Transfofa em Blog

[Brasil]
Travesti é baleada na cabeça durante o Corso do Zé Pereira de Teresina
Segundo a Polícia Militar, vítima teria se desentendido com uma outra pessoa.
Amigos da travesti relataram que ela brincava com arma, quando disparou.

[Brasil]
Pai é preso após atirar em travestis suspeitos de roubarem celular do filho
Crime aconteceu em uma avenida de Rio Preto (SP).
Filho, um adolescente de 16 anos, também foi apreendido pela polícia.

[Brasil]
Caminhada Pela Paz , em São Paulo, exige dignidade e respeito para a população trans
Um dia, teve uma primeira passeata LGBT, em São Paulo, que não juntou tantas pessoas. No ano seguinte, o número aumentou e seguiu aumentando ano a ano até o evento (em maio ele chega à 20ª edição ) se tornar um dos maiores do gênero em todo o mundo. Os organizadores da 1ª Caminhada pela Paz , com o tema "Sou Trans , Quero Dignidade e Respeito" apostam que vá acontecer o mesmo com este evento, que reuniu, segundo eles, mais de 500 pessoas em passeata da Avenida Paulista até a Câmara Municipal, no centro de São Paulo, neste sábado (30).

[España]
Llamadme Paul
Paul B. Preciado, transexual y feminista, es uno de los abanderados del debate sobre la identidad de género, como embajador de la Queer Nation. Le entrevistamos en un momento en el que la transexualidad es más visible que nunca gracias, en parte, a Hollywood y las series de televisión estadounidenses.

[UK]
Transgender baptisms offered in UK for first time after church leader inspired by brave little girl
Jean Clements, head of the New Chapel Unitarian and Free Christian, came up with the idea after meeting a couple who had a transgender child.

[UK]
Objective reality crumbling on trans issues, columnist warns
Belief in a binary distinction between male and female is “now being categorised as a form of bigotry”, a columnist has warned.

[UK]
What it's like to be Transgender and Catholic
Tara Hewitt, NHS equality and diversity advisor, doesn't believe in abortion or IVF but says it doesn't affect her job

[UK]
How should we be defining gender identity in 2016?
It is best to ask which term an individual prefers'

[UK]
Stonewall Defends Children's Gender Survey Following Christian Institute's Condemnation
An LGBT charity has defended a survey sent to schoolchildren asking them to describe their gender.

[Turkey]
DISCRIMINATION FROM PUBLIC BUS DRIVER: ARE YOU A WOMAN OR A MAN?
A bus driver working on the Kadikoy-Uskudar line in Istanbul tried to force a trans male, whose gender identity is recorded as female on his public transportation card, to get off the bus.

[India]
I am treated like an untouchable: Transgender teacher
When Pankaj Sarkar went for a sex realignment surgery in 2014, the last thing he had imagined for himself was the untouchable tag. In a cruel twist of fate, Pankaj - who has been christened as Riya - claims to be living in hell. A teacher of history in Dum Dum Prachaya Bani Mandir For Boys', Riya alleged that she has been at the receiving end of what she called 'terrible alienation' from some teachers of this government sponsored school. Extremely disturbed with the way she has been treated as 'cattle class', Riya reached out to vice chairperson of the West Bengal Transgender Development Board Manabi Bandopadhyay - to share her humiliation.

[Tunisia]
هل تونس على المسار إلى إضفاء الشرعية على الأقليات الجنسية ؟ (LGBT in Tunisia)
Is Tunisia on the path to respect human rights and upholding the value of personal freedoms? We can only hope so now that Germany has declared the country safe joining other European countries which have stopped taking asylum seekers.

[Uganda]
Las minorías sexuales de Uganda luchan contra la persecución y reivindican el legado de Kato
Cinco años después del asesinato del activista, el país continúa profundamente dividido por la cuestión de los derechos de los homosexuales
Las próximas elecciones presidenciales vuelven a poner sobre la mesa el tema de la polémica ley que permite condenar a los homosexuales a cadena perpetua o a la pena capital

[Australia]
Trans beauty pageant criticized for offering gender reassignment surgery
The Miss Gay and Ms. Transsexual Australia 2016 offers gender reassignment surgery as their grand prize, and they’re taking a lot of heat from people who think they’re trivializing a major surgery.

[Canada]
Alleged exchange with gender identity doctor didn’t happen, CAMH says
After the controversial closing of its world-famous gender identity clinic, and the dismissal of Dr. Ken Zucker, its internationally renowned director, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has acknowledged to The Globe and Mail that a damaging account of an alleged exchange between a patient and Dr. Zucker was false.

[USA]
Why Do So Many Laws Protect Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People, but Not Transgender People?
Indiana recently passed a state bill that would allow gay, lesbian, and bisexual people civil rights protections against discrimination, but transgender people were left out of the bill's protection entirely. This means that while gay, lesbian, and bisexual people will receive protection from being fired, denied service, or facing eviction because of who they are, transgender people are basically on their own in that department, and it's not the first time we're seeing that distinction being made.

[USA]
How the Internet black market profits off trans discrimination
By age 32, Teagan Beal had become convinced of two opposing facts: She needed a prescription for gender reassignment hormones, and there was no doctor whom she could ask.

[USA]
Genital Surgery Must Be Provided To Trans Woman Through Medicare Program
Charlene Lauderdale was denied coverage for the procedures by her private insurance firm, which is funded through Medicare. But for the first time this month, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services panel found that the insurance provider must cover the procedures.

[USA]
FAA will no longer put 'disorder' label on transgender pilots
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is no longer labeling transgender pilots as victims of a "gender identify disorder."

[USA]
The ‘Utah Compromise’ Is A Dangerous LGBT Trojan Horse
Last year, Utah was the only state that advanced statewide nondiscrimination protections for LGBT people, leaving behind 28 states that still offer no such protections. Utah’s legislation, however, included some rather unprecedented “religious liberty” carveouts, which many conservatives have since suggested should serve as a model for other states, particularly those wrestling against the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling.

[CA, USA]
Stephen Gonzales convicted for murdering trans woman Melony Smith
Stephen Gonzales was convicted today in Pomona Superior Courthouse of murder in the first degree for the strangulation and bludgeoning death of transgender woman Melony Smith.
Killer of transgender woman faces 25-to-life in Baldwin Park case

[CA, USA]
California lawmaker seeks ‘all-gender’ restrooms in public
Bill would eliminate separate single-occupancy restrooms for men and women
New legislation to expand restroom access in California

[FL, USA]
Curry: No change to HRO needed
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry says he does not believe the city needs to pass a new Human Rights Ordinance in order to protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered residents from discrimination after announcing he was banning all forms of employment discrimination in the city.
Amid heated debate over LGBT issue, Mayor Curry says law does not need to be changed
Curry Prohibits 'All Forms' Of Employment Discrimination; Opposes HRO Bills

[IN, USA]
Indy Senate moves Gay rights bill forward as LGBT community protests T exclusion Outside
As we reported earlier, a few Indiana (mainly republican) lawmakers are pushing forward SB344 a political expedent bill which excludes transgender rights.

[MD, USA]
'My name is Matt': Transgender student asks school system to use his preferred name
"I wasn't going to live being so uncomfortable," he said.

[NJ, USA]
West Windsor-Plainsboro schools considers transgender student policy
Following a recent policy enacted by nearby Princeton schools, the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District is considering a proposal to make their schools more welcoming to transgender students.

[PA, USA]
Transgender adolescents, brother and sister, seek their true selves
Ten-year-old Nyr Medina-Castrejon admired herself in the mirror as she twirled around the bedroom in a pretty purple dress.

[SD, USA]
South Dakota Lawmakers Weigh In On Transgender Bathroom Bill
Transgender students, same-sex marriages and religious beliefs have been hot topics in Pierre this legislative session.
Transgender bills receive backlash

[TX, USA]
First Trans Murder of 2016 - RIP Monica Loera
I'm sad to report thanks to a tip by Gina Morvay and the Austin Chronicle that the first trans murder of 2016 has happened in the Lone Star State in Austin.
The reason we in Texas and Austin didn't know about it until a week after it happened is because once again, the trans victim was misgendered by the police and subsequently the local media.
Police make arrest in North Austin homicide
Police charge man with murder after North Austin shooting last week
Remembering Monica Loera
Police under fire for referring to transgender murder victim as a ‘man’
Texas Trans Woman Murdered In Her Home

[TX, USA]
Sports in transition
Proposed rule on determining gender could spell trouble for trans athletes and UIL; Olympics adopts progressive policy

[VA, USA]
Virginia Senate passes pair of nondiscrimination bills
Fair housing and public employment measures earn bipartisan support in uphill battle
Nondiscrimination bills clear State Senate

[WA, USA]
Lawmakers in Liberal State Move a Step Closer to Repeal of Transgender Bathroom Rule
A bill to repeal a rule allowing transgender individuals in Washington state to use public bathrooms based on their gender identity has cleared a state Senate committee.
Washington State may abolish rule forcing businesses to let men into women’s bathrooms
Transgender restroom rule prompts criticism, rally in Vancouver

[Mexico]
Analizan denuncia por 'discriminación' en contra de activista LGBT
La presidenta de la asociación civil "Por un Veracruz sin discriminación", Flippy Morales de Franco, podría ser denunciada por "discrimar" a una joven transexual que participó en un concurso de belleza el pasado sábado 16 de enero.
Se disculpa activista Flippy Morales tras coronación de "Miss Trans"

[El Salvador]
Las muertes invisibles de las mujeres y los hombres trans
Organizaciones de derechos humanos denuncian que desde 1995 más de 500 personas LGBTI han sido asesinadas sin que se investiguen siquiera sus casos. La Policía admite tímidamente que que tiene un problema interno de homofobia, pero apenas empieza a enfrentarlo. La Fiscalía calla. Cuando una persona trans es atacada en El Salvador, no solo no encuentra justicia: puede terminar en juicio convertida en victimaria.

[El Salvador]
Odio en El Salvador para LGBTI
El 2016 ha iniciado como un año violento en los diferentes departamentos de El Salvador. Cinco personas de la comunidad LGBTI han sido asesinadas. Hoy las vidas de las personas LGBTI es amenazada por la violencia que hay en el país, viviendo de esta forma una doble violencia. La primera por ser ciudadano de El Salvador y la segunda por ser miembro de la comunidad LGBTI.

[Brazil]
Brazilian NGO Reports: one LGBT Murder every 22 hours
Although transphobia wasn’t mentioned in the report, of the LGBT Brazilians murdered during 2015, 21% were transgender children sex workers, the youngest being 13.

[Brazil]
Missing brazilian trans man found murdered
The body of a 20-year-old trans man (described as a girl in media), identified as F. Hilário was found on the morning of Wednesday (27) by a resident who was going to work on the Caximba Road, near the BR-116. He was well dressed, wearing a watch on his wrist and had head injuries.

[Colombia]
Barras bravas agreden a mujer trans
Una mujer trans sufrió una fractura en una de sus piernas, después que un grupo de aficionados al fútbol le lanzaran piedras en los alrededores del Estadio Jaime Morón.
Según la agredida, quien pidió la reserva de su nombre, los atacantes lucían camisetas alusivas a un popular equipo de fútbol, por lo cual creen que se trata de una de las barras bravas que frecuentan ese complejo deportivo.

[Colombia]
Corte no se pronunciará sobre servicio militar de personas transgénero
La Corte Constitucional se inhibió de pronunciarse sobre una demanda contra la norma que regula el servicio militar en Colombia que aseguraba que el Congreso había incurrido en una omisión por no regular lo relativo a las personas transexuales y transgeneristas.

[International]
Five more countries ban The Danish Girl over 'moral depravity'
Jordan bans The Danish Girl for 'promoting homosexuality and gender transformation'

[UK]
'Being Alice and not David just feels right': Transgender woman reveals emotional journey to becoming her true self
The brave 22-year-old has opened up about her stunning transition, from wearing a skirt for the first time to changing her name.

[UK]
Nicola Sturgeon hails Scotland’s progress as LGBT History Month begins
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the country’s progress on LGBT rights, at the beginning of LGBT History Month.

[UK]
Spectator columnist claims MPs are trying to turn kids transgender
A Spectator columnist has claimed that Tory MP Maria Miller is trying to turn unsuspecting children transgender.

[UK]
Teen students in UK given 25 gender options
The United Kingdom is giving school children a diverse array of 25 options when it comes to identifying themselves on a government-sponsored gender survey, which includes “tri-gender,” “genderqueer,” and “in the middle of boy and girl.”

[UK]
Transgender friends reveal new identities to families in Jamaica
Steffan Zachiyah and Romario Wanliss have just returned from Jamaica, where their families saw them as men for the first time.

[Turkey]
Turkish Constitutional Court to review Gender Reassignment Law
The Turkish Constitutional Court will review the country’s Article 40/2 which enforces trans people to undergo gender reassignment surgery for legal recognition of their gender identity.

[USA]
HHS Rules Trans Woman Entitled to Surgery Under Medicare
The decision comes just as the Department of Health and Human Services is deciding whether to implement the Affordable Care Act’s endorsement of trans-affirming healthcare for private insurers.

[CA, USA]
California bill would open all single-stall restrooms to anyone
All single-person bathrooms in California would become gender-neutral under legislation proposed in the state Legislature.

[HI, USA]
Hawaii lawmakers: Ban gay conversion therapy for minors
Hawaii lawmakers have introduced a bill banning a hotly disputed treatment that aims to turn gay teens heterosexual on the basis that being gay is an illness.

[IN, USA]
Activists Pushing Lawmakers Over LGB, But Not T Expansion
SB344 expands civil protections to lesbian, gay and bisexual Hoosiers, but doesn't include provisions for transgender citizens.
Indiana lawmakers face deadline to keep gay rights bill alive

[MO, USA]
Missouri lawmakers take aim at gender-neutral bathrooms
Bills would require public schools to enforce gender-specific bathrooms
Missouri law does not prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity
Fears over transgender use of public restrooms have become a key weapon for opponents of nondiscrimination laws

[PA, USA]
Suit: Bucks County refused to give prescribed medication to transgender inmate
Bucks County is being sued in federal court by a former inmate who allegedly was denied access to medically prescribed testosterone injections and housed in a separate area of the women's correctional facility in Doylestown Township because he is transgender.

[PA, USA]
'You will never walk an inch in our shoes': Teenage transgender siblings say after article about them
Thomas and Nyr Medina-Castrejon are best friends, brother and sister. They share many things — an interest in computers, a penchant for languages, a fondness for animals — but only one makes them an “anomaly.”

[RI, USA]
Conference educates about trans* health care
Doctors, patients engage in seminars discussing sensitive treatment for trans* patients

[RI, USA]
Transgender advances hailed at Providence conference
Caitlyn Jenner cited as groundbreaking role model at Saturday's Trans Health Conference at Rhode Island College.

[WA, USA]
Bill would prevent more gender-segregated designations
A bill to repeal a rule allowing people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with drew a substantial crowd at its first and only public hearing last week.

[Brazil]
Two more attacks in Brazil
Two trans women were shot during the early hours of Saturday the 30th, 2016 on the Cenobelino de Barros Sierra avenue in the Industrial Park neighborhood, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

[Portugal]
"A Rapariga Dinamarquesa" somos nós
Inicialmente fiquei um pouco de pé atrás em relação a ver o filme "A Rapariga Dinamarquesa" ("The Danish Girl" no original) de Tom Hopper, mas finalmente decidi-me a ir ver. Sem grandes expectativas, este filme mostrou-se uma peça fina de algo bem mais profundo do que uma mudança de pele - uma mudança de alma.

[Brasil]
Invisibilidade e violência com travestis
“Pode perguntar pra qualquer travesti, a primeira agressão que ela tem é com o pai, porque o pai é o primeiro a enfrentar ela. É o primeiro homem que diz que ela não pode ser o que ela quer ser”"

[Brasil]
Criança de 9 anos é a primeira no Brasil a ser autorizada pela Justiça a mudar de nome e gênero
Decisão de juíz do Mato Grosso foi tomada nesta quinta-feira (28); reportagem se encontrou com família que estava emocionada

[Brasil]
Ativista trans do PSOL, Mel Campus,sofre transfobia e é agredida em Londrina
Ao sair da rodoviária e se encaminhar para um táxi, Mel Campus, ativista LGBTQ filiada ao PSOL, depara-se com um homem transfóbico que a agride tanto verbalmente, deslegitimando sua identidade de gênero, quanto fisicamente, atacando-a com latas de lixo, cones e dando socos e chutes. Essa cena aconteceu em Londrina no dia 12 de Janeiro e nenhuma das pessoas que estavam no local prestaram ajuda ou socorro, nem o taxista, nem os pedestres, muito menos os guardas municipais que estavam na guarita em frente e presenciaram a cena.

[Brasil]
Polícia caça matador de garotas de programa e travestis em SP
A Polícia Civil de São Paulo está à procura de um serial killer responsável pelo assassinato de quatro mulheres e dois homens, na região do Grajaú, na periferia da zona sul. Os crimes ocorreram entre o dia 26 de dezembro de 2015 e 31 de janeiro. Segundo a polícia, cinco vítimas eram usuárias de drogas e envolvidas com prostituição.

[Brasil]
Transfeminista Kayla França comete suicídio após preconceito; nós poderíamos ter evitado
Desde que Gabriela Monelli cometeu suicídio em 2013 – e outras travestis e mulheres transexuais também cometeram dias depois – optei por não divulgar mais tais casos. Existe uma discussão dentro do jornalismo de que, ao divulgar casos de suicídio, o profissional pode indiretamente provocar o que chamam de “suicídio por repetição”.

[UK]
Transgender Tiffany says she's finally "waking up" after a lifelong struggle with her identity
"I'VE been Tiffany less than two years, but she's been here all my life."

[Russia]
Известный транссексуал Анжела Ликина зарезана в Уфе
В Уфе жестоко убили известного транссексуала Анжелу Ликину (Олег Воробьев), сообщают городские СМИ со ссылкой на данные друзей Ликиной и следствия. По предварительной информации, Анжела Ликина была зарезана неизвестными людьми, передаёт Лента.Ru со ссылкой на портал Ufa1.ru.
Transsexual In Bashkortostan Stabbed To Death

[Myanmar]
Myanmar's transgender people not just chasing rainbows in fight for equality
Colors Rainbow, an organisation dedicated to ending discrimination against LGBT people in Myanmar, is challenging perceptions and changing lives

[Canada]
CAMH to Staffers: It Wasn’t Our Job to Fact-check That Report, and Zucker’s Firing Was Just a Coincidence Anyway
Things are somewhat tumultuous at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health at the moment. The hospital, which bills itself as “the largest mental health and addiction research facility in Canada,” made news on December 15 when it announced it would be “winding down” its Child Youth and Family Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) in the wake of an external review that had been commissioned about that clinic’s practices, with the hope of later reopening it with input from a range of community voices.
A False Accusation Helped Bring Down Kenneth Zucker, a Controversial Sex Researcher

[USA]
Zoolander 2 transface mocks with a giggle
Ben Stiller’s Zoolander 2 calculated mockery of gender non-conformity has elicited outrage. It’s insidious delivery defensible, setting up Trans people who object to it as promotional pawns. This will play well to many who would pay to see his latest inane comedy. To those ignorant or unconcerned about gender non-conformity, it will hardly raise an eyebrow. But thanks to Stiller’s immoral baiting many more will go to the theater ready to laugh at us.

[USA]
DOD wants transgender Tricare coverage
The Defense Department sent a strong signal Monday that it intends to open the military to transgender troops with the release of proposed changes to Tricare.

[USA]
Pentagon proposes rule change extending benefits to transgender troops and spouses
The Department of Defense announced today, Feb. 1, a proposed rule change extending benefits to transgender troops and their families as part of a comprehensive change in mental health and wellness benefits.

[USA]
A User's Guide to This Year's Transphobic Legislation
Want to know if transphobic legislation has been introduced in your state? Read on.

[FL, USA]
Meet The Activists Leading The Fight Against LGBT Equality In Jacksonville
Jacksonville is set to be the next major battleground for LGBT equality as the city council considers extending non-discrimination protections to include LGBT people. Here's what the media should know about the groups and activists leading the fight against LGBT equality in Jacksonville.

[IN, USA]
Group rallies for transgender rights at Statehouse
Signs in support of civil rights protections for transgender people in Indiana welcomed lawmakers as they made their way to work Monday.

[IN, USA]
Indiana Lawmaker to debate #SB344 Trans Inclusion today
Indiana transgender citizens greeted lawmakers as they entered the legislature Monday. They hoped to impress upon them the necessity of including trans rights in #SB344 an LGB civil rights bill which currently omits transgender rights.
LGBT (minus T) civil rights bill dies in State Senate
Indiana Senate delays LGBT protections bill amid lobbying
Lawmakers Debating Adding Transgender To Civil Rights Bill
Transgender Advocates Ask For Protections Under Proposed Indiana Civil Rights Legislation

[MN, USA]
Deluxe Financial Services settles Transgender discrimination lawsuit for $115,000
Deluxe Financial Services is ordered to pay $115,000.00 for violating the rights of a transgender employee

[MO, USA]
Missouri lawmakers look to enforce gender-specific bathrooms
A Missouri high school's protest over a transgender teen's locker room use has prompted state legislators to file several bills that would make schools enforce gender-specific bathrooms and locker rooms.

[NC, USA]
Bishop: Charlotte putting its protection of women, minorities at risk
State rep warns Mayor Roberts and City Council not to pass LGBT ordinance
He says city lacks authority to do so, and probably lacked power to protect blacks and others
Whatever the legal merit of his argument, it seems like a political loser
Charlotte LGBT ordinance debate begins again
City Council to tackle non-discrimination ordinance-- again

[PA, USA]
Motion filed to dismiss civil suit against Bucks County
Lawyers representing Bucks County have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former transgender inmate.

[PR, USA]
Puerto Rico releases a new gender change form for driver’s licenses!
Puerto Rico’s Department of Transportation just released a new policy and a simple, clear, one-page gender change form that residents can use to update the gender marker on their Puerto Rico driver’s license or identification card. The gender change form has no requirement of surgery or any other specific medical treatment, and can be signed by any kind of licensed clinical professional, including psychologists, therapists, and social workers.

[RI, USA]
Sororities to allow all female-identifying students to rush
Panhellenic Council’s decision sparks discussion about gender identity, Greek life inclusivity

[TX, USA]
Friends of Austin slaying victim remember her as a light in dark times
Despite all the struggles she faced, 43-year-old Monica Loera was always funny, generous and full of life, said her friends, who continue to grieve after she was shot to death Jan. 22 in Austin’s first homicide of 2016.

[WA, USA]
Another Day, Another Horrifying Anti-Trans Bill Hearing in the State Legislature
It's only the first day of February, and already we're up to six anti-trans bathroom bills circulating in the state legislature. The most recent anti-trans bill hearing, on SB 6548, took place this afternoon.

[Jamaica]
Conheça as Gully Queens da Jamaica
Enquanto muitos de nós pensa na Jamaica como mais um paraíso caribenho, berço do reggae, a realidade do país para aqueles que lá vivem não é assim tão paradisíaca; a situação é ainda pior quando se trata de alguém da comunidade LGBTQ.

