Shhh, archbishop: S.F. doesn’t want your take on gender identity

C. W. Nevins
San Francisco Chronicle

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Congresswoman Speier Urging All States To Ban Gay Conversion Therapy

Margie ShaferCBS

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Fuse orders 'Transcendent' docu-series about transgender cabaret performers

ISABELLA BIEDENHARN
Entertainment Weekly

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Official: S.F. jail inmates forced into 'gladiator-style' fights

BRETT WILKINS
Digital Journal

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Surveys show highest LGBT populations are in cities out West

Tarringo Vaughan
examiner.com

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Prominent San Francisco evangelical church drops celibacy requirement for LGBT members

Kimberly Winston
RNS

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LGBT Community to Hold "Die In" For SF Transgender Woman Killed in Stabbing

 Terry McSweeney

NBC Bay Area

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Transgender Latina Woman Killed In San Francisco

Dominic Holden

buzzfeed

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ezs note:  Please, if you have any information about the murder of Taja Gabrielle DeJesus, call the San Francisco Police Department at 415-575-4444.  Thanks.

Armistead Maupin Makes Return to the Bay Area

Dani Burlison
KQED

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Police Unsure How Long People Were Stepping Over Dead Homeless Person In Front Of Market Street Coffee Shop

Eve Batey
sfist

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LGBT MARCH AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE ENDS WITHOUT ARRESTS, VANDALISM

ABC 7

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A Straight Woman’s Transgender Story Retold

"Fanny Arnstein"

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US: Dedicated transgender suicide hotline launched (UK)

Nick Duffy
please press:  http://www.pinknews.co.uk/

ezs note:  Yeah, life's crappy... but there is help!  

• Trans Lifeline (US/Canada) -  877-565-8860
• Samaritans (UK) - 08457 90 90 90

Who’s Real Enough for Facebook?

VAUHINI VARA
http://www.newyorker.com/

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The Pentagon can easily drop its ban on transgender troops, study finds

Dan Lamothe
http://www.washingtonpost.com

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First Transgender Officer Graduates From San Francisco Police Academy [Video]

Whitney Phaneuf
http://sfist.com

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Report Finds Criminalization Increasing Nationwide

TJ Johnston
http://www.indybay.org

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1.5 Million People Attend 44th Annual Pride Parade in San Francisco

http://www.nbcbayarea.com

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Legendary Trans Performer Vicki Marlane Gets Tenderloin Block Named For Her

http://sfist.com

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CB Culliver continues outreach to LGBT community

JANIE McCAULEY
http://thegardenisland.com


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