Michigan - Transgender person shot dead in Detroit, Michigan

Rafaella Gunz
Gay Star News

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lead story - Transgender woman shocked by higher car insurance rates for women in Michigan

Kim Russell
WXYZ

Detroit, MI

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civil rights - Tribune editorial: Reyes doesn’t help Utah with entry into Michigan transgender case

Editorial
The Salt Lake City Tribune

Salt Lake City, UT  (1850) 

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civil rights - Nebraska sides with Michigan funeral home that fired transgender woman

Martha Stoddard
Omaha World-Herald

Lincoln, NE

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ezs note:  Nebraskans - one thing you can do is upend Attorney General Doug Peterson in favor of Evangelos Argyrakis.  It's a stretch, you say.  But it's not an impossibility.  Just look at your sister state, Texas!

Rockford, Michigan

estimated transgender population:  36*
(rounded down)

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ezs note:  Do you like hiking?  Well, I sure do!  If you are in the area of Rockford, Michigan, you are in the midst of a 91-mile trail!  Have fun!

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Hamburg, Michigan

Hamburg, Michigan

estimated transgender population: 123*
(rounded up)

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ezs note:  Hamburg Township, Michigan!  Yeah, I know, I know, I could've made a clever pun out of this one... but I took the high road!  

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Michigan - Author discusses intersection between race and transgender identities

Rachel Cunningham
The Michigan Daily

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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civil rights - Unanimous Vote in Favor of Michigan Transgender Woman is Groundbreaking

Jay Kaplan
PrideSource

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Michigan - Lansing poet Eric Crosley brings a collaborative experience to the Robin Theatre

Skyler Ashley
Citypulse

Lansing, MI (state capitol)

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Bad Axe, Michigan

estimated transgender population:  18*
(rounded down)

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ezs note:  Well, what do you do in a town named Bad Axe, Michigan?  Well, you can find out how a man named George Willis Pack came up with the name!

*Credit:  http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf

How to ensure a safe school year for Michigan's transgender kids

Sarah Tchoryk
Detroit Free Press

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Mich. Corrections Department to aid transgender inmates

Press
The Detroit News

Michigan prison

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‘Our Bible’ app aims to support LGBTQ Christians who feel excluded

Corinne Segal
CPTV

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Michigan's transgender community faces poverty, bias, study shows

Press
Detroit Free Press

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These eight Michigan communities are flying flags for the Transgender Day of Visibility

Lee DeVito
metrotimes

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Living your truth: Accepting transgender individuals in our community

Valerie Lego
WZZM13

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New BCPS guidelines cover guns, social media

Noe Hernandez
Battle Creek Enquirer

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No, Donald Trump did not create 900 jobs at GM

Laura Clawson
Daily Kos

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Father and Daughter Come Out as Transgender

Brittney McNamara
TeenVogue

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BEN CARSON, DONALD TRUMP, AND THE MISUSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY

Jelani Cobb
The New Yorker

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