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[Brasil]
Prefeitura inaugura Centro de Cidadania LGBT na Zona Sul de SP
Segunda unidade do serviço em SP será a maior do país e prestará atendimentos psicológico, social e jurídico

[Brasil]
“O único lugar que a travesti tinha era a esquina. Agora tem a escola”
Conheça Amanda Marfree, a jovem que, depois de uma vida de marginalização e preconceito, encontrou no programa Transcidadania a possibilidade de mudar sua trajetória e ser a primeira transexual de São Paulo a se candidatar a um Conselho Tutelar

[UK]
‘It’s one of them’ – Transgender woman shocked by personal attack in Stevenage McDonald’s which could have left son in hospital
A transgender woman who claims she was mocked by youths while out with her young children says she is shocked by the incident which could have left her son in hospital.
Samantha Wood of Woolners Way, Stevenage, was having a meal at the Town Square McDonald’s with her children – aged three and five – this month when she claims she received unwanted attention.

[UK]
First transgender woman in the Premier League in running for national award
A sports photographer who became the first transgender woman working in the Premier League is in the running for a national award.

[Australia/USA]
Sydney barbershop welcomes transgender men amid discrimination claims
A Sydney barbershop says it would never deny a transgender man a haircut after its California store was sued for discrimination.

[USA]
Two Republican Governors, Two Different Calculations on LGBT Rights
Two Republican governors. Two proposals at the heart of LGBT rights. One rejection. One new law.

[USA]
More Republican legislators arrested for sexual misconduct in public bathrooms than transgender people
Republicans are the ones you should be worried about, not trans people.

[USA]
White House: Anti-LGBT bills show ‘struggle goes on’ for equality
In response to developments in various states on legislation seen to enable anti-LGBT discrimination, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the bills demonstrate the “struggle goes on” to achieve LGBT rights.

[USA]
From Jim Crow to transgender ban: the bathroom as battleground for civil rights
North Carolina incited furor last week when it enacted a law banning transgender people from using public bathrooms that match their gender identity instead of their biology at birth. The ACLU filed suit on Monday, calling the law “unconstitutional”.

[USA]
Largest ever study of transgender teenagers kicks off
Scientists will track psychological and medical outcomes of controversial treatments to help transgender adolescents transition.

[USA]
'I Love Trannies': Boxer Yusaf Mack Fights for His Attraction to Trans Women
A professional boxer, 36-year-old Yusaf Mack has gained renown as a national title–holding fighter in the US. But in 2015, after he lied about being drugged before appearing in a gay porn film, Mack's sexuality became national news; it was later revealed that he's attracted to transgender women. We visited the athlete in Hollywood to talk about what it means to be trans amorous when you're a prominent fighter from the streets of West Philadelphia.

[CA, USA]
"Old-School" Barber Shop in Long Beach Sued for Gender Discrimination
A transgender male who was denied a haircut at a barber shop in Long Beach is suing the business, with representation by high-profile attorney Gloria Allred, along with Byron Lau. Allred is a civil rights attorney known for taking on cases involving women's rights, including representing Bill Cosby's accusers and voicing her support for SB 813, the Justice for Victims Act.

[CA, USA]
Kourtney Yochum, 32
Kourtney Yochum, a 32-year-old transgender woman, was shot and killed Wednesday, March 23, in the 500 block of South San Pedro Street in downtown, according to authorities and Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

[FL, USA]
Transgender man's name-change petition denied by judge
A transgender man's petition for a name change was denied by a judge who said he needed to provide a letter from his doctor.

[GA, USA]
Conservative Groups Say Ga. Governor Turned His Back
Conservative groups in Georgia say Gov. Nathan Deal's veto of a "religious freedom" bill shows he has turned his back on people of faith.

[LA, USA]
Louisiana Gov. Edwards to rescind Jindal’s anti-gay order
Governor's spokeswoman says he plans to rescind the discriminatory order "in the near future"

[MA, USA]
Holyoke Mayor: Massachusetts is behind in transgender equality issues
Local leaders and residents held a forum in Chicopee Tuesday night to discuss the pending legislation that would provide legal protection for transgender people in public spaces.

[MI, USA]
Federal law settles debate over transgender students and bathroom use, advocates say
When it comes to bathroom access for transgender students, civil liberties groups say the law is clear: Students are entitled to use the restroom that aligns with their gender identity.

[NC, USA]
We Fact-Check Governor McCrory’s Fact-Check on HB 2.
Last Wednesday, the whirlwind special session convened for the purpose of overturning Charlotte's antidiscrimination ordinance—particularly a provision that allows trans people to use the bathroom that conforms to their gender identity—concluded with Governor McCrory signing a law that did so much more.
Equality Advocates Respond to Attorney General’s Announcement on HB 2
NC attorney general refuses to defend state from HB2 legal challenge
North Carolina's new bathroom law: Uncomfortable encounters have begun
NC transgender bathroom ban is a ‘national embarrassment,’ says AG as pilloried law becomes key election issue
Correcting the Sex designation on Your Birth Certificate
Businesses across North Carolina join map of ‘safe bathrooms’ in response to transgender law
Watch ACLU's Chase Strangio Debunk The "Bathroom Predator" Myth Behind North Carolina's Anti-LGBT Law
No, Nothing Pat McCrory Says In Defense Of North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law Is True
CEOs, including Facebook's Zuckerberg urge repeal of House Bill 2
Rep. Goodman defends his vote, but says LGBT law needs tweaks

[NE, USA]
Lawmaker Delivers Mind-Bending Series Of Arguments Against LGBT Protections
A few days after voting to kill a proposal to protect LGBT individuals from discrimination in Nebraska, Republican state Sen. Bill Kintner took to talk radio to explain why “men in dresses” don’t deserve protected class status.

[NJ, USA]
Pascack Valley enters national debate on transgender rights
A crowd of more than 100 packed Pascack Hills High School in Montvale on Tuesday night to hear about a proposed policy that regional district officials say is geared to prevent discrimination against transgender students, with loud cheers erupting for points made by people on both sides of the issue.

[NY, USA]
Have you seen this man who allegedly raped a trans woman at the Stonewall Inn?
A transgender woman was allegedly raped in the bathroom of the iconic Stonewall Inn on Saturday night. Police have not identified the 25-year-old victim.

[PA, USA]
Transgender Student Settles Locker Room Case With University Of Pittsburgh
Seamus Johnston had sued the University of Pittsburgh in federal court, claiming that banning him from the male locker room violated his Constitutional and civil rights.
Joint Statement on Settlement of Seamus Johnston Case
Pitt Settles Suit Filed by Transgender Ex-Student

[VA, USA]
Virginia defeated own transgender bathroom bill in February
Virginia lawmakers helped avoid the firestorm that has roiled North Carolina over LGBT rights by defeating a bill with similarities to the measure North Carolina’s governor signed last week.

[WA, USA]
WA-Gov: Inslee (D) Goes After GOP Governors Like McCrory (R. NC) For Legalizing Discrimination
Received this e-mail today from Governor Jay Inslee’s (D. WA) re-election campaign:
Washington Governor Jay Inslee bans state travel to North Carolina

[WI, USA]
Paul Ryan's Hometown Passes Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Officials in the Wisconsin city of Janesville, the hometown of Republican U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, have passed an ordinance that says public spaces must allow people to use the restrooms of the gender they identify with.

[International]
Transgender Day of Visibility 2016 – Trans Murder Monitoring Update
31st March 2016: Trans Day of Visibility Press Release
Over 2,000 trans people killed in the last 8 years

[Spain]
Meet María Pachón First Trans woman in Spain’s Airforce #TDOV2016
"I have no choice but to be a visible transsexual woman in order to fight transphobia in Spanish society."

[Itália]
Arianna, uma adolescente hermafrodita
A primeira longa-metragem de Carlo Lavagna é feita de revelações sobre a identidade sexual de uma jovem italiana. O filme é exibido esta sexta-feira na Festa do Cinema Italiano, em Lisboa.

[USA]
Perkins Politicizes Stonewall Inn Rape to Praise NC Anti-LGBT Law
It takes someone pretty low to politicize a rape. Then again, they don't come much lower than Tony Perkins.

[USA]
Will feds assert authority against North Carolina anti-LGBT law?~
Clamor continues to rise for North Carolina to repeal its newly enacted anti-LGBT law, but whether the federal government will seek to assert its authority to challenge the measure remains to be seen.

[USA]
Transgender community fights against 'bathroom bills'
After scoring wins for same-sex marriage rights and anti-discrimination protections, U.S. equality advocacy groups now find themselves in a battle over bathrooms.

[AR, USA]
Arkansas to appeal judge's backing of Fayetteville LGBT rights law
The Arkansas attorney general said on Wednesday her office will appeal a judge's decision that upheld a city of Fayetteville ordinance forbidding discrimination against members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

[CA, USA]
Transgender community speaks out against Clovis Unified dress code
Current policy forbids boys from wearing long hair, earrings
Critics say dress code is discriminatory, breaks gender expression laws
School board to revote on policy next month

[CA, USA]
Trans coalition gets ED
A coalition of transgender groups formed after a trans woman's murder last year in San Francisco now has an executive director.

[CA, USA]
Anti-gay state laws aid push for CA travel ban bill
The nationwide backlash against anti-gay laws recently passed in Georgia and North Carolina is aiding efforts to enact legislation in California that would ban taxpayer-funded travel to such states, LGBT advocates say.

[CT, USA]
Connecticut governor makes pitch to North Carolina companies
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is urging North Carolina businesses to move to Connecticut in response to a new law that critics have called discriminatory.

[DC, USA]
How the transgender community finds a voice through speech therapy
For Caroline Temmermand, who spent 2.5 years doing speech therapy at George Washington University’s transgender voice clinic, changing her voice was a question of personal comfort.

[HI, USA]
Lawmakers seek to expand health coverage for transgender people
Four years ago, fashion designer Andy South became Ariyaphon Southiphong and started hormone replacement therapy.

[IL, USA]
Highland Park eyes gender-neutral restrooms
The City of Highland Park plans to designate some single-stall restrooms in city buildings as gender-neutral facilities as an accommodation to transgender individuals.

[MA, USA]
Boston bans tax-payer funded travel to North Carolina
Boston has banned taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina.

[MI, USA]
Transgender advocate on school guidelines for LGBTQ: These are kids' lives, not political issues
“I knew at a very young age that I was actually a woman.”
Michigan senator: "Common sense" transgender bathroom bill protects cisgender children

[MN, USA]
House committee hearing set for anti-transgender bill
Update: HF3396, the anti-transgender bill that was scheduled for a hearing tomorrow morning, has been removed from the agenda (at least as of 3:30pm Wednesday).

[MS, USA]
Mississippi’s New Anti-LGBT Bill Claims That Women Can Be Fired For Wearing Pants
Many states have considered bills that enable discrimination against the LGBT community, but Mississippi’s proposed legislation is perhaps the most explicit in this regard. HB 1523 spells out in storied detail all of the different ways that a person should be able to mistreat people for being LGBT without consequences from the government.

[NC, USA]
US Soccer Issues Statement Regarding North Carolina's Transgender Law
The United States Soccer Federation is evaluating whether it will stage games or events in North Carolina after the state passed a law requiring transgender people to use the public bathrooms corresponding to their birth certificates, among other measures.
McCrory, senator suggest tweaks to transgender law possible
Asheville group to canvas businesses, ask if bathrooms are transgender safe
North Carolina Governor Zinged Georgia About College Basketball For "Religious Liberty"
Chicago mayor says he plans to poach businesses from North Carolina
Senate leader comes to McCrory's defense on transgender bill signing
HB2 doesn't change Alamance employers' stances on protections
Hundreds block downtown Chapel Hill to protest state’s HB2 law

[NY, USA]
Kingston schools need for transgender policy still being reviewed
District officials say it will be at least another month before the Policy Committee considers guidelines for transgender use of bathrooms and locker rooms.

[OR, USA]
Oregon joins backlash against North Carolina LGBT law
Oregon has joined the national backlash against a North Carolina law that prevents local governments from protecting people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity when they use public accommodations.

[PA, USA]
Judge Upholds Murder Charge in Beating, Shooting That Killed Transgender Woman Near Philadelphia Park
Charges against a Philadelphia man with a history of violence accused of murdering a transgender woman in October near Philadelphia's Hunting Park were upheld during a preliminary hearing Wednesday.

[RI, USA]
Cumberland transgender policies win praise from advocates
Rhode Island LGBT activists and local leaders have praised the Cumberland School Committee’s recent approval of the first public school district transgender policy in the state.

[SC, USA]
Upstate business makes statement on transgender bathroom ban
An Upstate business is taking a stand while lawmakers and others are duking it out over a transgender bathroom ban in North Carolina.

[TX, USA]
Texas prisons: Fed rules won’t change treatment of transgender inmates
New federal guidance aimed at reducing prison rapes says states can no longer make housing decisions for transgender inmates based solely on sex, but Texas officials insist this won’t change how they treat the state’s more than 250 transgender prisoners.

[VA, USA]
Appellate ruling on transgender restroom access closely watched
The fate of a North Carolina law that aims to restrict restroom use by transgender people could be determined by a case centered on a teen in Virginia.

[VA, USA]
Virginia Governor Vetoes 'Religious Exemption' Bill
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed legislation Wednesday aimed at protecting opponents of same-sex marriage, saying it would legalize discrimination of the LGBT community and hurt the state's economy.

[VT, USA]
Vermont governor also bans state-sponsored travel to North Carolina
Gov. Peter Shumlin joins NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo in ban

[WI, USA]
Janesville “Bathroom Bill” Gives New Protections To Transgender People
The city of Janesville has been busy over the last week, bracing for the arrival of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday.

[Brasil]
Salvador: Travesti sofre AVC e tem atendimento negado pelo Hospital Roberto Santos
Uma travesti de 60 anos, de nome Martinha, teve seu acesso negado no Hospital Geral Roberto Santos (HGRS), no Cabula, após chegar à unidade, na ambulância do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (SAMU), vítima de um AVC, na última quinta-feira, 17. Conforme relatado pela própria, o médico responsável ao entender que se tratava de uma travesti, mandou que ela retornasse para casa, pois não prestaria o atendimento. Após o episódio, Martinha retornou para casa, onde passou mal uma segunda vez e, então, conseguiu internação no Hospital Geral Ernesto Simões Filho (HGESF), no bairro do Pau Miúdo. Local onde permanece até o momento.

[Itália]
Arianna, uma adolescente hermafrodita
A primeira longa-metragem de Carlo Lavagna é feita de revelações sobre a identidade sexual de uma jovem italiana. O filme é exibido esta sexta-feira na Festa do Cinema Italiano, em Lisboa.

[UK]
Author Ian McEwan Criticised Over Transphobic Comments
Ian McEwan, the award winning author, was speaking at the Royal Institution when he made the comment that he believes people with penises can only be men.

[USA]
What It's Like to Use a Public Bathroom While Trans
"Some people just take bathrooms for granted, but over history, the bathroom has been a place where rights are fought"

[USA]
Boycotting Bigotry
When the business community threatens to boycott, states think twice about passing anti-LGBT laws

[AR, USA]
High court asked to weigh in on discrimination ban
Arkansas AG wants to know if city's anti-discrimination ordinance conflicts with state law

[CA, USA]
Truly 'Transfixed' by a documentary about a couple in transition
Talk about a pair of romantic underdogs. That would be Martine Stonehouse and John Gelmon, whose one-of-a-kind relationship is the focus of "Transfixed," an engrossing and deeply felt documentary that proves, once again, that love conquers all.

[DC, USA]
For one D.C. family, accepting their young transgender daughter was a non-issue
Vanessa Ford feels it's her role as the mother of a transgender child to embrace visibility -- even at the White House

[DC, USA]
Behind Her Badge: Sgt. Jessica Hawkins on risking her family and career to become her true self
Sgt. Jessica Hawkins risked her marriage, friends and career to come out as transgender. Now she's reaping the rewards

[DC/MD, USA]
Predictions of trans bathroom harassment unfounded
The North Carolina Legislature created an uproar among LGBT rights advocates and prominent business leaders in March when it passed a controversial law prohibiting local jurisdictions in the state from enacting non-discrimination measures protecting LGBT people.

[GA, USA]
Georgia GOP Leaders Say No to Override of 'Religious' Veto
Republican leaders in Georgia say they will not push for a special session to override Gov. Nathan Deal's veto of a bill shielding gay marriage opponents.

[IL, USA]
Palatine rep introduces transgender bathroom bill
State Rep. Thomas Morrison (R-54) introduced a bill into the Illinois General Assembly that requires students to use restrooms that correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth.

[MA, USA]
Transgender Public Accommodations Bill Remains Stalled In Mass. Legislature
As North Carolina faces backlash over the approval of a bill that blocks local governments from passing anti-discrimination rules to protect gay and transgender people, a bill to expand legal protections for those populations here in Massachusetts remains bottled up in a legislative committee.

[MI, USA]
Banning transgender students' bathroom choices would violate federal law, experts say
Limiting transgender students' ability to use restrooms that don't match their sex at birth – as one state lawmaker is proposing – would violate federal law and could result in lawsuits, legal experts say.

[MS, USA]
Man accused in transgender teen murder must surrender DNA sample
The man accused of killing a transgender teenager in George County will give prosecutors a DNA sample.

[NC, USA]
Drug maker reconsidering $20 million NC factory
North Carolina's governor met Thursday with gay-rights advocates bearing a letter signed by more than 100 corporate executives urging him to repeal the nation's first state law limiting the bathroom options for transgender people.
The cunning trick in North Carolina’s radical new anti-LGBT law
Emmert: North Carolina Law Could Make NCAA Turn Away
McCrory meets with Griffin, trans advocate over anti-LGBT law
Group gives downtown business owners opportunity to weigh-in on HB2
Kim Davis' lawyers offer to defend HB-2 after Cooper refuses
Pastors: Bathroom law protects families
Opponents’ focus on bathrooms changed the debate over LGBT rights
More CEOs seek repeal of transgender law
Wells Fargo joins calls to repeal LGBT discrimination law

[NC/NY, USA]
McCrory to Cuomo: Boycott your own state for not having trans law
In the aftermath of New York instituting a ban on state-sponsored travel to North Carolina over the state’s newly enacted anti-LGBT law, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has said the Empire State should institute a ban on itself because of its lack of a transgender non-discrimination law.

