Transgender cultural district planned for San Francisco’s Tenderloin

Brock Keeling
Curbed

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Noor Salman, widow of Orlando massacre shooter Omar Mateen, arrested in San Francisco

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CBS

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Jeffrey Tambor Had To Overcome Serious Nerves For ‘Transparent’ Role

JamesMichael Nichols
The Huffington Post

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Transmissions: Doing It for Ourselves

Gwendolyn Ann Smith

PrideSource

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Transgender pastor preaches to the choir with love

Kevin Fagan

San Francisco Chronicle

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How Many Transgender Americans Are There?

Samantha Michaels
Mother Jones

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As a Caseworker I Witnessed the Nightmarish Traumas Foster Care Presents for LGBTQ Youth

Ryan Berg
Alternet

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Compelling New Memoir Addresses Challenges Facing Transgender Individuals in America

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The Rainbow  Times

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Pioneering UCSF Clinic Helps Transgender Youth Be Themselves

Lisa Potter
UCSF

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San Francisco, California

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Jail to house transgender inmates based on identity

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The Orange County Register

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A San Francisco Story

Leah Rose
Longreads

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ezs note:  If you live near a facility for  the mentally ill, here are some things you can find out:

• Do the staff use the proper pronouns, and use them respectfully? 
• Does the staff use the proper medication?
• Is the client allowed to dress appropriately? (female for MTF; male for FTM)
• Are psychologists/psychiatrists accredited by the American Psychological Association or the American Psychiatric Association? 
• Are evenings and nights given the same standard of care as the daytime?

Group raises money to help transgender inmate

Patt Johnson
The Des Moines Register

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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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