[Ecuador]
Colectivos GLBTI ‘repudian’ ataque a una mujer transexual en la 'zona rosa' de Quito
Más voces se suman al ‘repudio’ por la agresión a una mujer transexual cerca de la zona rosa de Quito. La Asociación Alfil, colectivo que protege los derechos GLBTI, emitió hoy, domingo 31 de enero, un comunicado en el cual “rechaza” el ataque.
Activistas GLBTI reportan un acto “transfóbico” ¡Heridas podrían ‘marcar’ su carrera!

[Bolivia]
Activistas y religiosos avivan el debate por la Ley de Identidad de Género
La comunidad de trans demanda una norma que permita el cambio de nombre y género en la cédula de identidad por tratarse -sostienen- de un derecho humano. Los religiosos rechazan aquello y consideran que la norma es engañosa.

[Colombia]
Transgender women attacked by hooligans in Colombia
A trans woman suffered a fractured leg after a group of football fans threw stones at her near the Jaime Moron Stadium, Columbia.

[Argentina]
Mara Pérez, una transexual en el gobierno conservador de Macri
Tiene 26 años, es católica y liberal en lo económico. Las asociaciones LGTB recelan de ella por su ideología

[Argentina]
Franco Torchia ahora es travesti
El periodista realizará en su programa radial la presentación en sociedad de Taffy Torchia, su nueva identidad.

[Spain]
Basque court allows name change for transgender four-year-old
Child is youngest person in Spain to be allowed to alter official records based on sexual identity
Autorizan a una niña de cuatro años cambiar de nombre por motivos de transexualidad en Gipuzkoa
"Mamá, aunque tenga pene ¿puedo ser una niña?"

[España]
Los menores transexuales pueden cambiar su nombre pero no su sexo
La ley sólo permite el cambio de sexo en el Registro Civil a los españoles mayores de edad que acrediten un diagnóstico de disforia de género y lleven dos años en tratamiento hormonal

[España]
«Algunos me han hecho la vida imposible por ser transexual»
Una activista castellonense relata su transición al sexo femenino, lastrada por la discriminación

[UK]
Rebecca Root on the success of Boy Meets Girl: Britain was ready for a transgender sitcom
"It was our time," says the star of the BBC2 sitcom in which she plays a trans woman going out with a younger man

[UK]
Online service launched to help GPs support transgender community
An online guide for GPs has been launched to help them support transgender patients.

[UK]
Church of England bishop wants gender ‘affirmation’ services for trans people
A Church of England bishop has called for ‘affirmation’ services for people who have changed gender.

[UK]
Wrexham transgender teenager reveals what it's like to be born in the wrong body
Aspiring model Zoe Pierce, 15, who was born a male, says it took nine years to understand why she felt different and once she knew felt 'liberated'

[UK]
Meet Britain's First Transgender Ballet Dancer
Sophie Rebecca is taking classes at the Royal Academy of Dance, the first openly-transgender dance to do so.

[UK]
Transgender patients subject to NHS discrimination, MSPs hear
Transgender people in Scotland still face discrimination and delays in the health service, MSPs have been told.

[UK]
Petition for transgender women to enter beauty pageant reaches 11,000 signatures
Jossy Yendall reached the finals of the 2016 Miss Galaxy contest but was disqualified after revealing she was transgender

[Russia]
Transgender Russians Struggle to Take Their Movement Out of the Shadows
As the country grows more conservative on gender and sexuality, transgender Russians are fighting for their lives under great threat.

[Australia]
Push to end court control of treatment for transgender young people
Not many 15-year-olds can say they have made Australian legal history and helped other transgender young people across the country. But then not all 15-year-olds are like Georgie.

[Australia]
Census will allow Australians to identify as 'other' for both sex and gender
Previous Australian Bureau of Statistic rules gave respondents option to identify as intersex or indeterminate but did not distinguish gender from sex

[New Zealand]
DB Breweries apologises for trans ad
DB Breweries have apologised for an Old Mout Cider advertisement that many in the LGBTI community have said portrays trans women as liars.

[Canada]
Prominent Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Emotional Unhappiness … Purely Psychological’
Dr. Joseph Berger, a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, states that from “a scientific perspective,” being “transgendered” is a psychological issue – “emotional unhappiness” – and “cosmetic surgery” is not the “proper treatment.”

[Canada]
Vanier College adds 15 gender-neutral washrooms
Transgender students at higher risk of harassment in gendered washrooms, college says

[Canada]
Alberta private schools working on transgender policies
Alberta’s private schools will draft policies to accommodate transgender students by a deadline created by Alberta’s education minister, according to an organization that represents them.

[Canada]
Chair of Transgender Studies brings personal experience to role
Aaron H. Devor, shown here with research materials kept in the Transgender Archives, will serve as the newly established Chair of Transgender Studies at UVic. Photo provided by University of Victoria

[USA]
Caitlyn Jenner reveals she first attempted transitioning in the 80s
‘I started on hormones. I was a good 36B. I loved them'

[USA]
Report: Trans youth more likely to have Asperger's
Nearly a quarter of young persons diagnosed with gender dysphoria, or transgender, screened positive for Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, according to a new paper in the academic journal LGBT Health.
Transgender Vets Suffer Higher Rates of Mental and Medical Health Issues

[USA]
New History Project Unearths Radical Feminism's Trans-Affirming Roots
The Conversations Project’s groundbreaking historical investigations shine light on the decades-old ideas of pioneering, trans-affirming radical feminists.

[USA]
Did BuzzFeed Just ‘Out’ a Trans Man?
BuzzFeed staff writer Meredith Ramirez Talusan denies 'outing' a trans man, but is this her decision to make?

[CA, USA]
Parent upset over transgender student using boys’ locker room
A biologically female student who identifies as male is currently using the boys’ locker room at Rancho Bernardo High School, and the revelation has a parent outraged.

[CA, USA]
Teen Boys Wear Dresses to Call for Changes to School Dress Code
High school students in California's Clovis Unified School District called for a gender-neutral dress code last week after the district's school board voted down a proposal that would have "allowed boys to wear long hair and earrings and removed language that says dresses and skirts are for girls," the Sacramento Bee reports.
WATCH: California Students Swap to Protest Dress Code

[CA, USA]
State bill calls for all-gender bathrooms
A bill to designate all single-user restrooms in California businesses, government buildings, and public spaces as "all gender" is being proposed by Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco).

[FL, USA]
Transgender woman calls for equality in Palm Bay
Gina Duncan remembers when she hated seeing the person looking back at her in the mirror.

[FL, USA]
Packed School Board meeting after transgender restroom decision
At least 160 people came to the Sarasota County School Board meeting Tuesday evening from as far away as Charlotte County to protest Pine View School’s new bathroom policy that better accommodates transgender students.
BATHROOM BATTLE: Debate over which bathroom transgender students should use
Sarasota School Board hears restroom reversal request

[IL, USA]
Champaign Parent Against Separate Bathrooms For Transgender Students
A local father says a new Illinois bill is one step backwards for the transgender community.

[IL, USA]
Transgender Girl Scout stands up to bully who wouldn’t buy cookies from 'boy in a dress,' sells 3,000 boxes anyway
'I have learned that even though people can be mean I shouldn't give up!'

[IL, USA]
Trans woman who served years in jail without trial launches fundraiser
Eisha Love—a 26-year-old transgender woman of color released in December, 2015 after serving nearly four years in the Cook County Jail without trial—has announced a youcaring.com fundraising campaign designed to help her get back on her feet.

[IN, USA]
Why Indiana lawmakers killed the gay rights debate for this year
The gay rights debate in the Indiana General Assembly this year is over.
Lack of Compromise Cited as LGBT Rights Bill Dies in Indiana Senate
Exemption-filled “nondiscrimination” bill fails in Indiana Senate

[ME, USA]
Conflict erupts over how Maine should deal with transgender students
The Maine Human Rights Commission last month issued guidelines for public schools to use when dealing with students who identify as transgender.

[MI, USA]
Planet Fitness transgender locker room case heads to appeals court
A Midland County woman's lawsuit against Planet Fitness for its transgender-friendly locker room policy continues, despite a judge dismissing the lawsuit in January.

[MN, USA]
Beyond school bathrooms: What's really at stake in the gender-inclusion debates
Nearly five months into an emotionally straining push to secure their kindergartener access to a safer learning environment at Nova Classical Academy — where he was being bullied for wearing pink gym shoes and a sparkly backpack — Hannah and David Edwards feel their efforts may finally pay off.

[MO, USA]
City won't, but MSU will: University to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity
Citing confusion over the city's flip-flop, Missouri State University seeks to put in writing that it will not discriminate based on gender identity or gender expression.

[NC, USA]
Local Transgender Citizens Report Harassment at RDU
Dolores Chandler, a transgender Chapel Hill resident, prefers to be referred to with gender-neutral pronouns: "they/them" rather than "he/she" or "his/her." This is a tricky request for any English-language publication, but institutions must adapt to accommodate the marginalized.

[NC, USA]
A new way to talk about the non-discrimination ordinance
The non-discrimination ordinance to include LGBT rights has new life after failing to pass last year in the Charlotte city council. Charlotte mayor Jennifer Roberts said she wants it to be reconsidered.
Charlotte is again weighing LGBT protections. Here’s what the rules would do
The Unclean In the Bathroom
All gender bathrooms provide inclusiveness
Charlotte LGBT non-discrimination ordinance debate renewed with public forum

[NV, USA]
Transgender Police Officer Banned From Workplace Restroom
Can the government require genital surgery as a condition for equal treatment at work? That’s essentially the question that Brad Roberts faced.

[SD, USA]
This State Could Soon Become First to Stop Transgender Students From Using Opposite-Sex Bathrooms
South Dakota could soon become the first state in the nation to pass legislation that would ban students from using public school bathrooms, locker rooms and showers that are opposite from their biological sex.
ADF Attorney to Testify on Transgender, Religious Freedom Bills
Panel Kills Bill To Review SDHSAA Social Policy
A bill that would void an activities association policy allowing transgender students to request to play on the athletic team of their choice is headed to the House floor

[TX, USA]
Justice Down to the Pronoun
APD, media blunder in portrayal of transgender murder victim

[TX, USA]
Turner pushes pause, new HERO unlikely in 2016
LGBT activists and progressive supporters of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance are anxious to plot a strategy for reviving the failed ordinance, but Mayor Sylvester Turner said not so fast.

[TX, USA]
Texas Appeals Panel Denies Transgender Man Standing to Bring Paternity Action Concerning Children He Was Parenting
A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals of Texas in San Antonio issued a new opinion on January 27, reaffirming a prior ruling issued on August 12 of last year, that a transgender man who had been parenting children adopted by his long-time former female partner lacked standing to seek custody and visitation rights because he didn’t assert such a claim shortly after the couple broke up.

[WA, USA]
LGBT activists protest at Capitol over bills to reverse transgender bathroom rules
LGBT advocates protested at the state Capitol Tuesday against what they are calling "anti-trans bathroom bills."
Transgender advocates TP state Senator Pam Roach's office

[WV, USA]
Gender-neutral bathrooms evoke mixed reactions
LGBTQ activists have worked to promote gender inclusivity on West Virginia University’s campus for 25 years. At the end of January, those activists believe they came one step closer.

[Mexico]
Fallece la fotógrafa mexicana Viviana Rocco a los 43 años
La fotógrafa y activista por los derechos LGTB Viviana Rocco ha fallecido el pasado lunes, según ha confirmado su hermana a través de su cuenta oficial en Facebook. Su trayectoria visibilizó a la comunidad trans y homosexual en México para poner el foco en su realidad y necesidades.

[Mexico]
Ayuntamiento de Tijuana demandado por negar un cambio de nombre y sexo
Tiene 27 años y desde hace 15 defiende una identidad que aunque siente suya, no goza del reconocimiento y garantía del Estado; ésta tomó otro rumbo, a pesar de que se registró como mujer. Por eso, María ahora es Armando.

[Brazil]
São Paulo Trans March Demands Respect for Brazilian Community
More than 500 transgender and cis allies marched on City Hall demanding an end to Brazilian transgenrcide.

[Brazil]
At least 48 transgender women killed in Brazil in January
At least 48 trans women have murdered in Brazil in the first month of 2016, Globo reports. “These are scary numbers,” Glória Crystal, the assistant secretary of NGO Livre Orientação Sexual (Free Sexual Orientation) told Globo in an interview about two recent murders in the south of the country.

[Argentina]
Murió Lohana Berkins, pionera en la lucha por los derechos trans
Fue activista y una de las impulsoras de la Ley de Identidad de Género. En una carta de despedida, recordó: "Todos los golpes y el desprecio que sufrí, no se comparan con el amor infinito que me rodea en estos momentos"

[Argentina]
Franco Torchia habló de su polémica decisión de vestirse de mujer
"La situación que viven las personas trans es cada vez más grave en nuestro país", expresó el conductor en diálogo exclusivo con El Diario del Espectáculo luego de darle vida a Taffy.

[Portugal]
Inspecção audita unidade pública que faz mudanças de sexo
Doentes queixam-se à Ordem de esperar anos por cirurgia. Há quem discorde das técnicas utilizadas. Unidade de Coimbra garante que só tem seis por operar e que segue “as melhores práticas”.

[Portugal]
Letícia pediu um empréstimo ao banco para mudar de sexo: “Agora sou uma mulher”
No bilhete de identidade, tornou-se mulher em 2011. No dia 22 de Janeiro de 2016, o corpo passou a bater certo com tudo o resto. Excertos de uma conversa escrita na primeira pessoa com Letícia Santos, 24 anos, quando ainda recuperava da cirurgia de mudança de sexo, de masculino para feminino.

[International]
Meet the Canadian Athlete Changing Sport's Attitudes to Gender
“This case is not about men or women or transgender athletes. It’s about how we accept each other as human beings,” Kristen Worley tells Newsweek.

[UK]
All rise for UK's first transgender judge: Campaigners praise High Court 'Master' who went from Jason to Victoria
Dr Victoria McCloud is the most senior public figure known to have transitioned from male to female and has been hailed as a pioneer
She is the youngest-ever Master in the High Court at the age of 46
The judge has presided over cases involving Russell Brand and Katie Price

[UK]
BBC endorses transsexualism on 6 o’clock news
The Christian Institute has criticised the BBC for using its most popular TV news programme to promote transsexualism.

[UK]
Trans people told they are ‘too complicated’ to treat on NHS, politicians told
Trans people living in Scotland still face long delays and discrimination on the NHS, politicians have heard.

[Ireland]
Let trans kids choose toilets, says new ROI schools advice
Secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland should let transsexual students use toilets and changing facilities that correspond with their ‘gender identity’, according to new Department of Education and Skills guidelines.

[France]
First French 'neutral gender' person testifies in appeal hearing
Plaintiff, 64, appears before court after state prosecutor appeals against decision to allow official use of third gender

[Denmark]
Waiting for surgery puts transgender people in Denmark under extreme pressure
A study reveals men who want to become women have to wait an average of eight years for sex reassignment surgery

[Georgia]
Transgender woman found dead in Tbilisi
A transgender woman was found dead in her apartment in Tbilisi on Thursday. She had apparently suffocated due to a gas leak.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) confirmed the death of Bianka Shigurova and said an investigation has been launched under article 115 of the Criminal Code about bringing someone to the point of suicide.

[Russia]
Transgender from Moscow sues Russian Central Bank to have sex change surgery
Muscovite Dmitry Vorobyov, a transgender individual, wants the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to reimburse 390,000 rubles to him. According to the man, he lost the money due to the devaluation of the Russian ruble, Lifenews reports.

[Lebanon]
Transgender ruling in Lebanon an 'empowering' moment
Activists celebrate case allowing transgender man to change official papers and hope it will help ease discrimination.
Transgender and proud in Lebanon

[Pakistan]
No practical rights for the transgender in Pakistan
The state has solutions to offer but only on paper, as little has been done for the rights of people who are transgender in Pakistan.
‘Once without identity, now charting history’

[India]
India to get modelling agency for transgenders
The idea, according to Delhi-based transgender activist Rudrani Chettri, evolved out of a "feeling of frustration seeing many young beautiful transgenders who are made to feel ugly" from a young age.

[Australia]
Transgender Discrimination: Know Your Rights
Transgender people experience higher levels of discrimination but there legal avenues for recourse. Ron Hughes reports.

[Australia]
ABS announce new standards for sex and gender variables
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the 2016 Standard for Sex and Gender Variables.

[Australia]
Trans activist Nadine Stransen found dead
Artist and former transgender activist Nadine Stransen has been found dead in her Woolloomooloo apartment.
Stransen was a member of the Transgender Liberation Coalition and was instrumental in introducing legislation for the inclusion of transgender people and their partners, into both NSW and Commonwealth anti-discrimination law.

[New Zealand]
Cider ad "portrays trans women as liars"
New Zealand beverage company Old Mout Cider has released a promotional video which many in the LGBTI community are saying portrays trans women as liars.

[Canada]
'Love yourself': local transgender man opens up about top surgery
That's the message Dane Woodland is sharing this week, following his recent top surgery — a mastectomy and chest sculpting procedure for which he had been fundraising for the past year.

[Canada]
How the Fight Over Transgender Kids Got a Leading Sex Researcher Fired
On paper, Dr. Kenneth Zucker isn’t the sort of person who gets suddenly and unceremoniously fired. For decades, the 65-year-old psychologist had led the Child Youth and Family Gender Identity Clinic (GIC), in Toronto, one of the most well-known clinics in the world for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria — that is, the feeling that the body they were born with doesn’t fit their true gender identity.

[USA]
Imprisoned in Cuba ‘for simply being who I am’
These days, it’s a lot easier to travel between the US and Cuba, but some Cubans have no interest in going back to their homeland. That’s especially true for many transgender Cubans.

[USA]
Campaign launched for teens wanting to express their chosen gender on prom night
‘Be Yourself At Prom’ encourages teens to be open and honest about themselves on prom night.

[AL, USA]
Alabama school officials reviewing rules for transgender students
Alabama education officials have spent the last few weeks reviewing legal issues associated with transgender students and access to locker rooms and bathrooms on school properties.

[AZ, USA]
24-Year-Old Transgender Man With Asperger's Killed By Arizona Police Weeks After Beginning Transition
In December of last year, a 24-year-old autistic man named Kayden Clark uploaded a video to his YouTube channel in which he excitedly announced that his insurance would pay for his gender reassignment surgery. “I can breathe,” he said. “The anxiety’s gone.” Thursday afternoon, he was shot and killed by police in his Mesa, Arizona, home.
Trans Man With Asperger’s Shot Dead By Police, Media Misgenders & Deadnames
Arizona Trans Man Shot and Killed By Police in His Own Home
Transgender man with Asperger’s who touched millions with viral video shot dead by police in Arizona

[CA, USA]
WATCH: Calif. Principal Confiscates Teen Boy's Elsa Costume
A middle school boy was told his icy blue dress and blonde wig were 'inappropriate,' even though students were encouraged to dress up as Disney characters for school spirit day.

[CA, USA]
Dress code controversy: Is it about safety or identity?
A California school district finds itself in the middle of a dress code controversy.

[CO, USA]
CU-Boulder opens multi-stall, all-gender restroom in student center
There's a new all-gender restroom at the University of Colorado's student center.

[FL, USA]
LGBT Nondiscrimination Bill Gets First State Senate Hearing
A bill to prevent discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation or gender identity will have its first state Senate hearing Monday, Feb. 8. It’s called “The Florida Competitive Workforce Act." Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth actually keep tabs on Florida companies that are not inclusive.

[FL, USA]
Trans Rights Opponents Countered by Students, Supporters
The haters came in big numbers and matching tops, but they couldn't silence a trans boy and a trans girl and their supporters.

[FL, USA]
Palm Bay City Council rejects human rights ordinance
The Palm Bay City Council decided not to adopt a human rights ordinance after debating the issue for six hours.
Palm Bay mayor, council reject human rights proposal
City of Palm Bay Rejects Transgender Discrimination Ordinance

[FL, USA]
Motion to kill Jacksonville Human Rights Ordinance bills fails
Jacksonville City Council debate over whether an expansion of the city's Human Rights Ordinance is necessary will continue -- at least, for now.

[GA, USA]
Georgia House Panel Backs 'Pastor Protection' Legislation
Georgia law doesn't require religious officials to perform same-sex marriages, and a bill making that clear is moving through the Georgia House.

[MA, USA]
DeLeo begins counting votes on transgender Bathroom Bill
Speaker Robert DeLeo, the Democratic leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, is polling lawmakers to learn how the votes might line up on the so-called Bathroom Bill, which would let transgender people use public restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity but not their anatomical sex.

[ME, USA]
Becoming Lucy: Portland family embraces child’s gender identity
When their son told them, 'I just wish I could die and God could bring me back as a girl,' the Tidds began an emotional and practical journey to help their child become her true self.

[ME, USA]
Maine governor stops rules for protecting transgender students
Gov. Paul LePage is stopping the Maine Human Rights Commission and the Department of Education from issuing rules protecting transgender students. Schools instead are being given guidelines that lack the force of law.
Maine’s Governor Takes A Nasty Swipe At Transgender Kids
Maine Gov. Paul LePage Blocks Rules Protecting Trans Students
Maine governor stops bureaucrats from imposing transgender bathroom rules on schools

[ME, USA]
Education leader nominee to be vetted by Legislature on transgender rules
Gov. Paul LePage’s nominee for education commissioner has received a unanimous endorsement from the State Board of Education but could face challenges when his nomination reaches the Legislature.

[MO, USA]
MSU Adds Gender Identity to Non-discrimination Policy
Gender identity and gender expression will now be included in Missouri State University's non-discrimination policy.

[NC, USA]
Franklin Graham: Charlotte 'Gender Identity' Proposal Discriminates Against Christians
Evangelical preacher Franklin Graham is blasting a proposed Charlotte, N.C., non-discrimination law that'll include "gender identity" protection, charging the statute is "dangerous" and that similar laws are being turned against Christians.
Franklin Graham Just Unleashed A Vile Attack On Every LGBT Person In America

[ND, USA]
NDSU adds more gender neutral bathrooms
A single sink and toilet, known to some as a family restroom but also a gender neutral bathroom.

[NE, USA]
Effort to replace NSAA's policy on transgender student-athletes looks bound for defeat
Groups that want to replace Nebraska’s new transgender sports participation policy with a much stricter one face an uphill climb.

[NJ, USA]
Transgender Birth Certificate Bill Removed from Committee Docket
A bill to allow transgender residents to change the sex listed on their birth certificate was removed from the docket before Thursday’s meeting of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. The bill had been scheduled to hear testimony, but primary sponsor Joe Vitale (D-19) said that a new draft is underway.

[NY, USA]
Noted trans activist attacked on NYC subway; Attacker being sought
The New York City trans community is seeking the identification of the woman who attacked noted NYC trans activist Jennifer Louise Lopez on a subway in Manhattan last Saturday night January 30th.