[NY, USA]
Islan Nettles’ Accused Killer Faces Burdens of Admitting He Attacked Her
The accused killer of Islan Nettles may have to contend with as many as a half-dozen statements in which he admitted to striking the blows that led to the death of the 21-year-old transgender woman on a Harlem street in 2013.
Man says brutal beating of transgender woman was ‘blind fury’: cops

[NY, USA]
Transgender-rights activist accused of fighting with Manhattan court officers after videotaping in lobby
A transgender-rights activist is accused of videotaping without permission in a Manhattan courthouse lobby, then fighting with court officers.

[OR, USA]
Oregon transgender pioneer looks back on decades of progress and pain
Olivia Jaquay sees a vastly different world from when her own gender reassignment surgery dominated the newsstands in Oregon.

[PA, USA]
A University’s Four-Year Fight To Discriminate Comes To An Abrupt End
The University of Pittsburgh now welcomes faculty, staff, and students to use whatever restroom matches their gender identity, a huge shift from a previous policy that mirrored North Carolina’s new anti-LGBT law.

[PA, USA]
Oral arguments next week in Morris case
Both sides in an open-records dispute regarding the Nizah Morris case will present oral arguments to a Philadelphia judge next week.

[WA, USA]
Bernie Sanders is first candidate to be introduced by transgender person at large rally
Caitlyn Jenner may vote for Ted Cruz, but Senator Sanders is giving transgender activists a prominent platform

[Brazil]
Police gun down a Trans woman on the TDOV because of her clothes
On the International Transgender day of Visibility, we got news that Gaby, a Brazilian trans woman, was murdered by police.

[Brasil]
Aos 60 anos, ativista travesti sofre AVC, alega transfobia de médico e amigos pedem ajuda
A travesti Martinha Sá, de 60 anos, foi vítima de um AVC no dia 17 de março em Salvador, Bahia. E, além de enfrentar os problemas de saúde, acabou sendo vítima de transfobia e negligencia médica, segundo informou os veículos locais Jornal da Chapada e Aratu Online.

[UK]
New Miss Transgender UK Crowned
A new Miss Transgender UK 2015 has been crowned at a ceremony that was held in Cardiff last Friday, following the original winner being stripped of her title by the event organiser.

[USA]
Lilly Wachowski Speaks At GLAAD Awards
Filmmaker Lilly Wachowski made her first public appearance at the GLAAD Media Awards last night, where she accepted the award for best drama series for her Netflix show ‘Sense8’.

[USA]
Founder, Michael Silverman leaves transgender organization, but not the cause
'The time is right for this transition; it is a natural part of the organization’s growth'

[USA]
Strict Voter ID Laws Impose Added Costs for Transgender Voters
Transgender people may experience barriers to voting at the polls in states with strict voter identification laws if there are inconsistencies between their ID, voter registration information, and appearance, according to a new report by Taylor N.T. Brown, Policy Analyst, and Jody Herman, Scholar of Public Policy, from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.
How ID Laws Disenfranchise Transgender Voters

[USA]
North Carolina shows GOP split extends to states, too
Republican factionalism is now playing out in states where LGBT rights vs. religious liberty is the new flashpoint.

[AZ, USA]
Woman alleges discrimination by driver's license office
A woman who underwent "irreversible surgery" has alleged she encountered discrimination at the Kingman Motor Vehicle Division office on March 24.

[CA, USA]
Trans Trevor Project board member focusing on visibility
When Pollo West Corporation CEO, writer, public speaker and activist Michaela Mendelsohn was a teenager, she suffered what she described as "extreme bullying."

[CA, USA]
Police: Transgender woman intentionally struck by car in Monterey Park
Police are seeking the driver who intentionally struck and critically injured an apparently transgender woman in front of a Monterey Park restaurant and fled the scene early Saturday, officials said.

[DC, USA]
D.C. Mayor Bans City Workers From Travel To North Carolina
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has banned city employees from official travel to North Carolina, joining a growing list of governors and mayors who’ve forbidden trips to the state.

[KY, USA]
Atherton offers guidance in Transgender bathroom issue
Schools across the nation are confronting a controversial issue headon: whether to allow transgender students to use the school bathroom of their gender identity.

[MA, USA]
Boston's city council is banning city travel to North Carolina in response to a new state law that critics say discriminates against gay and transgender people
Boston is banning city travel to North Carolina in response to a new state law that critics say discriminates against gay and transgender people.

[MA, USA]
‘Bathroom bill’ pushed on Beacon Hill
Transgender advocates seek discrimination ban

[MA, USA]
OR10-6 Effect of One Year Cross-Sex Hormonal Treatment on Bone Mineral Density of the Lumbar Spine in Transgender Patients
Program: Abstracts - Orals, Poster Previews, and Posters
Session: OR10-Recent Developments in Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) and Transgender Medicine
Clinical/Translational

[MN, USA]
Minn. governor bans nonessential state travel to NC over transgender law
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is banning state employees from nonessential travel to North Carolina because of that state's new law limiting official protections for gays and lesbians and transgender people.
Gov. Dayton opposes propsed bill that restricts transgender bathroom use

[MO, USA]
Missouri state senator: Expanding gay rights hurt Illinois’ economy
Sponsor of anti-gay constitutional amendment says protecting religious freedom is better for business
Business outcry doesn’t stop Missouri religious objections

[MO, USA]
Kasimir Hazlewood: Transgender definition is evolving
The computer science grad is part of a transgender community without universal agreement on terminology
Hazlewood rejects conventional terms such as “gay,” “straight” and “bi”
Hazlewood hopes a public discussion will lead to respect and understanding

[MS, USA]
Mississippi ‘religious freedom’ bill heads to governor’s desk
The Mississippi House approved a “religious freedom” bill seen to enable sweeping anti-LGBT discrimination in the state, eliminating another hurdle before the measure heads to the desk of Gov. Phil Bryant.
Mississippi Governor won’t say if he’ll sign anti-LGBT bill into law
Mississippi governor considers signing anti-LGBTQ bill

[NC, USA]
A Thousand Queers Chapel Hill Protest of HB2 Shuts City Down
Chapel Hill police moved in to block traffic Tuesday as the crowd filled the center of town. Wisely, they had been instructed to let the protesters go without hassle or arrest.
A divided North Carolina draws national attention in fight over transgender law
Asheville council shifting on LGBT rule?
North Carolina Starts To Face Real Economic Consequences For Anti-LGBT Law (Updated)
Spokeswoman: Senate leader has no appetite to change new law
Transgender issue is the latest flashpoint in the rights fight in North Carolina
Fallout from new LGBT law puts McCrory on the spot
ECU tells students it's looking at impact of new transgender law
Starbucks joins growing outcry against N. Carolina's anti-gay law
Wells Fargo lights Charlotte office tower with transgender flag colors
Laura Jane Grace and Hari Nef Speak Out About North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Bill
Google Ventures won’t fund North Carolina startups till anti-gay law is gone
Durham's Fullsteam Brewery opposed to HB2
Equality NC director: No public safety risks in cities with transgender anti-discrimination rules
North Carolina's Anti-LGBT Law Borrows The Work Of An Extreme Legal Group
Seth Meyers Destroys NC "Bathroom Bill": "No Evidence" Anyone "Exploited Equal Rights Laws To Commit Crimes In Bathrooms"
North Carolina H.B. 2 Draws ACLU/Lambda Lawsuit and Numerous Protest Actions
HB2: How North Carolina Got Here
North Carolina may risk losing billions in aid with LGBT law
PepsiCo CEO asks North Carolina governor to repeal anti-LGBT law
North Carolina's 'bathroom' law is about more than who's in the next stall
HB2 opponents gather to get governor's ear

[NE, USA]
Nebraska Senators Tread Warily With LGBT Issues
By rejecting bills this session on either side of gay and transgender issues, Nebraska lawmakers acknowledged that while they're willing to take stands on some social issues, they're hesitant to tackle matters dealing with gay and transgender rights.

[NE, USA]
NSAA assembly will vote Friday on transgender policy
On Friday, a new NSAA policy that creates a process for transgender students’ participation in high school sports will meet its final test.

[NY, USA]
Murder suspect said his ‘manhood’ was threatened when he found out he was hitting on transgender woman
His bruised male ego made him kill.

[NY, USA]
Clinton, Sanders conduct trans outreach ahead of N.Y. primary
With weeks remaining before a major Democratic primary contest in New York, both Hillary Clinton and Bernard Sanders are conducting outreach to the transgender community.

[OH, USA]
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther Calls North Carolina Transgender Law 'Bad for Country'
The mayor of Columbus says discrimination has no place in our great country.

[PA, USA]
York's transgender community facing workplace discrimination
Several of Amanda Louise Taylor's supervisors had told her she was doing a great job as a forklift operator, but when she started wearing makeup and feminine clothes, "it was just a matter of time," she said.

[TX, USA]
Galveston Police Investigating Brutal Assault Of Popular Drag Performer!
Houston Drag Performer Amber Lemay Foxx Is Recovering From A Brutal Assault That Occurred In Galveston, Texas Over Easter Weekend!

[TX, USA]
Two Houston Police Officers Accused Of Brutality By Transgender Man!
A Houston transgender man is accusing the Houston Police Department of brutality and humiliation after he was arrested in Montrose for standing on a public sidewalk near Burger King. Charges against the man have now been dropped and a Houston Police Department Internal Affairs Investigation has been concluded. Those records and the incident reports are not being released.

[Brazil)
Brazil: 1 Murder, 1 attempted murder and hospital refuses stroke victim due to trans status
Today’s news from Brazil: One Murder, an attempted murder, and in our last article is about a doctor at the General Hospital Roberto Santos (HGRS) in Cabula, Salvador State of Bahia, Brazil who refused a 60-year-old stroke victim treatment after learning of her transgender status.

[International]
The amazing story of the intersex goddess Cybele and her trans priests
Rome’s mother goddess was born with a penis and vagina. Her lover castrated himself and her priests were transgender

[España]
Así es la vida de Eli, una de las primeras niñas transexuales de España
Eli tiene 12 años, el pelo largo, la voz dulce... y es una niña alegre. No siempre fue así: durante un tiempo, de los tres a los seis años, se enfadaba a menudo. Pero cuando hizo el tránsito -como llaman en argot al momento en el que se pasa del sexo biológico al sexo sentido cuando ambos no concuerdan- el sofocón se le pasó de golpe.

[UK]
Transgender woman to become the voice of Channel 4 today
A trans woman will take on the role of Channel 4’s continuity announcer today – to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility.

[UK]
1 in 3 trans people have quit their job because of discrimination
The statistics were released to mark International Trans Day of Visibility.

[UK]
Female prison officers refuse to strip search transgender offender they insist is clearly a man
A prison source said: "The guy is a full-time menace and makes it his daily business to be as difficult and awkward as possible"

[UK]
Nicola Sturgeon: Scots to be allowed to change gender so they are neither male nor female
Scottish adults and children could be allowed to legally change their gender without any medical diagnosis or treatment and decide they are neither men nor women, under an overhaul of the law promised by Nicola Sturgeon.

[UK]
NHS letting transgender people down, Devon report says
The NHS is letting transgender people down, according to a report.

[UK]
New Miss Transgender UK crowned after the original winner was disqualified
The runner-up was handed the crown at a ceremony in Cardiff

[UK]
Top author Ian McEwan: I can only think of people with penises as men
Award-winning author Ian McEwan has waded into a debate on trans rights, claiming that he can’t seen anyone with a penis as other than a man.

[UK]
Men have gender changes because women have won battle of sexes - Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon says men have sex changes to be superior gender

[UK]
North East 'has a long way to go' to accept transgender community - campaigner claims
Newcastle-based campaigner Tara Stone argues the region must do more to accept the transgender community

[UK]
Ex-Blackpool headteacher ‘pretended to be a man’ for 55 years
A former Blackpool headteacher who changed gender today told how she spent the first 55 years of her life “pretending to be a man.”

[UK]
Sex change DJ from Devon dies in hospital
Tributes have been paid to sex change DJ Carolyne Munroe who has died.
She was born Glenn Richards and worked on radio stations in Portsmouth, Exeter and Torquay.
She went through the sex change while working as a DJ in Devon and wrote a book called 'A Tale of Two Sexes'.

[India]
Transgenders to move to women’s wing after rise in violent sex crimes
The question of where to house transgender convicts and undertrials in Karnataka's prisons may have never come up for a serious discussion — until now, that is. A clarification sought by the Chamaraja MLA, Vasu, has set the ball rolling on the issue with the home ministry promising to allocate separate space for transgenders in the women's barracks.

[Thailand]
Transgender woman turns heads at military conscription
The annual military conscription period kicked off yesterday, with transvestites and transgender women among those reporting.

[Malaysia]
JAWI raids transgender ‘beauty pageant’ for breaking fatwa
The Federal Territories Islamic Department (JAWI) raided a dinner by trans women last night that hosted a so-called beauty contest on grounds that it violated a fatwa against beauty pageants, a lawyer said.
NGO calls for release of transgender nabbed over ‘beauty pageant’

[Australia]
'Absolutely terrifying': transgender people and the prison system
Does Australia's criminal justice system know how to deal with transgender people? With assaults and abuse common on the inside, The Law Report investigates how prison can be a terrifying place for transgender people.

[New Zealand]
InsideOUT releases trans student resource
National LGBTI youth organisation InsideOUT have released a new resource for schools today, coinciding with International Day of Transgender Visibility.

[Canada]
All but 1 Alberta school board submit LGBTQ policies by deadline
Lethbridge School District No. 51 still finalizing its policy

[Canada]
Tribunal orders club to pay transgender man $15Gs
Human rights tribunal finds Caesar Lewis was dragged from men's washroom and humiliated

[USA]
Watch FRC’s Peter Sprigg get owned on CNN (Very funny)
Peter Sprigg, Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family research Council (FRC) got clowned in an interview by CNN’s Chris Cuomo during the New Day broadcast this morning. Sprigg’s group, identified as an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center actively opposed marriage equality. Failing to stop same-sex marriage FRC has recently ramped up their lies targeting transgender people. specifically regarding North Carolina HB2.

[NC, USA]
North Carolinians Sing 'Let Us Pee' Outside Gov's Mansion to Protest HB2
"Let us pee, let us pee, let us pee, let us pee," sang protestors to the tune of "Let it Be" by the Beatles, outside of the North Carolina governor's executive mansion in Raleigh on Saturday.
Hundreds sing ‘Let Us Pee’ outside of North Carolina governor’s mansion
North Carolina transgender law: Is it discriminatory?
'We're part of society': HB2 highlights struggles of being transgender
1,000 people in Greensboro rally against HB2
North Carolina's HB2 challenge could play out in two courts
Activists try to calm fears over transgender bathroom access

[NE, USA]
LPS to follow NSAA gender policy but work with non-athletes its own way
Lincoln Public Schools officials say the guidelines they follow when working with transgender students will not change regardless of where the Nebraska School Activities Association lands this week on its long-debated policy on sports participation.

[MI, USA]
Students petition for preferred pronouns to be stated on course rosters
Wolverines for Preferred Pronouns set up a table on the Diag Friday afternoon to garner support for a petition asking the University of Michigan to put pronoun preferences on class rosters.

[NJ, USA]
Christian group threatens to sue Pascack Valley over transgender plan
A conservative Christian legal-aid group that defended a Kentucky clerk when she refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses last year is now threatening legal action against the Pascack Valley Regional High School District as it considers a policy that officials say would protect the rights of transgender students.

[NJ, USA[
Kim Davis' Lawyers Threaten To Sue NJ High School Over Proposed Transgender Policy
Florida-Based Liberty Counsel Claims Its Actions Will 'Prevent Irreparable Harm to Cherished Liberties'

[NJ, USA]
Suicide of Popular CHS Grad Sam Price Sparks Transgender Youth Foundation
Tragedy struck our community recently as Sam Harel Price, Columbia High School class of 2013 and Oberlin College junior, took her own life last month on her 21st birthday.

[NY, USA]
The Islan Nettles killing: What the trial means to a transgender community anxious for a reckoning
Islan Nettles was just walking down the street moments before her life came to a brutal halt.

[PA, USA]
Mia Yamamoto discusses coming out as a professional lawyer
In the midst of recent social discourse regarding discrimination, social activist and transgender lawyer Mia Yamamoto took the stage in Arch Auditorium on Thursday night to share her story of triumph.

[WV, USA]
‘Religious freedom’ bill opponents say WV ‘dodged a bullet’
People who warned that passing a religious freedom restoration act in West Virginia would have led to dire repercussions now can point to backlash against anti-LGBT bills in Georgia and North Carolina as evidence.

[Brazil]
How to Fight Transphobic Violence in Brazil
Imagine if one transgender person was murdered every 21 hours in the United States. The outrage would go well beyond the grave alarm felt by advocates at the six reported killings this year of Jasmine Sierra, Demarkis Stansberry, Monica Loera, Kayden Clarke, Kedarie/Kandicee Johnson, and Maya Young.

[Colombia]
La transgenerista que volvió a adoptar su identidad masculina
La Corte Constitucional protegió los derechos de una mujer que quiso retornar a la identidad que recibió desde su nacimiento, por la discriminación que sufrió de su propia familia

[International]
Transgender Day of Visibility 2016 – Trans Murder Monitoring Update
Over 2,000 trans people killed in the last 8 years

[UK]
Some GPs refuse to treat trans people ‘because of their Christian beliefs’, specialist warns
A specialist has warned of a number of cases in which doctors cited their religious beliefs as a reason to not treat transgender patients.

[UK]
Calls for gender-neutral toilets for transgender pupils
Schools told to introduce gender-neutral toilets, changing rooms and uniforms to make trans pupils feel more comfortable.

[UK]
Tributes paid to 'true inspiration' DJ Carolyne Munroe, who has died
An outpouring of grief and tributes has spread on social media for Torbay DJ Carolyne 'CJ' Munroe who has died.
Carolyn, who was born Glenn Munroe and later had a sex change operation, was described as a 'true inspiration' by one friend – one of the many tributes paid by those who knew her.

