Health Insurers Ordered to Heed Law on Free Contraception Coverage

Robert Pear
The New York Times

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Texas' Latest Anti-Gay Bill, The Depressingly Awful HB 4105, Could Go Head-To-Head With SCOTUS' Decision

Alicia Lu
Bustle

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Capital Pride unveils new 2015 logo, parade date after bankruptcy (Canada)

Andrew Seymour

Ottawa Citizen

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Meeting to bring together all against homophobia and transphobia (Turkey)

Emrah Güler

Hurriyet Daily News

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Hundreds join Harvey Milk Foundation, Pride Center for Diversity Honors awards

Steve Rothaus
Miami Herald

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Scotland tops LGBTI equality index (UK)

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The Extra

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Equality push puts media pair in news (Hong Kong)

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The Standard

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With video, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen congratulates transgender son for award

Steve Rothaus
Sunshine State News

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Transgender detainee's complaints of ill treatment remain in limbo

Jennifer Ngo
South China Morning Post

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LGBTI Rights Secured (Sri Lanka)

Camelia Nathaniel

The Sunday Leader

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Anti-LGBT Texas lawmakers set to vote in an attempt to stop marriage equality in the state

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LGBT Weekly

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Gay rights activists seek to ride marriage momentum

Lydia Wheeler
The Hill

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Olesa De Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain

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God Is Trans: The Extraordinary Spirituality Of Transgender Lives (PODCAST)

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush 

The Huffington Post

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Ross wins at state

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Albany Democrar-Herald

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Thunderdome 2015: LGBTQ people vs. Christian right

John Tomasic 
The Colorado Independent

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TEDxGR 2015: 4 talks challenge perceptions of racism, gender, disability

Garret Ellison
mlive

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Bogus “Bathroom Issue” Needs to be Flushed (a guest post by Juli Grey-Owens)

Byrgen Finkelman
timesunion.com

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Maria Bello developing film on Marsha P. Johnson, who she mentions in her new book (Canada)

Victoria Ahearn

570News

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Bill Requiring Diversity Training for Law Enforcement Advanced by Assembly Panel

Tom Hester Jr.
PolitickerNJ

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US Rep. Kennedy: Time to strengthen transgender protections

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Houston Chronicle

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URI marks official opening of new freestanding Gender and Sexuality Center

Richard Salit

Providence Journal

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Rachel Notley proud of ‘historic’ number of women elected in Alberta (Canada)

Patricia Kozicka
Global News

Billie Jean King's World TeamTennis marking 40th season

Frank Fitzpatrick

The Inquirer

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Texas lawmakers focus efforts on prejudice

Staff
The Brookhaven Courier

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Hawaii bill for birth certificate gender change passes

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Gay rights activists in Cuba to hold symbolic mass same-sex wedding

Fred Lambert
UPI

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Ladies In The Streets: Before Stonewall, Transgender Uprising Changed Lives

NICOLE PASULKA
wbaa.org

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The New York Times Launched A Series Of Editorials On Transgender Rights

Dominic Holden
BuzzFeed

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Supreme Court rejects appeal of gay conversion therapy ban

Lydia Wheeler

The Hill

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Gender neutral ‘Mx’ ‘to be added’ to Oxford English Dictionary (UK)

Harry Readhead
Metro

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Biden: Court ruling for gay marriage as big as Brown v. Board

Chris Johnson
Washington Blade

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If “evil divides,” how do we respond? (Canada)

Douglas Todd
The Vancouver Sun

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The importance of avoiding fits of intolerance (Taiwan)

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The China Post

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REMARKS BY DR. JILL BIDEN AT THE 28TH ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ATLANTA GALA DINNER

Jill Biden (spoken)
Official Wire

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Transgender Texans expecting longer, tougher fight for acceptance

Lauren McGaughy
Houston Chronicle

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Smith College Now Admits Trans Women

DANIEL REYNOLDS

Advocate.com

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LGBT Disparities Reduction Act passes first committee

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LGBT Weekly

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Rick Santorum’s Shocking Comments About Bruce Jenner: We Should “Love And Accept” Him

Adam Salandra

NewNowNext

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ezs note:  Well... this is interesting...

Selden, New York

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Transgender Jews: Beyond the Rainbow

Julie Gruenbaum Fax

Jewish Journal

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ME HIJRA, ME LAXMI... (India)

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Ahmedabad Mirror

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HRC Boots on the Ground in Texas

Ryan Wilson
HRC

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Iowa college to offer LGBT student housing

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LGBTQNation

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NWA Transgender Community Hopeful After Bruce Jenner's Announcement

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Facebook’s new suicide prevention feature can help you save lives

Jose Alvarez
Digital Trends

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ezs note:  If Facebook has provided with another lifeline, fer gosh sake, USE IT!!

Local mother accuses Edmonton Catholic School Board of discrimination (Canada)

Lisa Wolansky
Global News

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STEM Jobs are More Trans Friendly than They Once Were, But There’s Still Work to Be Done

Courtney Hilden
The Mary Sue

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The Way This Transgender Man Thanked His Mom for Accepting Him Is Everything

Lane Moore

Cosmopolitan

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EEOC settles first transgender discrimination suit

Sharon M. Bauman and others
Lexology

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