[NY, USA]
EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Cuomo to ban use of conversion therapy on LGBT youth by public and private health insurers
Gov. Cuomo will announce regulations Saturday that will ban public and private health care insurers from covering so-called gay conversion therapy, the Daily News has learned.
Cuomo Moves Against Therapy That Claims to Make Gay Children Straight
New York moves to stop conversion therapy for gay youth
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Announces Action to Protect LGBT Youth from Conversion Therapy

[OR, USA]
Douglas County schools take steps to better accommodate transgender students
Douglas County schools are taking steps to better accommodate transgender students.

[PA, USA]
Trans name-change project expands locally
A national program that provides free name-change services to low-income trans people is expanding its services in Philadelphia.

[PA, USA]
Hearing delayed for defendant in murder of trans woman
The preliminary hearing for a man charged with murder and related offenses in the October killing of a transgender woman in Logan was delayed until March 2.

[PA, USA]
Giant replies to antibias complaint
Giant Food Stores Co. recently replied to an antibias complaint filed by trans man Sam Melrath by denying most of the allegations in his complaint.

[PA, USA]
D.A.'s office pursues reversal of order in Morris case
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office this week filed a legal brief urging a Philadelphia judge to reverse an order by the state Office of Open Records pertaining to the Nizah Morris case.

[SC, USA]
Transgender student suspended for using bathroom at Socastee High School
A transgender student was suspended from Socastee High School after using the boy’s bathroom.
School suspends trans boy for using boys’ restroom — after girls complained he was using theirs

[SD, USA]
National Conservative Groups Descend On South Dakota To Help Advance Anti-LGBT Bills
Though widely hyped bills attacking LGBT equality in states like Indiana have already floundered, South Dakota is proceeding with several problematic bills. Wednesday morning, the House State Affairs Committee advanced two anti-LGBT bills by 10-3 votes, encouraged along by several conservative groups.
SD GOP Pushing Anti-LGBT Legislation Through House
Sen. David Omdahl tells transgender people “Sorry You’re So Twisted”
Daugaard puzzled by transgendered issues
Lawmaker to trans community: 'Sorry you're so twisted'
Residents react to legislators' negative comments about transgender people

[TX, USA]
Vigil planned for slain Austin trans woman Monica Loera
Transgender rights advocates in Austin are planning a rally and vigil for 7 p.m. next Friday, Feb. 12, to honor murdered trans woman Monica Loera, the first transgender person murdered since the start of 2016. The location of the rally has not yet been determined.

[TX, USA]
State now offers hormone therapy to transgender inmates
Transgender inmates in Texas' prisons now are able to begin hormone therapy while incarcerated, a shift in state policy that advocates call positive but far from ideal.

[VA, USA]
Va. House subcommittee approves two anti-LGBT bills
A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee on Thursday approved a bill that would require people to use restrooms in schools and public buildings that correspond to their “biological gender.”
Equality Virginia disappointed in House subcommittee vote
House panel endorses transgender bathroom bill
Legislation advances in Virginia House to base use of school restrooms on anatomical features, not gender identity
Virginia House subcommittee punts on LGBT bills

[WA, USA]
Washington Senate panel passes bill nixing new restroom rules
People in Washington would be required to use a restroom, locker room or other public facility based on their biology, not their sexual identity, under a bill approved by a divided Senate panel Wednesday evening.
Anti-Transgender Bills In Washington State Look Doomed — For Now

[WA, USA]
Seattle’s Absurd, Discriminatory Trans Bathroom Panic
A series of bills in the Washington State legislature could make it permissible for anyone to stop transgender people using the public restroom of their choice.

[WV, USA]
Charles Town Council sends anti-discrimination ordinance back to committee
Members of the Charles Town City Council spent nearly an hour discussing a proposed adoption of an anti-discrimination ordinance that was brought to them by local attorneys Andrew and Stephen Skinner. During their workshop, which was open to the public but did not allow public input, council members debated the contents of the ordinance, its necessity and possible repercussions of adoption or non-adoption.

[WV, USA]
Putting gender-neutral over handicapped-accessible bathrooms in West Virginia
New blue signs going up on bathroom doors at West Virginia University (WVU) have traditional male and female figures but also the new transgender logo of a half male, half female character. They are state-of-the-art, gender-neutral bathrooms, but Amanda Hutchison, who gets around campus in a wheelchair, told Campus Reform that WVU’s response to her needs “is very slow compared to the gender neutral bathroom advocates.”

[WY, USA]
District to move ‘cautiously forward’ with transgender policy
Albany County School District No. 1 is trying to determine how to move forward with implementing a policy for transgender and gender non-conforming students in the district, following substantial community debate on the matter.

[Brazil]
Death Squad apprehended in hunt for São Paulo serial killer
São Paulo Police were looking for a serial killer but instead found much more. The police arrested “a group of friends” they say who are responsible for the murders of five women, one of whom was transgender, and one man in the Grajaú region, on the southern outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

[Brazil]
Video: Black Brazilian Transsexuals on life in the most deadly place on earth
São Paulo, Brazil may arguably be the most deadly known place on earth for transgender people. The key to this sentence is “Known”. Many areas on earth have similar conditions, maybe even worst. But because of other factors like laws which enforce localized and nationalized criminalization of transsexuality, and religious oppression little is known about them.

[Argentina]
"La creación de una zona roja generará más trata y explotación"
Así lo sostuvo la concejal Cristina Foffani durante la reunión que realizó el cuerpo legislativo con vecinos y representantes de organizaciones de diversidad sexual para tratar la conformación de una zona de convivencia.
Referentes de la diversidad sexual de Salta pedirán se declare inconstitucional el nuevo código

[Argentina]
Murió Lohana Berkins
La activista por el derecho a la identidad e igualdad de género y columnista de Página/12 falleció luego de varias semanas internada en una clínica porteña. "Estoy convencida de que el motor de cambio es el amor. El amor que nos negaron es nuestro impulso para cambiar el mundo. Todos los golpes y el desprecio que sufrí no se comparan con el amor infinito que me rodea en estos momentos. Furia Travesti Siempre", había escrito en su última carta. Será velada en la Legislatura porteña desde las 18.
Lohana Berkins: La comandante de las mariposas
El adiós a Lohana Berkins: Fuiste reina de metáforas
We mourn the loss of Lohana Berkins

[Brasil]
Kayla pulou da janela do seu AP, mas não se matou
Kayla Lucas França, transexual não-binária, não se reconhecia como homem nem como mulher, “não cabia nessas caixinhas pequenas”. E pulou da janela de seu apartamento, em São Paulo, na última quarta-feira, por volta das duas da madrugada. Mas às 1h53 ainda estava acordada. Ouvindo John Frusciante e aquele mantra doído dizendo “o que eu realmente preciso é o paraíso / um lugar para onde eu possa realmente existir”. Postou no Facebook. E pulou. Caiu só de corpo. A alma fugiu. Kayla não se matou, que fique claro. Ela foi morta por gente como a gente, talvez você até conheça.
A transfobia mata, a gente enterra

[España]
[Los alumnos transexuales podrán elegir su nombre en la lista de clase y su vestuario
La ley de Transexualidad obligará a los centros a adaptar la documentación a la identidad del menor - Busca erradicar la transfobia y que nadie se esconda

[UK]
Campaigners urge that trans woman be moved from men’s prison
Update: A protest planned for 9.30am on Monday 8 February has been cancelled. A campaign to have the woman moved to a women’s facility is continuing.

[UK]
Nottinghamshire child, 5, transitions from boy to girl
A five-year-old schoolboy has returned to the classroom as a girl – thought to be one of the first child gender transitioning cases in Nottinghamshire.

[Ireland]
No skirting the school uniform debate
A nine-year-old pupil’s campaign for gender equality is the latest flare-up in a recurring debate. Have your own say below

[Russia]
Diana Arbenina made remarks on murder of transsexual Angela Likina in Ufa
In her interview with Lenta.ru the singer and musician Diana Arbenina spoke about the murder of the transsexual Angela Likina in Ufa. She called the crime "a manifestation of run-of-the-mill atrocities".

[Australia]
Parent protests Frankston High School’s trans inclusive policy
A Victorian mother has pulled her son from a local high school after discovering the school was implementing a program for trans awareness and transgender inclusive policies.

[Australia]
'It's not about safe schools, it's activism in the classroom': Mother pulls children out of school after it introduced 'transgender awareness program'
A mother has pulled her children out of Victoria's Frankston High School
Cella White claims her son, 14, was told he could wear a dress to school
She's unhappy with the program that promotes transgender awareness
Program is designed to create safe environments for gender diverse pupils

[USA]
Marco Rubio Says He Isn't a 'Hater,' But Check His Record
The Republican presidential candidate got the night's only question on LGBT issues during the ABC News debate.

[FL, USA]
Palm Bay, Fla., city council votes down LGBT rights ordinance
The Palm Bay City Council has rejected a human rights ordinance to protect gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people from discrimination.

[FL, USA]
Florida Considers Anti-Discrimination Bill for LGBT Rights
When it comes to LGBT issues, Florida's Republican lawmakers are known more for trying to keep transgender people out of bathrooms, protect pastors from marrying same-sex couples and seek exemptions for private adoption agencies who don't want to place children with gay and lesbian couples.

[IL, USA]
University designates all gender restroom signs
As the fight over the right to use bathrooms according to gender identity have raged in legislatures from Florida to Texas, the University announced that “All Gender” campus restroom signs will be available in the Facilities and Services sign shop.

[IN, USA]
Indiana lawmakers considering hate crime laws
Matthew Nolte's report card is stacked with A's, but he scratched out the name on it — which is not Matthew — until the paper wore away, leaving a rectangular hole.

[MD, USA]
Transgender student asks school system to use preferred name
Matthew Nolte's report card is stacked with A's, but he scratched out the name on it — which is not Matthew — until the paper wore away, leaving a rectangular hole.

[SD, USA]
Audience Gasps at Lawmaker's Transphobic Reasoning
State Sen. David Omdahl of Sioux Falls, South Dakota called transgender students "twisted."

[VA, USA]
Bill would fine people using bathroom not matching their "biological sex"
Legislation intended to ensure privacy, supporters say
Virginia panel OKs bill mandating school restroom use based on biological sex

[VA, USA]
Non-binary students feel excluded in Richmond's coordinate college system
“Westhampton College,” the college’s webpage reads, “is the college for undergraduate women at the University of Richmond.”

[Mexico]
Incrementan asesinatos a comunidad LGBT en Tabasco
1,218 casos de muertes se han registrado en los últimos 20 años en el estado de Tabasco.

[Ecuador]
García: "En el gobierno de León Febres Cordero, las trans éramos perseguidas"
La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos publicó un informe sobre la violencia a personas LGBTI. Se destaca a Ecuador como uno de los países que despenalizó la homosexualidad.

[Venezuela]
Denuncian que PSUV negó discutir derecho de diversidad sexual
La parlamentaria expresó que los oficialistas no conciben que la MUD pueda tener opiniones distintas

[UK]
Transgender couple win council payout for defamation
Couple claim they were repeatedly targeted by locals in a campaign that culminated in 'nasty' letter published on council website

[Turkey]
Justice for Zirve, justice for us
Solidarity call from Pink Life with Zirve Soylu who became target of a mob forcing “protection money” on trans sex workers: Let’s not leave Zirve alone in her resistance against these villians.

[Australia]
Gay conversion therapy to be banned in Victoria
A new bill set to crack down on dodgy health practitioners such as gay conversion therapists will be introduced to the Victorian Parliament today.

[Australia]
This Politician Just Praised The Hell Out Of A School Principal For Standing Up For Trans Kids
Janet Rice thanked the principal for taking an important stand.

[Australia]
Comment: 'People don’t fit into little boxes' - a military transwoman tells her story
After transitioning, Squadron Leader Catherine Humphries became the first female in the air force to be in a combat role.

[Australia]
From a whisper to a roar: the trans officers forging their way forward in the defence force
These two transwomen are are the forefront of a radical shift in military culture as it becomes more diverse and accepting.
The Feed gains unprecedented access inside world of transgender military women

[New Zealand]
Old Mout Cider ad removed from FB and TV
A controversial advertisement that some in the LGBTI community believes portrays trans women as liars, has been taken down from the Old Mout Cider Facebook page.

[Canada]
Alberta education minister vows to 'accommodate' religious views on gender-identity policies
Archbishop Richard Smith praised Education Minister David Eggen for the "very warm" and "cordial" tone of Monday's meeting. (CBC )
Minister says Catholic schools will get "latitude" for changes

[Canada]
CAMH removes external review of Gender Identity Clinic from website
Comments allegedly misattributed to Dr. Kenneth Zucker

[AZ, USA]
Associated Press Violates Its Own Guidelines In Reporting On Transgender Man Killed By Police
The Associated Press violated its own guidelines for how to refer to transgender people in a report on a transgender man who was shot and killed by police in Arizona.

[FL, USA]
Florida pastors following Houston pastors' lead
About 175 pastors in Jacksonville, Florida, united to stand against what they say is a threat to religious liberty in their community.

[FL, USA]
LGBT anti-discrimination bill lives, barely, for another day
Florida lawmakers considered giving anti-discrimination protections to gay and transgender people for the first time Monday and ended the discussion in a stalemate for at least one more day.
Bathrooms being used for leverage in HRO issue
Senate panel stumbles over bill banning LGBT employment discrimination

[GA, USA]
House panel OKs anti-discrimination bill, won't add LGBT
A Georgia House panel on Monday approved a bill preventing businesses from discriminating based on race, country of origin or religion, a federal standard first set in the mid-1960s, after Republican members rejected an effort to add protection for gay, lesbian and transgender people to the measure.
LGBT non-discrimination amendment fails in public accommodations bill hearing

[MA, USA]
Boston Globe Editorial Board Calls Out "Irrational" Objections To Transgender Equality
The Boston Globe editorial board called out "irrational objections" to a Massachusetts bill that would provide non-discrimination protections for transgender people, debunking the right-wing myth that these protections would endanger women and children.

[NC, USA]
Council sets LGBT vote for Feb. 22
Majority of council members say they support expanding ordinance
Opponents urge council ‘Don’t do it’
They say it’s ‘common sense’ to keep gender divisions in bathrooms

[NY, USA]
AVP learns of an incident of anti-transgender hate violence incident on the D Train in Manhattan
AVP has learned of an incident of anti-transgender hate violence incident which occurred on an uptown D train in Manhattan last Saturday, January 30th. According to the blog Lexie Cannes State of Trans, well-known transgender activist Jennifer Louise Lopez was physically assaulted by a woman whom she sat down next to on the train, who referred to Jennifer transphobically as a "man." When Jennifer attempted to exit the train at 125th Street in Harlem, the woman followed her.

[NY, USA]
Spa Castle Allegedly Barred Transgender Man From Locker Rooms & Nude Areas
Brooklyn-based performance artist Niv Acosta says that Spa Castle employees barred him from the locker rooms and nude bathing areas at its Queens location on Sunday afternoon because he is transgender.

[OH, USA]
USG introduces initiative to give trans students access to other gender bathrooms
A trans-inclusive initiative that would allow students who identify differently than their assigned gender to use their respective bathrooms was presented in the Undergraduate Student Government meeting Monday.

[PA, USA]
Pitt offers first trans studies course
It’s too far past add/drop to get a seat in Pitt’s first transgender studies course, but there wouldn’t be room for newcomers anyway.

[SD, USA]
LGBT legislation may have side effects
A senator's thoughts about transgender students shocked some South Dakotans at a legislative coffee in Sioux Falls last weekend.

[SD, USA]
House approves religious protection bill, sends it to Senate
The state House has approved a bill that would bar the government from taking actions such as revoking the tax exempt status of an organization because of religious beliefs about marriage, sex outside of marriage or transgender rights.
How Lawmakers Candidly Justify The Anti-Transgender Bills They Support

[WV, USA]
City council adopts resolution to include sexual orientation, disabilities in hate crime legislation
Huntington City Council passed a resolution encouraging West Virginia Legislature to include perceived or actual sexual orientation, gender identity and disabilities in hate crime legislation during Monday’s meeting.

[Brazil]
Brazilian Trans Activist Melissa Campus Attacked
Transgender activist Melissa Campus was attacked on her way home January 12th. The attack which begun as simple robbery turned violent when then assailant realized that Mellisa’s was transgender. What he didn’t know was that this attack would make headlines.

[España]
Mi hija es trans y me gustaría que jamás le robásemos su alegría
Sara fue la primera niña que se cambió legalmente el nombre en Galicia
A los cinco años empezó a sufrir por los comentarios de sus compañeros
Ahora es muy feliz e imita como nadie a Shakira y a Beyoncé

[UK]
Transgender ex-soldier who joined the army to be 'one of the lads' has sex change surgery and becomes a make-up artist
Kerri Mitchell, 47, joined the army while Kevin to be more masculine
She hid women's clothing in the attic while living with her ex-wife
Ex-soldier had gender reassignment op and £4,000 breast enlargement

[UK]
'Everyone just thought it was a phase' Transgender soldier on making the decision to become a man
Corporal Christian Mattey was born as Claire and underwent surgery at the age of 22

[UK]
Child gender identity referrals show huge rise in six years
The number of children referred to the NHS with gender identity issues has increased significantly in recent years, according to figures obtained by the BBC.

[UK]
What should I do if I think I might be transgender?
The NHS Gender Identity Development Service explains what being transgender feels like and what to do if you think you, a friend or family member might be experiencing gender dysphoria.

[Ireland]
Trans Manifesto - General Election 2016
During this General Election politicians will be knocking on doors and canvassing for your vote. We encourage you to speak to the candidates and ask them about their position on key trans rights issues. This is an opportunity to put trans rights on the political agenda!

[Itália]
Vittoria Schisano é a primeira mulher transexual a ser capa de uma Playboy
Depois de, em Novembro de 2015, a revista de Hugh Hefner ter anunciado que iria deixar de publicar fotografias de mulheres nuas, a Playboy não deixa de surpreender. Pela primeira vez na sua história, uma mulher transexual é capa de uma das suas revistas. A actriz italiana Vittoria Schisano, de 32 anos, faz a capa deste mês de Fevereiro da Playboy Itália.

[Turkey]
Transphobic Attack in Ankara: "I will stab more transvestites"
On 8 February 2016 around midnight, 2 trans women faced a transphobic attack in Seyran Baglari Street in Ankara where they work as sex workers.
The perpetrator attacked two trans women with stab. Berna and Hazal were wounded by stabbings.

The perpetrator threatened killing trans women.

Following the incident, Berna and Hazal were moved to the hospital for first aid. After medical treatment, two trans women went to the police station to file an official complaint about the transphobic attack. The perpetrator was detained following the official complaint at police station.

The transphobic perpetrator in his statement in the police station said: "I do it for pleasure. I will stab more transvestites."

Berna and Hazal does not suffer any life threatening health conditions. And the perpetrator is being kept under surveillance.

[Slovenia]
"Transgender Life in Slovenia" - documentary film
Slovenia is a central European country of just 2.06 million inhabitants. International estimates suggest that 0.3% of any given population will identify as transgender, hence, Slovenia has an estimated transgender population of over 6,000 people.

[Australia]
MP slams transgender teachings at school
A book teaching public schoolchildren as young as four that gender is not necessarily connected to sexual organs has earned one New South Wales upper house member's ire.
Greens step up support of Safe Schools Coalition as program comes under attack
ACL calls for removal of Safe Schools material
Principals weigh in on transgender books debate

[Australia]
Adults should be allowed to change their registered gender by a simple application
Law experts from the University of Adelaide are calling on changes to the Birth, Deaths and Marriages Register to better accommodate trans and intersex people.

[Australia]
SA gender identity laws outdated: experts
South Australians should be able to change their registered gender by simply filling out a form, legal experts say

[New Zealand]
Carmen to be immortalised on Wellington streets
Transgender icon, Carmen Rupe is to be immortalised, as Wellington’s Cuba Street will soon feature a pedestrian crossing light in her honour.

[Canada]
Palliser discusses LGBTQ draft policy
Palliser Regional Schools board of trustees took a step toward drafting a policy to better facilitate the guidelines released by the provincial government aimed at ensuring the safety of LGBTQ children within the division.

[USA]
Christian charity head claims trans women are ‘sexually perverted predators’
The head of a Christian charity has claimed that transgender women are “sexually perverted” and “predators” in a diatribe attacking an LGBT rights law.

[USA]
Hormone therapy may improve psychological functioning in transgender individuals
Transgender individuals may experience significant improvement in psychological functioning after as little as 3-6 months of hormone therapy, with improved quality of life reported within 12 months of initiating therapy by both female-to-male and male-to-female transgender individuals, according to an article published in Transgender Health, a new peer-reviewed open access journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available open access on the Transgender Health website.

[USA]
Fear and Self-loathing in the Lingerie Store
Just when I think I am finally growing confident in my womanhood, I go shopping at an lingerie store with a cis girlfriend and remember just what gender dysphoria feels like.

[USA]
Lawmakers In Florida And Georgia Reject LGBT Protections
With dozens of anti-LGBT bills popping up in state legislatures across the country, there are at least a few attempts underway to actually create protections for the LGBT community. This week, two such bills faltered.

[CA, USA]
Transgender issue roils high school
Parents ask for Poway district to provide private changing areas for students
Transgender discussion draws hundreds to school meeting

[CA, USA]
Students and protesters challenge pending Title IX exemption
Biolans’ Equal Ground and Soulforce, a national Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender activism group, brought together around 40 combined members at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 9. to lead a walking protest expressing their disagreement with Biola’s application for a partial Title IX exemption.

[CA, USA]
Couple in trans attack backtracks on pleas
A San Francisco couple accused of attacking a transgender woman late last year want to withdraw the guilty pleas they entered in the case.

[FL, USA]
LGBT discrimination ban dies in Florida Senate
The vote was 5-5 in the Senate Judiciary Committee
It was the first time the Legislature had voted on the measure
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Joe Abruzzo, D-Wellington, plans to file the bill again next year
Florida Gay Rights Bill Won't Advance After Senate Stalemate
Bathroom Predator Myth Clogs Path for Fla. LGBT Protection Bill

[FL, USA]
Brevard Schools proposes LGBT protection
Both before and since they successfully challenged Florida's ban on gay marriage, Daniel and Scott Wall-DeSousa of Palm Bay have fought to expand the civil rights of gay Americans like themselves.

[GA, USA]
Anti-gay preacher bashes gay marriage, transgender rights at Capitol rally
Anti-gay preacher Franklin Graham decried marriage equality and transgender rights at a prayer rally Wednesday afternoon at the Georgia State Capitol. Thousands of people packed Liberty Plaza for the event, which is part of Graham’s Decision America tour and took place the day after a Rally Against LGBT Discrimination hosted by Georgia Unites Against Discrimination. There was heavy security for the rally, with several streets blocked off and, by one trooper’s unofficial count, nearly twice the number of Georgia State Troopers on hand as normal.
Franklin Graham speaks on sin, politics in Atlanta

[MA, USA]
House Speaker hopes for “Bathroom Bill” to become a law this year
Gov. Baker said that he likes the law the way it's written now

[ME, USA]
LePage withdraws nominee amid spat over transgender rules
Maine Gov. Paul Page is temporarily withdrawing his nomination for education commissioner amid a disagreement with lawmakers over issues related to transgender students because he says Democrats plan to reject the choice for reasons unrelated to job abilities.

