
Brazil TDOR 2016 more than all of Europe combined
133 deaths mourned by Brazil TDOR 2016 that’s more than all of Europe combined, since record keeping began.

[International]
Tinder Opens Gender Options For Transgender Love Seekers
The popular dating app, Tinder, has decided to add profile options supporting users with transgender, and gender non-conforming identities.

[International]
The Link Between Autism and Trans Identity
Confusion over why autism is so prevalent among transgender people may be limiting their access to medical care.

[International]
Why Do Men Kill Trans Women? Gender Theorist Judith Butler Explains
In an exclusive interview with Broadly, the beloved philosopher and author of "Gender Trouble" discusses extreme violence against transgender women in 2015.

[TDOR]
Shot, beheaded, and killed by family: 295 trans people murdered this year
Transgender Day of Remembrance: These murders are the only the tip of the iceberg
TGEU Press Release on the Occasion of the Trans Day of Remembrance (2016)
Why Everyone Should Observe Transgender Day Of Remembrance
On Trans Day of Remembrance We Look Back on the Worst Year Yet and Prepare for a Terrifying Future

[España]
La Veneno mantuvo una fuerte discusión con su novio antes de su ingreso hospitalario
Su pareja admitió el enfrentamiento a la Policía durante el fin de semana en el que la fallecida llegó a llamar al 091.

[España]
«Se han dado pasos de gigante en 30 años pero aún hay discriminación»: Lambda
«Para erradicar la LGTBfobia sabemos que es imprescindible la educación», asegura Fani Boronat

[UK]
BBC Radio 1 Show Accused Of Transphobic Game
The BBC has come under criticism for a new segment on their popular Radio 1 breakfast show, where host Nick Grimshaw is joined by comedian and television personality David Walliams to play a game entitled 'I'm A Lady', where they encourage the public to call in so that the hosts can guess if people are male or female just from the sound of their voice.

[UK]
Sophie Don: ‘It’s unlikely I will be a ballerina, but not because I’m transgender’
Every step of the gender reassignment process takes Sophie Don, who is training at Lynton Academy of Dance, closer to her dream of becoming a ballerina. The social and physical challenges have only strengthened her resolve, despite her belief she may never dance professionally. Neil Norman finds out about her struggles and ambitions.

[UK]
Brexit vote driving anti-LGBT hate crime as victims told: ‘You’re next’
Charity records hate crimes explicitly mentioning Brexit vote alongside large rise

[UK]
'I am the still the same person, I just look different on the outside': Britain's first transgender newsreader, 50, returns to the screen after undergoing gender reassignment surgery
India Willoughby will become UK's first transgender TV journalist
The 50-year-old will freelance for ITV Tyne Tees regional programme
Formerly Jonathan, she worked for ITV Border for 10 years but quit in 2010
Ms Willoughby underwent £14,000 gender reassignment op last year

[UK]
Boss referred to trans employee as ‘it’ and said ‘not another one’ when she decided to transition
A boss was accused of referring to a transgender staff member as “it”, a tribunal has heard.
Ex-Bodnant Welsh Foods boss called transgender employee 'it', tribunal hears

[France]
Société: le combat continue pour les personnes transgenres
La loi Justice au XXIe siècle, adoptée le 12 octobre dernier, doit faciliter le changement d'état civil pour les personnes transgenres et transsexuelles, notamment en démédicalisant la procédure.

[Italy]
Cross-Sex Hormone Treatment and Psychobiological Changes in Transsexual Persons: Two-Year Follow-Up Data.
CONTEXT:
To date, there are few studies investigating the impact of body changes induced by cross-sex hormonal treatment (CHT) on psychobiological well-being in gender-dysphoric persons (GDs).

[Austria]
Trans woman accepted by colleagues and family
A hospital director who went home as Klaus returned the next day to work as director Klaudia after deciding to live life as a woman.

[Gremany/Pakistan]
From Pakistan to Germany: A transgender woman’s search for safety and respect
The viral video of a man ruthlessly flogging a transgender woman in Sialkot laid bare the brutalities the members of this community face in Pakistan every day. Shanaya was beaten up an entire night for refusing to pay extortion money and though the perpetrators were arrested after the video was shared on social media, the victim fears they will soon be released to cause her more harm.

[Suéde]
Avec la transsexuelle iranienne qui fait des photos à poil contre Daech
Alors que la bataille de Mossoul tend à porter un coup décisif à l'armée de l'État islamique, la guerre n'est pas pour autant encore gagnée contre le califat d'al-Baghdadi. Si Donald Trump espère « éradiquer Daech avec l'aide de la Russie » en 30 jours, certains cherchent à les emmerder autrement. Le groupe terroriste n'aime pas particulièrement les artistes. En fait, il n'aime pas particulièrement les gens – hormis les dévots. Comme tout bon asocial qui se respecte, il trouve que tout est mauvais et décadent. Il est donc très facile de le pousser à bout, et ça certains l'ont très bien compris.

[Vatican]
Pope says respect gays and transsexuals, questions gender theory
Pope Francis said on Sunday (Oct. 2) that homosexuals and transsexuals should be treated with respect but that teaching gender theory is unacceptable “indoctrination” of young people.
La teoría de género es un enemigo del matrimonio: Papa
Pope says respect gay and transgender people, questions gender theory

[Russia]
Report Violation of transgender people’s rights in Russia: research results
Saint Petersburg.: Transgender Legal Defense Project, 2016. - 90.

[Israel]
Transgender religious Jews attempt to reconcile identity with halakha
Attitudes toward gays in the religious community have changed in favor of more inclusion and tolerance, but most transgender religious Jews still hide deep in the closet.

[UAE]
Gay man in Abu Dhabi faces death penalty for doing drag on Instagram
A gay man in Abu Dhabi is facing a death penalty for posting images of himself in drag on Instagram.

[UAE]
Saudi Arabia Bans Trans people
Saudi Arabia has announced that they will no longer allow transgender people to enter the country.
Saudi Arabia bans Umrah for transgender persons
Saudi Arabia prohibits transgender people from performing Umrah

[UAE/India]
Airport security tried to forcefully search a trans woman after female officers refused
Airport officers tried to forcefully check a transgender activist after she requested a female officer conduct the search.

[Uganda]
The Pearl Of Africa: A Story About The Struggles Of A Transgender Woman Living Full Time As Trans In Uganda
The film, set in Uganda, a small land-locked country in the East African Sub region, tells us the story of Cleopatra, a 27-year-old student who came out as transgender and lives full time, in a country that struggles to recognise, appreciate, reconcile, protect and celebrate this diversity, and has instead condemned and abused this diversity and left it for dead.

[Pakistan]
Ten gang members arrested for video showing trans person being violently beaten
Ten members of a gang have been arrested in Pakistan for publicly flogging a trans person.
Five arrested in Sialkot after horrific video of man beating up transgender goes viral
Pakistanis who videotaped whipping of Sialkot transgender woman arrested
No Paquistão trans é amarrada e agredida por gangue

[Pakistan]
Transgender rally against torture
DERA GHAZI KHAN-The Shemale Association yesterday rallied and staged a sit-in at Block 50 here, against brutally torture on eunuchs in Sialkot.

[Pakistan]
In Islamabad, a mosque for transgender community
If you are a transgender person in Pakistan, everything is a fight. They must even fight for the right to be represented on their national identity cards, and be recognised in census forms, and, due largely to cultural rather than religious reasons, they are told that they are not allowed in mosques.

[Pakistan]
"You’re transgender, how can you be raped?’ they ask us’
“Why don’t you shoot me? I don’t want to live anymore,” cried a shattered Shanaya, a transgender person while speaking to The Nation. Shayana was in Sialkot to earn her living when she was picked up by some people then beaten, had her hair cut, raped and forced to drink urine by one of the gangsters called Jajja Butt.

