Colombia - Prominent Transgender Activist in Colombia Dies

Michael K. Lavers

South Florida Gay News

Bogotá, Colombia

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ezs note:  Please, we don't want to lose another... WEAR A MASK!

Colombia - Transgender Woman Killed at Army Checkpoint in Colombia, Prompting Outrage

 Press

US News & World Report

Bogotá, Colombia

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lead story - A Transgender Buddhist Trailblazer 20+ Years Later

Emily DeMaioNewton
Tricycle

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Colombia - Miss Colombia Says Miss Universe Pageant Should Only Be for “Women Who Were Born Women”

Staff
Remezcla

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Colombia - Colombia failing to stem murders of LGBT people

Anastasia Moloney
Reuters

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lead story - Colombia’s indigenous transgender women find refuge, freedom working on coffee farms

Kenneth Dickerman
The Washington Post

Coffea canephora

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ezs note:  Wow! Here I am in Connecticut, enjoying my coffee, when I find out about the hard, industrious work of the pickers!  You are to be commended!  I hope that my work makes life a bit better for all of us.  

Colombia - 'Culture is power': the Colombian sex workers who launched a newspaper

Steven Grattan
The Guardian

scene in Colombia

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Colombia - Transgender, Queer Candidates Backed in Runs for Colombia's Senate

Ariel Sobel
Advocate

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Colombia - Mystery on a Colombian mountain: the story of Señorita María

Richard Emblin
The City Paper Bogota

Boavita, Colombia

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Former Inmate Empowers Transgender Women in Colombian Prisons

Simon West
NBC

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Transgender woman dies after undergoing illegal backstreet bum implant surgery (Ireland)

Natalie Evans
Irish Mirror

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ezs note:  Go ahead.  Take a second look.  Maybe - if you're "lucky" - you'll wind up with a horribly disfigured body.  If you're not so lucky, you'll wind up dead. Don't let these charlatans take your money AND your life!!!

Colombia Allows Transgender Community To Change Sex On IDs Without Physical Exams

Brianna Lee
International Business Times

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Transgender nightmare in Hong Kong

Eliana Rubashkyn
http://www.wptz.com

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