State Democrats push for protections for transgender people

Cara Lombardo
Stamford Advocate

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ezs note:  people of Wisconsin - YOU can help this effort to go forward.  Please call your your member of the state house and state senate and urge them to vote YES on this worthy bill.  And if you haven't voted yet, go and register now!

Transgender people don’t all want to look like Barbie or Ken

Laura Erickson-Schroth and Laura A. Jacobs
Salon

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Transgender People Report More Health Problems

Kathleen Doheny
U.S. News and World Report

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Protecting transgender people means protecting our pronouns (Canada)

Lee Airton and Florence Ashley
The Globe And Mail

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North Karelia Pride fights transgender sterilisation law (Finland)

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Yle

Joensuu, Finland

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Transgender People Are Finally Getting Justice For Targeted Murders

John Haltiwanger
Elite Daily

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Why Trans People Have a Constitutional Right to Change Their Birth Certificates

Scott Skinner-Thompson
Slate

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What is it about transgender people that scares the crap out of straight men?

David Cary Hart
The Slowly Boiled Frog

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Petitions to be circulated on transgender bathroom use

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KOTA.tv

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ezs note:  South Dakotans - if you find yourself pissed off about this whole deal, remember, YOU can do something about it.  Write a letter to the editor.  Appear on cable TV.  Knock on the door of your friends and neighbors, to let them know that the term 'transgender' isn't someone in some far-off place - you're their friend.

Outing Transgender People Isn’t Just Wrong... It’s Potentially Deadly

Noah Michelson
The Huffington Post

Congratulations, Jeff.  

You're the Asswipe of the Year.

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European Court Strikes Down Required Sterilization for Transgender People

Liam Stack
The New York Times

European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg, France)

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Let’s treat transgender people with dignity (column)

Silvana Iazzeti
ydr.com

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North Carolina repeals 'bathroom bill' that discriminates against transgender people

Mythili Sampathkumar
Independent

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Killings highlight marginalization of transgender people in El Salvador

Lisa Nickolau
Humanosphere

El Salvador

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Opponents: Arkansas exposure bill targets transgender people

AP
WacoTrib.com

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ezs note:  Arkansans - please call your state senator AND state rep to vote AGAINST this stupid bill.  Thanks.

ANITA BURROUGHS: TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE STILL TARGETED AND VICTIMIZED

Anita Burroughs
The Conway Daily Sun

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Many European countries won't recognize transgender people unless they're sterilized

Rick Noach
The Gazette

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Ecuador transgender people vote for first time according to chosen gender (Malaysia)

Alexander Ulmer and Yury Garcia
The Star Online

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Despite Shocking Inequality, Policy Attacks on Transgender People Increase

Naomi Goldberg
The Huffington Post

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Transgender people lack adequate health care in Greater Boston area, study reports

Kristin LaFratta
MassLive

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