[Pakistan]
Meet mighty Madam Boota, a transgender bracing Pakistan’s chaotic electoral process
Arif, also known by her stage name Madam Boota, lives in a one-room house and makes her living by performing at birthday and wedding parties in Jhang. But despite having a meagre and miserable existence, this brave transgender has found the courage to address the problems of her town by contesting as an independent candidate for upcoming by-elections.

[Pakistan]
How I Came Out As a Transman in Islamic Society of Pakistan
“When I can’t cope with the dysphoria, I pretend I’m a eunuch instead of a woman.”

[Australia]
Growing number of transgender students prompts call for more training for teachers
There are calls for more resources and training for Tasmanian teachers to manage an increase in transgender students seeking help.

[Canada]
Trans-rights protection bill fast-tracked through House committee
Senate could debate proposal before Christmas break

[Canada]
U of T community responds to Jordan Peterson on gender identities
U of T professor Jordan Peterson is facing criticism regarding his comments about non-binary gender identities and political correctness after his YouTube video “Fear and the Law” went viral last week.

[Canada]
Laura Jane Grace’s Advice For Trans Youth Who Are Coming Out
“It’s important to not feel like you’re apologizing for anything.”

[USA]
Goldust — My Transgender Stepchild Was Attacked Last Night … ‘Stop All This Hateful Crap’
WWE Superstar Goldust says his transgender stepchild was attacked by three men Friday night … and now he’s begging for close-minded individuals to “stop all this hateful crap.”

[USA]
Racist Transphobic Surge Follows Donald Trump Election
A time be be vigilant and aware

[USA]
Trump's Win Sparks Surge in Calls to LGBT Crisis Hotlines
Crisis hotlines have been flooded by transgender callers since the election of Donald Trump.

[USA]
Donald Trump's war on LGBTQ people has already begun
Remember sweet, sweet July, when Donald Trump promised the Republican National Convention that he would do everything in his power to "protect LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a foreign ideology?"
Anti-LGBT Extremists to Help Lead President-Elect Trump’s Transition
Transphobic racist Steve Bannon new media voice for the Divided States of America
Steve Bannon Suggests There Are Too Many Asian CEOs In Silicon Valley

[USA]
US lawyers are offering trans people free legal help before Trump’s inauguration
US lawyers have begun using Twitter to offer trans people free help with ID and name changes before Trump takes power in 2017.
List of Lawyers willing to help sorted by where they are located

[USA]
Setback for transgender US veterans seeking gender confirmation surgery
VA did not provide a plan detailing how they would fund the change in policy

[USA]
How My Sexuality Changed After My Husband Became My Wife
When I was a teenager, I met the person who would become my husband who would later become my wife.

[USA]
VA drops planned SRS Rule saying surgery too expensive
June 2016 the VA announced plans to cover Gender confirmation surgery but months later they said they have dropped those plans.

[USA]
Melzer and Lamers stun in Diesel Denim video
Raising trans-visibility during transgender awareness week Benjamin Melzer and Loiza Lamers stun in a video for Diesel Denim. Style Mic reports:

[USA]
The Trans People Who Are Detransitioning To Stay Safe In Trump’s America
Being homeless and living in a tent in the mountains wasn’t exactly where Addy had expected to be at 31. A month ago, she’d at least been bouncing from a motel to a shelter. But life has a funny sense of humor—especially when you’re a transgender woman—so Addy used her own humor to make the most of it: Alone in her remote shelter on Election Night, “I was just making weird as heck Trump statuses on Facebook,” she says. “‘Shit posting,’ as the kids call it.” Her friends rallied around her wry, Dada-esque absurdities, and even Trump’s widening lead in the electoral college was funny for a while.

[USA]
BEFORE EUROPEAN CHRISTIANS FORCED GENDER ROLES, NATIVE AMERICANS ACKNOWLEDGED 5 GENDERS
Before the europeans infiltrated North America, Native Americans had no set gender norms that men and women had to adhere to. People were valued for how they contributed to the tribe, rather than for their masculinity or femininity. Parents didn’t assign gender roles to children — even children’s clothing was gender neutral.

[AL, USA]
Police investigating whether shootings of 2 transgender women are connected
Birmingham police are investigating whether or not the shootings of two transgender women may be connected.
Man, 23, charged in shooting, robbery of transgender woman

[AR, USA]
Transgender cyclist is top female finisher at El Tour de Tucson
History repeated itself in Saturday’s Tucson Medical Center El Tour de Tucson sponsored by Casino del Sol. History was also made.

[CA, USA]
Transgender Activist Dana Rivers Arrested for Brutal Murder of Lesbian Couple and Their Son
Noted transgender activist Dana Rivers was arraigned Tuesday on charges of committing a brutal triple homicide in Oakland, California in the early hours of Friday, November 11. The victims have been identified as lesbian couple Patricia Wright and Charlotte Reed and their son Toto “Benny” Diambu-Wright.
Former Sacramento teacher, once disciplined over gender change, arrested in triple homicide

[CA, USA]
Transgender boy’s mom sues hospital, saying he ‘went into spiral’ after staff called him a girl
The transgender teenager had once written a poem about the heartache of a boy born in a girl's body. His words were raw and revealing.

[CO, USA]
Transgender woman's car vandalized with hate speech, pro-Trump message in Denver's Capitol Hill
A transgender woman says she woke up to find her car vandalized with hate speech, a swastika and a pro-Donald Trump message in Denver's Capitol Hill Wednesday morning, and police are now investigating.
You have to see how people reacted when a trans woman's car was graffitied with hate slurs

[GA, USA]
Cheryl Courtney-Evans, 1952-2016, !Presente!
Cheryl Courtney-Evans, 61, a pioneering transgender activist in Atlanta, has passed away, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.
Atlanta transgender activist Cheryl Courtney-Evans dies

[IL, USA]
Vigil for T.T. honors slain trans woman, celebrates Black trans power
In an unprecedented display of defiance and frustration, more than 150 people from across the racial and gender spectrum gathered outside Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ in Lakeview Oct. 6 to hold a vigil and march for T.T. Saffore—a transgender woman of color who was murdered Sept. 11 in Garfield Park.

[ME, USA]
Maine official promises review following transgender teenager’s suicide
Maine‘s corrections commissioner says state and federal experts will review policies and procedures following the suicide of a 16-year-old transgender boy.
Charles Knowles killed himself this month while detained at Long Creek Youth Development Center. His mother has said that he didn’t receive the clinical mental health treatment he needed and that he was “sad” to be required to stay in the girls unit.

[NC, USA]
Transgender woman chased, attacked with hatchet at Charlotte park
A transgender woman is recovering from serious injuries after she was attacked in a west Charlotte park last week.
Federal authorities confirmed Monday that they are working with Charlotte-Mecklenburg police as the department investigates the attack.
Transgender woman attacked at Charlotte park facing child sexual assault charges

[MN, USA]
Judge rules Minnesota must offer gender reassignment on Medicaid
A district court judge has overturned a Minnesota ban on transgender people accessing gender reassignment surgery on medical assistance.

[MN, USA]
Trans daughter sued by mother for transitioning
A 17-year-old trans teenager is being sued by her mother for seeking to transition without her consent.
A Mother Is Suing Her Child For Pursuing Gender Reassignment
Minnesota mom sues teenage child over transgender treatment

[NY, USA]
Rest In Power Jay Kallio
Was advised by Joshua Holiday that our community lost New York-based trans man and longtime TBLGQ community activist Jay Kallio to cancer today at age 61.

