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27 March 2013
Lib Dems’ LGBT group urges for better training of Home Office LGBT asylum caseworkers + In the wake of the government’s decision to abolish the UK Border Agency, the Lib Dems’ LGBT group says LGBT asylum cases need to be handled better by officials.
26 March 2013
Comment: The Lucy Meadows bandwagon 54 In the wake of Lucy Meadows’ death, Paul Canning casts a spotlight on several online petitions that are now calling for the sacking of the Daily Mail’s columnist Richard Littlejohn.
26 March 2013
London: Hundreds gather outside Daily Mail offices to remember Lucy Meadows 1 Up to 300 members of the trans community and supporters gathered outside the Daily Mail offices in central London on Monday evening to hold a candlelit vigil for Lucy Meadows.
26 March 2013
Press Complaints Commission receives complaints over Daily Mail Lucy Meadows article 14 The Press Complaints Commission says it has received a number of complaints about Richard Littlejohn, the Daily Mail columnist who wrote a controversial article about a transgender teacher.
25 March 2013
First trans woman BBC Radio 1 presenter launches programme tackling prejudice 7 BBC Radio 1's first trans woman presenter Paris Lees, will launch a new programme tackling prejudice across the UK in an "open and honest' way.
22 March 2013
Comment: Julie Burchill – the message she is sending to trans people and aspiring writers 20 Vienna Karakas writes on the Press Complaints Commission's decision regarding a transphobic article by Julie Burchill, and the implications it has for journalism.
22 March 2013
UK: Activist Helen Belcher to meet MPs over media mistreatment of trans people 8 Helen Belcher of Trans Media Watch has contacted MPs over the mistreatment of Lucy Meadows, the trans teacher who was hounded by the media, and who was found dead this week.
21 March 2013
Canada: Bill criminalising anti-transgender discrimination passes in House of Commons 3 A bill protecting transgender people from discrimination narrowly passed in Canada's House of Commons on Wednesday.
21 March 2013
Observer transphobic Julie Burchill article did not breach Editors’ Code of Practice says PCC 45 A highly offensive article about the trans community which was written by Julie Burchill and published in the Observer did not breach the Editors’ Code of Practice, the Press Complaints Commission has ruled.
19 March 2013
London: Trans woman told to use New Look changing facilities ‘out of hours’ 23 New Look has responded to claims that a trans woman was prevented from using the changing rooms at one of their London stores, then advised she should arrange to shop at the store "out of hours" in future.
17 March 2013
Video: TV host claims 6 year old trans girl’s gender identity is a result of her parents’ ‘fetish’ 37 A TV host in Canada has claimed that the parents of a trans girl have committed child abuse by allowing her to live according to her gender identity, and says it amounts to a "fetish".
12 March 2013
Scotland: Case of trans man facing jail for sex ‘by fraud’ raises concerns of Scottish Transgender Alliance 23 The sentencing of Chris Wilson, a Scottish trans man who faces jail for "fraud" after he had relationships with two women without revealing his gender history, has shocked the Scottish Transgender Alliance who say the verdict will cause "fear and alarm" among the trans community.
8 March 2013
US: Family file lawsuit against school for barring their trans daughter from using girls’ bathroom 4 The family of a trans girl has filed a civil rights lawsuit against her school, which has refused to mediate with them over their refusal to let 6 year old Coy use the female toilets.
8 March 2013
Canada: Quebec launches first awareness campaign to tackle homophobia and transphobia 6 The Minister of Justice in Canada's province of Quebec has launched a campaign against homophobia, including television and radio ads attempting to help people become more open and accepting towards same-sex couples.
4 March 2013
US: Health spa refuses to allow ‘abnormal’ gay and transgender customers 13 A Virginia spa has stated that it has a policy not to accept “abnormal sexually orientated customer” after it kicked out a trans woman.
1 March 2013
London: Protest planned for trans woman allegedly mocked by police in Soho 13 Protest Transphobia are planning to stage a demonstration on Saturday at 2pm outside Charing Cross Police Station in response to the alleged unethical treatment of a trans woman who was arrested in Soho last week.
28 February 2013
US: Family of trans girl lodge complaint because school denied her use of girls’ toilets 17 The parents of a trans girl in Colorado have filed a complaint because their daughter's elementary school refused to allow her to use the girls' toilets.
20 February 2013
Irish Education Minister: ‘Education plays a key role in tackling homophobia and transphobia’ 13 The Irish Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn today opened a European Union conference on homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools, and emphasised the importance education plays in reducing such prejudice.
17 February 2013
Gay rights group: ‘Sports in the US have reached a tipping point against homophobia’ 5 The decision of 25-year-old former Leeds United football player Robbie Rogers, to come out last week, has been commended by gay rights activists, who have described this as a "tipping point" for sports.
12 February 2013
Terrence Higgins Trust launches extensive online trans health service + UK HIV and sexual health charity, the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), announces its launch of a new health and wellbeing advice service for transgender people.

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