Nike airs first commercial featuring a transgender athlete during Olympics

Nicole Bitette
(New York) Daily News

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Being Transgender Is Not a Mental Disorder

Matt Miller
Slate

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Elie Wiesel 1926-2016

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Twitter chat: What’s the status of transgender rights in the U.S.?

Corinne Segal
PBS

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Kinky Boots music video weighs in on transgender bathroom rights

Marc Snetiker
Entertainment Weekly

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Poll: Voters Back Transgender Bathroom Choice, Oppose Laws About It

Carrie Dann
NBC

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Cops Search For Suspects In Park Slope Transgender Hate Crime Assault

Ben Yakas
Gothamist

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Transgender Woman Loses Support from Her Family After Coming Out and Dropping 120 Lbs.

Julie Mazziotta
People

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Jewish Groups Cheer Obama’s Transgender Protections

Ron Kampeas
Forward

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Donald Trump Says Transgender Bathroom Issue Should Be Left to the States. Will That Be Enough for Social Conservatives?

Eric Levitz
Daily Intelligencer

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Watch: Dan Savage Annihilates Ann Coulter's Anti-Transgender Bathroom 'Bullsh*t'

David Badash
The New Civil Rights Movement

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Donald Trump Says Transgender People Should Use the Bathroom They Want

Ashley Parker
The New York Times

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What’s Really Behind the Angst Over Transgender Bathrooms?

Jane Eisner / eisner@forward.com
Forward

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Man Who Killed Transgender Woman in a 'Blind Fury' for 'Fooling' Him Gets 12 Years in Prison

Hillary Crosley Coker
Jezebel

Islan Nettles

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Lilly Wachowski makes first public appearance at GLAAD Awards since coming out as transgender

Tre'vell Anderson / trevell.anderson@latimes.com
LA Times

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Ian McEwan criticised by campaigners over transgender remarks

Chris Johnston
the guardian

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Transgender Men And Women Are Sharing Photos Of Their Transitions On Social Media, Celebrating Gender Identity

Ali Venosa
Medical Daily

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Transgender woman sexually assaulted in Stonewall Inn bathroom: NYPD

Alyssa Zauderer
PIX11

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'Southern Comfort' a new Off-Broadway musical about transgender friends

Joe Dziemianowicz
New York Daily News

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Transgender and Black, Searching for an Audience

Brian Josephs
Spin

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