[NY, USA]
Federal Court Rejects Transgender Citizen’s Complaints of Unconstitutional Treatment by NYPD Officers
In a decision notably lacking in empathy for transgender people and the slights and humiliations they suffer on a regular basis, U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods granted New York City’s motion to dismiss a complaint by Marlow White, self-identified as a man of transgender experience, that his 14th Amendment rights were violated by NYPD officers and the City when the police failed to respond to the continued verbal harassment of White by Napoleon Monroe, a man who frequented the neighborhood where White lived and made various threats against him as well as subjecting him to verbal harassment. White v. City of New York, 2016 WL 4750180 (S.D.N.Y., Sept. 12, 2016).

[PA, USA]
Six years later, Blahnik murder now a cold case
It’s been six years since Stacey Blahnik was brutally murdered in her South Philadelphia home, and investigators have “hit a wall.”

[TX, USA]
High School Principal Asks Transgender Girl: ‘Do You Have Your Boy Genitals?’ – VIDEO
A transgender girl in Dallas says the assistant principal at her high school asked inappropriate questions about her body after another student complained that she was using girls’ restrooms.

[WA, USA]
Seattle Bans Conversion Therapy For Children
In a unanimous vote Seattle City Council has voted to pass an ordinance to ban conversion therapy on minors.

[Mexico]
Otorgan título y cédula profesional a primer mujer transgénero en Oaxaca
Integrantes de Conquistando Corazones Asociación civil A.C , informaron que lograron dar un paso adelante en la lucha por la inclusión legal en el ámbito laboral de personas transgénero.

[Mexico]
La teoría de género es un enemigo del matrimonio: Papa
El papa Francisco advirtió el sábado de una "guerra global" contra el matrimonio tradicional y la familia y afirmó que ambos están bajo ataque por la teoría de género y el divorcio.

[Colombia]
Las mentiras sobre la ideología de género y el acuerdo de La Habana
Aunque el exprocurador Ordóñez dice que en el texto negociado aparece cientos de veces, en las 297 páginas la expresión población Lgbti sólo figura 10 veces.

[Colombia]
Cayeron ‘Los Zona Rosa’, dedicados a la extorsión de prostitutas LGBTI en Cali
El Grupo Antiextorsión y Antisecuestro (GAULA) de la Policía Metropolitana de Cali logró la desarticulación de la banda ‘Zona Rosa’, dedicada a la extorsión de trabajadoras sexuales de la comunidad LGTBI, vendedores informales y cuidadores de carros, en diferentes comunas de la capital del Valle.

[Chile]
Nicole, no olvidamos tu nombre
Todos los 25 desde hace tres meses unas veinte personas marchan para exigir justicia por Nicole Saavedra Bahamondes, asesinada por lesbiana, secuestrada y torturada durante días en El Melón, un pueblo cercano a Valparaíso. Lo que comenzó como un caso escalofriante en los medios ha quedado tras un muro de silencio. La Justicia no avanza, la prensa calla y el pueblo parece haber decidido olvidar su nombre.

[Argentina]
Buscan jubilar a "trans" mayores de 40 años
El gobierno presentará hoy una ley de protección integral junto a la Federación Argentina de Gays, Lesbianas, Bisexuales y Transexuales
Bill Asks Reparations for Violence Against Argentina's Trans

[Argentina]
Se realizó la primer marcha por la Diversidad en Venado Tuerto
Organizada por la ONG Acción Sin Fronteras, refetenes y activistas LGBTI de la provincia marcharon junto a la comunidad venadense por la agenda pendiente de la igualdad. Implementación de la Educación Sexual, acciones contra el acoso y la discriminación, e inclusión para el colectivo Trans, entre las consignas de las organizaciones.

[Portugal]
20 anos depois - Lara Crespo
O Portugalgay.pt faz este ano 20 anos e lançou um desafio a algumas pessoas: pedimos que falassem do que viram mudar nestes 20 anos no que aos direitos humanos diz respeito.

[Brasil]
História de Gisberta inspira curta-metragem que vai estrear no Brasil (com vídeo)
“A Gis”, curta-metragem sobre o assassinato de Gisberta Salce Júnior, vai estrear esta sexta-feira no Rio de Janeiro no âmbito do festival Curta Cinema do Rio. Depois, irá passar, ainda este mês de Novembro pelo Panorama Coisa de Cinema, em Salvador, e pelo Festival Mix Brasil, em São Paulo.

[Brasil]
Universitária trans Ágatha Mont é alvo de transfobia em banheiro da faculdade em SP
A universitária Ágatha Mont, que é uma mulher trans de 26 anos, denuncia que vem sendo vítima de transfóbia ao ir ao banheiro feminino do Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, em São Paulo. O caso ganhou mídia pela matéria do G1.

[Brasil]
Transsexual Alynda Leitte é assassinada e encontrada amarrada por familiares em Manaus
Alynda Leitte que estava prestes a completar 30 anos de idade, foi brutalmente assassinada na última segunda feira (7) e encontrada amarrada em sua própria casa por familiares. A equipe de reportagem do Portal Atualizado conversou com irmão da vítima.

[Brasil]
Travesti é morta a facadas em Paragominas
O município de Paragominas, na região sudeste do Pará amanheceu nesta terça-feira (8), de forma sangrenta com a morte de um travesti.
Segundo informações colhidas, a vítima era conhecida como “Pitty” e foi morta a facadas, por volta das 5h30 da manhã, no bairro Nagibão.
A polícia já está realizando investigações para chegar nos responsáveis pelo delito.
Paragominas – Travesti assassinado a facadas no bairro Nagibão

[Brasil]
Transexual potiguar morre em procedimento estético no Ceará
transexual potiguar Carla Couto, de 33 anos, natural de Lajes, morreu nesta segunda-feira, dia 7 de novembro.
Segundo informações, ela estava na capital do Ceará, Fortaleza, quando sofreu uma parada cardíaca durante procedimento estético. Carla Couto trabalhava como modelo para agências em Natal, Recife e Salvador.

[International]
U.N. appoints first-ever LGBT rights watchdog
The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday announced it has appointed the U.N.’s first-ever independent expert who will specifically investigate anti-LGBT discrimination and violence around the world.

[España]
La familia de La Veneno cree que ha sido víctima de una agresión y no de un intento de suicidio
La vedette se encuentra en coma. Según las primeras investigaciones policiales, pudo tratarse de un gravísimo accidente tras ingerir tranquilizantes mezclados con alcohol.
Durante mucho tiempo ha sido considerada un juguete roto, pero La Veneno fue durante mucho tiempo una de las mujeres más buscadas y deseadas por cualquier evento que quisiese llamar la atención en la jet española.
La Veneno en coma tras ser encontrada en extrañas circunstancias
Muere La Veneno tras cuatro días en coma

[España]
TDOR 2016, justicia para Niurkel asesinada
El día que conmemora la memoria de las personas trans asesinadas por el odio y la transfobia, tendrá lugar como cada año el 20 de noviembre al momento del TDOR.
Es con una grande tristeza, que nosotros recibimos la muerte de una de las nuestras, Niurkeli a la edad de 33 años, una mujer trans de origen ecuatoriano y trabajadora sexual, a quien también llamábamos Niurka,.

[UK]
Pre-op transgender woman who battered her lover sent to female jail because 'she'd get bullied in men's prison'
Natalie Kearney, 20, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for assaulting her 44-year-old boyfriend Michael Hollywood after she admitted cheating on him

[UK]
'A hole in your chest where gender used to be': Being non-binary in the UK
Four people living in the UK explain what it's like to be non-binary

[UK]
‘BBC using position to peddle harmful trans ideology’
A columnist for The Times has complained to the BBC for the ‘first time in her life’ after the broadcaster promoted radical gender ideology in the lives of children.