[MI, USA]
Woman Challenges Gym’s ‘Judgment-Free’ Locker Room Policy for Transgender Fitness Buffs
So far, Planet Fitness has prevailed with its policy allowing transgender persons to use women's locker rooms. “A woman should not have to wait until she is viewed naked by a man ... to secure legal protection,” Yvette Cormier's lawyers argue. (Photo: Bernard Weil/Zuma Press/Newscom)

[MT, USA]
NorthWestern pushes back on Bozeman non-discrimination requirement
NorthWestern Energy asked Bozeman commissioners Monday for a exemption from a policy requiring the utility’s subcontractors to forbid discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

[NC, USA]
Charlotte City Council to vote on LGBT non-discrimination ordinance on Feb. 22
Charlotte City Council voted 7-3 Monday night to go ahead with a Feb. 22 public hearing and vote on adding LGBT protections to the non-discrimination ordinance. The meeting included an overview of what the ordinance would do, similar to the one presented by city attorney Bob Hagemann at last week’s forum discussing the ordinance, which drew over 200 community members.
Rep. Bishop Warns Mayor Roberts of Legal Ramifications of Adopting Transgender Bathroom Proposal

[NH, USA]
N.H. trans advocates want more from 2016 candidates
The presidential primary came and went in New Hampshire, but transgender advocates said candidates left the state before giving adequate voice to issues facing the community.

[NJ, USA]
North Arlington to become third Southern Bergen town with transgender policy
Despite state and federal discrimination laws in place that prevent gender identity discrimination, school districts are implementing their own policies for transgender students.

[NY, USA]
WATCH: NYPD Looking for Hate-Crime Attacker of Trans Woman
The assailant, pictured above, allegedly called the transgender subway passenger a man before punching her in the face.

[NY, USA]
Transgender woman speaks out on D train attack
Victim in alleged attack captured video of her assailant

[OK, USA]
Activists work to stop Oklahoma bathroom bill
A new campaign in Tulsa is working to explain the other side of a bill that would restrict bathroom use for some.

[SD, USA]
Anti-transgender legislation changes form in House fight
Legislation intended to overturn a policy allowing transgender students to participate in athletic competition at the high school level in South Dakota won approval Tuesday in the state House of Representatives.
SD House Passes Transgender Policy Bill

[TX, USA]
Right-Wing Pastors Consider Challenging Dallas LGBT Ordinance
They're taking the same approach as with the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, raising the specter of restroom predators.

[TX, USA]
UPDATE: Location set for vigil honoring Monica Loera
Organizers have announced that the rally and vigil honoring murdered trans woman Monica Loera will take place at Alamo Park, 2100 Alamo St. in Austin, at 7 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 12.

[TX, USA]
Texas prisons expand HRT option to newly transitioning inmates
The TDJC has announced that transgender inmates who begin transition behind bars will be afforded with the opportunity to receive hormones if they meet the stringent requirements. Previously transgender inmates were only given HRT if they could prove that they were prescribed them prior to incarceration.
Do Texas Prison Reforms for Transgender Inmates Go Far Enough?

[VA, USA]
Bill to force transgender students to use bathroom of biological sex dies in House committee
A controversial bill that would require transgender students at Virginia public schools to use the restroom and locker room of their biological sex was killed by a House of Delegates subcommittee Tuesday on a 8-13 vote.
Transgender Bathroom Bill Killed in Va. House Panel
Mother poses in General Assembly bathroom with trans son to protest bathroom bill
Anti-Trans Bill Defeated in Virginia, Others Expected to Follow Its Fate

[WA, USA]
Senate Republicans' Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills Are Unlikely to Pass—But the Damage Is Already Done
State senator Steve O'Ban (R-Pierce County) cracked open a can of carbonated something before settling into his vice chair's seat on the state senate's Law and Justice Committee, where dozens of people had signed up to testify about the "Genital Check" bill.
Victory in Washington State! Anti-Trans Bill Defeated
This Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill Couldn't Get Through the Republican-Controlled State Senate
Senate blocks transgender rule repeal
Transgender threat? Other states don’t see an issue

[WV, USA]
West Virginia House to Vote on 'License to Discriminate' Bill
A religious freedom bill that opponents say would allow for discrimination in West Virginia is set for a House of Delegates vote.

[Venezuela]
“La única manera de lograr la igualdad es a través de la AN”
La parlamentaria transexual por el partido Voluntad Popular sostiene que Venezuela se quedó rezagada en la discusión de temas como la diversidad sexual

[Bolivia]
El colectivo trans que usa el folklore para luchar por la diversidad sexual
Carlos Parra tenía cinco años cuando vio por primera vez un travesti. Corría la década de los 70 en una Bolivia marcada por las dictaduras, y Ofelia, histórica transformista de las fiestas folklóricas, se contoneaba con unos tacones de infarto y un vestido minúsculo en el carnaval de Oruro.

[Argentina] [Opinion]
No alcanza con ser travesti
Mara Pérez Reynoso o la no tan increíble historia de la funcionaria trans y militante mendocina pro-discurso transfóbico.

[Argentina]
Obstáculos para la salud de una mujer trans
Sandy requiere un implante mamario que debe ser cubierto, pero la obra social provincial la mandó a un hospital público, donde también la rechazaron por tener cobertura. La Subsecretaría de Políticas de Género hará una recomendación.

[UK]
Transgender woman abused by metro train passenger
A Metro train passenger who hurled shocking abuse at a transgender woman travelling on the same carriage has been put behind bars.

[UK]
Transgender teenager becomes first boy at top all-girls school
Jordan Morgan is the only boy among 550 female pupils in years seven to 11 at Gloucester High School for Girls

[Alemanha]
Modelo será o primeiro homem trans a ser capa da Men's Health alemã
Benjamin Melzer, modelo fitness de 27 anos, será capa da edição de abril da Men's Health alemã.

[Turkey]
Critical deliberation on gender transition
The Constitutional Court (of Turkey) places on its upcoming agenda a petition to repeal Article 40 of Civil Code which requires that individuals undergoing gender transition be unable to reproduce.

[Turkey]
Zirve Soylu, A Trans Woman Fighting Against Racketeering Gangs, Court Hearing Postponed to 25 May
Zirve Soylu's legal fight against racketeering gangs continue. The first court hearing of the first case took place today in Kucukcekmece 21. Criminal Court of First Instance. The judge decided the second hearing to take place on 25 May.

[Turkey]
All gender bathroom initiative achieves success at Boğaziçi University
We first heard about this campaign in a press release on November 19, 2014, World Toilet Day. Signatures were collected, petitions were submitted, public forums were organized. Today, we talked to Beren Azizi and Görkem Ulumeriç of BÜ [Boğaziçi University – Trans.] LGBTI Studies Association about the “All Gender Bathroom” campaign, which officially yielded its initial successful outcome.

[Nepal]
Trans rights: Meet the face of Nepal's progressive 'third gender' movement
Nepal is one of the most forward-thinking countries in the world for rights for transgender people. Campaigner Bhumika Shrestha feels a sense of triumph

[Philippines]
What does Mandaue's LGBT ordinance mean for gender rights?
A gender rights advocate in Cebu says Mandaue's city ordinance is a victory for the entire LGBT community

[Australia]
Changes proposed to legal recognition of trans and intersex people in Tasmania
Recommendations have been made to recognise the gender of trans and instersex people without the need for surgery or hormonal treatments.

[Australia]
VAC launches GP services for the trans and gender diverse community
The Victorian AIDS Council also launched its first Trans and Gender Diverse Advisory Group.

[Canada]
Alberta bishops and NDP gvmt hope for compromise on ‘transgender’ mandate
Alberta’s New Democrat education minister and four Catholic bishops emerged from a meeting this week talking compromise over the government’s plan to accommodate transgender students in both public schools and the parallel, tax-supported, Catholic system.

[Canada]
Chilliwack man convicted of manslaughter handed long-term supervision order
A B.C. Supreme Court justice declined to hand a dangerous offender designation last Thursday to a deaf man with an extensive violent criminal past, which culminated in the killing of a transgendered person in Chilliwack five years ago.

[Canada]
Canada's first transgender judge officially sworn in
After being appointed to Manitoba’s provincial court in December, Canada’s first transgender judge was officially sworn in on Friday.
Kael McKenzie sworn in as 1st transgender judge in Canadian history

[USA]
Athletic directors: Catholic school sports, students harmed by policies embracing gender ideology
Catholic high school sports programs are not simply intended to allow students to achieve success on the field, they are an important part of the mission of Catholic schools to form students in the faith, according to athletic directors at faithful Catholic high schools, and compromising these programs by embracing gender ideology policies that are contrary to Church teaching will bring harm to both Catholic school sports and to students.

[USA]
Medical Schools Indoctrinating Students into Post-Science Trans Ideology
Even medical education is being drafted into the transsexual-indoctrination business.

[AZ, USA]
Arizona Activists Rally for Trans Man Killed by Police
Members of a group called "Queers for a World Without Polic" marched through Mesa, Ariz., Thursday in memory of 24-year-old Kayden Clarke, a trans man killed by police.

[CA, USA]
Calif. parents, transgender activists fight over state bathroom law
A state law allowing students with gender dysphoria to use the locker room of the opposite sex is causing an uproar at a California high school.

[CA, USA]
Transgender student's use of locker room causes stir at San Diego high school
A teenager who was born female and uses the boys' locker room at Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego has triggered a dispute over a state law that seeks to accommodate transgender students.

[CA, USA]
Student Health Insurance Plan resumes dependent coverage after student backlash
UC Berkeley students rally against discontinuation of dependent health insurance SHIP terminates dependent coverage, sparks contention among students New federal rule seeks to prohibit discrimination against transgender individuals

[GA, USA]
Transgender former inmate from Rome settles with prison officials
The state of Georgia has agreed to pay to settle a lawsuit filed by a former transgender inmate whose case drew the attention of the Justice Department after she complained prison officials didn’t provide adequate treatment for her gender identity condition.

[IL, USA]
Dist. 211 considering general policy for transgender access
Though they reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education late last year to provide a transgender student limited access to the girls locker room at Fremd High School in Palatine, officials in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 will consider a districtwide policy regarding access to gender-specific facilities.

[IL, USA]
Harris files trans-related birth certificate bill in Illinois House
State Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago), on Feb. 11, introduced a new bill that would make it easier for transgender Illinois residents to amend their birth certificate.

[IN, USA]
Transgender poster inside Penn HS repeatedly damaged; some students concerned
A poster being repeatedly torn down inside Penn High School is making some students feel unsafe.

[IN, USA]
Indiana GOP Calls Democrat 'Out of Order' for Daring to Mention LGBT Rights
This week both GOP lawmaker Robert Behning (above) and Indiana's Republican governor cut short talk of LGBT rights in the name of religious liberty.

[MA, USA]
Scholarship Related to Transgender Issues to Benefit from First Digital Archive
Holy Cross professor launches expansive online hub to advance research
First online transgender history archive taking shape at Holy Cross

[MD, USA]
Md. bans gender transition exclusions in insurance
FreeState Legal and Equality Maryland announced on Wednesday that the Maryland Insurance Administration has issued bulletins prohibiting individual, small-group, and student health insurance plans sold in Maryland from excluding coverage for health care for the purpose of gender transition.

[ME, USA]
Lucy's story: Transgender children in Maine
Program at Barbara Bush Children's Hospital helps guide transgender children

[ME, USA]
Gov. Paul LePage plans to act as state education commissioner
Republican Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday he would forgo the state's official nomination process in selecting a new commissioner for the Department of Education and take on the role himself.

[NC, USA]
NC Values Coalition Questions Credibility of Charlotte LGBT Survey
The Charlotte city council took up its non-discrimination ordinance Monday, debating whether to add LGBT protections to the city.

[NH, USA]
Portsmouth School Board passes transgender policy
Superintendent calls guidelines critical
Dover School Board adopts transgender policy

[OR, USA]
UO Fraternity Accepts Transgender Males
A University of Oregon fraternity has added a new policy that allows for more diversity within their brotherhood.

[SD, USA]
South Dakota Lawmakers Double Down on Anti-LGBT Discrimination
Just this week, bills have moved forward to discriminate against same-sex couples, transgender people, and single moms, and to deny trans students equal rights.

[SD, USA]
HB 1008 Bathroom Debate Brings Strong Emotions From Transgender Community
Transgender Student: 'This bill hurts. It makes me feel like I'm not a human being.

[SD, USA]
SD Gov. to sign anti-trans bill without ever having met one?
“I’ve never met a transgender person that I’m aware of” Gov. Dennis Daugaard candidly admitted during a news conference Thursday. Daugaard said although he remains puzzled about transgender issues he doesn’t see that as an obstacle in his decision-making process. He said that based on what he has heard, it sounds like a good bill for maintaining student privacy, saying he’ll look at “archived information” for the basis of his decision.
South Dakota becomes ground zero for anti-trans legislation

[SD, USA]
Schools fear legal costs if transgender bathroom bill becomes law
A bill setting statewide bathroom policies for transgender students would almost certainly lead to costly legal battles between school districts and the federal government, critics told a Senate committee Thursday.

[TX, USA]
Houston pastor threatens challenge to Dallas anti-discrimination ordinance
Just when it seemed the storm had passed over Dallas’ anti-discrimination ordinance, a legal challenge is looming.

[TX, USA]
Activists call for support of transgender at vigil for slaying victim
Bouquets of yellow and white flowers were left one by one next to Monica Loera’s photo Friday.

[VA, USA]
Va. House committee approves religious freedom bill
A Virginia House of Delegates committee on Thursday approved a religious freedom bill that critics contend would allow anti-LGBT discrimination in the state.

[WA, USA]
Transphobic Bathroom Bill Dies in Washington State
The state Senate barely defeated legislation that would have repealed the state's new gender-neutral bathroom policy.
Rule Requiring Transgender Bathrooms Survives by One Vote

[WV, USA]
West Virginia Lawmakers Pass Problematic ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill 72-26
Thursday afternoon, the West Virginia House of Delegates approved the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) by a vote of 72-26. Its advocates have warned that the advance of LGBT rights has encroached upon religious liberty.
GOP Lawmaker Compares Gays To Pedophiles To Defend Discrimination

[WV, USA]
Martinsburg adopts non-discrimination ordinance
The Martinsburg City Council unanimously adopted a non-discrimination ordinance at their regular meeting Thursday night.

[Mexico]
La transfobia impide aprobación de ley de identidad sexo-genérico en Morelos
Representantes de la comunidad transgénero en Morelos exigieron a los diputados locales sacar de la congeladora la iniciativa de ley de identidad sexo genérico, ya que desde la pasada legislatura se han encontrado con discriminación y homofobia por parte de los legisladores en turno.

[Mexico]
La "Ley Agnes Torres" entrará al congreso en beneficio a la Comunidad Trans
Será en este primer periodo ordinario de sesiones del tercer año de trabajo legislativo que Socorro Quezada Tiempo, diputada local por el PRD, suba al Pleno del Congreso local a presentar la llamada “ley Agnes”, que otorga a la comunidad transexual el reconocimiento legal de la identidad sexo-genérica.

[Mexico]
Condenan crímenes contra transgéneros
Organizaciones alzan la voz y acusan que la Fiscalía no emprende acciones de justicia.

[Mexico]
El cuerpo periférico
La mexicana Sayak Valencia se define como transfeminista y en ese término (a ella, que le gusta jugar con las palabras hasta hacerlas de goma y volverlas a nombrar) engloba una visión del feminismo en su versión más queer, una identificación con la poesía y un trabajo como pensadora y filósofa que incluye acciones sobre su propio cuerpo y performances que ponen en cuestión el binarismo de los géneros. Dildos, barba, bigotes y tuaregs son usados para experimentar y renovar el sentido de ese sujeto que domina el espacio público y se adueña de él sin pedir permiso pero también para repensar las masculinidades y señalar otros cuerpos e identidades que se sirven de esos atributos de poder y autonomía. En las fronteras de la lengua y a caballo de una militancia del propio cuerpo, Valencia dice ser un sujeto interseccional donde las flechas que se cruzan son tantas como sus líneas de acción.

[Argentina]
Recordando a Lohana Berkins: “No voy más a la calle”
Al constituirse el Área de Estudios Queer (AEQ) en el Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, en 1997, nos juntábamos Silvia Delfino, Flavio Rapisardi, Cristián Alarcón, Josefina Fernández, Ana Álvarez, María Rachid, María Moreno. Al poco tiempo, se incorporó un grupo de travestis: Lohana Berkins, Marlene Wayar, Nadia Echazú. Rapisardi conoció a muchas de ellas en varias jornadas específicas en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UBA, dos años atrás.
Recordando a Lohana Berkins: Hija del pueblo
Recordando a Lohana Berkins: Transgender no, travesti
Recordando a Lohana Berkins: Cabeza parlante
Recordando a Lohana Berkins: Una héroe
Recordando a Lohana Berkins: Lohana por Lohana

[Brasil]
"Me tratam por Laura e por pai", diz delegada que mudou de sexo
Em entrevista ao jornalista Jackson Abrão, Laura de Castro conta sobre a relação com os filhos, a vida amorosa e a rotina profissional
Delegada transexual participa de ação contra preconceito no trabalho

[Brasil]
Travesti apresenta TCC em Maringá sobre transexualidade na escola
A estudante Naomi Neri apresentará nesta quarta-feira (17) seu Trabalho de Conclusão do Curso (TCC) sobre transexualidade na escola. Neri será a primeira travesti a se formar em Ciências Biológicas na Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM).

[UK]
Unholy row over church's play which portrays Jesus as a transgender woman who refers to God as 'Mum'
Play portraying Jesus as a transgender woman to be performed in a church
It is much to the fury of critics who say the play is deeply offensive
Bishop of Manchester, David Walker, will not block the staging of The Gospel According To Jesus, Queen Of Heaven, by Jo Clifford

[UK]
Peter Tatchell speaks out against NUS snub
NUS LGBT officer Fran Cowling has refused to attend a talk with the veteran human rights campaigner, accusing him of racism and transphobia

[UK]
Rebel Wilson slams trans face, racism at the BAFTA awards
Actress and comedian Rebel Wilson said “I’m practicing my transgender face” while presenting the best supporting actor at the BAFTA awards Sunday in London.
Rebel Wilson causes controversy with 'transgender face' joke at BAFTAs

[Indonesia]
Indonesia’s transgender madrasa
It’s 11pm, and in moon-lit back-street Yogyakarta, I’m marching along with Eva and Juli. They’re dressed to the nines, tottering and tripping over the cobbles on their high heels, and they’re definitely strutting. Eva is 52 and Juli, drawing hard on a strong kretek clove cigarette, is 55. They’re off to work.

[Australia]
Transgender Cranbourne child Briella Carmichael, 6, was born with a male body, but lives as a girl
In a way, Briella Carmichael was born at age five.

[Canada]
Gender identity debate swirls over CAMH psychologist, transgender program
At a private Toronto gathering to honour psychologist Ken Zucker last December, days after he was dismissed from his job at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, colleagues stood to give warm tributes. Some of them had come with prepared speeches, expressing shock over the closing of the Gender Identity Clinic, which Dr. Zucker had run for more than 30 years.
Closing of CAMH clinic fans controversy over gender-questioning children

[Australia]
The Axis of Awesome's Jordan Raskopoulos transitions to a woman
Jordan Raskopoulos took to The Axis of Awesome's official Facebook page on Monday to reveal to their 187,000 fans why the comedian's once famous beard has vanished for good.
Jordan Raskopoulos member of comedy trio Axis of Awesome comes out as transgender
Axis of Awesome comedian Jordan Raskopoulos comes out as trans

[USA]
Study shows positive psychological effects of hormone therapy in transgenders
Transgender individuals may experience significant improvement in psychological functioning after as little as 3-6 months of hormone therapy, with improved quality of life reported within 12 months of initiating therapy by both female-to-male and male-to-female transgender individuals, according to an article published in Transgender Health.

[USA]
Greek Organizations Are Slowly Becoming More Trans Inclusive
Sean Finn never thought he would join a fraternity.

[USA]
Gender policies hurting Catholic school sports
Athletic directors at Catholic high schools argue gender ideology policies that compromise their schools’ faith are also hindering their success on the field.

[AL, USA]
School officials reviewing rules for transgender students
Alabama education officials have spent the past few weeks reviewing legal issues regarding transgender students accessing locker rooms and bathrooms on school properties.

[CA, USA]
Group gets pissy about pissoir
A bathroom-obsessed, anti-LGBT group based in Sacramento is threatening San Francisco officials with a lawsuit if they don't remove the recently installed pissoir from Mission Dolores Park.

[FL, USA]
Florida gay rights bill won’t advance after Senate stalemate
It took a decade for Florida’s Republican-dominated Legislature to even listen to a bill to give LGBT people civil rights protections. When it finally did, the legislation was dead on arrival.

[FL, USA]
HRO expansion efforts to be withdrawn
The main sponsor of the move to expand Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance to include protections based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression is pausing his effort.

[GA, USA]
Ga. Lawmaker Wants To Define Sex ...'The Noun'
Members of Georgia's General Assembly are working on a civil rights bill that would protect people from discrimination, including protections for ''sex.''

[IL, USA]
Take the poll: Do you support legislation to allow transgender people to be able to change the gender marker on their birth certificates?
We have seen great shifts in public attitudes about and growing understanding of people who are transgender over the past few years. Now we need to make an important policy change. A proposal being introduced in the Illinois House of Representatives by Representative Greg Harris (HB 6073) allows transgender and intersex people to change the gender marker on their birth certificate without proof of transition-related surgery.

[IN, USA]
Mike Pence Probably Still Believes It’s OK To Fire People For Being LGBT, But He Won’t Say So
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) still cannot clarify if he believes the law should protect workers from being fired just because of their sexual orientation and gender identity.

[IN, USA]
Kokomo council members drafting LGBT protections
With Senate Bill 344 fizzling out at the state level, now local protections are possible in the city

[MI, USA]
Chelsea Adopts Nondiscrimination Protections
In a 4-1 vote by City Council, on Jan. 19 Chelsea became the 42nd city in Michigan to adopt a nondiscrimination ordinance, furthering protections for LGBT residents in the area.

[MO, USA]
LGBT advocates push for non-discrimination act
Missouri is one of 28 states that do not include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals within their non-discrimination policies.

[MS, USA]
Transgender man accused in sex crimes, assault on transgender minor
A George County grand jury has indicted a transgender man from Lucedale on assault charges and sex crimes against a transgender minor.

[PR, USA]
Denuncian acoso contra estudiantes transgéneros por parte de la guardia universitaria de UPR
Aseguran que el caso se ha manifestado de diversas formas, desde burlas y comentarios transfóbicos, hasta impedirles la entrada para hacer uso de los baños.