[Malaysia]
Malaysian Transgender fundraiser invaded by Islamists, kidnapped two
A heartbreaking video has emerged showing hundreds of transgender women running in terror with Malaysian religious zealots in hot pursuit. The organizer of the dinner was kidnapped and held illegally overnight by the Federal Territories Religious Department.
Jawi to charge transgender who organised dinner and show

[New Zealand]
AKL Barber shop refuses to serve trans person
An Auckland barber shop has refused to serve a trans person based on their gender identity, humiliating them and saying that they could not have their hair cut as they are “not actually a man”.

[Canada]
Canadian transgender man beaten and called 'faggot' by bouncer to get $15k compensation from nightclub
He was forcibly removed from the washroom with urine stains on his pants and then pulled by the hair and clothing through the club.

[USA]
Baldur's Gate Expansion Receives Negative Reviews For Trans Character
The popular PC game Baldur's Gate has received a slew of negative reviews for it's new expansion 'Siege of Dragonspear', with gamers giving the expansion the lowest possible reviews they can, with the inclusion of a transgender character their main protest.

[USA]
CNN Destroys 'Bathroom Predator' Myth for Hate Group Leader
On CNN's New Day, Cuomo takes down right-wing activist Peter Sprigg in a discussion of the new North Carolina law.

[USA]
New PAC aims to build trans political power
As advocates seek to beat back anti-trans measures in state legislatures, a new political action committee has launched seeking to build political power for transgender people.

[USA]
Lambda Legal Applauds Unanimous Supreme Court ‘One Person, One Vote’ Voting Rights Decision
This morning, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision in Evenwel v. Abbott, the case challenging the well-established “one person, one vote” principle that legislative districts should be based on the total number of people who live within them.

[CA, USA]
Transgender teen intentionally struck by hit-and-run driver, police say
Police and family members are asking for the public's help on Monday in finding a hit-and-run driver accused of intentionally striking a transgender person in Monterey Park.

[FL, USA]
Group fighting for transgender bathrooms in Sarasota County schools
The group ANSWER Coalition, Sarasota students and community members plan to hold a protest outside the Sarasota County School Board Tuesday night.

[GA, USA]
Atlanta mayor latest to ban city travel to North Carolina
The mayor of Atlanta is joining other city and state officials in banning taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina over its new law preventing specific anti-discrimination rules for gay and transgender people for public accommodations and restroom use.

[HI, USA]
Workplace and schools wrestle with transgender issues
The controversy over transgender bathroom rights stretches from the workplace to our schools.

[IL, USA]
Lawmaker Wants Transgender Kids Out Of Standard School Bathrooms
A measure filed by State Representative Tom Morrison, a Republican from Palatine, would require schools to make sure students use bathrooms matching the sex listed on their birth certificates. He says schools could provide other accommodations, such as single-occupant restrooms, if parents request it in writing.

[MS, USA]
Mississippi legislature votes for discrimination and sends vicious anti-LGBT bill to governor’s desk
Today, the Mississippi legislature voted to put its stamp on discrimination and create a sweeping license for anyone to target LGBT people under the guise of religion. Legislators voted to send HB 1523 to Governor Phil Bryant, who now has up to five days to sign or veto it.

[NC, USA]
Greensboro City Council to consider resolution against HB2
The City Council will officially weigh in today on a controversial new state law that revokes legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Wicked composer bans all productions in North Carolina
Authors of kid’s books seek repeal of North Carolina law
North Carolina Lt. Gov.: LGBT Rights Measure 'Discriminated' Against Women And Girls
Federal agencies review North Carolina law's impact on aid
North Carolina Lt. Gov.: The real discrimination is having to share bathrooms with transgender people

[NJ, USA]
Pascack Valley Regional High School District to reintroduce transgender policy
The Pascack Valley Regional High School District Board of Education voted Monday afternoon to reintroduce a policy that school officials say will protect the rights of transgender students, a proposal that had stoked strong emotions from people on both sides of the issue in recent weeks.

[NY, USA]
Cooper Union removes gender designations from restrooms
Cooper Union, the New York City college that made headlines last year for reversing its tuition-free legacy, now has a far more progressive badge of honor: it claims to be the first college in the country to completely remove gender signage from all campus bathrooms.

[NY, USA]
Transgender Whole Foods worker says co-workers referred to him as ‘it’
A transgender man who worked at a Whole Foods in Chelsea claims he was humiliated on a daily basis by co-workers who referred to him as “she, her, or it.”

[NY, USA]
James Dixon Pleads Guilty on Top Count in Islan Nettles Slaying
In a surprise move, James Dixon pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree in the 2013 killing of Islan Nettles, a homicide that prompted protests over the police and district attorney’s handling of the investigation.
TLDEF Responds to Guilty Plea in Killing of Islan Nettles
James Dixon, man accused of beating transgender woman to death, admits to manslaughter in plea deal

[PA, USA]
Pine-Richland school system faces questions about transgender bathroom practices
Parents were recently made aware of practice that's been in place "for years"

[WI, USA]
EC school board approves transgender policy
About 45 people attend meeting, with seven speaking against the action

[Costa Rica]
Costa Rica Store Posts Derogatory Bathroom Sign
“ONLY FOR WOMEN. THOSE BORN WITH A VAGINA. MEN AND GAYS USE THE OTHER BATHROOM”

[Argentina]
Argentina's Field of Dreams for the LGBT
One person’s pursuit of playing soccer professionally is more about gaining acceptance.

[UK]
Teachers call for more guidance to help transgender pupils
Older staff are reluctant to help transgender students manage this transition Credit: Anna Huix

[Ireland]
Supporting transgender students in schools
Schools are finding out how to ease the transition for transgender pupils

[Malaysia]
You’re rejecting God’s wisdom, deputy minister tells transgenders
Being transgender is equivalent to rejecting God’s wisdom in creating people in their specific genders, a deputy minister in charge of Islamic affairs said today.

[Australia]
Coping with life in the wrong body
Mandy Leigh Jones is today living the life she has always wanted to, that of a happy, proud woman, comfortable in her own skin. But it has not come without profound personal loss and years of wrestling with the ghoul of gender dysphoria.

[Canada]
Catholic district makes recommendations on gender policy
The Holy Family Catholic Regional Division will allow some students to use opposite-sex bathrooms and change rooms under a new gender identity policy.

[USA]
Even Orthodox Jews starting to wrestle with transgender issues
Here’s a riddle: If a transgender Jew shows up at an Orthodox synagogue, on which side of the mechitzah barrier separating the sexes should the person be seated?

[USA]
Details of State Legislation Seeking Religious Protections
Lawmakers in numerous states have advanced measures this year that would strengthen religious protections for individuals, organizations or some businesses that decline to provide services to same-sex couple based on their religious beliefs.

[USA]
Watch A Transgender Activist Debunk The "Bathroom Predator" Myth On CNN
Candis Cayne: "There's Been No Cases" Of People Exploiting Transgender Nondiscrimination Protections To Commit Crimes

[USA]
Freedom for All Americans begins $1M transgender public education project
Today Freedom for All Americans, the national LGBT nondiscrimination campaign, launched the Transgender Freedom Project, a multi-year initiative aimed at building public support for transgender people and transgender-inclusive nondiscrimination protections. The launch comes on the heels of tremendous movement on nondiscrimination legislation often specifically targeted at transgender people: In recent weeks, anti-transgender bills have passed or advanced in North Carolina, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee, while anti-transgender bills narrowly escaped becoming law in Georgia and Virginia.

[AR, USA]
Texarkanans to vote on anti-bias measure
Board OKs funds for June election

[CA, USA]
California Takes Another Step Toward ‘All Gender’ Bathrooms
While LGBT rights advocates play defense in Mississippi and North Carolina, an offensive play sees success in California

[CA, USA]
SF passes legislation requiring all-gender restrooms in city buildings and businesses
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today unanimously passed legislation that will designate single-user restrooms in the city as all-gender. The law, which was introduced in January by Supervisor David Campos, will go into effect in July. Similar statewide legislation brought by California Assemblymember Phil Ting also cleared a hurdle today, passing out of the Assembly Committee on Business and Professions.

[DC, USA]
Probation for trans woman in D.C. armed standoff
A D.C. Superior Court judge on March 18 handed down a sentence of 12 months’ probation for a transgender woman arrested last November for repeatedly firing a gun on the roof of a downtown office building that led to a 10-hour standoff with D.C. police.

[FL, USA]
‘Gender expression’ might gain protection in Hillsborough schools
The Hillsborough County School Board plans to add protections for transgender students and staff to its discrimination and harassment policies. The policy change, one of many discussed Tuesday, won’t be made official until the end of June after a public hearing.
Hillsborough school officials push for staff training on the language of gender identification

[FL, USA]
Students rally for transgender rights in Sarasota County schools
Transgender students and supporters rallied outside--and briefly inside--the Sarasota County School Board meeting. They're hoping to get the District to grant "trans rights," especially involving access to the restrooms of their choice.
Transgender students protest; board chair says district trying to accommodate everyone

[IL, USA]
Equality and Fairness Must Prevail in Illinois
Today, the Illinois General Assembly’s Human Services Committee advanced House Bill 6073, a bill that would move Illinois forward as a welcoming place for all people. Illinois House Bill 6073 helps transgender and intersex people get accurate birth certificates. The bill will be scheduled for a full House vote very soon.

[IL, USA]
Trans birth certificate bill to go to IL House floor
The House Human Services Committee, on April 5, passed a bill 8-6 that would allow transgender Illinoisans to more easily change the gender marker on their birth certificates. The bill now moves to the House floor.

[KS, USA]
Bosco discusses LGBT ordinance at city commission meeting
During the Manhattan City Commission meeting on Tuesday, commissioners and public attendees spoke of possible amendments to Chapter 10 of the city of Manhattan’s Code of Ordinances, which is about civil rights regarding prohibitions against discrimination.

[KS, USA]
Proposal would block transgender Kansans from updating birth certificates
Person would need to provide medical records showing gender at time of birth
Policy change comes as state faces lawsuit from transgender woman seeking to change birth certificate
No legislation required to enact policy change

[MS, USA]
Anti-Gay Hate Group Applauds Mississippi's New License to Discriminate Law
The anti-gay hate group Family Research Council wasted no time in taking a victory lap over the passage of a law in Mississippi that allows public and private businesses to refuse service to gays and lesbians in the name of "religious liberty."
For Mississippi law, it's conscience vs. nondiscrimination
White House: Miss. ‘religious freedom’ law seems ‘mean-spirited’
TLDEF Condemns Sweeping New Anti-LGBT Law in Mississippi
Vicious anti-LGBT bill signed into law in Mississippi
Mississippi Gov. Signs Law Allowing Service Denial to Gays

[NC, USA]
North Carolina Just Lost 400 Jobs Because Of Its Anti-LGBT Law
PayPal announced Tuesday morning that it has abandoned its plans for a massive global operations center, which would have brought 400 new jobs to Charlotte, North Carolina. The company was unequivocal that the decision was made because of the state’s passage of HB2, a sweeping law that blocks cities from enacting LGBT nondiscrimination protections and mandates that transgender people use the wrong bathrooms for their gender identities.
PayPal cancels North Carolina expansion over discrimination law
NC Governor: Up to Companies to Deal With New Law
Durham school board to expand non-discrimination policy to include gender identity
Four North Carolina Universities Debunk Anti-LGBT "Bathroom Predator" Myth
Time Warner HB 2 Poll Asks Bad Question, Gets Bad Answers
Interfaith group of Charlotte clergy will work to overturn HB2

[NH, USA]
Hooksett tackles proposed school transgender policy
The Hooksett School District is the latest to consider a new policy aimed at addressing restroom and locker room accessibility and other needs of transgender and gender non-conforming students.

[NY, USA]
Governor Cuomo issues travel ban to Mississippi
Governor Cuomo has signed an executive order banning travel to Mississippi following the state's discriminatory law against the LGBT community. The law allows businesses and non- profit groups to refuse service to people on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

[NY, USA]
EXCLUSIVE: NYPD takes fresh look at ’90s transgender murders in Harlem
Their murders were barely noticed, two transgendered women and a man who dressed as both sexes, slain within 13 months of each other in Harlem in the 1990s.

[NJ, USA]
Rutherford becomes latest North Jersey school district to introduce transgender policy
Without any fanfare or protests, the borough on Monday night became the latest North Jersey school district to introduce a policy that aims to protect the rights of transgender students.

[PA, USA]
‘Friday Night Tykes: Steel Country’ spotlights gender-fluid athlete from Beaver County
When Abby Scott of Monaca was 2, she told her parents she was a boy. As she grew, she disdained playing with Barbie and learned to play football.

[PA, USA]
Protect transgender people, stand apart from North Carolina: Gov. Wolf
Gov. Tom Wolf is pressing Pennsylvania lawmakers to pass a stalled bill intended to ensure equal rights regardless of sexual identify or orientation.

[PA, USA]
Public debate in Pennsylvania flares over LGBT legislation
A fiery public debate is flaring in the state over long-stalled legislation designed to outlaw discrimination based on someone's sexual orientation or gender identity.

[TN, USA]
Tourism, TV production leaders criticize bathroom bill
Major players in Tennessee’s burgeoning tourism and television production industries are sounding the alarm about potential lost jobs over state legislation regulating where transgender people can use the bathroom in schools.

[TN, USA]
Group warns of backlash in Tennessee over transgender restroom bill
A national civil-rights group warned Tuesday that Tennessee could see the same kind of backlash North Carolina is facing if the state enacts legislation requiring transgender students to use bathrooms that match their sex at birth.

[TX, USA]
Being Transgender in Houston After HERO
When the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance failed at the ballot box last November, it didn’t just kill short-lived protections for LGBT Houstonians (as well as for 14 other protected classes of people vulnerable to discrimination in employment, housing and public spaces). Within Houston’s transgender community, there’s lingering pain from the way hard-right conservatives defeated the non discrimination ordinance – with TV spots of little girls being stalked in public restrooms, the lie that “bathroom predators” could use the ordinance as a cover for criminal acts, and the rallying cry “No Men in Women’s Restrooms.”

[WI, USA]
Tremper students rally for transgender student’s inclusion
Students at Tremper High School are protesting an administration decision to block a transgender junior from running for prom king.

[WI, USA]
Eau Claire school board approves policy to protect transgender students
Policies to protect transgender students are in the works for the Eau Claire Area School District.

[Costa Rica]
Letrero por género causa polémica en redes sociales
Un letrero, que en apariencia fue puesto en los servicios sanitarios de la Cadena de Detallistas Heredianos S. A., causa polémica en redes sociales.
En la imagen, se muestra la leyenda “Damas” a lo que se le adjunta un hoja que dice: “Servicio Sanitario solo para mujeres. Estas son las que nacieron con vagina… los hombres y los playos, usen el otro sanitario”.
Ofrecen disculpa pública por letrero polémico

[Brasil]
SP ganha 1º centro de acolhida para travestis e transexuais do Brasil
Local conta com 30 vagas e atende às cadastradas no programa Transcidadania

[International]
Change In Olympic Regulations Offers New Opportunies For Transgender Athletes
When the Olympics kick off in Rio de Janeiro this August, thousands of athletes will put years of training to use in hopes of bringing home a medal. Now, due to an issue brought into the limelight by former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner, a change in Olympic legislation will diversify the field of competitors even more.

[UK]
Transgender people in Devon suffering depression because of lack of help, campaigners say
A xampaign to help people with transgender battling to get help in Devon has been launched.

[UK]
'Biology not always destiny', says Ian McEwan after transgender row
Following media backlash, author clarifies stance in letter saying that transgender community should be respected and celebrated

[Australia]
Transgender people could change birth certificates
People could soon change the gender on their birth certificates without having to undergo sex reassignment surgery.

[Australia]
First transgender federal candidate in NSW running for Hume seat
The Greens' candidate for Hume in the impending Federal election is a scientist and keen human rights activist.

[New Zealand]
Barber refuses to speak about trans discrimination
The Auckland barber shop involved in an incident of alleged discrimination in which a trans person was refused service and told it was because they are “not actually a man”.

[Canada]
Alberta LGBT youth waiting for next steps on transgender policies
Eggen invited students who were part of their schools’ Gay Straight Alliance or Queer Straight Alliance to the legislature Wednesday.

[Canada]
Baldur's Gate Studio Responds To Trans Character Harassment
Beamdog, development studio behind the widely popular Baldur's Gate game series, have today released a statement following the online criticism around the game's new expansion 'Siege of Dragonspear' and its inclusion of a transgender character.
Edmonton game company's transgender hero sparks backlash

[USA]
How Photographer Jess Dugan Is Transforming Minds with Portraits of Transgender Trailblazers
'These Stories Would Be Untold If We Weren't Trying To Capture and Preserve Them'

[USA]
Viral video exposes the stupidity of 'bathroom bills': What if you need to show your ID before you can pee?
Governor Pat McCrory surely did NOT consider how much inconvenience the bill is going to cause everyone.

[USA]
Lynch notes trans rights in speech
Attorney General Loretta Lynch made a reference to transgender rights in a speech she delivered at the White House.

[USA]
Seven Other States Are Considering Restricting Bathrooms For Transgender People
Two weeks ago, North Carolina passed a law that requires schools and public agencies to have gender-segregated bathrooms and to prevent people from using a bathroom that doesn’t correspond to their biological sex. Since then, PayPal has canceled plans to build a new operations center in Charlotte, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has banned state employees from making nonessential work trips to North Carolina, and composer Stephen Schwartz has announced that he will not allow his musicals to be performed in the state.

[USA]
Palm Center concerned by Pentagon delay on transgender ban
The Palm Center, an independent research center publishing state-of-the-art scholarship on transgender personnel in the military, questioned today whether the Pentagon's promised six-month review of its transgender service ban is on track. Last July, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter created a working group to study overturning the ban, calling the current discriminatory policy "outdated, confusing [and] inconsistent," and saying that it "distracts commanders from our core missions." He promised that the review would be completed in six months and would proceed "with the presumption that transgender persons can serve openly… unless and except where objective, practical impediments are identified."

