civil rights - Mineola marchers press fight for transgender rights, laws

Christine Chung
Newsday

dirigible landing in Mineola, NY

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lead story - Six People Told Us Their Favorite Things About Being Transgender

Anna Goldfarb
Vice

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lead story - FX’s ‘Pose’ puts transgender and gay actors front and center — and all Utahns can relate

Scott D. Pierce
The Salt Lake Tribune \

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Russia - Russian football hooligans threaten to stab gay and transgender England fans at the World Cup

Khaleda Rahman
Daily Mail

Oh, yeah.  Russia's so civil.  Yeah...

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lead story - Crowdfunding platform suspends campaign to distribute 'deceitful' school resources on transgender young people

Yas Necati
Independent

London, UK

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civil rights - To transgender high school graduates, a note of hope and gratitude

Rex Huppke
Chicago Tribune

Chicago, IL

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Rhode Island - Rev. Anderson of RI State Council of Churches Is Transgender

Scott Mackay
RI NPR

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lead story - Chile transgender: 'Growing up here is torture'

Jane Chambers
BBC News

Santiago, Chile (bicentennial celebration)

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Florida - Transgender Political Candidates Monica DePaul and Wendy Ella May Explain Their Positions on Universal Health Care

Danielle Bernstein
teenVogue

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ezs note:  It's a ways off (Tuesday, November 6) but whether you are in Florida, North Carolina - or anywhere - VOTE!

California - Saddleback College continues to investigate submitted transgender student complaints

Ashley Hern
Lariat

Saddleback College

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lead story - Belgian transgender ballet film wins Cannes Queer Palme

Johnny Cotton
Reuters

Jacques Brel, Belgium

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lead story - The gay, transgender and bisexual men on Manus are forced into silence

Behrouz Boochani
The Guardian

Manus Island regional processing center

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lead story - Transgender children’s mothers work to uphold protection law

Jessica Heslam
Boston Herald

Boston, MA

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lead story - Britain’s Appalling Transgender ‘Debate’

Jennifer Finney Boylan
The New York Times

London (Westminster), UK

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lead story - 'No questions off-limits' for those attending transgender Q&A at North Charleston brewery

Hannah Alani
The Post and Courier

North Charleston, SC

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lead story - How Trump’s Trans Military Ban Backfired. Spectacularly.

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

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Transgender Kyrgyz seek unlikely refuge in Russia

Katie Arnold
BBC

Kyrgyzstan

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Australia - Being transgender in outback Queensland

Harriet Tatham, Esther Macintyre
ABC (Australia)

Mt. Isa, NW Queensland, Australia

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Barbados - Not in Barbados! Government minister says no gay marriages will be allowed

Press
Carribean 360

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France - French Olympic Gold Medalist Comes Out As Transgender

Dan Avery
newnownext

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