[UK]
Female athlete who tried to murder sports boss was transgender and facing medals review
Champion runner Lauren Jeska admitted attempting to kill Ralph Knibbs

[UK]
The government is fighting to prevent trans women from accessing their pensions
The UK government is fighting to prevent transgender women from collecting their state pension.
A series of court cases over the last few years have shown that government lawyers are fighting to deny equality for a group of trans women.

[UK]
Mayor of London reforms gender options to recognise people who aren’t ‘male’ or ‘female’
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has confirmed that the city is preparing to reform City Hall’s gender options to recognise trans and intersex people.

[UK]
Transgender hate crime - Lucy's story
As part of our Hate Crime Awareness campaign this week we are focusing on gender hate crime and specifically crime against someone for their gender including resentment of transgender people, transsexuals and transvestites.

[UK]
20 transgender children from Southern Trust including South Tyrone convinced they are living in the wrong body
A total of 20 children in the Southern Trust area have been given support by the NHS because they believe they were born in the wrong body.

[UK]
BBC ripped for promoting trans issue
The BBC is being criticized by a Christian group in England for being "an unquestioning mouthpiece" for the transsexual lobby.

[UK]
Provision Of Trans Healthcare In Wales
On the 23rd of September 2016, the Welsh Government issued a Health Circular which updates General Practitioners and other primary care professionals on their roles and responsibilities in prescribing hormone therapy for trans adults.

[France]
Ecoutez-les: Four French trans people on law proposal for legal gender recognition
Today, we are launching a video on legal gender recognition and on the vote on the law on Justice in the XXI century in the Senate Laws Committee. Four trans people explain why the law will have a great impact on their daily lives.

[Turkey]
Trans Man Faces Discrimination in Istanbul Gym
The famous gym chain MACFit’s Anadolu Hisarı branch in Beykoz, Istanbul was the scene of transphobic discrimination. Trans male Çağlar Hamza was first warned by the gym’s managers, where he was a member, by being told “You have a pink ID card, you cannot use the men’s changing room”, and then was forced to freeze his membership.

[Turkey]
Trans Woman Attacked, Forced to Leave Istanbul Neighborhood
Kıvılcım Arat, LGBTI activist, was forced to leave her home of five years due to continuous attacks from a group of young men living in her neighborhood.

[UAE]
Lawyers back changes in UAE law allowing gender reassignment surgery
A transgender woman who wants to live as a man hopes a new law will allow him to have a sex-change operation.
UAE expert believes more sex change cases will follow

[UAE]
Huge fine for violating sex change, cloning law
Sex change and cloning are prohibited in the UAE under the updated Federal Medical Liability Law for 2016, said health officials on Sunday.

[UAE]
UAE sex correction case: Woman to be examined
28-year-old Emirati who wants to become a man will be allowed if requirement is proven

[Botswana]
Inside the agony of gender variance in Botswana
Outside of the biological, social and cultural dynamics that produce girls and boys, is a growing intersex and transgender community. Mmegi Staffer BABOKI KAYAWE looks at the experiences of gender variant persons in Botswana

[South Africa]
Victory for transgender man in ID dispute
At first, Home Affairs officials required
him to submit proof that he had changed from a woman to a man, then later informed him his documents went missing.

[South Africa]
Want a sex change in SA? Be prepared to wait 25 years
While an Emirati woman seeks permission from the courts in the United Arab Emirates to have that country’s first sex change operation‚ hundreds of people are faced with the prospect of having to wait for up to 25 years to get the surgery done in South Africa.

[Afghanistan]
Afghanistan LGBT community living under threat of death
Homosexuality is a taboo subject in Afghanistan, rarely discussed in the media and widely condemned as immoral and un-Islamic. As a result there are no statistics indicating the size of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the country.

[Pakistan]
Pakistan’s Rights Body Urges Transgender Attack Inquiry
Surge in Violence Should Prompt Authorities to Act

[Pakistan]
How Women, Hijras And Others Will Suffer Because Of Modi’s Bold Move
At 8 p.m. on Nov 8 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that ₹500 and ₹1000 notes would cease to be legal tender at midnight. The point? To flush out black money, meaning any cash in circulation that has been acquired through less than fair means.

[Nepal]
How a supercomputer helped give a Nepali trans activist a voice of her own
A new journalistic experiment is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to help give a trans activist a voice of her own.

[India]
States, UTs have to certify person as transgender: HC told
Certifying a person as a transgender is the responsibility of the state governments and Union territories, the Centre has told Delhi High Court.

[India]
Transgender woman dies in Chennai, she was found burnt outside a police station
Police had confiscated her vehicle, so where did she find fuel to immolate herself?
Transgender immolates self in front of police station
JUSTICE FOR TARA

[South Korea]
Court upholds trans woman's military service exemption
The high court on Friday upheld a lower court’s decision that ruled against the Military Manpower Administration for canceling a military service immunity order for a person suffering from gender dysphoria.

[Myanmar]
Transgenders thrive as 'spirit wives'
Otherwise rejected by most of society, the country’s transgender women become ‘spirit wives’ who act as conduits for the spirits and can provide advice to worshippers on financial and marital matters.

[Cambodia]
Study Exposes Abuse of Trans Cambodians
Two weeks ago, a small group of transgender women were sitting on the riverfront in Siem Reap City when a group of police officers arrived and told them to get up and go away. It was an act of blatant discrimination, harassing them for being in a public space, but only routine.
Abuses prevalent for Cambodia's transgender women: study

[Cambodia]
Rights groups call for transgender protections
Human rights groups have called on the government to establish an anti-discrimination law in the wake of a report that unveiled widespread abuses committed against transgender women – a law observers say is long overdue.

[Thailand]
Transgender rights takes step forward
Newly released research provides a framework for gender recognition law, but will it be enough, activists ask

[Hong Kong]
Outrage after two transgender women refused entry at Hong Kong International Airport
The pair, who were travelling to the city from Bangkok, were told they “did not satisfy the purpose of their holiday” to immigration officers

[Australia]
“Radical Form Of Mansplaining”: Victoria’s Ugly Debate On Transgender Rights
The Victorian government is trying to make it easier for transgender people to change the sex on their birth certificate – but the opposition isn’t keen.

[Australia]
SA to recognise transgender soon: Premier
A law that would allow transgender South Australians to have their gender formally recognised without undergoing surgery will eventually pass, Premier Jay Weatherill says.
SA parliament votes down change to Sexual Reassignment Act amidst claims the bill is a Trojan horse for gay marriage
Gender identity bill fails to pass South Australian Parliament

[Australia]
Transgender man to serve drug sentence in female jail
A transgender man who was caught harvesting a million-dollar cannabis crop has spent the past four months in a woman’s jail despite living as a male for more than a decade.

[Australia]
This Is What It’s Like To Have Your Transgender Kid Splashed Across The Media
Does the negative media attention on transgender kids infringe their human rights?

[New Zealand]
ITANZ: NZ can improve future for intersex children
The Executive Director of ITANZ (Intersex Awareness New Zealand) says during the 73rd Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, New Zealand representative Dr Patrick Tuohy made comments that seem to point to a confusion between intersex issues and transgender issues.

[Canada]
Pastor ordered to allow GSAs at 2 Edmonton-area schools responds through lawyer
'Like a toddler testing its parents' says mom, as defiance to new Alberta law continues
Education minister launches inquiry after school authority flouts law on gay-straight alliances
Edmonton-area Baptist schools defying LGBTQ rules face third-party inquiry

[Canada]
Parents force review of LGBTQ policy in Peace Wapiti school division
Voters near Grande Prairie have forced a rural school division to re-examine its policies designed to protect LGBTQ students.