[CA, USA]
California considering all gender bathroom bill
The California Assembly Business and Professions Committee passed a bill to mandate "all gender" bathroom signs on all public, single-occupancy bathrooms, sending the bill, AB 1732 on to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

[CA, USA]
S. F. mayor bans city travel to Mississippi in response to LGBTQ discrimination law
Taxpayers here will no longer pay for city employees to travel to Mississippi after the state's governor signed a law allowing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, Mayor Ed Lee announced Wednesday.

[KS, USA]
Transgender school restroom bills probably not going anywhere
Controversial legislation regarding transgender students’ use of public school and postsecondary institutions’ restrooms, locker rooms and shower rooms in Kansas appears stalled.

[MA, USA]
Gov. Baker Won’t Ban State Travel to North Carolina Over Transgender Law
Mass. won’t join the growing list of states protesting N.C.’s new transgender law.

[MI, USA]
State Senator Wants to Ban Trans Students From Using Bathrooms of Their Choice
A Republican lawmaker from the Upper Peninsula wants to ban trans students from using bathrooms in accordance with their gender.

[MI, USA]
Michigan school district under investigation for discrimination against transgender students
A school district in southeast Michigan is under federal investigation for possible discrimination against transgender students, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

[MN, USA]
Jason Lewis Says Transgendered Students Using Bathroom Of Choice “An Abomination”
At the Minnesota Second Congressional District debate on Thursday evening, candidate Jason Lewis called gender-inclusive school policies “an abomination.”

[MN, USA]
Dayton bans state employees from traveling to Mississippi
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is banning state employees from nonessential travel to Mississippi, making the southern state the second Dayton has targeted in less than a week for enacting controversial laws.

[NC, USA]
Feds “Ready” For Transgender Discrimination Complaints In North Carolina
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials told BuzzFeed News that transgender workers who have faced discrimination in the workplace can file a federal claim.
Charles Barkley: NBA should move All-Star game out of North Carolina
Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson blasts North Carolina over HB 2
County wants in on LGBT issue
PolitiFact NC: Virtually no cases of sexual predators benefiting from transgender anti-discrimination laws

[NE, USA]
The Hive owner’s comments on transgender people, bathrooms spark a storm
The owner of a popular Omaha nightspot started a firestorm on Facebook this week when he suggested transgender women should not use the women’s restroom unless they have had their “appendage” removed and their state identification changed.

[OH, USA]
Cuyahoga County executive bans official travel to North Carolina amid transgender law controversy
Cuyahoga County is banning non-essential travel to North Carolina amid controversy over a new law that critics say discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

[PA, USA]
Wolf to issue LGBT anti-discrimination order
Gov. Tom Wolf said he will issue an executive order today banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, general expression and identity in executive branch offices and a selection of firms and organizations receiving direct state contracts and grants.

[SC, USA]
SC bill would ban transgender people from using bathrooms of their choosing
Proposal suggests ban on laws requiring free access to changing rooms, showers
Bill also would require governments, schools designate bathrooms for birth gender
SC transgender leader calls the bill ‘our worst fear’
Senator introduces LGBT public bathroom bill that mirror’s North Carolina law
Transgender community responds to S.C. 'bathroom bill'

[TN, USA]
Bill restricting transgender access to bathrooms moves forward
A bill that would require students in Tennessee to use school restrooms corresponding to the gender on their birth certificate is moving forward.
Transgender bathroom bill passes Tennessee House panel
Transgender bathroom bill advances over businesses' opposition

[WI, USA]
Kenosha Unified School District lets transgender teen run for Prom King after student protest
A transgender Kenosha teen is being allowed to run for Prom King after he claims his school initially told him he couldn't.

[UK]
Sun columnist demonstrates total lack of understanding of gender identity
A columnist for the Sun newspaper has written a column in which he demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of gender identity, whilst shutting down arguments for gender-neutral toilets.

[UK]
Single-sex schools 'must adapt for transgender pupils'
Single-sex schools must find a way to accommodate pupils who come out as transgender, a teachers' union conference has heard.

[New Zealand]
Jetstar refuses to let transgender woman board plane without ID
Jetstar has apologised to a transgender woman after she was refused boarding because check-in staff didn't accept her identity.

[USA]
A Statement From Bruce Springsteen On North Carolina
Excerpt: "Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry — which is happening as I write — is one of them. It is the strongest means I have for raising my voice in opposition to those who continue to push us backwards instead of forwards."

[USA]
Jessica Williams And Transgender Activists Debunk The "Bathroom Predator" Myth On The Daily Show
Transgender Activist: "There's No Reported Incidences Of Any Trans Person Ever Raping Or Assaulting Anyone In Any Bathroom, Ever."

[USA]
15 Minutes Can Make A Big Difference For Transgender Equality
A simple 15-minute conversation with a stranger can have a lasting positive impact on how a person thinks about transgender issues like nondiscrimination protections.

[USA]
Trans United Fund: The First Bipartisan, Transgender PAC
The first ever transgender PAC will make its endorsement in the coming weeks—and it might not be for a Democrat.

[USA]
State Rep. says transgender people ‘making us into liars'
In a Tuesday night segment on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, the oft-controversial Colorado state Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt (R-Colorado Springs) serves as the face of opposition to policies that would normalize transgendered people in society.

[USA]
Southern cities unite against anti-LGBT legislation
As anti-trans legislation moves through the South with North Carolina and Mississippi enacting discriminatory laws and other states considering similar bills, there is a growing movement by Southern cities to reject radical anti-LGBT attacks and support transgender members of their communities.

[FL, USA]
Parent objects after Vanguard allows transgender student to use boys restroom
A Marion County parent says his son's Fourth Amendment rights are being violated now that the School District allows a transgender student, who was born female but identifies as male, to use the boys restroom.

[LA, USA]
Louisiana senate committee to hear anti-LGBT bill SB 288 today
A bill known as SB 288 that would effectively ban nondiscrimination protections for LGBT Louisianans across the state is up consideration. Were SB 288 to be signed into law, thousands of Louisianans would be left vulnerable to discrimination.

[ME, USA]
Tradition, transgender rights clash at Morse High School
When Morse High School administrators announced earlier this week that, in an effort to be sensitive to transgender students, all seniors would wear blue graduation caps and gowns — instead of white for girls and blue for boys — the outcry from some parents, alumni and other students was deafening.

[ME, USA]
Maine approves Christian ballot initiative to strip gay rights from Human Rights Act
Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said this week that a Christian activist could move forward with plans for a ballot initiative to strip LGBT protections from the state’s anti-discrimination law.

[MS, USA]
Mississippi H.B. 1523 & the Establishment Clause
As legal scholars with expertise in matters of religious freedom, civil rights, and the interaction between those fields, we offer our opinion on the scope and meaning of Mississippi House Bill 1523, which was signed into law today by Governor Phil Bryant.

[MS, USA]
Onward Christian soldiers: Mississippi to let churches arm ‘security’
Mississippi’s legislature has already addressed its education, healthcare, crime and poverty issues by passing a law to encourage LGBT discrimination.

[MS, USA]
Hate gays? Then put a lesbian on the cover of your tourism guide
Mississippi’s new tourism guide is out.
Come visit Mississippi, the state that signed into law a bill to prevent trans people from peeing and to allow religious people to not do business with you.

[MS, USA]
Fed’l agencies reviewing Mississippi ‘religious freedom’ law
Concurrent with their examination of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law, at least three federal agencies are conducting a review of the recently enacted “religious freedom” law in Mississippi seen to enable sweeping anti-LGBT discrimination, the Washington Blade has learned.
The Laughable Incompetence Of Mississippi’s Anti-LGBT Lawmakers

[NC, USA]
Springsteen cancels Greensboro concert over HB2
The fallout from House Bill 2 continued on Friday as Bruce Springsteen canceled a concert scheduled for Sunday because of the passing of the new legislation.
Bruce Springsteen cancels Greensboro concert on Sunday because of House Bill 2
Bruce Springsteen cancels N.C. show over anti-LGBT law
BREAKING: Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Show Over Anti-LGBT Law HB2
Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Concert Over Anti-Gay Bill
EUA: Bruce Springsteen cancela espectáculo na Carolina do Norte em protesto contra a HB2
North Carolina’s Constitutional Challenge
UNC system announces it will follow HB2; ACLU calls move 'disappointing'
Mayor 'deeply troubled' about Charlotte over HB2 backlash
Groups assail UNC system for standing behind discrimination law
Groups Challenging HB2 Respond to UNC Position on Discriminatory Law
UNC president: Campuses must follow transgender law
CNBC Asks Transgender CEO about NC’s ‘Anti-LGBT Legislation’
Read the Durham City Council Resolution Against HB 2 Here
After Two Employees Walked Out, Durham's Guglhupf Attempts to Extricate Itself From HB 2 Backlash
Appalachian State students rally against HB2

[NE, USA]
NSAA vote on transgender policy on Friday agenda
Members of the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) Representative Assembly will meet in Lincoln Friday.

[NH, USA]
Candia board to seek legal advice after emotional debate on transgender policy
The school board agreed to seek legal advice before adopting a proposed policy that would accommodate transgender students after an emotionally charged debate Thursday night that nearly prompted a call to police.
Candia residents discuss proposed policy for transgender students

[MI, USA]
Board of Ed: Transgender students should get to choose bathrooms
A hot topic in the hallways - should transgender students get to choose whether they use the girls or the boys bathroom?

[NM, USA]
Albuquerque Public Schools postpones talk on superintendent, addresses gender identity policy
The Albuquerque Public School Board postponed talking about the contract of acting Superintendent Raquel Reedy on Wednesday night.

[PA, USA]
Pennsylvania governor signs nondiscrimination executive orders
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday signed two executive orders banning anti-LGBT discrimination.

[PA, USA]
State seeks dismissal of trans lawsuit
State officials want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed on behalf of a Delaware County transgender man who seeks Medicaid coverage for a hysterectomy.

[SC, USA]
South Carolina Could Be The South’s Next Anti-LGBT Domino To Fall
With anti-LGBT laws successfully passing and advancing across the South, one state lawmaker wants to be part of the trend.
Transgender bathroom bill could be bad for business in SC
Gov. Nikki Haley says transgender bathroom bill unnecessary in S.C.
Senator slams transgender bill as discriminatory
Academics, LGBTQ community react to proposed 'bathroom bill'
We Are Family Denounces Harmful Attack on Transgender People in South Carolina
South Carolina Senator Introduces Anti-Trans 'Bathroom Bill'

[TN, USA]
Mayor says transgender bathroom bill ‘doesn’t reflect Nashville values’
Mayor Megan Barry issued a statement Thursday on the controversial so-called transgender bathroom bill.
Transgender bathroom bill draws both ire, praise across Tennessee

[Brasil]
Homem trans de 18 anos é agredido por transfóbicos em Barueri, São Paulo
O jovem Kaique Klein, homem trans de 18 anos, foi mais uma vítima da transfobia. Ele foi violentamente agredido na última quarta-feira (6) na frente de sua casa, em Barueri, São Paulo, depois de chegar da faculdade de Gestão em Recursos Humanos.

[Brasil]
Atriz cubana Phedra de Córdoba morre vítima de câncer, aos 77, em São Paulo
A atriz cubana Phedra de Córdoba, 77, morreu na noite deste sábado (9), por volta das 22h, em São Paulo. Ela sofria de câncer no pulmão e nos rins e foi levada para o hospital Heliópolis pela atriz e amiga Maria Casadevall após um mal-estar durante a tarde. A data e o local do funeral ainda não foram decididos, de acordo com Ivam Cabral, seu amigo e colega de palco.

[Brasil]
Jovem é baleado no parque São João
Um travesti, de cerca de 35 anos, foi baleado na rua Etuzi Takayama, no Parque São João, na noite desta sexta-feira. Segundo informações de testemunhas, uma moto de cor preta teria passado pelo local e atirado contra a vítima, identificada como João Paulo Ferreira Prestes.
Nota de repudio pelo assassinato da militante LGBT Vanessa

[UK]
Trans the Voice star Jordan Gray hails show for not focussing on her gender
Transgender singer Jordan Gray has commended The Voice, saying she was glad the process wasn’t made all about her gender identity.

[India]
Transgenders fare better in India where homosexuality is still illegal
India's transgenders are so despised that they use a little psychological trick to prevent their sense of worth being crushed under the weight of contempt.

[Malaysia]
Groups commend JAWI for acting professionally during raid on transgender ‘beauty pageant’
Enforcement officers of the Federal Territories Islamic Affairs Department (JAWI) should be commended for having acted professionally during a raid at a transgender community dinner function at a hotel last Sunday.

[CN, EUA]
The Boss cancela concerto por causa de lei que discrimina transexuais
A razão tem a ver com uma restrição ao uso das casas de banho. Bruce Springsteen cancelou o concerto que devia dar este domingo em Greensboro, na Carolina do Norte, nos EUA.
Bruce Springsteen cancela concerto em protesto com lei anti-LGBT

[USA]
In Limbo or Worse: Military members who transitioned since July 2015
When they’re not looking out for the enemy, they’re looking over their shoulders.

[USA]
Schuyler Bailar, NCAA’s first openly transgender swimmer, tells ‘60 Minutes’ he made ‘the right choice’
Among the first openly transgender collegiate swimmers in U.S. history, Bailar tells his story to “60 Minutes” Sunday.

[USA]
Critics of North Carolina, Mississippi Anti-Gay Laws Funded Their Authors
Some leading companies that are currently blasting state governments in Mississippi and North Carolina for enacting laws that promote discrimination against LGBT people made substantial campaign contributions to the two Republican governors and Republican state legislators who enacted those laws.
Hate Group Shill Calls NY Gov a 'Fascist' for Banning Travel to Anti-Gay States

[USA]
People are falling for ‘transgender bathroom’ scare stories, poll finds
A plurality of people in the US now support laws that would ban transgender women from using female toilets.

[USA]
A Young Louie Gohmert Wouldn't Have Resisted The Temptation To Enter Girls' Bathrooms
In a radio interview yesterday, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, defended North Carolina’s new anti-LGBT law, which bars transgender people from using restrooms consistent with their gender identity and prevents localities like Charlotte from enacting measures protecting LGBT people from discrimination, by insisting that it would prevent boys from going into women’s restrooms.

[USA]
Ten U.S. Mayors Form Pro-LGBT Coalition
The mayors formed a coalition to put economic pressure on states that have passed anti-LGBT measures.

[USA]
Leading businesses take stand against states' new anti-LGBT laws
PayPal and Bank of America among companies voicing opposition to Mississippi and North Carolina laws, as states learn there’s money in progressive values

[CA, USA]
Vigil Held For Transgender Teen Critically Injured In Hit-And-Run
An emotional vigil was held Saturday evening for a transgender teen who remains in critical condition in the ICU at County-USC Medical Center following a hit-and-run accident.

[CA, USA]
Metro will boycott North Carolina conference in protest of anti-LGBT 'bathroom law'
Following a national outcry over a North Carolina law that restricts protections for transgender people, the head of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has effectively barred agency employees from traveling to Charlotte, N.C., for a conference.

[DE, USA]
Markell speaks out against transgender discrimination
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell has taken a stand against recent legislation passed in Mississippi and North Carolina that he said targets transgender and LGBT people.

[DE, USA]
Delaware not ordering travel ban to N.C. or Miss.
Delaware is not among the states banning travel to Mississippi and North Carolina in the wake of those states passing laws that proponents say protect religious freedom and critics claim would legalize discrimination against gay and transgender people.

[FL, USA]
Orange County tax collector bans travel to North Carolina over ‘bathroom law’
Employees with the Orange County tax collector’s office will not be traveling to North Carolina on the county’s dime.

[FL, USA]
Man given 10 years for assault of transgender teen
Jessica McCoy had a secret, and that secret may have resulted in her assault. Now, the man who beat her and put her in the trunk of her own car is going to jail, but not for the life sentence he could have been given.

[FL, USA]
Judge OKs trans man's name change after getting doctor's note
A judge has signed off on a transgender man's name change after forcing the man to provide a letter from his doctor to prove that he is undergoing appropriate treatment for gender transition.

[MI, USA]
Lawmaker pushes plan to restrict transgender bathroom use
A roiling political fight that began last month isn't showing signs of abating after GOP state lawmakers discovered draft voluntary guidelines from the State Board of Education that included recommendations on how to address transgender K-12 students who want to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.

[MI, USA]
Transgender Agenda Hits Funeral Home
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Michigan funeral home asked a federal court Thursday to dismiss what remains of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit against the business’s sex-specific dress code, which requires employees to dress in a manner sensitive to grieving family members and friends.

[MI, USA]
Transgender professor files sex discrimination lawsuit against SVSU
A transgender adjunct professor at Saginaw Valley State University has filed a federal lawsuit against the school that alleges she was fired from her administrative position because of her gender transition.
Transgender faculty member files discrimination lawsuit against university

[MN, USA]
Proposed transgender policy to be reviewed Monday at NLS
A new version of a proposed policy to address transgender students will be reviewed Monday night by the New London-Spicer School Board.

[MN, USA]
Minnesota Lawmaker Says 'Crude' Transgender Reaction Strengthening Resolve on Bathroom Bill
Minnesota Sen. Scott Newman (R) contends Minnesota’s transgender community is not being bullied by his legislation that would regulate bathroom use by sex. Rather, Newman argued transgendered people and their supporters are the bullies, and he is the one being bullied because of his legislative proposal.

[MS, USA]
Mississippi Defies the 1st Amendment with “Freedom of Conscience” Law
On April 5 Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed into law H.B. 1523, a measure that received overwhelming approval in both houses of the state legislature. Titled the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience From Government Discrimination Act,” the law was clearly intended to encourage businesses and individuals in the state to discriminate against same-sex couples, LGBT people, and even sexually-active unmarried heterosexuals.
ABC Anchor On Mississippi Law: Equal Treatment For Everyone

[NC, USA]
LGBT rights advocate appointed to N.C. legislature
Amid continued outcry in North Carolina over the state’s recently enacted anti-LGBT law, the head of the statewide equality group on Saturday announced he has been temporarily appointed for a seat on the state legislature.