[SD, USA]
Whitney: Transgender fear takes shape
Miranda Gohn is not looking to lead a movement. Her life is too private for that.

[UT, USA]
Utah Senate panel OKs bill adding LGBT protections to hate crime law
A proposal to add protections for gay and transgender people to the Utah‘s hate crime law cleared its first test Thursday when it was approved on a 5-1 vote by a Senate committee.

[VA, USA]
Transgender bathroom bill dies in Virginia committee
A legislative panel has killed a bill that would have required students to use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological sex.

[WA, USA]
Washington Senate rejects reversal of transgender bathroom rule
Urged by lawmakers who said the Legislature must protect civil rights, Washington’s full Senate this week narrowly rejected a bill that would have repealed a new state rule allowing transgender people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public buildings consistent with their gender identity.

[WV, USA]
West Virginia House approves religious exemptions bill
Amid growing opposition from the business community, West Virginia‘s Republican-led House of Delegates cleared a bill Thursday that proponents say would ensure freedom of religious expression and opponents say would sanction discrimination.

[Peru]
Police use water cannons against Peruvian LGBT activists
Los disturbios se produjeron poco después de las 6 en el bar Nevermind, que es propiedad del presidente de la Asociación Marplatense de Derechos a la Igualdad (AMADI), Javier Moreno.
Policía reprime con varazos y rochabus la actividad 'Besos contra la homofobia'

[Argentina]
Ataque neonazi a un bar gay en Mar del Plata
Los disturbios se produjeron poco después de las 6 en el bar Nevermind, que es propiedad del presidente de la Asociación Marplatense de Derechos a la Igualdad (AMADI), Javier Moreno.

[Brasil]
Corpo de travesti morta a facadas é encontrado em João Pessoa
Vítima foi morta por mais de 20 facadas segundo a Polícia Civil.
Corpo foi encontrado por moradores do bairro de Mangabeira.
Travesti é encontrada morta em Mangabeira com 24 perfurações de faca
Brazilian trans woman found dead stabbed 20 times
Polícia prende suspeitos de matar travesti na Zona Sul de João Pessoa

[UK]
Play attacked by Bishops for featuring Jesus as a transgender woman
A number of Church of England bishops have hit out at a play that features Jesus as a transgender woman.

[UK]
Eddie Redmayne defends claims The Danish Girl made ‘trans rights mainstream’
The actor has been accused of belittling the work done by thousands of trans activists.

[India]
India appoints first trans police officer
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has appointed the nation’s first transgender woman to the police force.
Prithika Yashini takes charge as India's first transgender Sub-Inspector

[Thailand]
Becoming transparent
The Danish Girl about the world's first gender reassigned person may be vying for the Oscars, but the real trials and tribulations of trans people are not as romantic

[Australia]
New gender non-specific birth certificates for the ACT
The terms "mother" and "father" will effectively become interchangeable under new laws passed by the ACT parliament on Tuesday, with parents able to choose either label.

[Australia]
Australian Christian Lobby wants to suspend anti-discrimination laws in lead up to plebiscite
It has been revealed the Australian Christian Lobby wants anti-discrimination laws suspended for the duration of the proposed marriage equality plebiscite and to also receive public funding.

[Australia]
Living Authentic (Trans) Lives in Queensland
Dr Gale Bearman has worked with transgender people since she began her association with the Brisbane Gender Clinic in the nineties. Now based at QuAC, she speaks frankly with Andrew Shaw about her practice.

[Australia]
Comedian Jordan Raskopoulos Comes Out As Transgender
Jordan Raskopoulos, member of the Australian comedy trio Axis of Awesome, has received an outpouring of support from around the world after revealing that she is transgender.

[USA]
How The Supreme Court Shake-Up Will Impact The Future Of LGBT Rights
The passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has sparked a political firestorm, with a new justice potentially casting deciding votes on issues ranging from abortion to campaign finance reform. Less than a year after the Court’s historic decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which ensured a constitutional right to marry for same-sex couples, LGBT Americans are presented with a path forward – again through the Supreme Court – that could expand equal rights beyond the context of marriage, to include employment, housing, and education, among other areas of life.

[AZ, USA]
Transgender man killed by Mesa police remembered
Metro Phoenix activists and friends of the transgender man fatally shot by Mesa police earlier this month gathered at a Phoenix park Monday night to express their grief and frustration.

[CA, USA]
‘Gender-inclusive’ restrooms come to UC Davis
Single-stall bathrooms will be converted by March 1
Meant to help transgender students or those with nonstandard sexual anatomy
Could also be used by families with children of different genders

[FL, USA]
Jacksonville LGBT Rights Bill to Be Withdrawn
The council member behind the measure says it's clear the city's not ready, but he will bring it up again later.

[FL, USA]
Transgender bathroom policy in Sarasota schools up for debate
School board members and district leaders in Sarasota will discuss a number of controversial topics at a workshop Tuesday morning. Among them, a policy allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice.

[IL, USA]
State Bill Would Modernize Process To Change Gender On Illinois Birth Certificates
Legislation aimed at easing the process for transgender people in Illinois to change the gender marker on their birth certificate was introduced in the state House last week.

[KY, USA]
Senate Bill Would Add LGBT Protections to Kentucky's Civil Rights Act
A bill filed in the Kentucky Senate would offer legal protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.

[KY, USA]
Transitions in Life: Three transgender women talk openly
From Caitlyn Jenner to hit shows like Orange Is the New Black and Transparent the term transgender has become more mainstream. For some Kentuckians, it's nothing new, it's something they have been living with for years, some in silence. Now more transgender people are feeling confident about living in the open. WKYT's Amber Philpott sits down with three women who are speaking out hoping to break the stigma about their transition in life.

[NY, USA]
Transgender patients face barriers in care
After a skiing accident in January left him with a smashed knee, Beck Bailey, a transgender man in Greenfield, Mass., spent 15 days in a Vermont hospital undergoing a handful of surgeries. As part of his normal routine, Bailey gives himself regular shots of testosterone. But the endocrinologist on duty in Vermont told him that patients should not take testosterone post surgery.

[PA, USA]
Transgender icon leaves style legacy
Donna Mae Stemmer, who died in June, left behind more than what was in her closet.

[VT, USA]
Soon-to-Open UVM Medical Center's Youth Transgender Clinic gives Hope to Vermont Teen
UVM Medical Center's Youth Transgender Clinic gives Hope to Vermont Teen

[WA, USA]
Pro- and Anti-Trans Rights Protests Compete Within 200 Feet at the State Capitol
The two rallies this morning couldn't have been more than 200 feet apart. On the steps of the Washington State Legislative building stood a group of roughly 150 waving signs calling for the exclusion of transgender people from sex-segregated bathrooms. Across a parking lot, a similarly sized group rallying against transmisogyny on the Washington State Supreme Court steps. They held signs that read, "Trans rights are human rights" and "#peeforpeace."
Dueling protest over transgender bathroom rule hits Olympia

[WI, USA]
ECASD considers policy to protect transgender students
Eau Claire schools could be a trailblazer in the state when it comes to accommodating and protecting transgender students.

[WV, USA]
West Virginia Lawmakers Say Uber Drivers Can Skip LGBT People
Regardless of what lawmakers want, Uber has its own anti-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
West Virginia House passes bill to allow ridesharing companies

[EL Salvador]
At the Devil’s Door The unsolved murder of Tania Vasquez
When I saw Tania Vasquez in April 2013, she sat beside me at a conference in an upscale hotel in San Salvador.

[Portugal]
Em memória de Gisberta Salce Júnior
Assinala-se no próximo dia 22 de Fevereiro o décimo aniversário do bárbaro e macabro assassinato de Gisberta Salce Júnior.
Quantas vezes matarão Gisberta? Depoimento de Sérgio Vitorino
"A morte de Gisberta representa o nosso fracasso político, individual e colectivo" Depoimento de Ana Cristina Santos
"A primeira Marcha do Orgulho no Porto só se fez por causa da Gisberta" Depoimento de Bruno Maia
"As pessoas trans continuam a não ter cuidados de saúde acessíveis e inclusivos" Depoimento de Sandra Saleiro
Amazig Grace Depoimento de José Soeiro
"A Gisberta era uma pessoa que sorria à vida" Depoimento de Roberta kinsky
"O que mais me chocou foi o que fizeram com uma pessoa" Depoimento de Vítor
"A Gisberta podia ser eu" Depoimento de Júlia Mendes Pereira
Aconselha-se vivamente a lerem os depoimentos onde (pelo menos até agora) as pessoas trans que na altura se mexeram foram senão total, pelo menos esmagadoramente ignoradas pelos comentadores, salvo honrosas excepções.

[Portugal]
10 anos sem Gisberta, o que mudou
A 22 de Fevereiro de 2006 o país acordou com a notícia da morte de Gisberta Salce Junior, encontrada assassinada num poço depois de três dias de tortura. O crime de ódio alertou a sociedade que fingia ignorar a fragilidade das vidas de tantas pessoas trans, a quem era negado o direito à identidade, ao acesso ao trabalho e a cuidados de saúde, expondo-as à violência gratuita. 10 anos passaram, o que mudou entretanto? Dossier organizado por Joana Campos.
Sobre este(s) artigos, nomeadamente no referente à cronologia, foi questionado o apagamento da ªt e do GTP da dita cronologia em comentário, até agora sem resposta. Até ver, Joana Campos, ou deliberadamente ou por ignorância, apagou a existência da ªt e do Grupo Transexual Portugal

[Portugal]
Gisberta, 10 anos depois: a diva transexual que acabou no fundo do poço
Gisberta, a transexual que gostava de Marilyn Monroe, acabou morta num poço depois de dias de agressões de 14 menores. Dez anos depois, família e amigos não a esquecem. E os jovens?

[Brasil]
Transsexual assassinada na cidade de Maracanaú, Ceará
Uma mulher trans foi encontrada morta no Luzardo era conhecida apenas como Malu, colega informou que ela fazia programa no mesmo local onde foi encontrada morta e de acordo com ela, a vitima foi ameaçada por dois jovens com quem teve relações sexuais e por um cliente que tinha esfaqueado e roubado outra mulher trans na região no ano passado.
Brazilian trans woman shot to death

[Brasil]
Duas travestis são encontradas mortas e queimadas em Porto Alegre
Corpos foram localizados na Estrada Martins Félix Berta na manhã desta sexta-feira
Identificados corpos encontrados em praça na Zona Norte de Porto Alegre
Two trans women murdered in Porto Alegre, Brazil

[Brasil]
Por que homens procuram travestis?
Muitos parecem precisar de uma forma atenuada de sexo com outro homem. A ambiguidade dessa relação sugere muitas outras fantasias

[Brasil]
Transexual é espancada por grupo de 20 pessoas na Rua Augusta, em São Paulo
Apesar dos indícios de transfobia apontados pela vítima, polícia registra o caso como “roubo a transeunte” e sequer cita no boletim de ocorrência o nome social da vítima e sua condição de trans
Trans woman attacked by 20 men, destroys her FFS
Os 20 que bateram em mulher transexual em SP são gays; e ninguém fala sobre isso
Brazilian trans woman was attacked by… 20 cis gay men, apparently

[Brasil]
Travestis prostitutas sofrem os efeitos da crise
Luísa Marilac vai às ruas perguntar se economia anda mal por lá também e descobre que ainda tem homem que quer desconto porque finge que foi enganado!

[Brasil]
Cliente não paga programa, corta travesti e tem carro depredado no centro
Por volta das 4 horas desta quarta-feira (17), confusão envolvendo duas travestis, de 22 e 24 anos, e um cliente, de 21 anos, terminou na delegacia. O rapaz de 21 anos é acusado pelas vítimas de se recusar a pagar o programa e ainda feri-las com um estilete. O caso ocorreu no centro da Capital, na Avenida Calógeras, esquina com a Rua Quinze de Novembro.

[Brasil]
Esfaqueada, travesti foge de atendimento do Samu em bicicleta
Esfaqueada pela segunda vez em pouco mais de duas semanas, uma travesti, identificada apenas como Nicole, recusou socorro do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (Samu), fugindo dos profissionais em uma bicicleta, na madrugada desta quarta-feira, 17, no município de Tangará da Serra (244 km de Cuiabá). A Polícia Militar (PM) também foi acionada, mas encontrou no local apenas um homem, visivelmente embriagado, que não soube informar o que teria acontecido, ou para onde ela teria se deslocado.

[UK]
Trans Beauty Queen Stripped of Title For Not Being ‘Trans Enough’
Last year 23 year old transgender woman Jai Dara Latto, from Walkerburn in Scotland, was crowned as the winner of the Miss Transgender UK competition. Now, however, she has been stripped of her title by the woman who runs Mis Transgender UK, Rachael Bailey, after claiming that Jai is not infact transgender.

[Russia]
Russia nationalizing treatment of gender and sexual orientation disorders
A new unheralded regulation is in the works to medically rehabilitate Russians suffering from gender dysphoria and sexual orientation dysfunction. This regulation would install one ‘sexologist’ per 250,000 residents, in existing reproductive centers. But there’s strong disagreement amongst advocacy groups over the intended purpose and scope of the regulation.

[India]
Meet India’s 1st trans police officer K. Prithika Yashini
K Prithika Yashini, 25, is the first transgender person to become a police official in India.

[Australia]
Tasmania considers amending Births Deaths and Marriages Registration Act for better inclusion of trans and intersex
Tasmania’s Anti Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks is proposing a range of legislative changes that will allow trans and intersex people to register their gender as X if desired.

[Australia]
ACT to allow gender non-specific birth certificates
As part of the new laws, couples can choose between “parent 1” and “parent 2”, “mother” and “mother”, “father” and “father”, or “mother” and “father” on the birth certificate of their newborn.

[Canada]~
All-gender washrooms coming to more Toronto schools: TDSB
The Toronto District School Board says it intends to open all-gender washrooms in public schools across the city in a bid to create a more inclusive environment for students.

[USA]
Transgender people serving in US military report few mental, physical health problems
A new study shows that transgender active-duty U.S. military personnel report few lifetime mental and physical health problems. These findings challenge the current policy of excluding transgender persons from enlisting in the U.S. military or discharging them based on the presumption that they are unfit to serve due to their mental or physical health, according to the authors of the study published in Transgender Health, a new peer-reviewed open access journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available open access on the Transgender Health website.

[USA]
Transgender People Need Safe and Dignified Access to Homeless Shelters
Critical action is needed to remove barriers to shelters for people who are homeless. Among this vulnerable population, transgender people face unrelenting difficulty finding safe accommodation because of their gender identity.

[USA]
Caitlyn Jenner epitomises ‘third gender’ says legendary photographer
Annie Lebovitz has praised the former Olympian, who she photographed for Vanity Fair last year.

[USA]
Laura Ingraham Attacks Transgender Non-Discrimination Protections
Ingraham: "The Only Hope" To Defeat Non-Discrimination Protections Is To "Piggy Back On The Success Of Muslims Getting Special Treatment" When They're "Offended"

[USA]
Andreja Pejic Romper El Tabú Breaking the Taboo, so apropos
Trans super-model Andreja Pejic taboo-defying Marie Clare cover defied doubters who said she lost her uniqueness after transitioning. The @marieclaire_es byline on the cover accompanying her image Andreja Pejic Romper El Tabú Breaking the Taboo is just so apropos.

[CA, USA]
Calif. instructs employers to allow trans workers bathroom access
The California agency charged with enforcing the state’s civil rights law on Wednesday made public new guidance to make clear employers are required to allow trans workers to use restroom facilities consistent with their gender identity.

[CA, USA]
Male Student Told To Remove Elsa Fancy Dress Costume For ‘Violating Gender Norms’
A 13 year old boy was forced to remove his fancy dress costume when his school principal deemed that it violated gender norms.

[FL, USA]
Board splits on transgender bathroom policy
Sarasota County schools will decide on a case-by-case basis whether to allow transgender students to use the restroom that best matches their gender identities or to require them to use the restroom corresponding to their gender at birth.
Sarasota County School Board hesitant to get involved with transgender bathroom issue

[FL, USA]
Transgender woman files suit against former employer
A transgender woman is suing a security company after she said she was fired following her transition.

[IA, USA]
Iowa Senate panel OKs bill on crimes against transgender people
A Senate panel has advanced a bill that would make it a hate crime in Iowa to commit an offense against a person because that person identifies as transgender.

[KY, USA]
Kentucky lawmakers not ready to vote on civil rights for sexual orientation and gender identity
House Bill 155 would extend Civil Rights Act to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Kentuckians
House Judiciary Committee gives supporters 15 minutes to speak but will not act on bill
Sponsor: ‘People feel like they’re taking a political hit to vote for fairness’

[NE, USA]
NSAA gender proposal clears small hurdle
A proposal to require high school students to participate in sports according to the gender on their birth certificates passed a small hurdle Wednesday, but its ultimate success is far from guaranteed.

[NY, USA]
Harlem Rallies in Support of Trans Woman Assaulted on D Train
As arctic air descended on New York the evening of February 12, a crowd numbering several dozen gathered at the corner of 125th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue to show support for Jennifer Louise Lopez, a transgender rights activist who was assaulted by another woman shouting anti-trans slurs on the uptown D train two weeks earlier.

[NY, USA]
Kingston Board of Education panel will tackle transgender issues
The Board of Education’s Policy Committee is expected to soon consider anti-discrimination guidelines to address transgender and gender identification issues in city schools.

[SD, USA]
S. Dakota is first state to pass bill restricting transgender students’ bathroom use
The South Dakota state legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that would require public school students to use the bathroom, shower and locker room that correspond to their biological sex.
Dangerous anti-trans bill passes through South Dakota legislature, sitting on Governor's desk
Transgender Law Center condemns South Dakota bill targeting transgender youth
South Dakota legislature sends anti-trans bill to governor
South Dakota Anti-Trans 'Bathroom Bill' Heads to Governor
Bill requires transgender students to use bathrooms that correspond to biological sex
White House, S.D. Chamber weigh in on anti-trans bill
Transgender bathroom bill puts South Dakota in the national spotlight
Bathroom Bill: Students, Administrators Weigh In
South Dakota 'bathroom bill' opens up conversation about transgender rights (+video)
South Dakota Gov. to Get Trans Folks' Input on 'Bathroom Bill'
South Dakota governor to meet with trans students
Governor Daugaard's office calls meeting refusal "a mistake"
S. Dakota's transgender school bathroom bill could impact families in the Valley
Lambda Legal Warns South Carolina School District that Transgender Student Suspension Could Lead to Lawsuit

[TN, USA]
Tennessee Senate OKs bill allowing therapists to reject clients based on religious beliefs
Tennessee senators today approved a controversial bill that allows counselors and therapists to refuse to treat would-be patients on grounds they violate the professionals'"sincerely held religious belief."

[WA, USA]
Independent Investigation Debunks The Anti-LGBT "Bathroom Predator" Myth
An independent investigation debunked the right-wing myth that non-discrimination protections for transgender people threaten women's safety, citing officials from states that have had such protections for years without incident.

[WA, USA]
Group Launches Website to Put Anti-Trans Discrimination to a Statewide Vote
"Just Want Privacy," a campaign dedicated to repealing the state Human Rights Commission's rule allowing transgender people to use the sex-segregated bathroom that aligns with their gender identity, is preparing to put anti-trans discrimination to a vote.

[WA, USA]
Man tests new transgender protections by undressing in women's locker room
In the early evening of Feb. 8, a man walked into the women’s locker room at the Evans Pool and took his shirt off.

Este ano de 2016 faz 10 anos do bárbaro assassinato de Gisberta Salce Júnior. Para quem esteja agora a iniciar-se nestes temas e para que alguns intervenientes e alguns factos não caiam no esquecimento ou sejam apagados por intenções obscuras, convém fazer-se um pequeno historial.

Gisberta, uma imigrante brasileira, transexual, seropositiva, toxicodependente, prostituta e sem-abrigo, foi encontrada morta a 22 de Fevereiro no fundo de um fosso submerso com dez metros de profundidade, num edifício inacabado na cidade do Porto, a segunda cidade portuguesa. O crime foi confessado por um conjunto de 14 rapazes, entre os dez e os 16 anos, a maior parte deles provenientes de uma instituição de acolhimento de menores financiada pelo sistema de protecção de menores estatal mas ligada à Igreja Católica.

A partir desta confissão, pormenores do terrível acto têm vindo a ser conhecidos. A vítima mortal encontrava-se num estado de saúde profundamente debilitado, e era frequentemente perseguida pelos rapazes, vitima de insultos e agressões. A 19 de Fevereiro, um grupo destes rapazes penetrou no edifício inacabado e abandonado onde Gisberta pernoitava, amarrou-a, amordaçou-a e agrediu-a com extrema violência, a pontapé, com paus e pedras. O grupo confessou igualmente ter introduzido paus no anús de Gisberta, que apresentava grandes escoriações nessa zona do corpo, e tê-la abandonado no local. O corpo apresentava igualmente marcas de queimadura com cigarros.

A 20 e 21 de Fevereiro, voltaram ao local e repetiram as agressões. Na madrugada de 21 para 22 de Fevereiro, julgando-a morta, tentaram frustadamente queimar o seu corpo, numa provável tentativa de ocultação de provas. Não o conseguindo, atiraram finalmente o corpo de Gisberta para o fosso, na altura com água das chuvas. O facto de o corpo não se encontrar a flutuar, mas sim submerso no fundo do poço foi indicativo que esta faleceu por afogamento nesse momento. Com efeito, Gisberta ainda estava viva quando foi lançada ao fosso. Pediu mesmo ajuda aos seus agressores que ignoraram esses pedidos.

A 25 de Fevereiro, publicava no meu blog: “Assassínio
Desta vez em nossa casa, aqui no pacato Portugal, de onde líamos muitas e variadas notícias sobre casos similares, mas sempre "lá fora". Pois bem, o "état de grace" acabou. Tal como com as torres gémeas nos EUA, também aqui se acabou com o mito que estas coisas só acontecem aos outros. Desta feita, tocou-nos a nós. Gi, uma transexual brasileira que habitava no Porto e que foi das pioneiras dos espectáculos de travesti, foi violentamente assassinada, com requintes de malvadez, por um grupo de adolescentes. Pedradas, murros e sabe-se lá que mais. A partir de agora, já não basta lutar contra a homofobia, a transfobia fez a sua entrada.
Que a Gi descanse em paz.”

O seu cadáver foi descoberto um dia depois, após um dos jovens ter contado os factos a uma professora, que avisou as autoridades. O cadáver foi recolhido já ao princípio da noite.