[Canada]
Halifax trans football player says 'media attention' a reason for McDonald's firing
Kenny Cooley says he was caught off guard over decision after making headlines for suiting up with Halifax West Warriors.
Halifax LGBTQ group calls alleged firing of trans teen from McDonald's ‘discrimination,’ asks for apology

[Canada]
Vancouver woman sets sights on becoming first transgender MLA
'I've been the first trans person in many things in my life," says Morgane Oger, who hopes to run for the NDP

[USA]
What to Do If You’re Trans and Live in America Now
Some things you can do before this next administration settles in

[USA]
Transgender People Are Connecting With Lawyers On Twitter Using #TransLawHelp
Fueled by the anxiety of the election outcome, many in the trans community are attempting to get their legal documents and gender markers in order.
Lawyers Offer Free #TransLawHelp for ID Changes

[USA]
Pence confirms once and for all that Trump will be an anti-LGBT president
That guidance protecting transgender students from discrimination would just go away.

[USA]
AMERICA, 2018 mid-terms! We get to work NOW!
I stole this headline from Jenn Burleton. It’s really the only thing we can do. We can’t dwell on the what ifs, or whys — it’s wasted energy better spent on fixing our future — the 2018 mid-terms, for instance. We certainly don’t need the stress.

[USA]
How ‘Transparent’ Changed Jeffrey Tambor and Judith Light
Jeffrey Tambor and Judith Light talk Season 3, their education on trans issues and rights, and how they talk to their friends about the progressive show.

[USA]
Pro-Republican ad depicts little girl getting raped because of transgender equality
A horrific ad in support of North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory depicts the rape of a little girl, in an attack on his Democratic opponent.

[USA]
Transgender children need support from families, doctors, schools: report
“I’m really a girl on the inside.” “I should have been born in a different body.” “I wish I could be a boy.”

[USA]
Trans murders rising alongside anti-trans rhetoric
An illustration used as part of a 1938 children's book Der Giftpilz (The Poisoned Mushroom) by Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher features a menacing-looking, burly caricature of a Jewish man confronting two young children, Else and Hans, who stare up at him in wonder as he uses a bag of caramels to entice them to come with him.

[CA, USA]
Cops Might Skate in Transgender Woman's Death
A federal judge threw out a slew of claims against the city of Berkeley and several police officers over the death of a transgender woman with schizophrenia who died while being arrested in 2013.
Berkeley sued in trans woman's death

[CA, USA]
Transgender man sues Dignity Health for not covering transition care
A transgender man who works for San Francisco-based Dignity Health is suing the Catholic-associated hospital chain for sex discrimination over its refusal to cover gender transformation treatments.

[CA, USA]
Mother of transgender teen suing Rady Children's
Rady Children's Hospital is being sued by the mother of a transgender teen who committed suicide- accusing the hospital of discriminating against her son.
Family Sues Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego for Discriminatory Treatment of Transgender Teenager

[CA, USA]
Transgender woman settles workers’ comp case against Big Bear Lake hospital
A transgender woman who sued Bear Valley Community Hospital in Big Bear Lake for discrimination and harassment has settled her workers’ compensation case.

[CA, USA]
Transgender homeless person hit with rock when he denies beer to couple in Redding
A transgender homeless person was hit in the head with a rock and called a derogatory name after a refusal to buy beer for others camping under a Redding bridge, police said.

[FL, USA]
Video shows when transgender victim was set on fire in Brady trial
On day two, prosecutors in the Terry Brady trial showed surveillance footage showing the moments a transgender woman was set on fire twice in a brutal murder that claimed the life of Yaz’min Shancez.
Jury finds Brady guilty of transgender woman's murder

[FL, USA]
Trans teen fights Jacksonville courts to keep out of abusive home
Ryan Stalvey, a transgender high school student from Jacksonville, Fla., is doing all the things a typical teen does as they start a new school year. He is getting new clothes and catching up with friends he hasn’t seen since last year, but Stalvey is also worrying about whether the state is going to force him to live in an abusive household.

[FL, USA]
Transgender Broward teen wins right to change birth record from F to M
A Tallahassee judge has ordered Florida health administrators to change the birth certificate of a Broward teenager from “female” to “male,” potentially ending a long-simmering dispute between the Department of Health and advocates for transgender children who want their permanent records to reflect their current reality.

[IN, USA]
Transgender woman finds hateful message written outside her home
Says Indiana needs hate crime law
Transgender woman harassed, seeks changes in state law

[KS, USA]
KU police investigate on-campus transgender harassment allegations
The University of Kansas Public Safety Office confirmed it is investigating allegations of harassment toward a transgender student on campus.

[KY, USA]
Henry Gleaves sentenced for killing transgender prostitute
A man convicted of manslaughter for killing a transgender prostitute in 2015 will serve the maximum sentence.

[MD, USA]
Transgender legal clinic opens
FreeState Justice will conduct a legal clinic twice a month at the offices of the GLBT Community Center (GLCCB), 2530 N. Charles St., 3rd Floor in Baltimore. The sessions occur on the Wednesday after the second and fourth Friday of each month from 3-5 p.m.

[MD, USA]
Vigil held for slain trans woman
About 50 people gathered at the Ynot Lot in the Station North area of Baltimore on Sept. 19 to pay tribute to Crystal Edmonds, an African-American transgender woman who was shot and killed the previous Friday in Northwest Baltimore. She was 32.

[MS, USA]
Will this Mississippi murder be the first federal hate crime with a transgender victim?
The day Josh Vallum killed Mercedes Williamson, he first saw her from the front porch of a friend’s house near Theodore, Alabama. She was walking down Dauphin Island Parkway in blue jean shorts, a pink tube top and pink flip-flops, her long, dirty-blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail.

[NY, USA]
Transgender babysitter takes plea deal for killing toddler
The​ evil babysitter ​facing trial for​ starving and beating to death a toddler took a plea deal in Manhattan court that will land her in prison for 22 years to life ​– ​as the ​tragic tot’s mother sobbed in the gallery.

[OH, USA]
Transgender woman sues library, insurance provider over surgery cost
A transgender woman who works for Hamilton County’s public library system is suing her employer and its insurer over a refusal to cover sex reassignment surgery.
Transgender library insurance dispute goes to court

[PA, USA]
Pine-Richland Alumni To Protest Transgender Bathroom Policy
A group of Pine-Richland school district alumni is planning to protest the district’s transgender bathroom policy at tonight’s school board meeting.

[PA, USA]
Trans inmate sues for transfer to women's prison
A transgender woman from Philadelphia who has spent the last four years in men’s prisons filed a federal lawsuit this week, alleging ongoing sexual harassment and abuse at the hands of corrections officers and other inmates.

[TN, USA]
Trans woman’s truck set ablaze, spray painted “TRUMP”
A Tennessean Transgender woman’s truck was set on fire while she and her three-year-old watched. The woman, identified by the Tennessean by the pseudonym Elle to protect her identity said that she heard a car door close and went outside to check. Seeing nothing she went back into her home but a half later she heard a horn honk and saw her truck fully engulfed.
Cookeville transgender veteran's truck painted 'Trump,' lit on fire
Transgender Vet Says Trump Supporter Torched Her Truck

[TX, USA]
Texas Trans Pioneer Linda Phillips Passes Away
Was sad to hear the news via Gordene MacKenzie's Facebook page that pioneering Texas trans woman Linda Phillips has passed away suddenly at age 81 on Monday.
Linda Phillips had been crossdressing since age 3, and had the epiphany that she was trans,and transitioned later in her life. She married Cynthia on January 10, 1958 in Dallas.
Bulverde transgender pioneer passes away
[Linda's in the white cowboy hat]

[TX, USA]
Parents Pull Transgender Child From School Amid Bullying Accusations
Cannon Elementary school in Grapevine is the latest battleground in the national debate over transgender bathrooms.