[NC, USA]
KARMA is Biting NC HB2 Bigots in the BUTT and why we can’t celebrate that
Funny thing KARMA. You can do whatever you feel. But when someone is inherently evil and acts on those ill wishes they invariably get a return visit from KARMA. The same applies to those wronged by the evil doers. It makes no difference to Karma who was wronged ‘first’, if you look at events in the order of a ‘timeline’.
NBA commish moves All Star game from Charlotte over HB2
North Carolina gubernatorial candidates raising big bucks off new anti-LGBTQ law
University of North Carolina president raises concerns over ‘bathroom bill’
Spellings, Folt come out against House Bill 2
At Chamber breakfast, legislators double down on support for controversial bill
Conventions leaving Charlotte, citing House Bill 2
Activists plan prayer rally backing LGBT discrimination law
Nags Head leaders vote to oppose N.C. transgender bathroom law
Springsteen cancels Greensboro show over NC's transgender law
UNC President’s Compliance With Anti-LGBT Law Enrages Students Across North Carolina
Canceled: LGBT Group Won't Bring Kids to North Carolina
NC billboard jokes that visitors should ‘set clocks back 100 years’
Activists Are Now #PeeingForPat to Troll Transphobic N.C. Gov.
Boorish North Carolina Congressman Calls Bruce Springsteen a 'Bully' for Protesting a Law That Bullies Transgender People
Halting LGBT rules, N Carolina lawmakers again rebuff cities
Dems put LGBT leader in Legislature after transgender law

[NE, USA]
NSAA assembly rejects 'gender-at-birth' rule for transgender student-athletes
The head of the state’s governing body for high school athletics defended his organization for adopting a policy that will allow transgender students, in some circumstances, to compete as a gender other than their gender at birth.
NSAA transgender proposal lives on

[NH, USA]
Flyer on Candia transgender student proposal sparks outrage
Person named on flyer says she had nothing to do with it

[NY, USA]
Lake George to review transgender policies Tuesday
The Lake George Board of Education will hold the first reading Tuesday of new policies designed to protect the rights of transgender students.

[OH, USA]
John Kasich: I would not have signed transgender restroom bill
Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Saturday that he would not have signed a bill like the one that was recently passed in North Carolina, where Republican Gov. Pat McCrory approved a controversial measure last month protecting businesses from anti-LGBT discrimination lawsuits and requiring transgender individuals to use public restrooms that correspond with the sex indicated on their birth certificates.

[PA, USA]
Pittsburgh Public Schools to unveil transgender policy
The Pittsburgh Public Schools’ board policy committee is set to unveil a draft proposal this month that would formally establish a plan to protect the rights of transgender students district-wide.

[SC, USA]
Bright responds to criticism from governor, business groups over 'bathroom bill'
Republican state Sen. Lee Bright of Roebuck said S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is wrong for believing a 1999 religious freedom law already provides sufficient protections to private businesses and schools that don’t want to accommodate transgender men and women from using bathrooms, showers or changing rooms of their choice.

[TN, USA]
Anti-Gay Hate Group Offers to Defend Tennessee's Theocratic Bible Bill
In a landslide 19-8 vote on Wednesday, the Tennessee Senate passed a theocratic bill making the Holy Bible the state's official book. As the bill sits on Republican Governor Bill Hallam's desk, the anti-gay hate group Liberty Counsel announced that they will defend the bill should it get vetoed.
Rogero: Transgender bathroom bill would ‘negatively affect’ local families
Knoxville Mayor says transgender bathroom bill ‘unnecessary and divisive’
Tennessee transgender bathroom bill causing a stir in Nashville

[TN, USA]
Shelby jail, other facilities grapple with housing inmates by gender identity
When Terry Turner was arrested for identity theft last year, Turner was sent to the women's jail at Shelby County Jail East.

[WV, USA]
West Virginia University to offer gender-neutral housing
West Virginia University has launched a housing program for students to room together on campus regardless of sex, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation.

[Bolivia]
Crimen de transexual reflota debate sobre homofobia
El crimen de una transexual ha reflotado el debate sobre la homofobia en Bolivia, un país con poco avance en el reconocimiento de los derechos de los homosexuales.
Dayana Kenia, de 24 años, fue asesinada por su pareja y su muerte se suma a la de un travesti que aún no ha sido aclarada y a la golpiza que recibió otro en las dos últimas semanas en diversas partes del país, dijo el viernes a The Associated Press Víctor Hugo Vidangos, vicepresidente del Colectivo LGBT.

[UK]
Lesbian teen asked to prove gender, ejected from McDonald’s for using women’s toilet
A lesbian has said she was kicked out of a McDonald’s for using the women’s toilets, after being mistaken for a man.

[UK]
Gender identity clinic for young people sees referrals double
The number of young people referred to England's only gender identity clinic for under-18s has doubled in the past year to nearly 1,400, figures show.

[China]
China hears first transgender employment discrimination case
A Chinese arbitration panel held a hearing Monday in what is believed to be the country’s first transgender employment discrimination case, according to the lawyer in the case.
China hears first transgender discrimination case

[Australia]
Run-in sparks equality call
A transgender person refused a haircut from a Raymond Terrace barber is using the experience to call for greater acceptance of those battling with their gender identity.

[Australia]
Young Indigenous transgender woman says education is key to developing understanding
A young Indigenous transgender woman is educating regional youth in Queensland about her transition.

[Australia]
When Facebook says "you have memories to look back on today"
When Facebook memories pop up in your newsfeed it can be a chance to relive an embarrassing moment, a fun time with friends or even laugh about your daggy clothes or hairstyles.

[Australia]
How trans people can change their voice to suit their preferred gender
A discrepancy between someone’s sex at birth and their internal gender identity and experience of gender is no trivial matter. The negative impacts on the individual’s sense of identity, their confidence in interacting with others, their ability to participate in work and social life, and their psychosocial well-being can be profound.

[USA]
Anti-LGBT "Bathroom Predator" Myth Makes Its Way To ABC's This Week
ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos hosted Kristen Waggoner, senior counsel for the extreme anti-LGBT group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), who hyped the debunked “bathroom predator” myth to defend a discriminatory law recently passed in North Carolina.

[FL, USA]
DCF under fire over LGBT rule change
The Florida Department of Children and Families is under fire for backing off part of a proposal that would protect LGBT kids who live in group homes from discrimination — including so-called “conversion therapy” aimed at changing their sexual orientation.

[IL, USA]
Analyst With Religious Group Argues Separate Facilities Are Best For Transgender People
While some states and localities are considering laws that require transgender people to use certain bathrooms and locker rooms, a religious group official feels separate facilities are the safest answer, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.

[MS, USA]
Bryan Adams cancels Mississippi show over state’s new law
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams is canceling a performance this week in Mississippi, citing the state’s new law that allows religious groups and some private businesses to refuse service to gay couples.

[NC, USA]
Supporters, opponents of NC transgender bathroom rule set to hold dueling rallies Monday
The division over the new law known as House Bill 2 continues Monday as dueling rallies are scheduled to take place in Raleigh.
Greenville City Council considers resolution opposing HB2, bike & pedestrian plan
Asheville City Council poised to consider HB2 response on April 12
The Morning Roundup: No Surrender
N.C. NAACP Promises Sit-Ins if Lawmakers Don’t Repeal HB 2
12 protest HB2 with bathroom sit-in
Both sides of HB2 slated to square off in Raleigh
Franklin Graham Slams Bruce Springsteen in 'Bigotry' Row Over North Carolina Transgender Bathroom Law
Univ. of North Carolina Has No Idea How to Enforce Bathroom Laws

[NE, USA]
Transgender debate leads to bathrooms battle in Omaha
There's a battle over bathrooms as a downtown bar owner takes a tough stance in the transgender debate.

[NJ, USA]
Pascack Valley school board to vote Monday night on transgender policy
The Pascack Valley Regional High School District Board of Education will vote Monday night on whether to adopt a policy that school officials say will help protect the rights of transgender students, but that a handful of parents and local residents contend is ill advised.

[NY, USA]
Transgender woman shares her journey, has hope for the future
Teri Wilhelm spends her days painting, playing guitar or walking her dogs.

[OH, USA]
Library employee's plea for transgender insurance ignored
Rachel Dovel legally changed her name from Nathan last year, came out to her co-workers and was ready for the surgery that would allow her to live what she felt was a more authentic life as a woman.

[TN, USA]
Nashville Musicians Weigh In On Transgender Bathroom Bill
More voices have been weighing in on the controversial so-called transgender bathroom bill in the state legislature ahead of a scheduled committee meeting this week.

[TX, USA]
Police hunt for killer in double murder mystery in Midtown
Houston police are looking for the killer or killers responsible for murdering two people in Midtown late Sunday night.
The two people were found at 1100 Dennis Street near the Fannin Street intersection about 11:15pm.
Leola Thompson says she was on the phone with her child moments before Robert Isaac, 34, was attacked.
Houston Trans Woman Murdered
Transgender woman among two killed in late-night Houston shooting

[Portugal]
Cirurgia da transexualidade: HSM reconhecido por técnica “ímpar”
“Três intervenções diferentes no mesmo passo cirúrgico”, é desta forma que Alexandre Lourenço descreve a técnica da cirurgia da transexualidade que está a ser realizada por uma equipa multidisciplinar do Hospital de Santa Maria, e que mereceu o reconhecimento internacional num editorial publicado este mês no The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology.

[Brasil]
Conversas cara a cara reduzem preconceito contra transgênero, aponta estudo
Embora o preconceito contra gays e lésbicas tenha diminuído, a discriminação de transgêneros continua alta. A partir dessa premissa, um estudo verificou se é possível mudar a opinião pública sobre as pessoas que se veem como o gênero oposto com conversas porta a porta.

[España]
Muere Shangay Lily, polifacético 'drag queen', escritor y activista
El 'drag queen', escritor y activista Enrique Hinojosa Vázquez, conocido con el nombre artístico de Shangay Lily, falleció anoche en Madrid, a los 53 años, a consecuencia "de una larga enfermedad", según han informado a Efe fuentes próximas al artista.

[Turkey]
AUNTIE İHSAN: A TRANS SOLIDARITY STORY FROM FRANCE TO KAYIŞLAR VILLAGE
Ali İhsan Çolak is a 48-year-old transwoman who has been living in Akhisar’s Kayışlar Village for the last 13 years. She has established her trans identity amongst villagers, and long struggled to live openly.

[Australia]
Germaine Greer Thinks It's Unfair For Trans Women To Marry Women
Speaking on the Australian debate show 'Q and A' well known trans-exclusionary feminist Germaine Greer made yet more controversial comments about the existence of transgender women, and made claims that it is wrong for lesbian relationships with trans women to exist.
The Police...
ABC denies hurting trans community
Germaine Greer defends her transgender views and starts another row

[Australia]
Transgender teen in court over medical treatment
Supportive school friends organised cupcakes for “Boy Day’’, the date from which a transgender teenager, who was born a twin girl, would be known by his male name.

[Canada]
Transgendered residents start lawsuit against Saskatchewan government, human rights agency
A group of transgendered individuals and their guardians or parents are taking the provincial government and its human rights commission to court.

[USA]
Powerpuff Girls Transgender Unicorn Episode Not A Good Thing
The following article is purely my opinion, based on how I felt watching the episode, it may differ from your own opinions. What I am presenting here are my own thoughts only, and as such it should be viewed not as 100% universal, but just one view amongst many.

[USA]
Ex-DOD official: No 'substantive' opposition to transgender troops
There has been no vocal opposition inside the Pentagon to a plan to allow transgender troops to serve openly, the department's recently departed personnel chief said Monday.

[USA]
Out of ‘religious freedom’ push, a clear pattern emerges
For anyone even moderately steeped in the LGBT rights fight, the wave of so-called “religious freedom” legislation and subsequent backlash has started to resemble a bad song whose lyrics you can’t quite forget.

[USA]
Ted Cruz's Newest Anti-LGBT Pal: 'Exorcist' Gordon Klingenschmitt
The antigay preacher and politician, who says LGBT people are hell-bound if they don't overcome their "demonic spirit," is part of Cruz's Colorado team.

[USA]
When Should Companies Take A Stand On Social Issues?
Amid business boycotts in North Carolina and Mississippi, former Angie's List CEO Bill Oesterle reflects on his company's move to axe an expansion as a protest to Indiana's religious liberty law.

[CA, USA]
Private changing areas quell transgender debate
Students returning to Rancho Bernardo High School next week after spring break will find several new individual stalls in changing areas, as Poway Unified School District addresses concerns sparked by a transgender student who uses the boys’ locker room.

[HI, USA]
Parent of transgender girl calls on DOE to establish clear policy to battle discrimination
A public school second-grader has made the transition from a boy to a girl, but without an official Department of Education policy to help guide officials, her family says she's at risk of being discriminated against.

[IA, USA]
Branstad: Gender-neutral restrooms 'not on radar screen'
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad declined to offer an opinion Monday when asked whether gender-neutral restrooms should be installed at the Iowa Capitol.

[MA, USA]
Messages of hate target local transgender community
Gay and transgender advocates are raising concern after fliers were circulated in Massachusetts and New Hampshire with messages of hate against proposed policies to end discrimination.

[MI, USA]
Pistons' Stan Van Gundy blasts North Carolina 'bathroom' law
Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said today that he supports moving the 2017 NBA All-Star Game out of Charlotte after the governor of North Carolina signed a bill prohibiting municipalities from passing anti-discrimination ordinances.

[MN, USA]
Anti-transgender bill to get informational hearing on Tuesday
A bill that would bar transgender and gender non-conforming Minnesotans from using the restroom in public places, schools, and places of employment will receive a hearing on Tuesday in the House Civil Law and Data Practices Committee beginning at 8:15am. The bill was previously scheduled for a vote on March 31, but the bill was pulled off the agenda prior to the meeting.
NLS transgender policy discussion draws large crowd

[MS, EUA]
Primeiro foi "The Boss", agora é Bryan Adams
O músico canadiano Bryan Adams cancelou um espectáculo no Mississipi para ser realizado esta semana no Mississippi Coast Coliseum em Biloxi.
Mississippi’s restaurants protest anti-LGBTI religious liberty law
95 Mississippi authors call for repeal of anti-LGBT law
Mississippi 'Religious Freedom' Law Supporters Play Down Opposition

[NC, USA]
North Carolina: Deutsche Bank halts plans for 250 new jobs
Deutsche Bank is halting plans to add 250 jobs in North Carolina because of a state law limiting protections for lesbians, gays and transgender people.
University of North Carolina may be violating Obama’s LGBT order
Charlotte Transgender Woman Documents LGBT Friendly Restrooms
Hundreds rally for McCrory, NC legislators supporting House Bill 2

[NJ, USA]
Pascack Valley approves transgender policy after contentious meeting
Transgender students at the Pascack Valley Regional High School district will be able to use restrooms or locker rooms based on their gender identity under a policy passed Monday by the Board of Education.

[NM, USA]
GOP chair started anti-transgender rights effort at APS
Dozens of emails sent to Albuquerque school board members opposing a proposed change in rights for transgender students appear to have come from the same source.

[OR/WA, USA]
A Vancouver Charity is Funding a Group Backing North Carolina’s Anti-Transgender “Bathroom Bill”
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, one of the largest charities in the Pacific Northwest, gave $375,000 this year to a right-wing legal group that supports North Carolina's anti-transgender legislation.

[PA, USA]
Physician general addresses transgender conference
When Ellie Volkland of Wilkes-Barre goes out into the world, she’s often on edge.

[SC, USA]
Bryant says transgender bill to advance regardless
A controversial bill by Sen. Lee Bright that mimics a North Carolina law addressing transgender use of public bathrooms will advance past Wednesday's subcommittee hearing regardless of what the two senators hearing the bill say about it.
Senator vows to block SC transgender bathroom bill
Bill would have schools determine gender of athletes

[TN, USA]
The Fiscal Impact of Tennessee House Bill 2414
Tennessee House Bill 2414 requires public educational institutions to restrict students’ use of restrooms according to the sex assigned on their birth certificates.
Cosponsor of Tenn. Transphobic Bill Accused of Sexual Harassment
Tennessee attorney general says transgender bathroom bill could be costly
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing exemptions for therapists

[VA, USA]
Decision expected in case of Va. transgender student
A ruling is expected in the transgender bathroom case

[Brazil]
More Heartrending news from Brazil
Three more violent murders, an assault and a life lost due to silicone injections.

[España]
Fallece Shangay Lily, artista y activista
Shangay Lily, artista y activista a partes iguales, ha fallecido este lunes, 11 de abril, a los 53 años de edad. Con su muerte desaparece la que era una de las voces más críticas de la escena pública LGTB, con la que se podía estar muy de acuerdo o en franco desacuerdo, pero que sin duda removía conciencias y agitaba pensamientos. No dejaba indiferente a nadie, y para una figura como la suya ese es posiblemente uno de los mejores piropos.

[Middle East]
Should Arab Trans people seek Asylum?
Many Arab countries are suffering from the war, severe political crisis, poverty, and persecution. Consequently, many people are becoming refugees and seeking asylum in a safe country. Increasingly, Arab trans people, a small community in these war torn countries are seeking asylum to get their rights as human beings.

[Lebanon]
Police spit on trans woman, tie her to a chair for three days
Arrests at police and vigilante checkpoints, gay couple beaten in custody and now face trial for homosexuality

[Australia]
Bashing victim says "Stay safe, even around Newtown"
A young man who was bashed in Sydney’s inner-west suburbs on Saturday night says he was targeted because he was leaving a party wearing a dress and make-up.

[Australia]
Dark Universe album review, an audiobiographical story of transition
Dark Universe is a new album from Australian composer, songwriter, and guitarist, Jaime Page. Jaime recently spoke with Planet Transgender about her music and her transition. It is my honor to share with you a review of the advance copy of her new album today before it hits the shelves. In a word, this album is awesome.
Interview with transgender musician Jaime Page

[Canada]
House passes transgender legislation
In an unusual move, the House of Assembly unanimously passed two pieces of legislation Wednesday relating to transgender people, and gender reassignment.
Reassignment surgery not necessary to change gender markers on N.L. ID

[USA]
Why The 'Bathroom Predator' Myth Is 'Straight-Up Right-Wing B.S.'
Media experts, law enforcement, and real live trans people explain why the fear of men "pretending" to be trans to attack women and children in bathrooms has no basis in reality.

[USA]
Fox's Ablow: "Transgenderism" Paves The Way For “People To Declare Their Own Races”
Keith Ablow: “It’s Part Of The Denial Of Reality”

[USA]
Trans in the Military: How the Face of Service is Changing
Few issues are as weighty as trans people serving in this country's armed forces.

