He Said No One Would Care if He Shot Transgender Women. He Was Wrong.

Katie Zavadski
The Daily Beast

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ezs note:  Let's just hope that Mr. Thomas is sent away for a long, long, long time.  My sincere condolences to the families.

Study finds potential for decrease in tobacco use by transgender women who receive hormone therapy (UK)

Press
News-Medical.net

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Transgender women refused entry at Hong Kong International Airport (UK)

Meka Beresford
Pink News

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AP PHOTOS: Barcelona pageant celebrates transgender women

Press
Yahoo!

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Transgender Women Attacked Outside Maryland 7-Eleven: Police

Matthew Stabley
NBC Washington (DC)

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Israeli transgender women ready for contest finals (Israel)

Oded Balilty
The Times of Israel

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Immigration officials to start sending transgender women to the middle of Texas

Jorge Rivas
Fusion

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ezs note:  Yes, I do understand what would happen in a perfectly ideal situation.  But I also understand this reality:  It. ain't. gonna. happen.   Conversely, this President has made some good, realistic goals.  Thank you, President Obama!

How The Justice System Fails Trans Women

Hannah Simpson
Refinery29

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Immigrant Transgender Women Experience Harsher Treatment than Other People Once Detained: Report

Michael Oleaga / m.oleaga@latinpost.com
Latin Post

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Probing The Complexities Of Transgender Mental Health

Tara Haelle
NPR

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Young transgender women face mental health risks

Alan Mozes
UPI

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The brutal reality transgender women face under Myanmar's 'darkness law'

Joshua Carroll
Mashable

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ezs note:  If you are visiting Myanmar on business or pleasure, please contact the ambassador and let him/her that you would like to see Section 377 revoked, and unless there is clear evidence of a crime, transgender people will not be harassed. Thanks! 

Danish Girl’s Oscar Loss a Satisfying Win for Trans Women

s. e. smith
yes!

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Two German transgender women 'are stoned in the street' by a gang of three North African teenagers in Dortmund who said 'such people' should be killed (UK)

Tom Wyke 

Daily Mail

Dortmund, Germany

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Discrimination Against Transgender Women Seeking Access to Homeless Shelters

Caitlin Rooney, Laura Durso and Sharita Gruberg
Center for American Progress

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The History of the Khmer Rouge; Transgender Women in Men’s Prisons

Khathayra Um, Kris Schreier Lyseggen and Ashley Diamond
KPFA 94.1

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How Transgender Women Are Training Their Voices to Sound More Feminine

Angela Chen
Smithsonian

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Banner disparaging transgender women hung by Lehigh students

Nick Falsone
lehighvalleylive

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Argentina: Transgender women suffer spate of murders as country introduces laws recognising LGBT rights (UK)

David Usborne
The Independent

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A Brief History Of Memoirs By Trans Women: Lives Beyond Our Identities

Meredith Talusan
Buzzfeed

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