[TX, USA]
Autopsy Report: Slain transgender woman stabbed 24 times
An autopsy report by the County medical examiner's office concludes a transgender woman "died of stab wounds of face and torso with injuries of lung and carotid artery. The manner of death is homicide."

[VA, USA]
Would-be blood donor claims he was turned away because of gender identity
A Richmond man says he was turned away from donating blood to Virginia Blood Services after staffers learned he’s transgender.

[VA, USA]
VAVP community alert: Noony Norwood
On November 6th, the Virginia Anti-Violence Project (VAVP) learned that 30-year-old Richmond, VA, resident Noony Norwood was killed on the southside of Richmond. Noony, who identified as a transgender woman of color, was shot on Saturday, November 5th and died the next morning. The Virginia Anti-Violence Project would like to express its sincerest condolences to Noony’s family, friends, and community. VAVP is deeply saddened to hear of another homicide of someone who identifies within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities.
Family seeks justice for transgender woman killed in southside shooting

[Mexico]
En la Marcha por la Familia nadie acertó a explicar qué es la "ideología de género"
El gigantesco mecate pasó por el ojo de la aguja pero nadie, en la Marcha por la Familia, acertó a explicar qué es eso que tanto los preocupa: la ideología de género.
Tens Of Thousands March To Undo Marriage Equality In Mexico
La Iglesia mexicana saca a la ultraderecha de las catacumbas en su ofensiva antigay

[Mexico]
Mil 500 personas han cambiado su identidad de género en CDMX
Al menos mil 500 personas han realizado un cambio de identidad de género en la Ciudad de México, informó Manuel Granados Covarrubias, consejero Jurídico y de Servicios Legales.

[Mexico]
'Homofobia estadística' impide avanzar en temas LGBT y 'trans': Clark
En la República Mexicana hay "homofobia estadística", pues existen datos sobre el nivel de pobreza, la cantidad de indígenas, los niveles de desigualdad social, de vendedores ambulantes, pero jamás se ha logrado uno que sea específicamente de diversidad sexual o la comunidad LGTB, y menos crímenes de odio hacia la comunidad.

[Ecuador]
The transgender family where the father gave birth
Meet one of South America's most high-profile transgender families.

[Venezuela]
Ministerio Público pidió adecuar foto de la cédula con la identidad de género
Esta iniciativa beneficiará a personas de la comunidad sexo diversa

[Colombia]
Cárcel por extorsionar a integrantes de la comunidad LGBTI
Cinco supuestos integrantes de una banda dedicada a extorsionar a miembros de la Comunidad LGBTI, fueron cobijados con medida de aseguramiento intramuros, por el Juzgado 31 Penal Municipal, con funciones de control de garantías, que acogió la petición de la Fiscalía General de la Nación.

[Uruguay]
Uruguay presenta datos preliminares del primer censo de población transexual
El Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de Uruguay (Mides) presentó hoy en Montevideo datos preliminares del primer censo realizado en el país sobre la población transexual, cuyo número asciende a 853 personas, en el marco de intercambio de políticas públicas y diversidad sexual.

[Uruguay]
Baños mixtos y varones con polleras en el Iava
Los alumnos del liceo Iava de Montevideo realizaron una “jornada de polleras” donde los varones y mujeres concurrieron con estas prendas a la vez que habilitaron “baños mixtos”, o sea para que fueran usados por ambos sexos.

[Uruguay]
"Las trans tienen hecha carne la visibilidad"
Entrevista a Marcelo Otero Díaz, activista por los derechos diversidad sexual desde de las primeras marchas, fundador del Colectivo Ovejas Negras, y a quien consideramos un informante clave para dilucidar las tareas y desafíos del movimiento por la diversidad sexual. Los orígenes del movimiento, su necesidad de “salir del clóset” y la idea de una diversidad sexual viste de la lucha de clases, las primeras marchas con las trans adelante y el resto “a cara cubierta”, el VIH, la población trans como el sector más vulnerable…

[Peru]
"No pueden detener a la gente por vestirse como les venga en gana"
Colectivos cusqueños se manifiestan tras detención y presunta golpiza a turistas transexuales.

[Argentina]
Un partido ganado: la historia de la transexual que fue fichada en la asociación de hockey
Jessica Millamán, jugadora transexual de hockey, consiguió que la ficharan en la asociación de Chubut.

[Argentina]
A Stark Animated Short Sheds Light on Trans Discrimination in Argentina
Argentina’s trans community, as is the case in many countries, faces an extraordinary amount of discrimination, from education and employment opportunities to violence. Animator Virginia Gilles, writer Stephanie Santoro and sound designer Thomas Corley decided to put some facts about the community’s Argentine experience into stark relief in an experimental short, which features hypnotic animation, motion graphics, music, and voiceover.

[Argentina]
Presentan un proyecto de ley de reparación histórica para personas trans
En el marco de la campaña #ReconocerEsReparar, el día jueves 6 de octubre se realizará el acto de presentación del proyecto de ley “Régimen reparatorio para víctimas de violencia institucional por motivos de identidad de género”.

[Brasil]
ASSASSINATO corpo de homem de 20 anos foi encontrado na zona norte e com sinais de violência Jovem é encontrado morto em S. José
Um jovem de 20 anos foi encontrado morto com sinais de violência na manhã de ontem em uma estrada rural no bairro Jaguari, na zona norte de São José dos Campos. Até a noite dessa segunda, ninguém foi preso.
Segundo a DIG (Delegacia de Investigações Gerais), responsável pela investigação do crime, o jovem chamava-se William -- ainda não há informações do sobrenome. O corpo foi identificado pela família no fim da tarde. Ele estava desaparecido desde domingo.

[Brasil]
Paudalho: corpo de homossexual é encontrado às margens do Rio Carpibaribe
Um homossexual identificado por José Wilson da Silva, de 24 anos, foi encontrado morto na manhã desta quinta-feira (27), às margens do Rio Capibaribe, nas imediações da Ponte do Itaíba, na cidade de Paudalho.
Nino como era conhecido, foi encontrado com lesões na cabeça, provavelmente provocado por pancada com uma pedra, que foi encontrada perto do corpo.
Homem foi encontrado morto próximo a ponte do Itaíba em Paudalho

[Brasil]
Travesti é encontrada enforcada com cinto
Uma travesti de 27 anos foi encontrada sem vida em um apartamento na Rua 1.600, esquina com a Avenida Brasil, no Centro de Balneário Camboriú, na noite de segunda-feira (31).
Segundo informações da Polícia Militar, um dos vizinhos da vítima ouviu dois homens brigando e achou que eles estavam muito alterados, por isso decidiu chamar a polícia.
Travesti é asfixiado e morto no centro de Balneário Camboriú
Corpo de travesti é encontrado enforcado em apê
Travesti é assassinado no Centro de Balneário Camboriú
Travesti é assassinado no Centro de Balneário Camboriú

[Brasil]
Travesti é assassinada a tiros em bairro de Arapiraca
Vítima foi baleada na cabeça e nas pernas; polícia investiga crime
A Polícia Civil vai investigar a execução de uma travesti, ocorrida na manhã desta quinta-feira (03), em trecho da Rua Antônio Pituba, no bairro Ouro Preto, no município de Arapiraca. A vítima foi atingida por tiros na cabeça e nas pernas.
Travesti é morta a tiros próximo a bar em Arapiraca
Travesti é assassinada a tiros no bairro Ouro Preto, em Arapiraca
Imagens fortes: Travesti é assassinada a tiros próximo a bar em Arapiraca

[Brasil]
Travesti assassinada e adolescente detido como suspeito
Crime aconteceu às margens do Rio Paraíba, no Jardim Carioca
Uma travesti foi assassinada a tiros no início da tarde desta quinta-feira (03), em Campos. O crime ocorreu às margens do Rio Paraíba, na Avenida Francisco Lamego, no Jardim Carioca, em Guarus, próximo a uma casa lotérica.
Travesti é assassinado próximo ao SESI em Guarus
Menor que matou travesti em Guarus é preso instantes após o crime

