The Pearl of Africa: An Interview with Africa's First Openly Transgender Star Cleopatra Kambugu

Les Fabian Brathwaite
Out

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China’s first transgender employment discrimination case goes to court (Canada)

Jonathan Kaiman
thestar.com

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Lilly Wachowski makes first public appearance at GLAAD Awards since coming out as transgender

Tre'vell Anderson / trevell.anderson@latimes.com
LA Times

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Jordan Gray becomes first transgender singer to reach The Voice finals (UK/Scotland)

Courtney Cameron / courtney.cameron@jpress.co.uk
Edinburgh Evening News

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Mya Taylor Just Became The First Transgender Actress To Win A Major Film Award

Matthew Jacobs
The Huffington Post

Mya Taylor

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India’s first transgender modelling agency might expand to Uttarakhand (India)

Shivani Saxema

The Times of India

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Scholarship Related to Transgender Issues to Benefit from First Digital Archive

Cristal Steuer
College of the Holy Cross

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ezs note:  Wow -- this article is seminal.  I know of no other data work that reprints transgender literature so broadly - and it is growing.  Please see Digital Transgender Archive. I promise, you won't be disappointed.

In First, Lebanese Court Rules Transgender Man May Be Officially Recognized as Male (Israel)

Press
Haaretz

Beirut, Lebanon

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Meet Allyson Robinson, the first openly transgender Baptist minister (UK)

Carey Lodge
Christian Today

Allyson Robinson

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The first Hijra to contest an election (Bangladesh)

Mohammed Al-Masoum Molla
Dhaka Tribune

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Asia's first transgender centre opens in Bangkok (Thailand)

Press
Thai Visa News

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The ‘world’s first transgender beer’ has been specially made with hops that change sex (Ireland)

Press

thejournal.ie

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First legal victory for transgender inmate in US under the Prison Rape Elimination Act

Jacqueline Jones
Jurist

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First openly transgender official hired at White House

Press
Portland Press-Herald

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Nepal issues first transgender passport (Malaysia)

Staff
The Star

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Bethany Black, First Out Transgender Actor on Doctor Who

Leah Tedesco
Fansided

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Transgender prisoners in Rio given choice between male or female prison (Australia)

Press
ABC (Australia)

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Turkey gets first openly gay parliamentary candidate (Turkey)

Enver Faruk GÜNEY 
videonews.us

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India’s first gay matrimonial ad may not be a revolutionary breakthrough, after all (India)

Makepeace Sitlhou
Scroll.in

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China Hosts First LGBT Job Fair In Shanghai; An Effort To Break Away From Conservative Culture

Vinay Patel 
China Topix

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