[USA]
Kasich 'Unfamiliar' With Ohio Trans Teen Suicide, Talks LGBT Rights
During a recent campaign stop in Troy, New York, GOP presidential hopeful John Kasich was asked about Leelah Alcorn, the trans teen from Ohio who made headlines after she took her own life by walking into traffic after her family refused to accept her and wanted her to undergo conversion therapy.

[USA]
Conservative lawmakers drive backlash against LGBT rights
Year after year, South Carolina Sen. Lee Bright has watched as gays won more rights through legislation and the courts. And as he sees proposals elsewhere in the U.S. aimed at allowing transgender people to use the bathroom that conforms to their identity, he says plenty of people feel just like he does.

[USA]
Cruz Endorser John Zmirak: LGBT People 'Fundamentally Dissatisfied With The Way God Made Them'
Conservative columnist John Zmirak, whose endorsement Ted Cruz proudly posted on his presidential campaign website last month, reacted last week to a controversial anti-trans law in North Carolina by writing a column titled “There’s a Bearded Trannie in the Stall Next to Your Daughter and You’d Better Learn to Like It.”

[CA, USA]
Lawsuit accuses 'men's' barbershop of refusing to cut transgender man's hair
An old-timey barbershop chain with locations in Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach has been sued on allegations of refusing to cut a transgender man's hair.

[IN, USA]
Local transgender woman says Transpo employee discriminated against her
A local transgender woman says she was humiliated and discriminated against at a Transpo bus station.

[KS, USA]
Transgender restroom bill in Kansas alarms LGBT student advocates
Proposal would require students to use restrooms at public schools that match their gender at birth
One controversial provision amounts to a “bounty” on transgender students, critics say
Legislation isn’t slated for debate this session

[LA, USA]
Louisiana transgender workers protected in governor's executive order
For the first time ever in Louisiana, a governor took formal action to protect transgender state workers and transgender people seeking state services from discrimination.

[MA, USA]
Charlie Baker booed off stage at LGBT event by transgender activists
Gov. Charlie Baker was the keynote speaker Wednesday night at an LGBT networking event hosted by Boston Spirit magazine at the Marriott hotel ballroom in Copley Place.

[MA, USA]
Pssst: Baker won’t veto a transgender rights bill
Business leaders in Massachusetts are turning up the heat on the Legislature to pass a transgender rights bill.
Senate leader wants vote on transgender rights bill

[MD, USA]
Maryland has a 25 page manual covering how to treat transgender and gender non-conforming students
Maryland teachers have a 25 page manual that covers how to treat transgender and gender non-conforming students.

[MI, USA]
Funeral home litigation turns on religion, transgender rights
Filings in case turn on how religious one has to be to claim a religious exemption

[MI, USA]
Transgender Professor: Boss Said My ‘Entire Life Is One Big Lie’ and Fired Me
Charin Davenport alleges in a lawsuit against a Michigan university that her supervisor and one-time friend lost it when she revealed she is transgender.

[MI, USA]
Dozens speak out on proposed guidance for transgender students, bathroom use
Emotions were high Tuesday when at least two dozen parents, students and educators weighed in on voluntary state guidelines recommending that transgender K-12 students be granted access to restrooms or locker rooms in accordance with their gender identity.
Transgender students beg MDE to stand by controversial proposal

[MN, USA]
Parents of transgender student file discrimination complaint against Nova Classical Academy
Parents of a transgender child have filed a discrimination complaint against Nova Classical Academy, a St. Paul charter school.
Parents file charge against St. Paul school, saying transgender child not welcome there

[MN, USA]
MN papers pan MN GOP’s anti-transgender bill
Newspapers around the state have been sharply critical of efforts by Minnesota Republicans to move a bill that would force transgender Minnesotans to use restrooms opposite their gender. At the heart of the debate is Republican notions of transgender people as predators, a false and dangerous idea that Minnesota newspapers took issue with. To date, no newspaper editorial boards have come out in support of the legislation.
Legislators, families take sides as Minnesota, nation debate transgender issues

[MS, USA]
Sharon Stone Cancels Mississippi Movie Shoot Over Anti-LGBT ‘Religious Freedom’ Law
Sharon Stone has cancelled filming of an upcoming project in Mississippi as a result of the state’s newly passed anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom on steroids’ bill, HB 1523.
The film’s producers informed Mississippi Film Studios president Rick Moore that the law was a deal-breaker for Stone.
Mississippi Gov Bryant: Critics of religious freedom law are “overreacting”

[NC, USA]
Ringo Starr cancels North Carolina show over 'bathroom law'
First The Boss. Now one of The Beatles. The protest against North Carolina's so-called "bathroom law" has attracted another legendary name in music.
Ringo Starr cancels in North Carolina over law
Laura Jane Grace, champion of transgender voices in punk rock, will protest N.C.’s bill by performing there
LGBT Pride Flags Burned Outside North Carolina Church
NBA urged to move All-Star Game over N.C. anti-LGBT law
Bank Won't Add 250 Jobs in North Carolina Due to Rights Law
More North Carolina Conventions Nixed Over Law
TLC@SONG statement on North Carolina Governor’s executive order
The Devastating Blow of HB 2 Will Not Be Fixed by the Band-Aid of an Executive Order
Family Research Council Statement on Gov. McCrory's Executive Order on H.B. 2
N.C. State Rep. Ken Goodman Stands Behind 'Bathroom' Law
North Carolina Governor Pretends To Fix Anti-LGBT Law With Symbolic Executive Order
McCrory signs executive order under pressure over anti-LGBT law
N.C. Gov. McCrory signs nondiscrimination order — with exceptions
Governor Wants Parts of North Carolina Rights Law Changed
Washington Post: North Carolina's Anti-LGBT Law Will Not Go Unpunished
Coalition holds meetings on North Carolina transgender law
WRAL News poll: NC voters conflicted over HB2
Birth certificates, bouncers at the bathroom door?
HB2 protestors block traffic in uptown
How Journalists Are Grappling With The Rampant "Bathroom Bill" Misinformation In North Carolina
HB2 Supporter Dismisses Corporate Backlash, Says Companies Have Been Lied To
Center for American Progress: HB 2 Could Cost North Carolina Over $500 Million
Media Document The Economic Cost Of North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law
'Don't Be Mean' Beer: 36 N.C. Breweries Sign Up To Sell Brew Aimed At HB2
Asheville City Council calls for HB2 repeal
City Council calls for repeal of HB2, urges other cities to do same

[NJ, USA]
Will religious group really sue NJ school over transgender bathroom policy?
As another New Jersey school district adopts a policy for its transgender students — allowing them to use the bathrooms and locker facilities that match their gender identities, rather than their at-birth sexes —what will be the next step for religious groups that stand in staunch opposition?
Toms River Schools' transgender policy under review

[NM, USA]
Santa Fe schools quietly adopt transgender rules for students
Santa Fe Public Schools quietly has approved rules to protect transgender students from discrimination, while Albuquerque district administrators are still working on a similar policy amid outcry over bathroom and locker room access.

[NY, USA]
Transgender culture war hits New York high school
A new front has opened up in the culture wars.

[OH, USA]
Library board tables transgender issue
The independent board that controls the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County was set to talk about offering insurance that covers gender confirmation surgery at their meeting Tuesday, but Board President Elizabeth Lamacchia tabled the issue when only four of the board's seven members showed up.

[SC, USA]
SC House leader says no time for transgender bill
Senate hearing on bill Wednesday expected to draw crowds wanting to testify
Spartanburg Chamber joins bathroom bill opposition
Uphold says it is leaving Charleston, but has little public footprint
Capacity crowd mostly blasts South Carolina 'bathroom' bill
Overflow crowd speaks out on transgender bill
Transgender People Say 'Bathroom Bill' Will Single Them Out
SC Transgender Bathroom Bill Draws Crowd of Opponents
Sheriff Wright defends bathroom bill comments
Opponents of S.C. ‘bathroom bill’ include transgender teen from Anderson

[TN, USA]
White House: Tennessee anti-trans bathroom bill ‘mean-spirited’
Anti-transgender bathroom legislation moving forward in the Tennessee state legislature is just as “mean-spirited” as newly enacted anti-LGBT laws in North Carolina and Mississippi, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday.
The Surprising Sexual Harassment Scandal Accompanying Tennessee’s Anti-Transgender Bill
Transgender Bathroom Bill Delayed Amid Financial Questions
Businesses Ask Tennessee to Kill Bathroom Bill

[TX, USA]
Transgender woman turns self in for questioning in deaths of 2 in Midtown
With community activist Quanell X by her side, a transgender woman turned herself in for questioning Wednesday in the deaths of two people killed in Midtown over the weekend.

[Portugal]
NO LIVRO DE LARA CRESPO SOBREVIVE-SE COMO SE PODE
Despida – Reflexões de uma Mulher Transexual, livro de Lara Crespo recém-publicado, é uma colectânea de artigos originalmente escritos para o blogue Lara’s Dreaming, entre Agosto de 2007 e Junho de 2014. São textos confessionais e relatam os fantasmas da autora em torno da sua identidade de género.

[Brasil]
Bancada evangélica quer cassar direito de transexuais e travestis a nome social
Deputados apresentaram projetos para acabar com uma resolução do Conselho Nacional de Combate a Discriminação, que orienta escolas no tratamento adequado a pessoas transgênero

[UK]
Schools chief ‘hasn’t given one second of thought’ to transgender bathrooms policy
The head of Ofsted had admitted he has “never thought” about how to protect transgender students in bathrooms.

[Denmark]
Amnesty International intensifies campaign for transgender people’s rights
Thousands signed petition to pressure government into law change

[Australia]
A 10-point guide to not offending transgender people
"Society is moving very quickly," said musician Joseph Tawadros on the ABC's Q&A program on Monday night.

[New Zealand]
Police: Inmate safety a matter for Corrections
Police say they are still unable to comment on the investigation regarding the trans inmate alleging that she was sexually assaulted by prison staff at Whanganui Men's Prison and say inmate safety is a matter for Corrections.
Corrections - no comment regarding trans inmate
NPIP to picket Dep. of Corrections office

[USA]
Shrek Musical Changed After Using Transphobic Slur
A Canadian production of the Shrek musical has chosen to change its script following a complaint over the repeated use of the word 'tranny'

[USA]
Ted Cruz: 'Men Should Not Be Going to the Bathroom With Little Girls'
"I’m not terribly excited about men being able to go alone into a bathroom with my daughters,” the candidate says in an MSNBC town hall.

[AL, USA]
'Street freaks:' Mobile County Commission president sounds off on public restroom issue (updated)
Mobile County Commission President Jerry Carl has waded into the discussion over public restroom use with a Facebook post raising the fear of "street freaks" ogling women and children and sexual predators masquerading as transgender to gain access to their victims.
Mobile Co. Commissioner clarifies comments on transgender bathroom law concerns

[AZ, USA]
Transgender Woman Denied Chance to Appear on Calendar
Was Sharnell Paul denied a spot on the Women of the Navajo Nation calendar because she is transgender?

[CA, USA]
Long Beach woman charged with attempted murder of transgender woman
A 34-year-old Long Beach woman accused of trying to kill a transgender woman pleaded not guilty to one count of attempted murder Thursday.

[CA, USA]
This school is opening the first gender-neutral bathroom in Los Angeles Unified
Santee Education Complex is the first school in the Los Angeles Unified School District to let students of different genders use the same bathroom at the same time.

[GA, USA]
Justice Department, U.S. Attorney investigating treatment of Georgia LGBT prisoners
The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office have opened up a joint investigation into the Georgia Department of Corrections’ (GDC) treatment of LGBT prisoners. The investigation follows the high profile case of former inmate Ashley Diamond, a transgender woman who filed a federal lawsuit against the GDC last year alleging she had been denied medical treatment for gender dysphoria and had been sexually assaulted by other inmates.

[GA, USA]
Deal: I’ll veto Georgia anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ bill again if it comes back
In his first interview since vetoing an anti-LGBT so-called “religious freedom” bill two weeks ago, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said the backlash in North Carolina and Mississippi over similar bills should give supporters of such legislation second thoughts over bringing it back next year, and warned he would veto it again if it comes back in similar form.

[MA, USA]
Baker on transgender bill flap: 'I don't take positions' on pending legislation
We shouldn't discriminate against anyone in Massachusetts
When Being A Republican Means Supporting Transgender Rights

[MD, USA]
Gender identity included in equal pay bill
The Maryland House of Delegates on March 9 passed the Equal Pay for Equal Work bill that contains protections based on gender identity by a 133-33 vote margin. The measure, in which the House concurred with Senate amendments, is now headed to Gov. Larry Hogan who can either sign it, veto it or allow it to go into law without his signature.

[MD, USA]
Maryland prosecutor charges two for robocall about openly gay candidate
Maryland's state prosecutor charged two Republican strategists Thursday with distributing an illegal robocall that many considered an attempt to smear an openly gay local candidate in 2014.

[ME, USA]
The mayor and City Council in Maine's largest city say they will introduce a resolution to restrict travel to states that enact legislation that discriminates against the gay and transsexual communities
The mayor and City Council in Maine's largest city say they will introduce a resolution to restrict travel to states that enact legislation that discriminates against the gay and transsexual communities.
Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling says the resolution is an affirmation of the city's commitment against discrimination.

[MI, USA]
Lawmaker Pushes Plan to Restrict Transgender Bathroom Use
A roiling political fight that began last month isn't showing signs of abating after GOP state lawmakers discovered draft voluntary guidelines from the State Board of Education that included recommendations on how to address transgender K-12 students who want to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.

[MI, USA]
Southeast Michigan School District Under Federal Investigation
Bedford Public Schools, located 10 miles north of Toledo in Michigan's Monroe County, was placed under investigation in December by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights for allegedly discriminating against a trans youth. A Bedford spokesperson would not provide any more specifics on the investigation.

[MN, USA]
LGBT rights group holds Capitol rally to decry transgender bathroom bill
More than 100 people and DFL state legislators attended a Capitol rally to denounce legislation in Minnesota and other states that would regulate the use of bathrooms by transgender individuals.

[MS, USA]
Massachusetts governor booed off stage by trans activists
Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker was heckled and booed when he failed to commit to legislation that would protect the rights of transgender people in public spaces.

[NC, USA]
Jane Fonda Says She Won't Go to North Carolina
Actresses Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda are calling out North Carolina for passing its anti-LGBT legislation.
“We’re totally furious,” said Tomlin, the out co-star of Netflix's Grace & Frankie on Thursday.
Cirque du Soleil cancels North Carolina gigs over HB2
Ani DiFranco Cancels North Carolina Shows
Will new North Carolina law cost Governor McCrory the election?
Vandals steal, burn pride flags outside North Carolina church
As Backlash To Anti-LGBT Law In North Carolina Rises, Some Musicians Will Perform As Planned
Cruz: N.C. within its rights to enact bathroom restrictions for transgender people
It's Possible N.C. 'Bathroom Law' Will Be Repealed, State Rep. Bell Says

[NM, USA]
Santa Fe Public Schools add transgender rules for kids in district
While Albuquerque Public Schools continues to argue over whether transgender students should be allowed to use the restrooms and locker rooms of their choice, Santa Fe Public Schools didn’t struggle with the decision at all.
SFPS adopts new rules to protect transgender students

[PA, USA]
Judge: Morris records belong in a homicide file
A Philadelphia judge last week said computer-assisted dispatch records pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident belong in an official homicide file.

[PA, USA]
Executive orders meant to advance PA Fairness Act
With the budget battle concluded, there’s an opening to turn the state’s focus to LGBT nondiscrimination legislation. So says Sam Gehler, field director for Pennsylvania Competes and organizing director for Equality Pennsylvania.

[SC, USA]
South Carolina sheriff says he would ‘whip’ trans woman in restroom
Video of Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright speaking at the Greenville-Spartanburg Republican Women’s meeting shows the county’s top law enforcement officer threatening bodily harm to any transgender women who uses the ladies’ restroom in his presence. The video was posted by a conservative podcaster and shows the sheriff discussing South Carolina‘s proposed ban on public accommodations nondiscrimination protections for transgender people.
Transgender advocates fear SC bill's fallout even if it dies
Senators hear emotional outpouring of opposition to transgender bathroom bill

[TN, USA]
Knoxville business worried about impact of transgender bathroom bill
A Knoxville restaurant is making a public statement against the state’s transgender restroom bill. The bill would require students at Tennessee schools and universities to use the restrooms and locker room facilities corresponding with the sex on their birth certificate.
VIDEO:Citizens voice opinions about transgender bathroom bill
Transgender Woman Talks About Controversial "Bathroom Bill"

[Portugal]
Bloco apresenta projeto para despatologizar a diversidade de género
O Bloco vai entregar na próxima semana no Parlamento um projeto de lei para que a transexualidade deixe de ser considerada como uma doença mental, reconhecendo, desta forma, o direito à autodeterminação de género.
Novo Projecto de Lei Pretende Despatologizar a Diversidade de Género

[UK]
Police appeal for help and information about missing UK trans woman
Do you know where this trans woman is?

[USA]
25 YEARS OF TRANSPHOBIA IN COMEDY
There’s a scene from Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) in which the title character, played by Jim Carrey, is so disgusted with himself that he pukes in the toilet twice and has to empty an entire tube of toothpaste to brush his teeth. He then takes off all his clothes, puts them in a trash can, and burns them, before getting into the shower and weeping as the camera pans out. It’s a clear parody of scenes in dramas involving women who take showers after being sexually assaulted.

[USA]
Liberty Counsel Admits It's Behind 'Bathroom Bills' Nationwide
The leader of the anti-LGBT legal nonprofit says he “certainly” wants “to push back” on the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling.

[USA]
Shave the Date
A 2013 news story about a man filming in women's bathrooms was misrepresented as having occurred "last weekend" in 2016.

[FL, USA]
Cape Coral councilwoman exploring equal protection ordinance
A Cape Coral council member wants the city to expand its protections for employees to include the categories of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

[IN, USA]
Rights ordinance proposal hits bias snag
Hundreds of Valparaiso residents are debating the merits of a proposed ordinance the Human Relations Council is creating.