Como reza o comunicado conjunto ªt (Associação para o Estudo e Defesa do Direito à Identidade de Género) e Panteras Rosa, ainda em Fevereiro, em que era pedida uma (re)acção internacional “O caso foi amplamente divulgado pelos media portugueses nos dias 23 e 24 de Fevereiro, de forma errónea e tendenciosa. Enquanto parte da comunicação social nacional falava do assassinato de "um travesti", boa parte destes referiu apenas a condição de "sem-abrigo" ou de "sem-abrigo, prostituta, toxicodependente" de Gisberta, referida também por parte da imprensa como Gisberto, o seu nome legal. Em consonância com esta omissão, desde logo, antes mesmo de serem conhecidos quaisquer pormenores sobre o crime ou sobre a própria identidade e características pessoais da vítima, inúmeros jornais deram eco a artigos de comentadores conhecidos pela sua oposição aos direitos LGBT em Portugal, sustentando que o caso não podia ser classificado como um "crime de ódio" e que não seria legítimo considerar qualquer possível relação com a transexualidade de Gisberta entre as motivações para o assassinato. A argumentação utilizada nesse sentido foi invariavelmente a idade menor da maioria dos confessos agressores.”

Ao mesmo tempo foram sendo ignorados pelos media os comunicados emitidos pelas associações LGBT portuguesas, nomeadamente os posicionamentos das Panteras Rosa e da associação trans (ªt), esclarecendo a "transexualidade" e identidade da vítima e exigindo medidas legais e sociais de combate às discriminações e de protecção contra os crimes de ódio em função de identidade de género, orientação sexual, condição social, doença ou origem nacional, embora tenha sido superficialmente noticiada uma vigília de solidariedade com Gisberta apoiada pelas associações LGBT que teve lugar na noite de 24 de Fevereiro, mas, mais uma vez, os media omitiram a argumentação das associações no sentido de não se ocultar a transexualidade da vítima nem que a discriminação transfóbica pudesse estar entre as prováveis motivações para o crime.

Do governo da altura, a única reacção nos primeiros momentos veio do ministro responsável pelas instituições de menores que se limitou a declarar-se "chocado", sem mais palavras ou comentários, e a instaurar um inquérito à instituição que acolhia os agressores.

Nenhuma fotografia da vítima foi publicada na maioria dos jornais. Os media e os comentadores concentraram o "choque" pelo crime na idade dos agressores, e não no resultado da morte de uma cidadã. Deram eco a insinuações do padre responsável pela instituição de menores, que chegou a afirmar publicamente que um rapaz da instituição estaria a ser "molestado" por um pedófilo, o que seria uma "circunstância atenuante". Estas declarações não levaram à publicação de qualquer reacção pública de indignação. Ao contrário da prática corrente, os dados revelados dia 24 sobre as sevícias sexuais sofridas pela vítima, bem como a possibilidade de esta se encontrar viva quando foi atirada ao fosso, apenas foram publicados por um jornal do Porto. Quatro dias após ter sido denunciado o crime, o silêncio dos media sobre ele era quase absoluto.

Quase imediatamente iniciou-se um aceso debate nas redes sociais sobre o caso. Havia quem o considerasse como homofobia e outros como transfobia. A ILGA Portugal, como não podia deixar de ser, insistia na homofobia, enquanto que a ªt e as Panteras Rosa afirmavam que era um crime transfóbico. A pouco e pouco, e perante os factos que a conta gotas se iam descobrindo, a tese da transfobia ia ganhando terreno e adeptos, até que as afirmações do mais velho dos menores, que “odiava homens com mamas” acabou definitivamente com a tese da homofobia.

A 2 de Março as Panteras Rosa lançavam mais um comunicado referente à autopsia: “Estranhamos profundamente o teor de uma notícia presente no Jornal Público de ontem, segundo a qual "A causa da morte de Gisberta, a transexual espancada, a semana passada, no centro do cidade do Porto, continua por determinar. A autópsia, efectuada no Instituto de Medicina Legal do Porto, não foi conclusiva , não se sabendo assim o que causou exactamente a morte da vítima: se a agressão violenta, se as suas fragilidades de saúde ou mesmo se se tratou de afogamento. (...)"
A 9 de Março foi feita uma vigília frente ao Patriarcado de Lisboa no Campo de Santa Clara pelas 19h.

No dia 10 de Março, Tânia Laranjo, jornalista do Público, noticiava que “Duas semanas depois do corpo de Gisberta, a transexual alegadamente agredida até à morte por um grupo de jovens, ter sido encontrado num fundo de um poço, no Campo 24 de Agosto, no centro do Porto, o Instituto de Medicina Legal reuniu todos os elementos que permitiram identificar a causa da morte da vítima: Gisberta morreu afogada, embora o seu cadáver apresentasse lesões múltiplas que possivelmente também lhe teriam causado a morte em poucas horas. (...) Também segundo o que o PÚBLICO apurou, a transexual apresentava uma série de lesões que terão sido provocadas por espancamento. A autópsia confirmou igualmente as sevícias sexuais, que terão sido provocadas com um pau.”. Este tratamento, referindo Gisberta com a dignidade que merecia, veio-se a revelar não a regra mas a excepção, como se pode confirmar pelo artigo do Correio da Manhã de 5 de Maio que se referia a ela nestes termos: “O único rapaz preso preventivamente pelo caso do assassínio do transexual e sem-abrigo, em Fevereiro último, foi já libertado pelo Tribunal de Instrução Criminal (TIC) do Porto, face às dúvidas da Polícia Judiciária quanto ao seu envolvimento na morte de Gisberta, um brasileiro de 46 anos toxicómano e seropositivo. (...) Gilberto Salce Júnior, conhecido por Gisberta, era um transexual e sem-abrigo, que pernoitava num parque de estacionamento do Porto, tendo sido alegadamente morto à pancada, embora a autópsia tivesse apurado que a causa determinante foi o afogamento. Quando os 14 menores foram ouvidos pela PJ afirmaram que quando foi atirada ao poço a vítima já se encontrava morta. A autópsia revelou, porém, o contrário.”

Com o passar do tempo, os menores que tinham torturado Gisberta durante 3 dias foram lentamente passando de agressores a vítimas: por serem menores, por serem pobres, por estarem institucionalizados, por serem desfavorecidos, como que numa antevisão de uma sentença desculpabilizadora e vergonhosamente branda perante a gravidade dos actos praticados. Quase se chegou a dar a entender que Gisberta é que era culpada: principalmente de ser trans, mas também de ser sem abrigo, toxicodependente e doente.

A Transgender Europe, no seguimento do apelo feito pelas Panteras Rosa e a ªt marcou para 8 de Junho um dia de acção mundial contra o encobrimento deste crime de ódio.

Nesse mesmo dia, 8 de Junho, Lara Crespo como representante da ªt foi entrevistada pela SIC Notícias de manhã e de tarde foi feita uma manifestação na escadaria da Assembleia da República promovida pela ªt, em que participaram, pela ªt Jo Bernardo, Lara Crespo e Eduarda Santos, que aliás, foram as únicas trans a aparecerem e a darem a cara, e personalidades de outras organizações LGBT como Sérgio Vitorino e João Louçã das Panteras Rosa, António Serzedelo da Opus Gay, Paulo Còrte-Real da ILGA Portugal, entre outros. Das personalidades trans que pululam agora por aí arvoreando-se em grandes defensoras da causa trans, e algumas a afirmarem que foi o caso da Gisberta que as impulsionou para o activismo, nem sinal.

O julgamento iniciou-se a 3 de Julho, com o Ministério Público a entender não ser possível demonstrar que foi o grupo de menores que lhe causou a morte. Poucos dias antes do início do julgamento, uma “fonte judicial” afirmava “São miúdos, aquilo foi uma brincadeira que correu mal.”
Os media ao noticiarem o caso escreveram pérolas como o DESTAK de 3 de Julho que apesar de lhe chamar Gisberta apelidava-a de “travesti”, enquanto que para os jornalistas do Jornal de Notícias, Diário Digital e SIC Online era sempre "O" transexual. Salvou-se o Diário de Notícias num artigo de Fernanda Câncio.

Dia 8 de Julho deu-se a primeira marcha do orgulho do Porto, onde Gisberta foi lembrada com flores, uma vela e a leitura de um poema, no sítio onde foi assassinada e onde pela primeira vez houve uma espécie de bloco trans com elementos da ªt e muitas pessoas trans do Porto que conheceram Gisberta, como a Kati ou a Ruth Bianca.

Ainda em Julho em Marselha, nas UEEH (Universités d’Été Euroméditerranéennes des Homosexualités) foi apresentado o documentário Gisberta-Liberdade da autoria de Jo Bernardo (ªt) e Jo Schedlbauer (TGEU), com a presença de Jo Bernardo, Eduarda Alice Santos, e Lara Crespo e Jo Schedlbauer como apresentadores.

Nos finais de Julho, o Ministério Público (MP) deixou cair a acusação de homicídio na forma tentada, com dolo eventual, no julgamento da morte de Gisberta, sendo que os menores ficaram acusados apenas de ofensas corporais qualificadas.

No início de Agosto saía a sentença. O juiz Carlos Portela qualificou as agressões, provadas em tribunal, como “uma brincadeira de muito mau gosto" feita por jovens "que revelavam desprezo pela vida humana", e condenou-os a penas entre os 11 e os 13 meses de internamento em centros educativos, com a família de Gisberta a considerar a sentença uma “porcaria”. O juiz considerou que não agiram por causa da ‘orientação sexual’ da vítima e que foi a água, não eles, quem a matou. Isto apesar do mais velho deles ter afirmado que “odiava homens com mamas”.

João Paulo, do Portugal Gay, afirmou à agência Lusa que as sentenças constituem «motivo de vergonha para toda a sociedade portuguesa e sobretudo para o sistema judicial português». Sérgio Vitorino, do grupo Panteras Rosa, considerou que «o mais grave neste processo é que o tribunal - e por consequência, o Estado - não reconheceu sequer ter aqui existido um assassinato», acrescentando que «É que nem a dignidade desta pessoa - não importa se era transexual ou não - foi reconhecida».

Dos comunicados escritos e enviados, um por Lara Crespo e Eduarda Alice Santos, subscrito por Stephan Jacob, Jó Bernardo, Panteras Rosa, PortugalGay.PT, ªt., e rede ex aequo e outro da ILGA Portugal, nem sinal nos media.

O escândalo desta sentença, e consequentemente deste julgamento, foi de tal ordem que no Público de 3 de Agosto um editorial da autoria de Amílcar Correia pontuava: “Depois de espancada várias vezes (e se não abandonou o local foi porque se encontrava num estado que a impedia de o fazer), o seu corpo foi atirado para um poço com a profundidade de 15 metros, juntamente com um barrote e certamente com alguma intenção, mas Gisberta terá morrido porque não sabia nadar ou porque, sabendo-o, não o quis fazer, pelo que só se pode concluir que este foi um suicídio. Condene-se, pois, a água ou, melhor, o poço.”

Dez anos depois, a ILGA Portugal continua a patologizar a transexualidade e as restantes identidades trans. Algumas pessoas que agora se pavoneiam como grandes defensoras dos direitos das pessoas trans e que bradam aos céus pela despatologização só há pouco tempo o fazem, algumas tendo mesmo sido porta vozes das posições patologizantes (e mesmo por vezes anti-trans) da ILGA Portugal, através do GRIT, durante bastante tempo.

A ªt acabou, e entretanto outras associações/grupos apareceram, como o Grupo Transexual Portugal e mais recentemente a API.

Continua a faltar uma educação sexual inclusiva, que foque a existência das orientações e identidades LGBT, de forma que a médio/longo prazo se acabasse a pouco e pouco com a homofobia, a transfobia e as discriminações associadas.

As pessoas trans continuam sem o direito à auto determinação das suas identidades.

Foi este caso que impulsionou a visibilidade das pessoas trans de uma escuridão em que se encontravam metidas para a luz do dia. Muito graças a ele temos hoje uma Lei de Alteração de Nome e Sexo e é graças a ele que partidos como o Bloco de Esquerda promovem audições de pessoas trans e apresentam propostas legislativas.

E foi graças à ªt e ás Panteras Rosa e ao barulho feito por estas que o caso teve a dimensão mundial que atingiu. Para que nem Gisberta nem estas colectividades caiam no esquecimento, nem que o seu fulcral contributo seja erosado pela areias do tempo ou por mentes mesquinhas.

[Portugal]
Gisberta recordada no Porto
Foi este sábado que a Marcha do Orgulho LGBT no Porto lembrou Gisberta e falou Trans com vários convidados.

EVENTOS GISBERTA
PORTO
6ª FEIRA, DIA 26 DE FEVEREIRO, 19H, Confraria Vermelha Livraria de Mulheres (Rua dos Bragas, 32)
conversa sobre invisibilidade e transfobia
ORGANIZAÇÃO: AÇÂO PELA IDENTIDADE - API
Confraria Vermelha Livraria de Mulheres

BRAGA
6ª FEIRA, DIA 26 DE FEVEREIRO, 22H, CAFÉ JUNO (Rua do Anjo, 49)
DEBATE COM: Jó Bernardo (activista trans), Alice Cunha (Panteras Rosa), João Paulo (PortugalGay.PT), Sacha (Panteras Rosa), Liliana Rodrigues (Braga Fora do Armário), Sérgio Vitorino (Panteras Rosa - moderador)
PROJECÇÃO DE TESTEMUNHOS
LANÇAMENTO DA TRANSZINE Nº 2
ORGANIZAÇÃO: Krizo - Educação, Arte e Cidadania;
Panteras Rosa - Frente de Combate à LesBiGayTransfobia
APOIOS: Juno Café; Braga Fora do Armário; Projéctil

PORTO
SÁBADO, DIA 27 de FEVEREIRO, 15:00 - 18:00, no Maus Hábitos - Espaço de Intervenção Cultural (Rua Passos Manuel, 178 4º)
memorial #ESTAÇÃOGISBERTA, com curadoria e conceção de Santiago D'Almeida Ferreira
ORGANIZAÇÃO: AÇÂO PELA IDENTIDADE - API

SÁBADO, DIA 27 de FEVEREIRO, 18:30H, no CONTRABANDO - Espaço Associativo (Rua Mártires da Liberdade, 83)
DEBATE COM: Alice Cunha (Panteras Rosa), Ana Cristina Pereira (Jornalista), Gabriela Moita (Psicóloga), Jó Bernardo (Activista trans), João Paulo (PortugalGay.PT), Sérgio Vitorino (Panteras Rosa - moderação), entre outrxs (em actualização)...
PROJECÇÃO DE TESTEMUNHOS
LANÇAMENTO DA TRANSZINE Nº 2
JANTAR SOLIDÁRIO (3,5 euros, pré-inscrição através do endereço electrónico panterasporto@gmail.com)
ORGANIZAÇÃO: Panteras Rosa - Frente de Combate à LesBiGayTransfobia

[Brasil]
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A brasileira que virou símbolo LGBT e cujo assassinato levou a novas leis em Portugal

[Brasil]
Vídeo mostra momento em que transexual é agredida por 20 pessoas em SP
Melissa declarou que, embora não saiba identificar quem são, conseguiu perceber que os agressores eram gays.

[Brasil]
Travesti morre esfaqueada e suspeita é de motivação homofóbica
Uma travesti de 25 anos foi morta a facadas em Campina da Lagoa, região Centro Oeste do Paraná. Cristoffer Moreira Batista Neves deu entrada em uma unidade de pronto atendimento da cidade, no último domingo (21), com ferimentos de faca. Não se descarta que o caso seja um crime de homofobia.

[Spain]
Transgender Model Andreja Pejic Scores First Fashion Cover as a Woman
She stuns on the March issue of Marie Claire Spain

[UK]
Meet Kate Bornstein: Trans-Activist And 'Gender Outlaw'
“I wrote a memoir, wow, almost four years ago now,” Kate Bornstein smiles, as she leans back into her chair, coffee in hand. “It’s called A Queer and Pleasant Danger. The subtitle sums up my life pretty well: ‘The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the church of Scientology and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today.’”

[Serbia]
Belgrade company HAVAS taunts Serbian trans community with transphobic advert
Havas Adriatic, a Serbian advertising company is running a blatantly transphobic campaign on Facebook purposely mocking transgender people. The image with a man in a dress has ”Da vas ovo ne dočeka” which means “So you wouldn’t come to see this” followed by “Tražimo office managera, CV sa fotografijom poslati na office@” which means ”We’re looking for an office manager. Send a cv with a photo to office@..”

[Australia]
Gender on the brain: Male and female brains are not that different, study shows
Is it normal, or reinforcing a "heteronormative world view", if you ask a pregnant woman if she is carrying a boy or a girl?

[Canada]
Northern Alberta school division refuses to make new LGBTQ policy
A northern Alberta public school board says provincial guidelines to protect LGBTQ students and teachers go “too far.”

[USA]
Two Black Trans Women Killed in 48 Hours
Philadelphia Police officers have confirmed that the body of a 25-year-old black transgender woman found at 11:50 p.m. Saturday belonged to Mya Young (pictured above at left), according to Philadelphia news station WPVI-TV.

[CO, USA]
Panel OKs Colorado bill on transgender birth certificates
A Colorado House committee has passed a bill to make it easier for transgender people to change their birth certificates.

[IL, USA]
Galesburg woman is living her truth
We all know how much pressure there is in our society to fit in. And, at the end of the day, we all just want to be accepted for who we are. But, that can be more difficult for transgender people.

[MD, USA]
Transgender student finds home at Hopkins
“I’ve never been feminine my entire life,” Chris, a freshman at Hopkins, said.

[MS, USA]
Pro-Discrimination Bill Advances in Mississippi
The bill would allow businesses, individuals, and even state employees to discriminate based on beliefs that marriage is for opposite-sex couples only or that gender is fixed at birth.

[MT, USA]
Jame Lyn Wallack~
Jame Lyn Wallack was born April 6, 1982, in Rockford, Illinois. She passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Missoula.
Survived by wife Kimberly Wallack; son Jonathon Wallack; daughter Emma Wallack; her parents and three sisters, Amanda Deaton, Beth Wallack, Jessica Jamison; four nieces and five nephews.

[SD, USA]
WashU Expert: Whether or not it passes, South Dakota bill already impacting transgender students
South Dakota is poised to become the first state to require transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms of their birth sex.
Critics of Anti-Transgender Bill Threaten South Dakota Boycott
Yes, South Dakota’s Anti-Transgender Bill Really Is That Bad

[VA, USA]
Virginia House OK's Anti-LGBT 'Religious Freedom' Bill
The measure now goes to the Senate, but Gov. Terry McAuliffe has pledged to veto it if it comes to his desk.
Va. House subcommittee kills anti-discrimination bills

[WA, USA]
Group launches campaign to put transgender bathroom access to a public vote
The controversy continues over the state’s new transgender locker room access rule. A group of citizens is launching a campaign to get the rule repealed, because of safety and privacy concerns.
Campaign launched to repeal Wash. bathroom rule

[Brasil]
Novamente Travesti leva tiro em São Bernardo do Campo
Recebemos a denuncia que no ultimo Sábado (20 de agosto de 2016) na parte da manhã a Travesti Dielly Foster foi jogada para fora de um carro já baleada no estomago próximo ao terminal Ferrazopolis . A mesma foi encaminhada para o Hospital Anchieta em São Bernardo do Campo. Suas amigas que presenciaram, identificaram que o suspeito é um rapaz moreno boa aparência olhos claros que dirigia um CELTA PRETO. O mesmo ja tem feito abordagens indelicadas contra elas, nesta região onde as próprias Travestis ja tem informado a Policia Militar e nenhuma atitude foi tomada

[Brasil]
Brazilian trans woman fatally stabbed in transphobic crime
A trans woman (transvestite according to Brazilian news) was fatally stabbed in Campina da lagoa, on the center west of the Paraná Region.

[UK]
Winner of national transgender beauty pageant stripped of her title because she was 'not transgender enough'
Jai Dara Latto, 22, was named Miss Transgender UK in a glittering ceremony in London

[UK]
Academic Julia Gasper Compares LGBT Texts To Paedophillia
Well known anti-LGBT+ activist Dr Julia Gasper has attacked Oxford University’s social sciences library via Twitter for stocking LGBT+ literature.

[UK]
'A remarkable story': 'Trans pioneer' found in Victorian Manchester canal to be remembered in new play
1859. A man’s body is recovered from a Manchester Canal. Upon routine examination, it is discovered that the man is biologically female.

[UK]
'Contorted' route to get transgender help in Wales
Transgender people in Wales face a "contorted" route to medical or surgical help, campaigners have claimed.

[UK]
Transgender patients in England face 'long waits' for appointments
Transgender people are waiting up to 18 months for an initial consultation at specialist NHS gender identity clinics.

[Malta]
Sexual conversion bill ‘violates’ Constitutional provisions - Curia
A position paper published by the Curia on the advice of seven experts in the field says that the Conversion Therapy Bill being presented to the Maltese Parliament violates the constitutional provisions on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Updated | Church warns gay conversion bill 'will affirm superior status of homosexuals'
Government and Church clash over gay conversion therapy bill
Government digs in as Church says bill to prohibit gay conversion therapy raises 'serious ethical, legal issues'
Church position paper on gender bill ‘profoundly flawed’ - MGRM

[Turkey]
Turkish government excludes LGBTI people from “Equality Agency”
A law draft proposing the foundation of Turkey Human Rights and Equality Agency does not bring protection based on sexual orientation and gender identity despite of opposition parties’ efforts.

[Georgia]
Transgender-themed film screening commemorates activist’s death
Film starring late transgender activist Bianka Shigurova is a powerful social commentary on transphobia in Georgia.

[Pakistan]
Out on the streets: Transgender people continue to face adversities
Forced out of their homes across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, many people who are transgender moved to the provincial capital in search for a better life. However, they are still facing countless challenges.

[Indonesia]
Hard-liners visit Yogyakarta transgender Islamic school
Dozens of Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) members visited on Friday the Al Fatah Islamic boarding school for transgender students in Sayangan hamlet, Kotagede district, Yogyakarta, with the school pledging not to bow to acts of intimidation.

[Thailand]
Improvement in treatment of transgender women in military recruitment
Improved treatment of transgender women during the military recruitment process has been hailed as a sign of good progress in the campaign to bring about sexual equality in the country.

[Thailand]
Lack of regulated healthcare sees Thai transgenders turn to black market hormones
Chalit Pongpitakwiset has always felt like a man. Now the 25-year-old wants everyone else to see it too.

[Japan]
Tokyo cops conclude dogs ate transgender man’s face after suicide
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have concluded that the face of a 38-year-old transgender man was eaten by his pet dogs after he committed suicide at his residence in Fussa City last year, reports Nippon News Network (Feb. 19).

[New Zealand]
Protesters again disrupt Ak Pride Parade
Three groups of protesters from the No Pride In Prisons trans rights activist group briefly delayed tonight's Auckland Pride Parade with a sit-down action blocking the parade's progress.

[USA]
New report shows rise in support of nondiscrimination laws
A new report released by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute shows seven in ten, or 71 percent, of Americans support LGBT nondiscrimination laws.

[USA]
'I Was a Slave to Testosterone': How Sex Changes for Trans Women on Hormones
The experiences of transgender women on male-to-female hormone replacement therapy disrupt the conservative notion of intrinsic sex differences. Three trans women explain what it was like to change their hormonal sex, and how it unlocked parts of their physiological and mental sexuality they never knew existed.

