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19 May 2012
Comment: Trans people need equality to get our marriages, confiscated by the state back 55 Liberal Democrat councillor Sarah Brown explains from the perspective of a transgendered person why she's supporting the Out4Marriage campaign.
17 May 2012
Petition: New York Times ‘sexualised trans woman’s death’ 8 Hundreds of people have signed a petition to the New York Times saying it 'sexualised' the death of a transgender woman in a report this weekend.
16 May 2012
Regulator: Paddy Power ad which asked viewers to ‘spot the trans lady’ was offensive 15 The Advertising Standard Agency has upheld complaints about an advert by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power which asked viewers to 'spot the trans lady'.
15 May 2012
Video: UN high commissioner speaks out on human rights for LGBT people ahead of IDAHO 10 The UN's human rights office has released a video of High Commissioner Navi Pillay speaking on the human rights of LGBT people around the world ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia on Thursday 17 May.
10 May 2012
Argentina approves gender identity law 34 Having become the first country in South America to allow gay couples to marry, Argentina has passed a bill giving transgender citizens the right to have their gender recognised in law.
9 May 2012
New French president may signal ‘no miracle’, trans candidate says 2 Brigitte Goldberg, one of two trans candidates in the recent French Presidential election, yesterday expressed herself only slightly moved by the replacement of right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy with socialist Francois Hollande.
9 May 2012
Lead singer of Against Me! reveals she is transgender 44 The leader singer of Against Me! has revealed she is transgender and will begin living openly as a woman under the name Laura, becoming the first major rock star to come out in this way.
9 May 2012
Sweden: Trans woman ‘in hiding’ to escape deportation to Russia 12 A Russian trans woman refused asylum in Sweden appears today to be defying Swedish authorities by refusing to aid them in their efforts to deport her to Russia.
4 May 2012
Sweden: Deportation nears for trans woman abused in native Russia 131 Time is fast running out for a Russian trans woman who, it was reported recently in Pink News, fears being forced by Swedish authorities to return to Russia, where she expects to face violence and possible imprisonment at the hands of the authorities.
1 May 2012
New York Assembly passes trans discrimination bill for fifth time 10 The Assembly at the New York state legislature has passed an anti-discrimination bill to protect transgender citizens for the fifth time, but the senate may yet stall progress.
1 May 2012
Q&A: Paris Lees on launching trans magazine META 8 PinkNews.co.uk speaks to Paris Lees, editor of the new META magazine – a new digital publication devoted to gender and transgender news, discussion and entertainment.
27 April 2012
Video preview: When Julie Bindel met Paris Lees 15 In the latest issue of META, Paris Lees interviews lesbian and feminist Guardian columnist Julie Bindel, whose views on transgender issues have often courted controversy.
24 April 2012
Analysis: Sweden to deport trans woman assaulted and urinated on by Russian police 26 As a Russian trans woman prepares to return to violence or worse if she is expelled from Sweden later this week, the latter country’s reputation as a less than welcoming place for the trans community is once more in the spotlight.
23 April 2012
France: Presidential elections highlight trans voters’ rights gap 27 As the dust settles on the first round of the French Presidential election this morning, a sharp warning that discrimination by the French state means that trans citizens can no longer count on access to that most basic of Human Rights – the right to vote!
19 April 2012
Video: Turin’s gay film festival ad highlights unusual taboo 14 The citizens of a progressive Italian town face the ultimate public taboo in the surprise ending to a video promoting the Turin GLBT film festival.

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