[KS, USA]
Students protest transgender bathroom bill at state capitol
A legislative proposal that addresses transgender bathroom issues in state schools and colleges drew protests at the capitol Friday.
Students rally for transgender rights

[MN, USA]
Despite Dayton's ban, Minn. lawmakers say go to N.C. anyway
Nearly three dozen Minnesota lawmakers sent a letter to North Carolina's governor Thursday saying they support the state's recently passed transgender bathroom law.

[MN, USA]
Hutchinson schools relatively unaffected by transgender rights debate
A bill that would bar transgender Minnesotans from using restrooms and locker rooms that don’t correspond with the gender on their birth certificates has sparked debate.

[NC, USA]
Laura Jane Grace, vocalista transgénero dos punks Against Me!, protesta contra leis anti-LGBT da Carolina do Norte... tocando lá
A vocalista dos Against Me! diz que não quer desapontar os seus fãs, vendo o concerto como "uma oportunidade"
Joel McHale Makes Big Donation To Protest Crazy Bathroom Bill
UNC Republicans Threaten Transgender Student on Facebook After Calling Her ‘Mentally-Ill Tranny Freak of Nature’
Protesters Disrupt, Escorted From UNC Board Meeting
Cirque du Soleil Will Snub North Carolina After State Law
Market Boycott Due to LGBT Law Could Hurt State's Economy
Silver: NC Law 'Problematic' To NBA, No Decision On All-Star

[TX, USA]
As goes Texas, so goes the country?
LGBT rights battles now playing out in statehouses got their start in Texas

[VA, USA]
High school transgender issue crosses over to Virginia
Most students only need to raise their hand and ask a teacher’s permission to use the restroom. For Gloucester High School teen Gavin Grimm, it’s a bit more complicated than that.

[USA]
Impatience grows as Pentagon lags on trans military review
Transgender advocates are growing impatient with the ongoing review of the U.S. military’s ban on openly trans service, which continues to lag at the Pentagon.

[USA]
Big business beginning to understand bottom line, support for transgender rights are linked: Teitel
Jennifer Pritzker — military veteran, philanthropist and transgender billionaire — recently donated $2 million to the University of Victoria to establish a chair of transgender studies, the first in the world.

[USA]
How Transgender Bathroom Bans Are Rooted in the History of American Restroom Segregation
North Carolina became the first state to mandate discrimination against transgender people, including banning them from using bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. The law guts other protections for LGBT persons. However, the bathroom segregation law in particular is rooted in troublesome fears about bathroom violence that manifest whenever America is on the cusp of social change.

[CA, USA]
Los Angeles Bans Official Travel to North Carolina, Mississippi
"We have seen both of these states pass legislation that betray the basic rights to equal protection and self-expression that all Americans are guaranteed by the Constitution," says Mayor Eric Garcetti.

[IL, USA]
Rauner meets with trans-bill advocates
Gov. Bruce Rauner, on April 13, met with advocates from Equality Illinois and AIDS Foundation of Chicago to advance a pro-LGBT equality agenda, especially with regards to two current pieces of transgender-related legislation.

[MD, USA]
Political strategists charged in Maryland robocall against openly gay candidate
Robocall highlighted Democrat Patrick Armstrong's sexual orientation and tied him to pro-transgender law

[MI, USA]
Bay City to support anti-discrimination ordinance, despite concerns
Despite concerns from parts of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community that Bay City's proposed anti-discrimination ordinance lacks specific language and "best practices," the city is moving forward with its version that officials say protects all people equally.

[NC, USA]
Sunday Heartwarming: One Trans Man’s flight in fear from NC
Given all the awfulness of NC’s HB2, it’s hard to imagine that something good could result from all that hate.
ABC Spotlights A Transgender Man's Story In The Wake Of North Carolina's Anti-LGBT Law
What It Feels Like to Be a Young Transgender Man in the Shadow of North Carolina's 'Bathroom Law'

[NH, USA]
Concord, other districts look ahead to potential transgender student policies
As a national debate about transgender rights unfolds in response to North Carolina’s recently passed anti-discrimination laws, a smaller conversation is starting to take place in New Hampshire’s school communities.

[NY, USA]
Harlem Transgender Woman Beaten Unconscious
Late last night on April 16, 2016, I (Transgender Woman, Jennifer Louise Lopez) was attacked by a person who had been making advances over my pretty appearance and wanting personal information about me. When the persons friend realized that I was a transgender woman, the friend started teasing the guy talking to me. The guy talking to me then balled up his hand into a fist and punched me in my left eye, sending me the ground face first. I was also stabbed during the attack.

[SC, USA]
Sex-change battle behind bars: Local killer wants the state to help with transformation into a woman
Katheryn Brown has been locked behind bars for 13 years for the murder of a Charleston woman, with little hope of ever going free. But she says her real prison is the male body she has been trapped in since birth.

[TX, USA]
33 El Paso businesses sign LGBT support pledge
More than 30 El Paso businesses and the El Paso chamber have signed a Texas group's pledge to keep Texas businesses open and welcoming to gay, bisexual and transgender people.

[International]
Pope Francis: Kids should ‘accept their own body as it was created’
In last week’s letter covering marriage and the family, Pope Francis‘ Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of Love”) apparently sides with The College of Pediatricians’ recent claim that “conditioning children into believing a lifetime of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex is normal and healthful is child abuse.”

[España]
La UCM se convierte en la primera universidad pública que crea una Oficina de Diversidad Sexual e Identidad de Género
Se convierte en la primera universidad pública que crea una Oficina de Diversidad Sexual e Identidad de Género

[Canada]
P.E.I. transgender community applauds ID changes
'P.E.I. has definitely come a long way ... to be more accepting and supportive of trans people'

[Canada]
Transgender woman Storm Paradise risks losing Facebook account over unverified name
23-year-old Halifax woman doesn’t have the ID she needs to stay on the site

[Canada]
Why two Catholic school trustees want stronger LGBT policy
Alberta school board torn between traditional Catholic doctrine and supporting trans students

[Australia]
A transgender woman talks about life in a male prison
Mary was still as the car pulled closer towards the threatening prison gates and a place that was soon to become her hell on earth.

[USA]
Why All Public Bathrooms Should Be Gender Neutral
It’s time for lawmakers and business owners to realize that gendered restrooms just don’t work.

[USA]
State Proposals On LGBT Rights Push Business Into Spotlight
Major corporations invested in Southern states have become some of the staunchest opponents of bills they consider discriminatory, facing off against Republican lawmakers eager to portray their states as the best home for global brands.

[USA]
Kasich: LGBT people who face discrimination should ‘get over it’
John Kasich continues to seek a middle ground on LGBT rights compared other Republican presidential candidates, although he thinks LGBT people who face discrimination should “just for a second get over it.”

[USA]
EEOC Commissioner: “Contrary state or local laws provide no defense to an employer that violates Title VII”
Recently in BuzzFeed in the article Feds “Ready” For Transgender Discrimination Complaints In North Carolina, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioner Chai Feldblum was quoted as saying:

[USA]
The North Carolina bathroom bill could trigger a health crisis among transgender youth, research shows
In 2014, Blake Brockington was celebrated as the homecoming king of East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N.C. When interviewed about this achievement, he noted that what was the “single-handedly hardest part of [his] trans journey” was that “really hateful things were said on the Internet. … I saw how narrow-minded the world really is. … I’ve had a hard time coming out to my family, I had a hard time coming out to my friends at school, but I did it. I’ve lost a lot of friends but I want other trans youth to understand that they’re not alone, and that this is a large community.”

[USA]
Far-Right Pundit: Liberals Want To Get 'Inside The Underpants Of Our Nation's Children'
WorldNetDaily columnist Patrice Lewis is very upset about new efforts designed to break down gender barriers and defend transgender youth in schools, warning readers about “the constant government obsession with what’s inside the underpants of our nation’s children.”

[CA, USA]
Garcetti signs pledge to support transgender people
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed a pledge Monday to support the rights of transgender people as a member of a new coalition formed to raise awareness about transgender issues in California.

[CA, USA]
Transform California: a new campaign to change our state
Transgender Law Center is proud to partner with Equality California and an amazing coalition of over 30 organizations for today’s launch of Transform California, a statewide public education campaign to raise awareness, understanding and acceptance of transgender and gender nonconforming Californians.

[CA, USA]
This glamorous woman is almost unrecognisable – can you guess who it is?
A mystery woman is getting a lot of attention online. Can you guess who she is?

[CT, USA]
Federal judge: Law protects against transgender discrimination
Over the last decade, federal courts and a federal agency have agreed that a law protecting people from sex discrimination also includes discrimination based on a person’s gender identity or transition from one gender to the other.

[GA, USA]
Republicans censure Nathan Deal over Georgia anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ bill veto
Conservative Republicans are still smarting about Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s veto of House Bill 757, the controversial anti-LGBT so-called “religious freedom” bill passed by both chambers of the state legislature. And they showed it as they censured Deal at one of the district conventions held over the weekend to select delegates to this July’s Republican National Convention.

[IL, USA]
Rauner meets with trans-bill advocates
Gov. Bruce Rauner, on April 13, met with advocates from Equality Illinois and AIDS Foundation of Chicago to advance a pro-LGBT equality agenda, especially with regards to two current pieces of transgender-related legislation.

[MD, USA]
Transgender Woman Found Dead, Beaten in Maryland Hotel Room
The person found dead this weekend in a hotel room in Rockville, Maryland was a transgender woman who may have been working as a prostitute, police said.
Keyonna Blakeney, 22, was found dead, with trauma to the upper body, in a room of the Red Roof Inn on Shady Grove Road, Montgomery County police said.
Transgender Woman Keyonna Blakeney Murdered
Another Trans Woman Murdered- RIP Keyonna
Homicide victim in Rockville hotel room identified as transgender female
D.C. trans woman murdered in Rockville hotel

[NC, USA]
McCrory still defiant over North Carolina anti-LGBT law
Despite snowballing opposition to his state’s recently enacted anti-LGBT law, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory remains defiant and continues to defend the measure as means to prevent “government overreach.”
Fact Checker North Carolina governor’s misleading claim about his executive order and the LGBT law
NC Gov. Pat McCrory defends HB2, says it would have affected every private employer in Charlotte
NBC’s Chuck Todd Destroys Pat McCrory’s Defense Of North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law
WATCH: Gov. McCrory appears on “Meet the Press” to defend HB2, grilled by Chuck Todd
Transgender victim of sexual assault says she'll defy HB2
Transgender teen to North Carolina governor: 'You are bullying me as well'
Satire story has state hiring officers to enforce HB2
North Carolina Lawmaker Introduces Legislation to Repeal Anti-LGBT Law
Transgender Bathroom Brawl Punishes North Carolina Mayors Twice
Pearl Jam, Boston cancel shows in N. Carolina citing 'bathroom bill'
ECU faculty to consider resolution regarding House Bill 2
Packed house: Dozens turn out for commission hearing on transgender bathroom bill

[NH, USA]
NH pastor doesn't apologize for comparing transgender students to pedophiles
A New Hampshire pastor is defending himself after he compared transgender students to pedophiles.
That preacher admitted he was responsible for creating a controversial flier earlier this month as school officials were considering a new policy on bathrooms for transgender students.

[NY, USA]
Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Beating Death of Transgender Woman
A Brooklyn man who beat a transgender woman to death after he had started flirting with her was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday, a penalty the victim’s family said was too light.

[NY, USA]
New York's first major transgender center is now open in the Bronx
On Friday the Bronx Trans Collective officially opened, creating a safe harbor and "one-stop center" for the trans community.

[OR, USA]
“That’s a man” leads to crowd turning ugly, injuries to trans woman; rescue by store clerk
“That’s a man,” someone called out, then an argument ensued while the crowd grew around a Portland, Ore. trans woman and her friend last week. It wasn’t long before someone in the crowd threw the first punch, landing on the friend, then they turned on her.

[PA, USA]
Western Pa. schools craft policies to protect transgender students
Ira Weiss encourages his clients to be proactive when it comes to transgender students.

[PA, USA]
Lambda Legal Urges Pine-Richland School District to Maintain Safe and Affirming Bathroom Policy
Tonight at the Pine-Richland School District school board meeting in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Lambda Legal attorney Omar Gonzalez-Pagan will stand with transgender students and their parents if recently proposed discriminatory policies are discussed.
Transgender students' restrooms debate raises concerns in Pine-Richland School District
Transgender Bathroom Debate Reaches Pine-Richland High School

[TN, USA]
Proponents blame Tennessee Gov. Haslam for demise of transgender student bathroom bill
LGBT groups and 60 major businesses opposed controversial measure
Tennessee's transgender bathroom bill dead for year
Sponsor of Tennessee “bathroom bill” pulls legislation — for this year
Tennessee anti-trans bathroom bill declared dead
Tennessee Legislator Withdraws Anti-Trans Bill
TN conservative pastors rally, pray in support of transgender student bathroom bill

[WA, USA]
Mom misses point of bills to protect trans people, dresses up as a pirate… for some reason
In a bizarre show of ignorance, a mother from Washington has posted a photo of herself in various costumes to prove that… well we’re not quite sure what her point is.

[WA, USA]
Port Angeles residents oppose school district's transgender policy
A group of residents has given a letter of complaint to Port Angeles School District that protests the public school district's actions in implementing a transgender bathroom and locker room policy to comply with state law.

[Mexico]
Suman 48 asesinatos contra comunidad LGBT en 3 años en Guerrero
El presidente del Consejo de Diversidad Sexual del Estado de Guerrero, José Luis Silva López indicó que del 2013 a la fecha cuentan con un registro de 48 asesinatos en contra de miembros de la comunidad Lésbico Gay Bisexual Transexual (LGBT), pero que ninguno ha sido catalogado por la Fiscalía General del Estado (FGE) como crimen homofóbico.

[Mexico]
Delitos y atropellos en sus derechos humanos victimizan a comunidad LGBT
El 30% de las personas lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y transexuales ha sufrido abusos de autoridad
Propone Ceav seguir criterios internacionales para prevenir violencia homofóbica

[Mexico]
Personas LGBT son discriminadas en escuelas y centros laborales
Ocho de cada diez encuestados creen que no perciben el mismo pago en comparación con sus compañeros heterosexuales
La mayoría ha percibido su orientación sexual como impedimento para encontrar trabajo

[Central America]
Transgéneros de Nicaragua y El Salvador piden ley de identidad
Representantes de organizaciones de transgéneros de Nicaragua y El Salvador, reunidos en Managua, pidieron hoy una ley de identidad para poder cambiarse el nombre en correspondencia con su elección.

[Venezuela]
REPORTAJE: Crímenes de odio, signo de la intolerancia
Sólo entre febrero y abril han sido asesinadas en el país siete personas transgéneros. Dos de ellas fueron víctimas del “tiro al blanco” en unas calles de Barquisimeto. Promotores de derechos humanos denuncian indolencia, impunidad y atraso.

[Venezuela]
Tatiana, el travesti asesinado en la Av. Vargas de Barquisimeto
En su mundo lo conocían como “La Tatiana” pero su nombre era Rafael Antonio Guanipa Romero, y en la noche del sábado de gloria se convirtió en el tercer travesti asesinado en lo que va de año en Barquisimeto.
Travesti fue asesinado de tres disparos en Lara
Asesinan a otro travesti en Barquisimeto

[Venezuela]
Asesinados dos travestis en pleno centro de Barquisimeto #Lara
La noche del pasado domingo terminó con dos hechos sangrientos ocurridos en pleno centro de la ciudad, presuntamente desde un vehículo particular unos sujetos accionaron sus armas en contra de la humanidad de dos trabajadores sexuales nocturnos travestidos. Lo curioso del caso es que ambos se desempeñaban en el mismo trabajo, pero les dieron muerte a la misma hora y en distintas direcciones.
En horas de la noche los trabajadores nocturnos en el área sexual son los más comunes en pleno centro de la ciudad, a pesar de la presencia policial que últimamente se ha realizado para dispersarlos de las calles, aún no se ha llevado a cabo dicho objetivo.
Matan a dos travestis

[Chile]
Nos deja la artista, escritora y activista trans Mara Rita Villarroel
Hoy es un día triste para el activismo trans chileno, ha fallecido Mara Rita Villarroel.
Sin aviso, sin algún indicio que pudiera indicar un accidente cerebral (aunerisma), nos ha dejado la activista trans chilena.

[Argentina]
La Policía salteña se comprometió a "nunca más" repetir operativos violentos contra la prostitución trans
El jefe de la Policía de Salta reconoció que cometió un “gravísimo error” cuando aseguró que las personas trans sólo “son mujeres en lo psicológico” y se comprometió a que los efectivos de esa fuerza no volverán a ejercer la violencia contra personas trans para disuadirlas del ejercicio de la prostitución en la vía pública, según afirmó la Coordinadora Nacional de Diversidad del Ministerio de Seguridad, Mara Pérez Reynoso.
El Inadi analiza una denuncia de mujeres trans contra Marcelo Lami

[Brasil]
Jovem mata travesti no dia do aniversário de 18 anos
Homofobia em Uberlândia (MG): Jéssica foi executada com duas facadas
A travesti Jéssica Mendes Cavalcanti, de 24 anos, foi cercada por dois jovens em Uberlândia, no Triângulo Mineiro. Um deles puxou uma faca e a matou com dois golpes. A polícia investiga a homofobia: o suspeito teria afirmado que matou porque a vítima era travesti
Jovem mata travesti no dia do aniversário de 18 anos
Jovem mata travesti no dia do aniversário de 18 anos

[UK]
The UK is now warning people about going to North Carolina and Mississippi over anti-LGBTI laws
Exclusive: Foreign Office policy changes to warn LGBTI tourists of going to the US, giving advice similar to Russia or Turkey

[India]
Trans Woman Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Loved at Lakme Fashion Week
Transgender advocate and actress Laxmi Narayan Tripathi graced the runway at India’s Lakme Fashion Week Runway Week 2016. Tripathi and four others stole the show by promoting the idea that inclusion matters using fashion as a medium.

[Australia]
First national survey for young trans people
Australia's first national survey on mental health barriers for young trans people will also speak to parents.