[Brasil]
Corpo com mãos e pés amarrados é encontrado na região do Jardim Ipanema
Um corpo de estado de putrefação foi localizado na noite desta quinta-feira (3) em uma mata na região do Jardim Ipanema e USP II, em São Carlos. Uma pessoa que passava pelo local avistou o cadáver seminu e acionou a Polícia Militar.
O corpo estava com as mãos e pés amarrados. Ainda não se sabe se trata-se de uma homem ou uma mulher, mas tudo leva a crer que seja do sexo masculino ou até mesmo de um travesti, já que vestia calcinha e uma sandália.
Morador encontra corpo seminu em área de mata de São Carlos, SP
Corpo é encontrado em decomposição em São Carlos
Corpo com mãos e pés amarrados é encontrado na mata em São Carlos, SP

[Brasil]
Homicídio na Cidade de Laranjeiras
na noite de ontem 02/11/2016.
Segundo informações o mesma era vendedor de milho em Areia Branca.
E natural de Rosario do Catete e segundo informacões ele é homossexual

[Brasil]
Frases transfóbicas de diretor brasileiro desmascaram hipocrisia que ronda as artes
Atrizes e atores trans raramente tem representatividade em novelas, filmes, séries, seriados, musiciais e outros espaços artísticos. Um reflexo da sociedade transfóbica que não dá oportunidade de emprego para tais pessoas em qualquer área. Porém quando existe essa cobrança – sobretudo quando pedem para que PELO MENOS personagens trans sejam feitos por artistas trans – a maré de desculpas surge.

[Brasil]
Travesti é espancada com socos e pontapés por três homens em Ilhéus
As situações de transfobia – ataques às pessoas travestis e transexuais – estão se multiplicando na Bahia. Na madrugada de ontem, a travesti Kayalla Ayalla que foi brutalmente agredida no bairro Malhado, em Ilhéus. O crime aconteceu por volta das 5h e vítima foi agredida com diversos socos e chutes na cabeça. Além disso, segundo relatos ouvidos no hospital, ela afirmou que eles gritavam vários xingamentos. A polícia civil está investigando o caso e ainda não há indícios de qual teria sido a motivação do crime.

[International]
Spotify adds third gender to registration forms for non-binary users
Like listening to music for free but don’t identify as male or female? Spotify may be the player you’ve been looking for.

[Europe]
TGEU's Healthcare Survey
TGEU has launched a survey with the goal of improving access to healthcare for trans people in Europe:

[Europe]
European Parliament calls for further protection LGBTI people at work
In a report on the implementation of the EU’s Employment Equality Directive, the European parliament has called for further measures to improve the protection of LGBTI people at the work floor, and beyond.

[España]
Convocan una concentración de repulsa tras la muerte de una mujer transexual en Tenerife
El Foro contra la Violencia de Género, la Asociación LGBTI Algarabía y la Fundación Triángulo Canarias han convocado este martes, a las 19.00 horas y en la Plaza de la Candelaria, una concentración en señal de repulsa por la muerte de una mujer transexual que se precipitó por un edificio mientras huía para salvar su vida.

[UK]
Transgender soldier becomes first woman on Army front line
A 24-year-old transgender soldier has become the first woman to serve on the front line with the British Army.
Transgender soldier is first female to serve on British army frontline

[UK]
Life inside Exeter's gender clinic The Laurels which has nearly 600 people on its waiting list
Admitting you were uncomfortable with your gender or wanted to change it was virtually unheard of years ago.

[UK]
Prison service 'to consider inquest's findings' in wake of transgender prisoner's suicide
A depressed transgender woman prisoner who hanged herself when make-up brushes she had ordered were not delivered to her on time, committed suicide, an inquest jury has concluded.
Transgender prisoner found hanged in Woodhill prison had history of violence and self harm

[UK]
Mail On Sunday Story On CBBC Transgender Show Slammed As Transphobic
The Mail on Sunday has sparked a huge backlash with its front page story on a CBBC programme about a transgender child.
The Daily Mail Targets Transgender Children

[UK]
Manchester transgender businesswoman Stephanie Booth killed in tractor crash
Tributes have been paid to a leading transgender businesswoman killed in a tragic tractor crash.
Stephanie Booth, 70, was the face and founder of the Albany Clinic in Prestwich, which gives specialist medical advice and guidance to transsexuals.
She was found dead by her husband David, 72, on Sunday night at her farm in Denbighshire, North Wales.
Tractor death woman was entrepreneur Stephanie Booth

[UK]
Transgender actor axed from cast of EastEnders
Riley Carter Millington was first transgender actor to play continuing trans character on a UK soap

[UK]
Revealed: How The Government Is Fighting To Stop Trans Women Getting Their Pension
Four trans women have taken on lengthy legal battles to secure their state pensions, as the UK government opposes them at every turn. BuzzFeed News uncovers their stories for the first time.

[Serbia]
Belgrade LGBT Pride Remembers Murdered Transgender Activist Hande Kader
Belgrade's annual LGBT Pride held a moment of silence to remember Hande Kader, a transgender woman brutally murdered in Istanbul, Turkey over the summer.

[Russia]
Reports of a killed trans woman from Dagestan (Russian Federation) are false, Raina is alive, LGBT colleagues in Russia confirmed it. There is limited coverage in Russian that confirms she's alive:
Убийство дагестанского трансгендера оказалось фейком: Раина жива и отдыхает в Таиланде
Трансгендер из Дагестана жив и отдыхает в Таиланде

[Israel]
Israeli comes second in Miss Transsexual final
All the contestants are ‘winners,’ says Ta’alin Abu Hanna from Nazareth, who was beaten to the title by Brazilian rival

[UAE]
Abu Dhabi woman files lawsuit for sex change
Abu Dhabi: An Emirati woman filed a lawsuit with the Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance to obtain an order allowing her to undergo a sex-change operation, her lawyer said yesterday.

[Pakistan]
Poor shemale yearns for medical treatment
Complaining against the society, community and even her own family, a 22-year old shemale Saveera said she abandoned by all after they came to know she suffered from hepatitis-C.

[Malaysia]
Malaysian Attorney Siti kassim sues after Jawi invasion of Transgender dinner
Siti kassim flips off those who wouldn’t let her speak at a discussion of the proposed Shariah Bill. The hecklers said afterwards that they objected to the Muslim woman’s attire. kassim responded saying had she known that she would have ‘dressed to the nines.’

[Philippines]
Emotional Roman urges Congress to pass anti-discrimination bill
Bataan 1st District Representative Geraldine Roman, the country's first transgender congresswoman, recalls how her late 'macho politician' father fully supported his transgender child

[Fiji]
Luveni assures transgender of rights
Not much has been done to address discriminatory remarks made in public against members of the transgender society.

[Australia]
'No more slurs.' Shelton claps back after LGBTIQA protest
Australian Christian Lobby’s (ACL) Lyle Shelton has responded after Mercure Sydney International Airport Hotel yesterday confirmed their event booking had been cancelled following sustained LGBTIQA community backlash. Meanwhile, LGBTIQA activists are claiming Shelton is playing the victim.

[Australia]
LGBTI and health advocates say Louise Staley, Opposition comments threaten transgender people
A central Victorian MP who opposes transgender people having the right to change the sex listed on their birth certificate is threatening the mental health of an already vulnerable community, health and LGBTI advocates have said.

[New Zealand]
NZ questioned on rights of intersex children at UN CRC
Last week representatives of the New Zealand government were questioned at the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in regards to the rights and care of intersex children. The questioning highlighted New Zealand's lack of legislative framework to prevent intersex genital mutilation and the official government stance on some of these issues.

