lead story - India appoints its third transgender judge in Assam

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Madan Kamdev ruins, Assam

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lead story - INDIA: NO COUNTRY FOR TRANSGENDER WOMEN

Puja Changoiwala
South China Morning Post

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ezs note:  USA - Uh, before we get all proud 'n shit, here's a sobering fact for you:  according to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, we are the 10th worst and the only first-world country to be shamed by the danger to women (cis and trans).  Please, let's go to our town and city halls and speak up.

'We exist': Public art project gives India's transgender community a voice

Priti Salian
NBC

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On Transgender Day of Remembrance, the Screams That India Ignored

Vishnu Gopinath
The Quint

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India - ‘How could you have been raped?’: New study on how India’s transgender people face bias from doctors

Ankur Paliwal
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India crowns its first transgender beauty queen

Huizhong Wu
CNN

Gurgaon, India

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Making Transgender Rights a Reality in India (India)

Jayshree Bajoria
Human Rights Watch

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Powerful Vicks Ad About an Orphaned Indian Girl Adopted By a Transgender Woman Goes Viral: WATCH

Michael Fitzgerald
Towleroad

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Art for equality (India)

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Artist:  Zeraph Dylan

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Cinemas across the US to screen 1984 in protest against Donald Trump (UK)

Adam Boult
The Telegraph

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Majority of transgender community stays away from electoral process (India)

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ezs note:  People from around the world - come on and vote!  It's the MOST significant way that your voice can be heard!  

Transgender model Anjali Lama breaks barriers in India’s fashion world

Muneeza Naqvi
LGBTQ Nation

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Mumbai marches for pride (India)

Pooja Salvi
The Asian Age

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Punjab elections 2017: Meet Mumtaj Bholi, sole transgender in the fray (India)

Aarish Chhabra
Hindustan Times

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India’s first transgender school opens in Kerala (India)

Kiran Gangadharan
The Indian Express

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India’s first transgender Principal resigns (St. Lucia)

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Manabi Bandopadhyay

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India centre to get transgender school dropouts ready for jobs (India)

Rina Chandran
Firstpost.

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Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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ezs note:  Hey, how 'bout a trip to Bangalore?  Well, click on down!

Leaving no one behind (India)

Namita Bhandare
Live Mint

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IRCTC, Indian Railways introduce transgender as third gender in ticket forms (India)

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