[New Zealand]
Trans star the face of women empowerment campaign
Transgender local personality Mary Haddock-Staniland is featured in the latest Kellogg’s Special K social media campaign, aiming to encourage New Zealand women to acknowledge the diversity and beauty of their bodies.

[Canada]
Alberta to study transgender surgery barriers before tackling years-long waitlists
'The first time my chest is revealed to me, I think I might cry,' says one Albertan waiting for 'top surgery'

[USA]
ESPN’s Curt Schilling posts offensive anti-transgender graphic on Facebook page
As hard as he tries, Curt Schilling can’t seem to avoid being a bigot.

[USA]
Civil rights commission says N.C. bathroom law jeopardizes physical safety of transgender people
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights this week criticized controversial laws that were passed recently in North Carolina and Mississippi and considered in other places, describing the measures as discriminatory and potentially dangerous.

[USA]
Target says transgender people can use bathroom that aligns with their identity
The retailer's statement comes amid debates in legislatures in Minnesota and elsewhere.

[USA]
After North Carolina’s Law, Trans Suicide Hotline Calls Double
Being denied basic human rights—like bathroom access—has life-threatening consequences.

[USA]
Pat Robertson: Many Transgender People Are Frauds
Yesterday on “The 700 Club,” Pat Robertson said he was “simply appalled” by the negative reaction to North Carolina’s new anti-LGBT law, claiming that the law is “perfectly reasonable” and that it was passed because “we don’t want men going into women’s bathrooms, we don’t want predators going out where little girls are, we don’t want voyeurs having free access to the women’s locker rooms during games when they’re changing clothes.”

[FL, USA]
NBA needs to take a stand on All-Star Game controversy
Gina Duncan recently changed her cover photo on her Facebook page.

[GA, USA]
GOP activists push to revive Georgia anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ legislation
The number one thing on the docket at last weekend’s Republican district conventions was selecting delegates to this July’s Republican National Convention, but that wasn’t the only thing on tap. When they weren’t busy censuring Gov. Nathan Deal over his veto of HB 757, the controversial anti-LGBT so-called “religious freedom” bill, GOP activists were also apparently passing resolutions calling on lawmakers to revive the legislation—oh, and sideswiping Deal once more for good measure.

[MN, USA]
Reality Check: Would A Bathroom Ban Really Protect Women, Children?
Minnesota supporters of a transgender bathroom ban are not likely to get a vote on the bill this year.

[NC, USA]
Man conquers North Carolina's highest mountain and plants transgender flag on rainbow outhouse
Transgender flag now flying at North Carolina's highest point
ECU Faculty Senate unanimous in vote against House Bill 2
HB2 backer calls opponents 'social terrorists'
HB2 could end up costing NC public schools nearly $900 million
Court ruling deals blow to North Carolina anti-LGBT law
Greensboro Tourism Leaders: City Has Lost $6 Million in HB2 Fallout
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce calls for repeal of HB2
Duke leaders call for repeal of North Carolina’s ‘bathroom law’ on discrimination
No open dialogue on HB2 during Wilmington Legislative Breakfast
UNCW Senate passes HB2 resolution
North Carolina Activist Slams 'Social Terrorists' Opposing Anti-LGBT Law

[NY, USA]
AVP learns of an anti-transgender hate violence incident in Harlem
AVP has learned of an anti-transgender hate violence incident that occurred on April 16th, 2016 in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. According to multiple blogs, including Lexie Cannes State of Trans, activist Jennifer Louise Lopez was physically attacked by a man who was hitting on her, after that man's friends made transphobic remarks.

[NY, USA]
As James Dixon Given 12 Years, Islan Nettles’ Family Cries Foul
In an emotional statement in Manhattan Supreme Court, a sister of Islan Nettles said the 12 years that James Dixon will spend in prison for the 2013 assault that led to Nettles’ death was too short a sentence.
James Dixon gets 12 years behind bars for beating transgender woman to death

[SC, USA]
Transgender students face challenges from Columbia and in the classroom
His name is Luke. He's 16 years old. A sophomore at Ashley Ridge High School, he plays the violin and has a love for animals that he hopes will develop into a career as a wildlife veterinarian. He has all the challenges that go along with being in school — the tests, the homework, but on top of all that, Luke and his fellow transgender students face added worries that can arise anytime in the classroom.

[SD, USA]
Transgender bathroom bill likely to return in 2017
A South Dakota lawmaker who brought a so-called transgender bathroom bill says he still stands behind the measure and would help author a similar one for 2017.

[VA, USA]
NBC12 Exclusive: VA transgender teens speaks out after appeals court rules in his favor
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with 16-year-old Gavin Grimm on Tuesday in his case against the Gloucester County school system's bathroom policy.
Parents of trans children hope Title IX ruling leads to restroom victory
Locals react to court's overturn of a school's transgender bathroom rule
4th Circuit Revives Transgender Teen’s Title IX Claim Against Virginia School Board
Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward
Appeals court rules in favor of trans student over bathroom policy lawsuit
Federal appeals court rules in favor of trans Va. student
Federal Court Tells Lawmakers To Shut Up And Deal With Trans People In Bathrooms
Federal Court of Appeals Rules In Favor of Transgender Student in Virginia Restroom Access Case
Fourth Circuit Court confirms: Title IX protects trans students from discrimination
Victory! Fourth Circuit Rules to Protect Virginia Transgender High School Student Under Title IX
Victory! Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student in Restroom Access Case

[WY, USA]
School board retreat to include discussion of transgender, anti-bullying policies
The Albany County School District No. 1 Board of Education is scheduled to discuss a district transgender policy and an updated anti-bullying policy, among other policy items, at a Saturday board retreat open to the public.

[Brasil]
Próxima novela de Gloria Perez terá transexualidade como tema
Folhetim deve estrear em abril de 2017 e abordará ainda problemas psicológicos e amores impossíveis

[UK]
UK Foreign Office Warns LGBT Tourists Travelling To The USA
The UK Foreign Office, which gives advice to British travellers, has issued new warning guidelines to members of the LGBT+ community travelling to the United States.

[UK]
Nicola Sturgeon: We should help kids make informed choices about their gender and sexual identity
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has underlined the SNP’s commitments to LGBT rights ahead of next month’s elections.

[USA]
Curt Schilling Fired by ESPN for Transphobic Posting
Curt Schilling denied posting this image quickly deleting it but not before Out Sports published a screen capture of it.
The very next day, NY Times reports (that’s today April 20th 2016) ESPN fired him for it.
ESPN Fires Former Red Sox Pitcher Curt Schilling as Analyst
Sarah Palin defends former ESPN commentator over vile anti-trans ‘joke’

[USA]
Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor Of Trans Rights, NC Gov. McCrory Reacts
A true tipping point in trans rights. This could signal the end to the legislative backlash by bigots defeated in the marriage equality battle.

[USA]
Youtuber Joey Salads Performs Transphobic 'Social Experiment'
A Youtube 'personality' called Joey Salads has caused controversy online following a 'social experiment', in which he dons a bad blonde wig and women's clothing and attempts to enter public bathrooms in an attempt to prove that anti-trans bathroom laws are needed.

[USA]
Exclusive: Women, young more open on transgender issue in U.S. - Reuters/Ipsos poll
Transgender Americans may find greater acceptance in the future, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll that shows young adults and women more open to people using public bathrooms matching their gender identity.
Georgia State study: Trans students’ suicide risk significantly higher when denied bathroom access

[USA]
Anti-trans bigots freak out as Target announces bathroom policy it already had
A lot of people are really, really angry with Target after its announcement Tuesday that the store would allow employees and customers to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity.

[USA] [Commentary]
Drop The T From LGBT
Transgender people have high rates of psychological problems that contribute to their identity expression and victimization. The rest of the LGBT crowd should consider how that reflects on them.

[CA, USA]
Melee Breaks Out Over Gender-Neutral Bathroom in L.A. School
An anti-LGBT group protesting a gender-neutral bathroom were confronted by angry students on Tuesday.

[FL, USA]
Transgender attorney gears up for legal battles associated with "bathroom bill" fallout
Lawmakers in several states are passing bills that they say protect people who refuse to serve the LGBT community for religious reasons. This includes the so-called bathroom bill, forcing people to use only the bathroom of their gender by birth.

[KS, USA]
Wichitans react to Target stores’ transgender-friendly bathroom and fitting-room policy
Target calls LGBT inclusiveness a “core belief” of its business
New policy makes some Wichita Target shoppers uncomfortable
Legislature considering bill requiring transgender students to use facilities for their birth gender at school

[MD, USA]
Friday night vigil will remember slain transgender woman
Keyonna Blakeney's murder follows on the heels of a year marked by anti-trans violence

[MI, USA]
'We have to tell this story,' says father of transgendered child
Jacq Kai Tchoryk and Sydney Tchoryk giggled Saturday as they chased each other around the sunny backyard of their family's home in a well-kept cul-de-sac northwest of Ann Arbor.
Schools take steps to address needs of LGBTQ students

[NC, USA]
Transgender woman speaks out after being denied a gender change on her license at DMV
A local transgender woman is pushing for changes at area DMVs.
Regina Allen was denied a request to change her gender on her driver's license at the Patton Avenue DMV in Asheville on Wednesday.

[NC, USA]
Trump blasts N.C. anti-trans bathroom law: ‘Unbelievably expensive’
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday that transgender people should be able to use whichever bathroom they choose, voicing opposition to part of a far-reaching North Carolina law that critics says is discriminatory.
Trump on transgender bathroom debate: 'Leave it the way it is'
Trump: Transgender people can use whatever bathroom they want
HB2 protester puts potty on NC's most prominent peak
Stephen Colbert Mocks North Carolina With Civil War Reenactment
NC pediatric specialists say HB2 ‘flawed’ and ‘harmful,’ call for repeal
From beer to concerts, protesters find new ways to oppose HB2
Raleigh Chamber defends call for HB2 repeal despite criticism
NC Democratic party launches website highlighting economic costs of HB2
Why the Charlotte Chamber isn't joining Raleigh, Durham counterparts in calling for HB2 repeal
Ahead of Raleigh protest, Berger says no repeal of HB2
Rockingham County Commissioners hear from supporters of HB2
NC Senate Leader: HB2 will stay in place
NC Gov. Pat McCrory says it’s unfair to compare HB2, religious freedom bills. Critics disagree
Proposed HB2 'loyalty pledge' falls flat
HB2 supporters gather to pray, address Burlington City Council
CoastLine: As Opposition to HB2 Grows, NC Rep. Millis Defends its Intent
Three More Plaintiffs Join Lawsuit Against North Carolina’s Discriminatory HB 2
After transgender ruling, Asheville eyes local LGBT protections
NBA: No All-Star Game for North Carolina If Anti-LGBT Law Isn't Changed
Customers react to Target's stand on transgender bathrooms
Everyone’s talking about North Carolina’s new law (except legislators)
NC Lt. Gov. Complains Of 'Amazing Smear Campaign...Based On A Bunch Of Lies'
Transgender UNC School of the Arts student joins HB2 federal lawsuit
Outer Banks town opposes transgender bathroom law

[TN, USA]
ADF corrects Tennessee AG Herbert Slatery on transgender bathrooms, student privacy laws
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery released an erroneous opinion Monday which stated that HB 2414, a bill that protects students’ physical privacy in public school restrooms, violates federal law and puts Tennessee public schools’ federal funding at risk. In a newly released document, Alliance Defending Freedom shows that bills like HB 2414 do not violate Title IX, a law that prohibits sex discrimination in schools that receive federal funding but that specifically says separate restrooms based on biological sex are allowed.

[TX, USA]
Man arrested in death of Houston transgender woman, friend
A Galena Park man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of a transgender woman and a man in Midtown earlier this month.

[VA, USA]
Va. Republican demands opinion on transgender issues from attorney general
A conservative Republican lawmaker from northern Virginia is suing Attorney General Mark Herring (D) to try to force him to fulfill his request for an opinion related to the volatile issue of transgender rights.

[VA, USA]
Lawmaker files suit against Herring to compel opinion on transgender discrimination
A state lawmaker who filed a bill this year to more clearly exclude transgender people from Virginia’s anti-discrimination laws has asked a court to force Attorney General Mark R. Herring to respond to a request for legal clarity on the term “sex.”

[WI, USA]
Transgender Law Center Demands that Wisconsin School District Reverse Discriminatory Policy
Transgender student Ash Whitaker won initial battle with school over prom king run, but still barred from using restrooms matching his gender identity

[Brasil]
Travesti de 14 anos que estava desparecido é encontrado morto em lago
A Polícia Civil e o Corpo de Bombeiros de Apucarana encontraram corpo de uma travesti no lago municipal de Novo Itacolomi, no fim da tarde desta sexta-feira, 22.
A travesti de 14 anos, conhecida como Luana Biersack, desapareceu no dia 13 de abril. De acordo com o delegado-chefe da 17ª Subdivisão Policial de Apucarana, José Aparecido Jacovós, três suspeitos estão sendo interrogados. "Um deles confirmou que presenciou o assassinato e informou o local em que o corpo estava, mas negou a autoria do crime".
Travesti de 14 anos é morto em Novo Itacolomi
Garoto de 14 anos é assassinado e jogado em represa
Corpo de travesti é encontrado em lago no Norte do Paraná
Corpo de travesti desaparecido é encontrado em lago
Bombeiros retiram corpo de menor travesti desovado em lago

[UK]
At 12 I grew a beard and had a period
When Alec Butler was born in 1959 it was assumed Alec was female. But after being brought up as a girl, Alec - now an award-winning writer and film-maker - realised they were intersex, someone whose anatomical, hormonal or genetic sex is neither completely male nor female.

[UK]
Children of any age should be able to change gender, says Green Party
The Green Party has proposed a law which would allow children to change gender, with no lower age limit or medical intervention before the transition.

[UK]
Meet the four-year-old boy whose mum sends him to school in a girl's uniform
Emma Symonds says she still refers to Logan by his birth name and as her son, but happily obeys his wishes to dress in girls' clothing

[New Zealand]
Transgender New Zealanders face 30-year wait for surgery after only specialist retires
Community ‘desperate’ after departure of country’s sole specialist surgeon, forcing those wanting surgery to face lengthy wait or seek treatment overseas

[USA]
Ryan refuses comment on N.C., Miss. anti-LGBT laws
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan side-stepped an opportunity Thursday to come out against anti-LGBT laws in North Carolina and Mississippi, although he cited the importance of “religious conscience.”

[USA]
Transgender bathroom battle rocks Republican race
Cruz pounces after Trump suggests transgender people should be able to use whatever bathroom they want.

[USA]
Donald Trump's Case for Tolerance
The Republican candidate’s defense of transgender bathroom accommodations shows how his approach to the culture war differs from the standard social-conservative line.
Donald Trump flip-flops on North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law and now says issue should be left up to states
Donald Trump amends stance on North Carolina transgender bathroom law

[USA]
Conservative group boycotts Target after big-box store announces transgender bathroom policy
One of the country’s biggest retailers is facing a boycott after taking a side in the debate about who can go to the bathroom where.

[USA]
Dr. Richard Land: Gender Activists ‘Practicing Psychological Child Abuse’ On ‘Our Nation’s Children’
In defending North Carolina's new "bathroom" law, author and theologian Dr. Richard Land said it is psychologically harmful to expose young boys and girls to transgender sexuality, and that "conditioning children" to believe that "chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex is normal" is nothing more than "child abuse."

[USA]
U.S. State Department Passport Policies “Absurd,” Lambda Legal Tells Court
Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. District Court in Colorado to deny the federal government’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit Lambda Legal filed on behalf of an intersex client, Dana Zzyym. The U.S. State Department denied Dana a passport because Dana refused to lie on the passport application form, and the form does not provide any gender marker designation other than “M” for “male” or “F” for “female.” Some intersex people identify as male or female, and some – like Dana – do not.

[AR, USA]
Transgender bathroom debate coming to AR?
It has become one of the biggest political fights in the country. And if one group has its way, we may see the battle over transgender rights and public bathrooms coming to Arkansas.

[AR, USA]
J.B. Hunt set to add anti-bias protections
Investors, directors OK amendment

[CA, USA]
Truth and transgender at age 70
A couple's journey through gender-affirmation surgery

[FL, USA]
Marion schools consider transgender bathroom ban
Marion County School Board members on Thursday voted 4-1 to restrict school bathrooms to students based on sex at birth and not gender identity. The resolution will be put on Tuesday's agenda as an emergency item.

[FL, USA]
Wave of bathroom bills has Florida's transgender community worried it's next
On a recent trip to the hair salon, Shannon McGuire had more than style on her mind.

[MA, USA]
Charlie Baker says pro-transgender bill activists are ‘really compelling,’ make a ‘strong’ case
"They’re compelling, they’re affecting, and they’re stories are moving. And I said they should continue to make their case, because I believe it's a strong one."
Charlie Baker expresses support for transgender protections

[MD, USA]
Two LGBT congressional candidates on Md. ballot
Two LGBT Democrats who are running for Congress will be on the ballot in next week’s Maryland primary.

[MD, USA]
Trans teen ejected from Cruz rally in Md.
A transgender teen was ejected from a Ted Cruz rally in Maryland on Thursday because of his gender identity, according to his account of events.
Transgender teen says he and his mother were removed from Cruz event

[MI, USA]
MI State Board of Education president urges support for LGBT students
Michigan’s Board of Education president has told policy makers and educators in Dearborn that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students should be acknowledged and embraced in school to help improve learning and life outcomes.

[PA, USA]
LMSD transgender policy moves forward
The Lower Merion School District moved a step closer to finalizing a new policy this week with a “first reading” with an eye toward the “gender expansive community.”

[PA, USA]
MontCo school adopts first trans and gender-nonconforming policy
The board of the Springfield Township School District in Montgomery County unanimously adopted a policy April 19 detailing how to make district facilities and services inclusive for transgender and gender-nonconforming youth.

[PA, USA]
Ambler pursuing LGBT-inclusive antibias law
A Montgomery County borough introduced an ordinance this week that would establish a human relations commission that recognizes 13 protected classes, including sexual orientation and gender identity.

[Bolivia]
Bolivia's First Ever Transsexual Radio Host Talks Struggle, Discrimination
Tamara Nunez Del Prado has launched her own weekly radio show that highlights the problems faced by Bolivia's LGBT community.

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