[New Zealand]
40+yr delay for trans ops "about right" - Minister
Health minister Jonathan Coleman believes waits of over forty years for transgender people to have operations aligning their bodies with their gender is "about right."

[Canada]
Trans community struggles to access medical care in Peterborough
In the second of a three part series on the transgender community in Peterborough we look at the barriers to medical care for local trans people.

[Canada]
Halifax transgender teenager finds 'family' in football team
Wide receiver Kenny Cooley describes teammates as 'very open and very accepting'

[USA]
Transgender model Arisce Wanzer graces cover of Spiegel
Outspoken model Arisce Wanzer is the first transgender woman to make the catalog’s cover since Spiegel was founded in 1865.

[USA]
Gwen Araujo’s mother speaks about the murder of her transgender daughter
14 years after the murder of Gwen Araujo her mother Alecia Reid carries on the fight to educate while burdened with the memories of the horrific crime. Mother Reid who now lives in a friends car has the goodness of heart to forgive one of the remorseful murders at his parole board.

[USA]
How This Transgender Supermodel Found Love
On August 29, 1991, Caroline Cossey, the iconic ’80s supermodel also known as Tula, who once illuminated the cover of Playboy Worldwide with her lithe bronzed body and sensual good looks, sat alone at a restaurant — the wrong restaurant — in London’s Brent Cross Shopping Centre, waiting to commence a business lunch with her attorney.

[CA, USA]
Death row cheated: Alleged killer of transgender woman dies of cancer
An Orange County jail inmate died at a hospital Friday morning while awaiting trial on charges of murdering a transgender woman in Santa Ana in 1989 with whom he had a sexual relationship.

[CA, USA]
Berkeley: Protest planned ahead of hearing on transgender woman’s in-custody death
More than three years after a transgender woman died in a struggle with Berkeley police, a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the woman’s family is set to go to trial and protesters are planning a march Tuesday evening to draw attention to the case.

[DC, USA]
Suspects in slaying targeted transgender women for robberies, police say
Two men with prior arrests who had set out to rob transgender women are responsible for crimes including a deadly July shooting in Northeast, according to authorities and court papers.

[FL, USA]
Trial underway for transgender woman brutally murdered
On Tuesday, opening statements began as prosecutors try to bring justice for Yaz’min Shancez, a transgender woman shot, tortured and killed.

[IL, USA]
Morton IL school votes down Alliance Defending Freedom authored policy
The virulently anti-transgender Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) authored policy introduced by board member Jeff Schmidgall was voted down Tuesday after a heated comment period. The amendment authored by Arizona lawyers would have required that district school restrooms and locker rooms be used only by members of the same biological sex.

[LA, USA]
Transgender woman raped inside Orleans Parish jail with guard absent for over an hour, lawsuit says
A transgender woman booked on municipal warrants last year was assaulted and raped at the city's new jail by a male cellmate who was awaiting trial on armed robbery charges, according to a lawsuit.

[MD, USA]
Trans woman shot, killed in Baltimore
Crystal Edmonds, 32, a transgender woman, died Friday afternoon from a gunshot wound she received to the back of her head at 3:18 this morning.
Transgender woman shot, killed in Northwest Baltimore
Transgender advocate reacts to murder of Baltimore transgender woman
Murder of trans woman in Baltimore ties grim national record
Vigil planned for transgender woman shot, killed in NW Baltimore

[TX, USA]
Texas AG facing 99 years for fraud asks MS court to reconsider ban on LGBT discrimination
TX AG Ken Paxton, while relentless in his religious crusade aginst LGBT people is facing renewed felony charges and 99 years in prison.

[VA, USA]
Facilities Access For Transgender Students Goes To The Supreme Court
The case of Gavin Grimm, 17 year old student from Gloucester County, Virginia regarding public school bathroom and locker room accommodation for transgender students will be heard by the US Supreme Court. The decision to hear the case was announced late Friday, and promises to solve the issue once and for all.

[Mexico]
La comunidad LGBT convoca a una marcha
A través de facebook se está convocando a la población de Tijuana a participar en la "Marcha por los Derechos LGBT" la cuál se realizará el próximo 30 de septiembre a las 2 de la tarde en el Cecut en Zona del Río.
Marcha no servirá a la comunidad LGBT

[Ecuador]
272 personas Lgbti sustituyeron sexo por género en su cédula en el país
Según el Registro Civil, 272 integrantes de la comunidad de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales, Transgénero e Intersexuales (Lgbti) del Ecuador realizaron la sustitución del campo sexo por el de género en su cédula de ciudadanía, desde el 3 de agosto hasta ayer, 15 de septiembre del 2016. Este procedimiento se registró en las oficinas del Registro Civil de Guayaquil, Quito, Manta y Cuenca.

[Brazil]
Trans woman attacked, Sister defends, Police are forced to respond
The brutal beating of Taísa Silva, a Brazilian transgender woman would have been regulated to back page news and offbeat blogs if not for her cisgender sister Luciana. A video recorded by bystanders of her defending her unconscious sister against three young ‘men’ and shared on social media went viral making it impossible for law enforcement to ignore.

[Venezuela]
Amelia pertenece a la comunidad GLBT de Venezuela y le ganó una demanda al instituto donde está próxima a graduarse de TSU La causa de la demanda: discriminación de género
Amelia Sofía Montilla nació en San Felipe estado Yaracuy un 19 de mayo de 1994, en su partida de nacimiento y en el resto de su documentación aparece como Anthony Carl Barrasa Montilla, hija de Carmen Montilla natural de Betijoque estado Trujillo y Antonio Barrasa oriundo de Santa Marta-Colombia, es el segundo de tres hijos de esta unión, además tiene otro hermano menor fruto del segundo matrimonio de su madre, ya que su papá murió cuando él tenía tan solo 6 años de edad.

[Peru]
"Con la ideología de género se destruye a la familia, el matrimonio y la vida", afirma Cipriani
El cardenal mencionó que Perú es un Estado laico, pero que este mantiene acuerdos históricos con el Vaticano.

[Uruguay]
Uruguay apunta a concienciación por LGBT en septiembre, mes de la diversidad
La concienciación ciudadana ante la comunidad LGBT (lesbianas, bisexuales, gais y transexuales) es el principal objetivo marcado por las autoridades uruguayas para el mes de septiembre, declarado el de la diversidad sexual, y cuyos actos fueron presentados hoy en Montevideo.

[Uruguay - Latin America]
Ciudades de A.Latina comparten en Uruguay experiencias de integración LGBT
Representantes de los Gobiernos de Montevideo, Bogotá, Asunción, Sao Paulo y Rosario (Argentina) se reunieron hoy en Montevideo con el fin de intercambiar programas de integración para la comunidad LGBT (lesbianas, gais, bisexuales y transexuales) y "generar redes" entre las cinco ciudades americanas.

[Argentina]
Jessica Millamán estuvo diez horas demorada en Aeroparque: "me molestó el maltrato"
La jugadora trans de hóckey del club Germinal de Rawson, Jéssica Millamán manifestó lo que vivió durante las diez horas que estuvo demorada en Aeroparque de Capital Federal cuando le encontraron medio "porro" de marihuana. "Un poco tuvo que ver con que hoy estoy en todas las portadas", apuntó.
Tras una "requisa extrema" demoraron a Jessica en Aeroparque

[Argentina}
¿QUE PASO CON VICKY?
María Virginia “Vicky” Castro, ex activista de ATTTA de 31 años, fue encontrada muerta en su casa de Jesús María. Una muerte que más allá de las causas impone pensar en el abandono de persona, que sigue siendo un destino trans.