[USA]
Viral voguing star Brendan Jordan comes out as trans
A teen who rose to fame whilst voguing in the background of a video, has come out as transgender.

[USA]
Wounded Soldier to Receive First U.S. Penis Transplant
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[USA]
Transgender Boys in Girls' Locker Rooms a New Civil Right?
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[FL, USA]
Transgender bathroom bill withdrawn in Florida
A proposed transgender "bathroom bill" and another ordinance granting homosexuals the same civil rights protection as racial and sexual minorities were withdrawn on Thursday night.

[GA, USA]
Georgia Senate passes hybrid anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ bill
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Georgia Senate Approves 'License to Discriminate'

[KS, USA]
K-State internal practice allows individuals to choose bathroom based on gender identity
Students at K-State may use the restroom that fits their gender identity, according to posters that appeared on some bathroom doors on campus Thursday.

[MD, USA]
More MD Health Insurance Plans to Be Trans-Inclusive
On the heels of last year’s successful advocacy that resulted in the elimination of the Transgender exclusion in most health insurance policies issued in Maryland, and its 2014 victories on behalf of transgender state employees, FreeState Legal (and Equality Maryland) announced on February 10th that health insurance plans sold in Maryland on the individual, small group, and student health insurance markets will no longer have transition-related care exclusions.

[MO, USA]
St. Louis archbishop seeks to cut ties with Girl Scouts over ‘incompatible’ values
St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson is urging priests to sever ties with the Girl Scouts, saying the organization promotes values “incompatible” with Catholic teachings.

[MS, USA]
Mississippi “religious liberty” bill passes committee
Another day, another conservative legislature attempting to pass yet another bill targeting the LGBT community. It’s become par for the course in a post-Obergefell world.

[NJ, USA]
High school moves forward with groundbreaking changes for transgender students
Middle and high school are hard enough. There's a constant battle for acceptance and understanding from peers, friends and teachers. It's even tougher for the growing number of transgender teens.

[OR, USA]
Two University of Oregon Fraternities Now Accept Trans Men
Delta Upsilon and Delta Tau Delta have rewritten their bylaws to accept all male-identified students.

[PA, USA]
Penn. Accused of Transgender Discrimination
Pennsylvania discriminates against clinically distressed transgender people by denying Medicaid coverage for sex-reassignment surgery, a transgender man claims in federal court.

[SD, USA]
Urgent Action Needed in South Dakota
There are currently four bills targeting the LGBT community pending in South Dakota, three of which are especially harmful to transgender people. One is urgent and three others are up next.

[VA, USA]
Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging LGBTQ protections for schoolchildren
A Virginia judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn protections for gay and transgender students in Fairfax County Public Schools.

[WA, USA]
Man strips in front of girls in locker room, says transgender law allows it
A man twice entered the changing room of a swimming pool and began disrobing, once in front of a young girls' swim team, saying transgender policies gave him the right to do so.

[WI, USA]
Wisconsin mother becomes LGBT activist after transgender son’s suicide
A Wisconsin mother, heartbroken over the suicide of her transgender son, is speaking out.

[WV, USA]
Religious Freedom bill causes upheaval under the dome in Charleston
A social issue has mottled the landscape of a legislative session touted early on to be a business-friendly 60 days that "would move West Virginia forward."

[Brasil]
Morre travesti queimada e agredida no Capão da Imbuia
Morreu na quarta-feira (24) em Curitiba a travesti Natascha, 37 anos. Ela foi atacada e queimada no dia 27 de dezembro por pelo menos, três homens na avenida Victor Ferreira do Amaral, na esquina com a rua Paulo Kissula, no bairro Capão da Imbuia. Desde então Natascha estava internada no Hospital Evangélico. Natacha foi socorrida pelo Siate e encaminhada em estado grave ao hospital com queimaduras de segundo e terceiro graus por todo o corpo. As chamas atingiram principalmente a região da cabeça.

[Brazil]
Video of 20 men beating a Brazilian Trans Woman has emerged
We have previously reported about the Trans woman attacked by 20 men, destroys her FFS and the susquent revelation by her in a local blog that the Brazilian trans woman was attacked by… 20 cis gay men, apparently

[UK]
New transgender swimming club launched
A new transgender swimming club has been established in Glasgow.

[UK]
Gender change DJ presents BBC investigation into waiting times
Stephanie Hirst, the local radio presenter who revealed her gender change on BBC Radio 5 live, is to front an investigation into the lengthy waiting times for transgender patients in an investigation for BBC Inside Out North West tonight.

[Ireland]
Irish college student on the moment he told his parents he was transgender - 'I was prepared to stay in England if they didn't accept me'
Coming out as transgender can be extremely scary and it can be particularly frightening when it comes to opening up to family members.

[Macedonia]
Sex Change Macedonians Complain of Rejection
Legal gaps and administrative problems make life difficult for Macedonian trans-gender people who want to formalize their change of sex.

[Indonesia]
Indonesia's only transgender Islamic school shut down
'We decided this based on security, order and people’s comfort'

[Australia]
Australian transgender children closer to accessing hormones without court permission
Coalition and Labor signal they are open to removing judicial oversight provisions that make Australia the only country in the world to force families to obtain permission before a child can transition
Families with transgender children gather in Canberra to lobby for hormone treatment law changes
Young transgender people go to Canberra to lobby for change
Fighting for Isabelle: The battle for transgender kids to get access to cross-sex hormones

[Australia]
Deputy PM voices opposition to Safe Schools
Nationals leader, Barnaby Joyce has criticised the Safe Schools Coalition's All of Us resource as promoting a political agenda and crossing the line between education and advocacy.

[New Zealand]
NPIP always intended to disrupt parade
No Pride in Prisons say it was always their intention to disrupt the Auckland Pride Parade on Saturday.
Allegations of assault during parade protest
Pride unaware of assault allegations from NPIP

[Canada]
Catholic school district drafts gender policy
The Grande Prairie Catholic School district unveiled its draft administration policy for gender identity in schools last week.

[USA]
REPORT: 2016 is the Most Dangerous Year for Transgender Americans
The data from the Human Rights Campaign paints a stark picture for trans people: of the more than 175 new anti-LGBT pieces of legislation nationwide, 44 target the transgender community.

[MO, USA]
Missouri Catholic archbishop urging parishes to cut ties to Girl Scouts over LGBTI acceptance
St Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson says the Girl Scouts promote values that are incompatible with Catholic teachings and is urging parishes to find alternative programs for girls

[NC, USA]
Charlotte city leaders to vote on controversial policy changes
Charlotte city leaders are expected to vote on some controversial changes to several non-discrimination ordinances at their meeting Monday.

[NJ, USA]
NJ School District Temporarily Tables Policy for Transgender Students
The Toms River Regional District tabled a proposed policy that would allow transgender students to decide which restroom they want to use. (Published Monday, Feb. 22, 2016)

[OK, USA]
Unstaged
Oklahoma State theater professor says her department censored a play dealing with gender identity for fear donors would object.

[SC, USA]
RNC endorses anti-trans bathroom bills
Amid consideration in state legislatures of “papers to pee” bathroom bills aimed against transgender students, the Republican National Committee has approved a resolution endorsing the legislation.

[SD, USA]
Transgender former council member in Rapid City speaks out against bathroom bill
Marla Murphy doesn’t go out much. She worries that if people recognize her on the street, they might come after her like before.
Transgenders speak out against bill
Transgender Bathroom Bill Draws Reaction Across SD

[VA, USA]
Liberty Counsel lawsuit against Va. school district dismissed
A Fairfax County Circuit Court judge on Feb. 19, 2016, dismissed a lawsuit against the Fairfax County School District over its inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity in its nondiscrimination policy.

[Brasil]
Travesti queimada viva morre após dois meses de internação em Curitiba
A Assessoria de Direitos Humanos e Igualdade Racial de Curitiba confirmou nesta quarta-feira (24) a morte da travesti atacada e queimada viva em dezembro do ano passado. O caso foi acompanhado pela Fundação de Ação Social (FAS) e pelo Transgrupo Marcela Prado.

[UK]
"Abuse! There's no excuse": Bedford transgender hate crime victim speaks out
The victim of Bedfordshire's first transgender hate crime prosecution has spoken out to help raise awareness of hate crime during LGBT History Month.

[UK]
Rebecca Root: ‘We might be approaching a breakthrough in the understanding of trans issues’
Trans actress says it’s an honor that she and BBC show Boy Meets Girl are nominated for British LGBT Awards

[Luxembourg]
Proposed new law to remove barriers for Luxembourg transsexuals
Transsexuals would no longer be expected to show proof of a gender reassignment in order to have their name and civil status changed, under a proposed new law.

[Malta]
Gay and trans PN officials condemn conversion therapy, PN still mum
St Julian’s mayor Karl Gouder and Attard Councillor Alex Mangion have both condemned gay conversion therapy but stopped short of providing an opinion on what the stance of Nationalist party, which they form part of, should be.

[Indonesia]
Male Actors Not Allowed to Show Effeminate Behavior on Screen, Says Broadcasting Body
The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission, or KPI, has forbidden local television stations from showing male actors behaving and dressing as women, according to a circular letter issued on Tuesday (23/02).

[Indonesia]
Transgenderism is a mental disorder, says Indonesian psychiatric body
Medical association’s claim follows spate of inflammatory statements by officials and rise in violence towards LGBT people

[Australia]
Malcolm Turnbull orders review of Safe School LGBTI program after right-wing pressure
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ordered a review into a controversial school education program aimed at promoting acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBTI) students.
Bernardi calls for end to funding of Safe Schools
Greens call for an inquiry into LGBT bullying following the PM's request for report into Safe Schools
Safe Schools Coalition welcomes federal investigation into its program

[Australia]
Newtown High School of the Performing Arts changes gender rules for uniforms
Students at a leading Sydney high school have won a battle to change their uniform policy to allow students to wear boys or girls uniforms regardless of their gender.

[Australia]
Transgender podcast offers education and connection around the world
Two Wollongong women are shining a spotlight on transgender issues with a new podcast, drawing on their own experiences, interviewing others and educating everyone.

[New Zealand]
Police advise protesters to make formal complaint
No Pride in Prisons have alleged that Police officers broke one of the protesters thumbs and two others were choked during the Auckland Pride Parade protest on Saturday night.

[Canada]
WRPS gender policy designed to respect everyone’s rights
Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools is going ahead with the Administration Policy it drafted in December in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity and will not revise it in relation to locker rooms, washrooms or athletics.

[USA]
The fight over transgender rights in school restrooms intensifies
In clashes over which restrooms and locker rooms transgender students should use, the U.S. Department of Education has warned public schools that a 1970s sex discrimination law makes it illegal to deny them access to the facilities of their choice.

[USA]
The Road Ahead: Fighting Anti-LGBT Legislation
HB 1008 is now headed to the desk of South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard. It proposes to restrict students’ access to restrooms and locker rooms according to chromosomes and birth certificates.

[USA]
Watch: Pat Robertson Goes Nuclear Discussing Trans Rights
Televangelist Pat Robertson took some time in his "700 Club" broadcast Tuesday to inject some good old fashioned cold war style fear mongering to the debate over which public restrooms transgender Americans have the right to use, Right Wing Watch reports.

[USA]
Bathrooms Become Battlegrounds in Anti-Discrimination Debate
As bathrooms become battlegrounds in the national debate over anti-discrimination laws, a city council's decision to protect the restroom choices of transgender people in Charlotte, North Carolina, was cheered Tuesday by rights advocates as a courageous move. But it may not stand for very long.

[USA]
New HRC Report Reveals Unprecedented Onslaught of State Legislation Targeting Transgender Americans
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a report detailing an alarming onslaught of legislation nationwide targeting transgender people, and particularly children.
Transgender rights targeted in twice as many bills this year as in 2015

[USA]
CAITLYN JENNER
Fearless and compassionate, Caitlyn Jenner opens up about the transformative power of beauty and her M·A·C partnership in support of transgender communities
Caitlyn Jenner e MAC: as primeiras imagens da parceria

[USA]
The Federalist Uses Image Of High School Student To Attack "Transgender Mafia"
In the latest in a slew of articles attacking transgender people, the right-wing web magazine The Federalist used an image of a transgender high school boy to blast the "dangerous adult fantasies" of the "transgender mafia."

[USA]
The Power Struggle Over Transgender Students
Who should have the ultimate say over school policies pertaining to trans youth?

[USA]
RNC officially encourages lawmakers to target transgender students with bathroom bills
Just in case you wondered where the RNC stands on all these bathroom bills that target transgender students by prohibiting them from using the bathroom that best aligns with their gender identity, the RNC has you covered with this official policy resolution on Title IX and gender identity.

[USA]
GLAD changes its name
A New England-based LGBT legal advocacy group on Feb. 23 announced that it has changed its name.

[CA, USA]
Rude Employee Lands Subway Outlet in Court
A Subway restaurant employee harassed a transgender woman by calling her "sir" and falsely accusing her of shoplifting, the woman claims in court.

[CA, USA]
TLC Reaches Settlement in Case of Trailblazing Transgender Prisoner, Michelle Norsworthy
Michelle Norsworthy, a transgender woman who won a groundbreaking preliminary injunction from a federal district court in April 2015 ordering the state to provide her with gender-confirmation surgery, settled today with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Through today’s settlement, the state has dropped its request that the court vacate its April ruling and has agreed to provide almost half a million dollars to cover attorney’s fees and costs. As a result, the ruling will continue to stand as significant legal precedent that other courts across the country will look to when considering cases involving transgender people and health care.
Attorneys: Transgender inmate's surgery order will stand

[IA, USA]
High school opens 'all gender' restrooms
Roosevelt High School is now the first Des Moines public school to have gender-neutral restrooms.

[IN, USA]
Evansville officials vote to bolster LGBT protections
Evansville officials have voted to give a commission enforcement and investigatory powers into claims of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

[MI, USA]
1st transgender candidate on the ballot in Kent Co.
The voters in rural Sparta Township will be the first in Kent County to see an openly transgender person’s name on the ballot.

[NC, USA]
Charlotte non-discrimination ordinance passes 7-4
Charlotte's proposed non-discrimination ordinance, dubbed by some as the "bathroom bill," passed Monday night with a vote of 7-to-4.
Charlotte City Council approves LGBT protections in 7-4 vote
Charlotte OK's LGBT-Inclusive Ordinance
City Council votes 7-4 to add LGBT protections to Charlotte non-discrimination ordinance
Pat McCrory Promises Retaliation If Charlotte Approves LGBT Protections
McCrory: If Charlotte approves LGBT protections, ‘immediate’ state response likely
Charlotte Proposal Stokes Debate Over Transgender Rights
North Carolina Lawmakers Target Restroom Provision in Charlotte Ordinance
Conservatives push back on transgender bathroom rights in North Carolina
Controversy grows as NC vows to overturn Charlotte’s transgender ordinance
Charlotte's Gender-Identity Bathroom Decision: Should It Come to Asheville?

[NY, USA]
EXCLUSIVE: Transgender woman to sue city for $3M for failing to protect her from male inmates at Rikers Island
A transgender former Rikers Island inmate plans to sue the city for $3 million for allegedly failing to protect her from predatory male inmates last spring.

[OH, USA]
USG approves transgender bathroom use, candidacy announced
The Undergraduate Student Government passed legislation on transgender use of bathrooms in and around residence halls this past Monday, which could begin a process of implementation within the next semester.

[PA, USA]
Transgender community mourns another Philly slaying
Maya Young had a distinctive birthmark: One side of her face was light and the other dark, with a line down the middle separating the brown tones.
Transgender Woman Stabbed to Death in Frankford

[SD, USA]
On the Ground in South Dakota, with Hundreds Mobilizing Against HB 1008
The sense of urgency is palpable here in South Dakota. Over the next couple of days, I am in Sioux Falls and heading to the state capital Pierre tomorrow, fighting alongside local advocates for our last chance to stop HB 1008, a bill targeting trans students, from becoming law.
Transgender South Dakotans meet with Gov. Daugaard

[VA, USA]
Lawsuit challenging Fairfax nondiscrimination policy dismissed
Circuit Court rules the anonymous plaintiff has no standing because he is not injured by policy
Sorry, Liberty Counsel — LGBT Protections Can Stay at Virginia Schools

[Brazil]
One brazilian transwoman in critical condition, another dies after suffering for 2 months
The ABCDS (Ação Brotar pela Cidadania e Diversidade Sexual), a São Bernardo do Campo based ONG is reporting that last Saturday, February 20th, a trans woman was shot in the stomach and thrown from a car.

[Argentina]
Nació la Colectiva Lohana Berkins: en pie de lucha para el paro del 24F
El sábado pasado un centenar de personas de la comunidad LGTBI nos encontramos siguiendo la convocatoria de Susy Shock y Marlene Wayar, reconocidas artistas y activistas de la comunidad trans.

[Brasil]
Travesti é assassinado a tiros na Cohab II da cidade de Carapicuíba
Um travesti de aproximadamente 30 anos foi encontrado morto no cruzamento das ruas Sete Lagoas e Egeu, na Cohab II, em Carapicuíba. A vítima, embora do sexo masculino, estava com roupas femininas – short jeans, peruca preta, sutiã rosa, brincos e pulseiras – não tinha documentos e ainda não foi identificada. Segundo a polícia, equipes do 33ºBPM foram acionadas pelo Copom (Centro de Operações da Polícia Militar) para checar uma ocorrência de vítima baleada. Assim que chegaram ao endereço, os policiais encontraram o travesti caído, às margens da via, já sem vida.

[Brasil]
Travesti é morto a facadas em Valinhos
O massoterapeuta Thiago Esteves de Moraes Geremias, 37, foi morto na noite desta sexta-feira (12), no bairro São Marcos, em Valinhos. O autor do crime fugiu após os golpes e abandonou a faca a cerca de 200 metros do local. Até a tarde deste sábado (13), ninguém havia sido preso.

[South Africa]
WATCH: Nicole's personal journey as a transgender
Born into this world as Nicholas, the Durban, South African knew she had been assigned the wrong body. Watch her emotional interview with East Coast Drive presenter Damon Beard.

[Pakistan]
Transgender community continues to suffer for being different
In a conservative society like Pakistan, being a trans-person is deemed a crime. The transgender community is treated as outcastes having no identity or rights. Like other marginalized factions of the society, the transgender suffer discrimination and injustice at the hands of the influential. According to Front Line Defender, the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, on 17 February 2016 a group of armed men led by a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elite Police Force forcibly entered the house of transgender human rights defender Chocolate and attempted to kidnap her. Chocolate is a human rights defender and joint secretary of Transaction Alliance, a group defending the rights of the trans community in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa (KPK).

[Indonesia]
Authorities shut down Yogyakarta transgender Islamic school
Local authorities of Kotagede district in Yogyakarta have decided to shut down the Islamic Al Fatah School for transgender students and ban any religious activities from taking place on the premises, citing "public order" issues following pressure from local hard-liners.

[Canada]
Gender change on birth certificate no longer requires proof of surgery in Saskatchewan
After years of effort, Laura Budd’s birth certificate will finally reflect the gender identity she has always felt.

[Canada]
'Other' gender on voter form
Transgender community pleased

[Canada]
Vancouver's Manology and UVic conference to address transgender issues
Manology is one of the few places in Vancouver where men can get together to discuss, question, and debate about issues related to masculinity and being male in an open and constructive way.

[Canada]
Transgender people in Saskatchewan celebrate government ID change
Trangender people no longer need to show proof of surgery to change gender on ID

[Canada]
Gender policy petition started
Concerned parents are gathering signatures to force the Grande Prairie Public School Board to form a community committee to discuss the board's proposed administrative procedures for gender identity issues.

[Canada]
First reading given to gender policy
After accepting seven changes to its original draft document, the Lethbridge School District 51 board has given first reading to a new policy on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

[USA]
Life in the Between: The Beauty and Importance of the Two-Spirit People
Issues on gender and sexuality are on the forefront of human rights campaigns in society today. As a culture, America struggles to accept those who do not fall into the societally-deemed normative categories.

[USA]
Transgender children supported in their identities show positive mental health
Studies of mental health among transgender people in the United States have been consistently grim, showing higher rates of depression, anxiety and suicide.

[USA]
Transgender kids’ mental health boosted by family support, UW study finds
A first-ever look at the mental health of transgender children finds that such kids with supportive families have normal levels of depression and anxiety, according to University of Washington researchers.

[USA]
Oscars: Transgender Nominee Anohni Pens Essay on Why She's Boycotting the Ceremony
"They are going to try to convince us that they have our best interests at heart by waving flags for identity politics and fake moral issues," said the "Manta Ray" singer in an essay.

[USA]
RNC endorses anti-trans bathroom bills
Amid consideration in state legislatures of “papers to pee” bathroom bills aimed against transgender students, the Republican National Committee has approved a resolution endorsing the legislation.
Republican National Committee Endorses Anti-Trans ‘Bathroom Bills’

[USA]
Speaker Ryan punts to committee on the Equality Act
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) punted on Thursday in response to a question on whether he’d be willing to bring up the Equality Act to vote on the House floor, delegating authority to the committees of jurisdiction.

[CA, USA]
Trans ex-inmate settles case against CA
A transsexual woman who was recently released from a California prison after working to get the state to provide her with gender-affirming medical care settled her case this week against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

[CO, USA]
Colorado lawmakers consider bills on transgender rights
Two bills that support transgender rights are under consideration at state Capitol

[FL, USA]
After Raucous Meeting, Florida School Board Votes Down LGBT Antibias Policy
Opponents called transgender people 'delusional' and urged the public schools to teach 'God's word.'

[FL, USA]
Transgender St. Pete woman sues to have sex changed on birth certificate
A St. Petersburg transgender woman wants to have her birth certificate changed to reflect her identity as a woman. Brandi Michele Branson, known previously as Michael Leslie Branson, underwent gender reassignment surgery in September.

[IA, USA]
Iowa Senate briefly discusses transgender protections
The Iowa Senate briefly debated legislation Thursday that would expand the state’s hate crimes law to include gender identity and gender expression.

[IL, USA]
District 211 hosting community presentations on gender identity
In the wake of its decision to allow a transgender student limited access to a girls locker room, Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 will host five community education sessions on gender identity and gender development starting March 3.

[KS, USA]
Kansas Woman Sues State for Denying Her an Accurate Birth Certificate
Transgender Law Center, along with co-counsel Irigonegaray and Associates and Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC, is representing Stephanie Mott in a lawsuit challenging the state of Kansas’s policy of refusing to update the gender markers on the birth certificates of transgender people.
Stephanie Mott, transgender Topeka activist, suing Kansas over birth certificate

[KY, USA]
Kentucky businesses could refuse services to gay, lesbian or transgender clients in the name of protecting religious beliefs under a bill advancing in the state Senate
Kentucky businesses could refuse services to gay, lesbian or transgender clients in the name of protecting religious beliefs under a bill advancing in the state Senate.

[MA, USA]
‘Digital Transgender Archive’ at Catholic College Promotes Social Justice, Fits Jesuit Mission, Says Professor
The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass, recently launched its Digital Transgender Archive (DTA), a collection of transgender-related historical materials that the Holy Cross professor who directs the project argues fits within the College’s Jesuit mission by helping to promote “social justice.”

