crazy batshit - Rep. Louie Gohmert is Steve King’s ally in white nationalism

Luke Barnes
ThinkProgress

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Jamaica - J-FLAG seeking funds to rebuild office destroyed by fire

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Jamaica Observer

Kingston, Jamaica

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civil rights - What Pakistan gets right and the US gets wrong on trans rights

Shamus Khan, Joss Greene
CNN

Lahore, Pakistan

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New York - What New York Employers Should Know Regarding the Rights of Transgender Employees

David W.D. Mitchell, Maria Benvenuto
Lexology

Albany, NY

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lead story - Hong Kong: Court ruling a setback in fight for equality for transgender people

Man-kei Tam
Amnesty International

Hong Kong

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