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terça-feira, outubro 06, 2015

[UK]
Desperate search for happiness of woman born a boy who has gone from man to woman to man and back again
Transgender Chelsea Attonley suffers from gender dysphoria and has spent her life struggling to know if she is a woman trapped in a man’s body – or the other way around

[Ireland]
Transgender woman's pipebomb terror as home targeted in “sectarian hate crime”
A transgender woman whose house in Derry’s Waterside was pipebombed last night says she cannot return to her home.
Rachael Keys, 27, says she is staying with friends until being emergency rehoused.
Exploding pipe bomb thrown through transgender woman's window while she watched TV in 'hate crime' attack

[France]
La conférencière et blogueuse transsexuelle Michelle Blanc porte plainte contre une fonctionnaire
Une fonctionnaire l’appelait «monsieur» plutôt que «madame», malgré plusieurs avertissements.
Le maire Coderre a téléphoné lui-même à l’auteure et blogueuse transsexuelle Michelle Blanc mardi pour s’excuser de l’attitude d’une fonctionnaire, qui a persisté à l’appeler «monsieur» plutôt que «madame».

[New Zealand]
Prison rape and beating allegations spark rally
A rally will be held in Auckland this Saturday to condemn the alleged beating and sexual assault of a transgender woman in a men’s prison.

[Canada]
WSD trustees to debate transgender protection policy
Winnipeg School Division could soon have what trustee Lisa Naylor believes is the first specific policy to protect transgender students in Manitoba public schools.

[USA]
7 Things to Do When #TravelingWhileTrans
Our news editor has crisscrossed the country on planes, trains, and automobiles as an out transgender woman, and she's learned a few things along the way.

[USA]
Ursula K. Le Guin On Gender And 'An Odd Little Virgin'
“If you have a person who is both male and female, what’s the pronoun you use?”
Ursula K. Le Guin posed that question in 1988 when she came in to the KUOW studios for an interview with Ross Reynolds.

[AL, USA]
UAB Holds Transgender Conference
The University of Alabama at Birmingham recently conducted a conference designed to help their counseling and health staff better address the needs of transgender students.
University of Alabama trains staff on transgender students’ needs

[CA, USA]
Calif. mom claims retailer booted her for complaining about man in girls' restroom
A California mom who says she was recently kicked out of a sporting goods store after alerting a manager that man had frightened her young daughter in the women's restroom is demanding answers - and a policy change - from the Washington-based chain.

[IL, USA]
Trans woman wins decision against Hobby Lobby
Transgender activist Meggan Sommerville has been given the go-ahead to announce a significant step forward in her five-year-long battle against Hobby Lobby to be allowed the basic dignity of being able to use the restroom that matches her gender at her Aurora, Illinois, place of employment.

[KY, USA]
Versailles to consider drafting LGBT Fairness ordinance
Versailles might be the next central Kentucky city to consider an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

[PA, USA]
Schools slow to accommodate transgender students
Tadi Betancourt, 17, avoids the school bathrooms.