[MN, USA]
MN Republican lashes out at trans community, says gays can change orientation
Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen, well known for his invective against the LGBT community, renewed his call for legislation outlawing transgender-inclusive workplaces and schools on Wednesday. In a letter to the editor of several local papers, Gruenhagen also claimed that thousands of people have left the “homosexual lifestyle” and that “transgenders” should get counseling, not sympathy. The letter was first flagged by Sally Jo Sorensen at Bluestem Prairie.

[MT, USA]
Community mourns loss of 2 Missoula transgender people who struggled with depression
Jame Wallack wanted to be an advocate for other transgender people, and she wanted them to know they had something to live for.
"She was full of life, and she was an amazing person," said Kim Wallack, Jame's wife and partner of almost seven years.
Sam Edelman (photo) was a musician, snowboarder, taekwondo black belt, a hunting partner to his dad, and he was also "a staunch advocate for human rights and equality for all."
Wallack and Edelman both were transgender people, and both faced depression and completed suicide in Missoula last week.

[NC, USA]
Group urges Asheville leaders to pass law for LGBT community
Days after Charlotte City Council members passed a law that allows transgender people to choose public bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity, a group is urging Asheville City Council to follow suit.

[NC, USA]
Forsyth senator: NC Senate ready to override Charlotte transgender provision
Republican state Sen. Joyce Krawiec said Thursday that the N.C. Senate would have no problem overriding an ordinance recently passed in Charlotte concerning transgender people.

[NC, USA]
'I had no idea how I would tell a teacher:' gender pronouns aren't on rosters
Several times a day, Finn Loendorf faces two doors — bathroom doors. Both are labeled with simple, geometrically shaped stick figures: a slender man on one door and a woman in a dress on the other. The people are black and white — but for Loendorf, gender is something much grayer.

[NJ, USA]
New Jersey school district scuttles transgender bathroom policy amid public outcry
A New Jersey school district scuttled a vote on a transgender policy allowing boys in the girls' bathrooms and locker rooms and vice versa when Christians spoke out against it.

[NY, USA]
Cornell Moves to Introduce Gender-Inclusive Bathrooms
Single-occupancy gender-specific restrooms will soon become all-gender. By end of March, an online map will be accessible to indicate inclusive restrooms on campus, according to the University.

[PA, USA]
Trial postponed in trans homicide
The trial of Charles N. Sargent, who’s accused of slashing to death trans woman Diamond Williams — then dismembering her body with an ax — has been postponed indefinitely.

[PA, USA]
Community mourns stabbing victim Maya Young
Maya Young asked Anthony Harper for the time six years ago while she was walking in the Gayborhood. It was a simple question that spawned a long friendship.
NBC Philadelphia Demonstrates Journalistic Excellence With Coverage Of Most Recent Transgender Homicide

[PA, USA]
Suit seeks Medicaid coverage for sex change in Pa
A Delaware County transgender man denied Medicaid coverage for a hysterectomy has sued the state, claiming the denial violates his civil rights and recent federal rulings that impoverished transgender people are entitled to taxpayer dollars for sex-change surgery.
State Should Pay for Gender-Reassignment Surgeries, Says Pa. Governor Wolf

[SD, USA]
Victory! Lambda Legal Applauds Demise of Discriminatory Bill in South Dakota
House Bill 1107, a dangerously far-reaching religious refusal bill that would have allowed individuals, businesses, social service agencies and others to discriminate against same-sex couples, transgender people and single mothers on the basis of personally held religious beliefs was tabled in the South Dakota Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today.

[SD, USA]
TLDEF Urges South Dakota Governor to Veto Bill Targeting Transgender Students for Discrimination
TLDEF urges South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard to veto a bill that would bar transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that match who they are as boys and girls. South Dakota lawmakers passed House Bill 1008 last week. The bill restricts facility access to students of the “same biological sex,” and defines that to mean “the physical condition of being male or female as determined by a person's chromosomes and identified at birth by a person's anatomy.”

[TX, USA]
Texas Districts Pass UIL Restriction on Trans AthletesControversial UIL rule would base trans student athletes' gender on their birth certificates.

[TX, USA]
Transgender woman alleges discrimination at Salvation Army
A woman is claiming the local Salvation Army discriminated against her because she is transgender.

[Colombia]
Ocho mujeres trans denuncian agresión en el Carmen de Bolívar
A las personas LGBTI se les negó la entrada al baño de un establecimiento nocturno. Pidieron protección a la Policía.

[Colombia]
A New Paradise: The Transgender Tribes of the Colombian Amazon
This article originally appeared in the Colombian edition of VICE magazine.
My first experience of photographing LGBT tribe communities was the muxhes of the Oaxaca isthmus, Mexico, where I'm from. They are a homosexual community which has transcended the idea of gender to assume an exaggerated female identity – based on the constant search for beauty. You might say they have developed a so-called "third gender". I photographed their world for several years.

[Colombia]
La lucha de una transgénero judía por exigir su aceptación social
Laura Frida Weinstein es una mujer adulta, cuyo rostro refleja alegría y ganas de devorarse al mundo cada día. Como cualquier mortal tiene momentos en que no quiere salir a trabajar, en los que se siente cansada, en los que se deprime. Es una ciudadana común y corriente, así la hostilidad del entorno pretenda convencerla de lo contrario.

[International]
Trans women across the world are having to serve prison sentences with males
In many ways, transgender people are prisoners in their own bodies for some time.

[UK]
Trans student gets ‘torrent of abuse’ after announcing run for NUS women’s officer
A transgender woman has received a barrage of transphobic comments after declaring she will run to be the Women’s Officer for the National Union of Students.

[UK]
Sex-change carer murdered father stricken with MS
A transgender woman who claimed she suffocated her father to spare him the pain of illness was found guilty of murder.

[UK]
BBC3 film puts trans community centre stage
Documentary on controversial Miss Transgender pageant, backed by its own website, points to channel’s online-only future

[UK]
Child of Belfast: Ellen's transgender journey
In her teens Ellen Murray suffered from depression, undiagnosed Asperger's and gender identity issues. Now, just a few years later, she is the first transgender election candidate on the island. She spoke about her personal and political odyssey.

[India]
Lok Sabha takes up bill to end transgender discrimination
Lok Sabha on February 26 took up for consideration a private member bill to end discrimination against transgenders, which had created history last April when Rajya Sabha passed it.

[Bangladesh]
'Around 10,000 hijras in Bangladesh'
The number of hijras in Bangladesh is around 10,000, says State Minister for Social Welfare Promod Mankin.

[Indonesia]
Future uncertain for Yogyakarta transgender school
Al Fatah Islamic School for transgender people in Yogyakarta has ceased all activity and its owners and students are keeping a low profile after the school was shut down by local authorities amid protests from a local hard-line group.
Transgender Muslims in fear after school shutdown

[Indonesia]
Indonesia's largest Islamic group calls on government to criminalize gay sex, activism
The group wants the law to mandate rehabilitation for every person who has 'LGBT characteristics' so they can 'return to normal'

[Indonesia]
Indonesia bans effeminate men on TV
'It is not in accordance with the respect for the norms of decency and morality'

[Australia]
Safe Schools Coalition: Why an 11-year-old transgender boy from Perth now feels safe at school
The family of an 11-year-old transgender boy has come forward to detail their experiences with a controversial school program that teaches kids about sexual diversity.
WATCH: Georgie and her mumstick up for Safe Schools

[Australia]
Australian school criticized for allowing cross-dressing
An Australian high school has been criticized for allowing students to wear boy or girl uniforms regardless of gender.

[Canada]
B.C. government continues to avoid taking specific action to protect LGBT students
Unlike some other Canadian provinces, the B.C. government continues to avoid taking action to specifically address homophobia and transphobia in schools.

[USA]
GMA Danish Girl Oscars Skit with Tracy Morgan doing TransFace A Massive Fail
Last night during the Oscars Good Morning America tweeted one of the most transphobic skits since the ‘Estro-Maxxx’ debacale. It involved actor Tracey Morgan doing a low-brow transface parody of the Danish girl, timed for maxxx exposure during the controversial awards ceremony.

[USA]
Trans Notes from a Small Island: The Danish Experience
Tonight is the Oscars. Criticised this year for its lack of racial diversity, it has however diversified in the category of gender and sexuality. It would have been impossible not to with “The Danish Girl” and “Carol” in the mix, lush period movies with half an eye on an award if ever there were. “The Danish Girl” is up for Best Actor in a Leading Role with Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander is up for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and it has a nod for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.

[USA]
The Incredible Story Of Trans Showgirl, Musician And Legend Calpernia Addams
One of Hollywood's most prominent trans voices opens up about her journey.

[USA]
Trans Pressure Group Tells Reporters ‘Tranny’ Bad, ‘Genderqueer’ Good
An influential anti-Christian gay group is gaming reporters on how to talk and write about transsexuals and others who are confused about their sex.

[USA]
Study: Depression, anxiety low for transgender children with family support
Transgender children whose families support their social transition have low levels depression and only slightly elevated anxiety, according to a new study.
Transgender children supported in their identities show positive mental health
Study: Transgender children fare well when allowed to live openly

[USA]
The Republican Party’s Double Secret Probation Plan For Transgender Students
The Republican National Committee (RNC) recently took a brash position opposing transgender equality — and didn’t tell anyone about it. Weeks after its passage at the RNC’s winter meeting last month, Time Magazine’s Zeke Miller found the resolution urging lawmakers to discriminate against transgender people.
Transgender students’ access to bathrooms is at front of LGBT rights battle

[USA]
Debunking the 'bathroom bill' myth: GLAAD releases new resource for journalists
Today, GLAAD released a media guide for journalists covering stories related to LGBT nondiscrimination, in collaboration with a coalition of state and national LGBT advocacy organizations. Debunking the "Bathroom Bill" Myth – Accurate Reporting on LGBT Nondiscrimination: A Guide for Journalists comes after the defeat of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) in late 2015, as well as bills in both Georgia and South Dakota which threaten to harm transgender people. The guide will be useful for media outlets following the 85 nondiscrimination and anti-LGBT bills that are on the horizon across the country.

[USA]
GLAAD Urges Journalists To Debunk Anti-LGBT "Bathroom Predator" Myth
In response to the growing prominence of myths surrounding bathroom access in coverage of LGBT nondiscrimination ordinances, GLAAD has released a media guide to aid journalists in accurately reporting on transgender-inclusive nondiscrimination laws.

[USA]
Battle brewing over transgender bathroom laws in state capitals
A fierce debate is playing out in state capitals throughout the country over which bathrooms and locker rooms transgender students in public schools should have access.

[USA]
‘Trans United for Hillary’ launches
A new nationwide effort has launched to encourage support among transgender people and their allies for the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton.

[USA]
Spirit Awards: 'Tangerine' Star Mya Taylor Makes History as First Transgender Winner
"There's very beautiful transgender talent. So, you better get it out there and put it in your next movie," Taylor joked at the podium.

[USA]
Training needed to increase physician comfort level with transgender patients
George Washington University (GW) Researcher Michael S. Irwig, M.D. published a first-of-its-kind survey assessing the attitudes and practice patterns of transgender care by endocrinologists, who often treat transgender patients with hormone therapy.

[USA]
Army soldiers can ‘self-identify,’ not face discrimination
May include transgender persons

[AK, USA]
JSD to consider policies regarding transgender students
A South Dakota bill requiring transgender students to use the bathroom corresponding to their assigned sex at birth has been tabled, but in Juneau the conversation is just starting.

[CA, USA]
Transgender Former Inmate Settles With CA
A transgender woman who convinced a federal judge to force California to pay for sex-reassignment surgery while in prison has settled her case with the state.

[CA, USA]
West Covina man sentenced for 2013 murder of transgender woman in Baldwin Park
A judge sentenced a West Covina man to more than a quarter-century in prison Thursday for the 2013 murder a transgender woman at a Baldwin Park motel, officials said.
Man sentenced to 26 years for transgender woman’s killing
Family Speaks at Sentencing of Transgender Woman's Accused Killer

[FL, USA]
Florida school board unanimously rejects homosexual, transgender concessions
The Brevard County School Board unanimously rejected a proposed pro-homosexual and pro-transgender addition to their non-discrimination policy Tuesday night.

[FL, USA]
Transgender community say sheriff outed four women
A recent Polk County Sheriff’s Office raid raised concerns among many in the transgendered community, who allege the department engaged in public shaming.

[IN, USA]
Evansville officials vote to bolster LGBT protections
An Evansville commission will have the authority to investigate claims of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and enforce a city anti-bias ordinance under a step approved by the City Council.

[MA, USA]
MassResistance pro-family activists converge on Mass. State House to counter transgender “bathroom” bill
Also: Calls and emails to Reps from across America!
Support for outrageous bill seems to be weakening as the truth gets out. But pressure still needed!
Yes, the “bathroom bill” danger to women and girls is REAL. Here are some chilling examples of what’s already happened.

[MA, USA]
The First Openly Transgender Elected Official in Massachusetts Calls for Full Protections
In the spring of 2012, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued guidance to schools in Massachusetts on how to implement policies and procedures that ensure robust protections for transgender students at school. In the small community of Sturbridge, MA, the school board publicly discussed the guidance, with one member in particular loudly opposing the protections.

[NC, USA]
Franklin Graham blasts Charlotte's transgender bathroom ordinance
Franklin Graham is criticizing Charlotte officials for passing an ordinance that would allow people to use the bathroom of their choice, not based on their biological sex.
NC General Assembly weighs action after Charlotte’s transgender decision
North Carolina Debates Transgender Rights
Franklin Graham: NC transgender bill 'wicked, filthy'

[NH, USA]
School districts' transgender restroom policies raise privacy concerns
While leaders in the LGBT community are supporting three Seacoast school districts for allowing transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms consistent with the identities they assert at school, some see significant privacy issues.

[NJ, USA]
The first day of her real life
Local transgender woman talks about making the transition

[NY, USA]
Queens man who fractured transgender girlfriend's skull in savage beating arrested on lam in Tennessee
Cops have arrested a brute who left his 35-year-old Queens transgender girlfriend in a coma with a fractured skull, officials said Friday.
Arrest made in Jackson Heights transgender beating

[NM, USA]
APS planning changes to gender-identity policies
The Albuquerque Public School District is planning to update its policies on gender identity to better accommodate students who are gender non-conforming and transgender.

[TX, USA]
Birth Certificates To Determine Student-Athletes' Gender
Texas superintendents have overwhelmingly approved a rule making birth certificates the official determinant of a student-athlete's gender for playing high school sports, a policy transgender advocates have decried as exclusionary and outdated.
Texas to Use Birth Certificate to Determine Athlete's Gender
Texas schools to use birth certificate to determine athlete’s gender
Transgender Athletes in Texas High Schools Could Be Permanently Benched

[UT, USA]
Hate crimes bill passes critical vote in the Senate
A bill that adds race, religion, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes under Utah's hate crimes law passed a critical vote in the Senate.

[VA, USA]
Richmond Woman fired hours after hiring by KFC for being transgender
Richmond Trans woman Georgia Carter, 27, was ecstatic after being hired, answering only four questions by the manager, none of which asked if she was trans. But after the interview, within minutes, the manager called her and said she was fired because of her trans status.
Local KFC under fire for allegedly firing a transgender woman

[VA, USA]
Va. Senate approves religious freedom bill
The Virginia Senate on Thursday approved a religious freedom bill that critics contend would allow anti-LGBT discrimination in the state.

[WA, USA]
No, men can’t enter women’s locker rooms, state agency behind transgender rule says
Man recently undressed in Seattle women’s locker room, citing new transgender access rule
Human Rights Commission says actions were attempt “to make some misguided point”
Agency says business owners can still question people, ask them to leave locker rooms

[WA, USA]
Washington State Anti-LGBT Group Launches Campaign To Repeal Non-Discrimination Protections
The Family Policy Institute of Washington (FPIW) is the group behind the latest effort to limit protections for the LGBT community in Washington state. The group has a long history of spouting anti-LGBT rhetoric, including claiming that the "transgender revolution" is a product of "hurt feelings."

[Mexico]
Tamaulipas reconoce identidad de hombre trans
Hace alrededor de 4 años que Julián Alejandro Montiel Ramos se reconoció públicamente como un hombre trans, y hoy, gracias a un juicio promovido contra el gobierno de Tamaulipas, el joven estudiante de Psicología, podrá hacer el cambio de documentación en congruencia con su identidad sexo genérica.

[Brazil]
Two More Trans Women Murdered
A trans woman of about 30 years old was found dead at the intersection of streets Sete Lagoas and Egeu in the Cohab II neighbourhood in the Carapicuiba region. webdiario.com.br reports “The victim, although male, wore women’s clothing – short jeans, black wig, pink bra, earrings and bracelets – and had no papers and has not yet been identified.” (Note they call her a transvestite carefully misgendering her by saying “although male”)

[Colombia]
Primera transexual en Juegos Olímpicos podría ser colombiana
El sueño que siempre alimentó de participar en una Olimpiada podría convertirse en un hecho histórico para el deporte mundial. Si la colombiana Yanelle Zape Mendoza logra una marca de 11,30 en los 100 metros, clasificará a Río de Janeiro-2016 y, de paso, se convertiría en la primera mujer transexual en lograrlo. Esa ilusión la teje desde septiembre del año pasado, cuando decidió volver al deporte.

[Venezuela]
Tamara Adrián desmiente que TSJ reconozca su derecho a cambiar de género
Desde el 2004, la parlamentaria introdujo una petición sobre el reconocimiento de su identidad en el alto juzgado. A la fecha, el documento no ha sido admitido
Tamara Adrián: Es hora de convocar una marcha Lgbti al TSJ

[Uruguay]
Valeria Suárez: “la población trans somos plenamente el grupo más vulnerable, casi marginales”
En entrevista con El Telescopio, la abogada y activista social, Valeria Suárez, compartió su historia de vida que no solo está marcada por el cambio de identidad de género sino porque también fue la primer mujer trans en egresar de la Universidad de la República, hecho que describe como “un triste honor”. Además, ejerce como abogada y fue la responsable de redactar el proyecto de ley de Matrimonio Igualitario, “fue la manera de depositar un montón de emociones que me dominaban y no me permitían ver con claridad, entonces el proyecto lo sentí muy cercano a mí, como el hijo de mi dolor”.

[Brasil]
Homem é morto usando roupas de mulher na RS-118
Vítima foi assassinada com três tiros na RS-118
A polícia começa a semana investigando o misterioso assassinato de um travesti de 27 anos à beira da RS-118. O crime aconteceu na noite de sábado (27), nas imediações do km 20 da rodovia estadual. Conforme a polícia, a vítima foi atingida por pelo menos três tiros.

[UK]
Transgender beauty queen banned from club for using ladies loo
A transgender beauty queen has been banned from a nightclub for life – after using the ladies' toilet.

[Canada]
Edmonton man imprisoned for beating death of transvestite sex-trade worker
An Edmonton man who savagely beat to death a transvestite sex-trade worker, then fled the country, was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison.

[USA]
Trans United for Hillary group launches
'Hillary has outlined the most detailed plan for transgender equality ever released by a presidential candidate'

[USA]
Announcing our Model Policy and Legal Guide for Homeless Shelters and Housing Programs
Transgender Law Center is proud to introduce a model policy and legal guide for homeless shelters and housing programs.

[USA]
Is it time to drop the T from LGBTQ?
“With marriage equality a reality and gay folks enjoying increased rights, social progressives are looking for the next cause du jour,” openly gay lawyer and author Joseph R. Murray II writes in a new op-ed for USAToday.

[AR, USA]
Texarkana residents protest anti-discrimination law
On January 19, Texarkana, Ark. joined the limited ranks of Arkansas cities that have passed ordinances providing some measure of equal protection for LGBT people. The modest measure, which was sponsored by City Director Tim Johnson, includes sexual orientation and gender identity among protected classes in city employment and personnel practices, and extends to those who contract with the city.

[GA, USA]
Georgia gov: ‘I don’t perceive this bill allows discrimination’
Georgia’s governor says work is continuing on a bill to give legal exemptions to opponents of same-sex marriage that has riled the state’s business community.

[LA, USA]
Black Trans Man Demarkis Stansberry Killed in Louisiana
The death toll for trans individuals rises yet again this year with the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Demarkis Stansberry, a black trans man, in Baton Rouge, La.

[NC, USA]
McCrory, Berger won’t call special NC legislative session on transgender bathrooms
House Speaker Tim Moore had suggested legislators address the issue in March
A special session would cost $42,000 a day
Berger spokeswoman: ‘The earliest the legislature could take any action would be April 25’

[SD, USA]
South Dakota Gov Vetoes Anti Trans “Bathroom Bill”
It was a nail biter as Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s veto of HB 1008 came at the last moment possible. If he hadn’t acted today the bill would have been automatically enacted making South Dakota the first and only state to enact laws legalizing discrimination against transgender students.
Deadline Nears for Anti-Trans 'Bathroom Bill' in South Dakota
South Dakota could become first state to restrict transgender teens' bathroom use

[TN, USA]~
Tennessee Clergy Oppose Transgender Bathroom Bill
More than 75 Tennessee clergy have signed a statement opposing legislation targeting transgender children, saying it increases the likelihood they’ll drop out of school or commit suicide.

[TN, USA]
State lawmakers to discuss transgender bathroom bill
Lawmakers in the Tennessee State House will discuss a measure Tuesday that would require public school students to use the bathroom assigned to the sex shown on their birth certificate.

[TX, USA]
New Texas Policy Violates Title IX By Discriminating Against Transgender Athletes
Transgender rights in Texas took another step backward last month, when public school superintendents voted 586-32 in favor of a rule that requires schools to use birth certificates to determine the gender of student-athletes.

[VA, USA]
Virginia Woman Says KFC Hired Her, Then Fired Her, Because She's Trans
Georgia Carter, 27, says the manager of the fast food joint in her town fired her within an hour of hiring her after learning she's transgender.

[WA, USA]
No, Transgender Protections Do Not Justify Men In Women’s Restrooms. A State Agency Just Said So
The most frequently used argument against transgender protections in public accommodations is that it will make it legal for “men” to enter women’s restrooms and other facilities, thus putting women and children at risk. Following a recent stunt by one non-transgender man entering a women’s locker room at a Seattle pool, the Washington State Human Rights Commission has clarified in no uncertain terms that this kind of behavior is not protected under the state’s gender identity law.

[WV, USA]
Us & Them: Femme Voice
Back in the fall of 2014, I read an article in the Gazette about, Anne Kelly Skinner, a Charleston lawyer -- formerly Greg Skinner -- who was transitioning from male to female. The story piqued my interest because having grown up as a son, nephew, brother and friend of many of Charleston’s attorneys, I knew with almost absolute certainty that this was new territory for many in that Kanawha Valley legal community. I expected that I’d produce a story that would be about the tension of transitioning in a conservative “old boy” community, but we didn’t end up talking about any of that stuff. What we ended up talking about… was the way Anne talks.

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