Norwegian Victim of Transsexual Necklace Theft (ScandAsia.com [Asia])

A Norwegian Tourist was caught up in a necklace snatch in South Pattaya, early on Friday Morning.(more above)

Police hunt transsexual and wife after they disappear, leaving 10-year-old daughter home alone (Mail Online [UK])

Police are hunting a transsexual and his wife who have disappeared - leaving their ten-year-old daughter behind.(more above)

A transsexual turns RJ (Bangalore Mirror [India])

In a society that detests transsexuals and treats them as social outcasts, Priyanka, 25, a transsexual, leads a respectable life, as a radio jockey, even as she attempts to uplift members of her community. (more above)

Vancouver woman links eviction to being transsexual (Straight ])

A Vancouver transsexual has filed a human-rights complaint, alleging discrimination on the basis of sex, age, and disability after she was evicted from a downtown social-housing complex. (more above)

Transsexual scout wins praise as Turkey's '14th giant man' (Hurriyet Daily News [Turkey])

Turkish basketball star Hidayet Türkoğlu drew loud chants of “Hido, Hido” during the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship, and the crowd roared when Kerem Tunçeri made a last-minute lay-up against Serbia to take Turkey into the finals. (more later)

Egyptian transsexual battles to become a doctor (Monsters and Critics)

Cairo - Sally Abdullah Mursi walks into a room with an air of confidence, clutching a leather handbag in one hand and holding a pink mobile telephone in the other.(more above)

Transsexuals not 'men', Aussie court rules (UPI)

Western Australia court, in a landmark decision, has ruled that transsexual "men" are, in fact, women. (more above)

Transsexual woman allowed to teach (Austrian Independent [Austria])

Austria’s first transsexual teacher has been given the all clear to work by the education ministry after a sex change operation. (more above)

City docs save baby boy from growing up as a transsexual (Bangalore Mirror [India])

A two-day-old baby boy suffering fits, low sodium and glucose levels, and had trouble breathing was saved from living his adult life as a transsexual after doctors diagnosed that he was affected by a rare congenital problem called adrenal hemorrhage. (more above)

Employer to appeal transsexual ruling (Times Live [South Africa])

Transsexual Christine Ehlers will return to court today to face another round of legal wrangling as her former employer, Bohler Uddeholm Africa, applies for leave to appeal against an earlier court ruling. (more above)

Rape of transsexual woman stirs legal debate (Thanh Nien News [Vietnam])

The rape of a transgender woman in the north-central province of Quang Binh has sparked a serious debate among legal professionals after judicial authorities declined to prosecute the three perpetrators. (more above)

Transsexual woman Gwen Araujo murder story (All Voices)

The story of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teenager, who was brutally killed by four men, who tried to check her genitals, will be broadcasted today on the Lifetime Movie Network at 8 pm.

Revealed: one in 25 solicitors in Scotland is transsexual (Daily Record [Scotland])

ONE in every 25 solicitors in Scotland is transsexual - according to figures provided by the Law Society. (more above)

Bridges McRae pleads guilty in transsexual beating case (Fox)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - There was a change of plea for the former Memphis police officer accused of beating transgender Duanna Johnson while in custody. Thursday, Bridges McRae plead guilty, four months after a mistrial. (more above)

Singapore native act out the lives of Asian transsexuals (Mysinchew [Singapore(?)])

NEW YORK, Thursday 26 August 2010 (AFP) - The life of a transexual (sic) in Asia is limited to sexual work -- such is the searing viewpoint of Singapore native Leona Lo, who traveled to New York to present a first-person, three-act play on the subject. (more above)

No wonder many transsexual people end up in sex work (Guardian [UK])

Despite the protection of the Sex Discrimination Act, transgender people often face unfair treatment in the workplace. (more above)

Transsexual stylist raped soon after sex-change operation in Moscow (Pravda [Russia])

The Moscow police are looking for perpetrators who sexually abused a stylist from Central Asia. (more above)

Transsexual sues ex-employer after she was 'sacked for dressing as a woman' (This is Lincolnshire [UK])

A TRANSSEXUAL is suing her former employers, claiming she lost her job after she came to work dressed as a woman.(more above)

NEWS FLASH - City firefighter suspended for insubordination prior to altercation with transsexual (Investigative Voice)

A Baltimore City firefighter who has been charged with first-degree assault for allegedly attacking a transsexual was suspended for 45 days for insubordination a month before the alleged incident occurred that led to county police filing assault charges against him.(more above)

HAMMERED- City firefighter suspended after altercation with transsexual (Investigative Voice)

Depending on which one you believe, Baltimore City firefighter Jerry Majette was either an innocent bystander who got robbed by a Baltimore County transsexual, or the assailant himself who attacked the soon-to-be woman with a hammer after he found her gender ambiguity unappealing.(more above)