31 December 2018

civil rights - In Memoriam: A Tribute to the Ones We Lost in 2018

Sharee Silerio
The Root


ezs note:  In particular, we remember and mourn these -  Celine Walker, Tonya "Kita" Harvey, Phylicia Mitchell, Amia Tyrae Berryman, Sasha Wall, Nicole Hall, Nino Fortson, Antonia "Antash'a" Devine Sherrington English, Diamond Stephens, Cathalina Christina James, Keisha Wells, Sasha Garden, Dejanay Stanton, Vontashia Bell, Shantee Tucker,  Londonn Moore, Ciara Minaj Carter Frazier, and Kelly Stough - all transgender, all senselessly murdered.

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Tennessee - 3 football players in Tennessee are challenging gender-identity roles

Cyd Zeigler
Outsports


Clarksville, TN

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lead story - How to talk to transgender youth, according to experts and their parents

Julie Compton
NBC News


San Diego, CA

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