Film by Beijing Students Explores Being Young and Transgender in China

Tang Yucheng
The New York Times

Zhang Yuge, lead role in Escape

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Transgender Hockey Star Harrison Browne Comes Out of Retirement

Lyndsey D'Arcangelo
NBC Sports

Harrison Browne

(before uniform change)

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Transgender ‘bathroom bill’ fails again in Texas as special session ends

Sandhya Somashekhar
The Washington Post

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How can you tell if your child is transgender?

Jocelyn Gecker
madison.com

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Transgender Benefits Revisited?

Matthew Chiarello (for Snell and Wilmer)
JD Supra

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The Foolish Transgender Debate in Texas

Editorial Board
The New York Times

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Transgender TV characters have the power to shape audience attitudes

Springer
Science Daily

Becoming Us (Family ABC)

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Transgender service members sue over Trump ban

Laura Jarrett
CNN

Fort Benning unit

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Group pushing to repeal Massachusetts’ transgender non-discrimination law

Elisha Machado
WWLP

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ezs note:  Massachusetts residents - you just step up and mark NO to this Byzantine bill.  And... don't forget to vote!   

Texas Transgender Bathroom Bill Falters Amid Mounting Opposition

David Montgomery
The New York Times

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ezs note:  Texans - despite the funny drawing up top, it's always good to be diligent.  Call your State Senator AND State Representative and tell them to vote NO on this horrible bill.  Thanks.

Jillian Bearden, first female transgender cyclist...

Jason Blevins
The Denver Post

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A transgender 8-year-old sues a private school, saying it didn't let her be the girl she is

Joy Resmovits
Los Angeles Times

Nicole Brar, second from left

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PolitiFact: Stats show 1 in 300 are transgender

W. Gardner Selby
My Statesman

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Transgender 'bathroom bill' leaves Texas Christians deeply divided (UK)

Tom Dart
The Guardian

University Baptist Church

(Austin, TX)

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Transgender African-Americans’ Open Wound: ‘We’re Considered a Joke’

John Eligon
The New York Times

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In China, a pioneering transgender movie made by teens is trying to skirt censorship

Zheping Huang, Visen Liu
Quartz

Escape (China)

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Long before transgender was a word, women posed as men to serve in the army

Bonnie Tsui
Los Angeles Times

drawing of Robert Shurtleff

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Transgender Chinese man wins first-of-its-kind labor discrimination case

Emily Rauhala
The Washington Post

Guiyang, China

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Transgender Air Force Staff Sergeant Slams Trump's Service Ban: He 'Is Doing This Country an Injustice'

Char Adams and Lindsay Kimble

People

Staff Sergeant Logan Ireland

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ezs note: Oh, Canada... (have you got it yet?)

House panel led by BJP MP says no shame in being transgender (India)

HT Correspondents
Hindustan Times

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ezs note: Nice job, BJP. Nicer still if we tried it here in the United States. (Ahem.)