national/world - Name change struggles faced by transgender students

Zama Myeza

The Witness

Pretoria, South Africa

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I’m a trans person who edits children’s books. The culture wars engulfs me on all sides

Alex DiFrancesca

The Guardian

Pretoria, South Africa

(home of Kingsley Publishers)

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Desmond Tutu - Desmond Tutu, South Africa's 'moral compass', dies at 90

Nqobile Dludla, James Macharia

Reuters

Desmond Tutu (1931-2021)

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African countries - Biden restricts travel from South Africa and seven other countries starting Monday

Kaitlan Collins

CNN

South Africa

(other countries:  Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Eswatini , Mozambique, 

Malawi)

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South Africa - Through dysphoria to a doctoral degree

Carla Bernardo
University of Cape Town News

Cape Town, South Africa

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Côte d'Ivoire - Finding jobs for LGBT people across Côte d'Ivoire

Frank Hersey
RFI

Boundiali, Côte d'Ivoire

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please press:  en.rfi.fr

South Africa/other countries - OUTtv will only be available in South Africa and not the rest of Africa

Thinus Ferreira
channel24

South Africa

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South Africa - How to report hate crime anonymously in SA

Petru Saal
Times Live

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South Africa - These Queer Artists and Activists Are Redefining South African Style

Rachel Hahn
Vogue

Lion's Head, South Africa

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South Africa - South Africa: Intersextion - an Exhibition Steeped in Transgender Sex Work

Thabo Twala
allAfrica / the Journalist

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South Africa - No laws to protect SA's vulnerable groups

Vuyo Mkize
news 24

Johannesburg, South Africa

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PICS: Mokgadi Caster Semenya, our golden girl!

Ashfak Mohamed
IOL

Caster Semenya

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please press:  http://www.iol.co.za

ezs note:  Great job, Caster!!!

Transgender people, the world's misunderstood (South Africa)

afp
IOL

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Large-scale HIV vaccine trial to launch in South Africa

Press
National Institutes of Health

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please press:  https://www.nih.gov

ezs note:  We have to be careful - after all, it won't be until 2020 that we receive the results - but it could be that this vaccine is promising.  In the meantime, please use medicines that are useful NOW.

Designing the Dreams and Photographing the Realities of Cape Town's Transgender Sex Workers

Gabrielle Bruney / gabrielle.bruney@vice.com
vice.com

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US names first global envoy for gay rights (Australia)

Staff
Echo

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IOM: Attacks Against Foreign Migrants on Rise in South Africa

Staff
Big News Network

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IGLTA Partners With World Travel Market Africa

Staff
Travel Pulse

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Analysis of PrEP Data Shows High Adherence in U.S., and Among Most at Risk of HIV

Barbara Jungwirth
http://www.thebody.com

to read more, go to:  http://www.thebody.com/content/75066/analysis-of-prep-data-shows-high-adherence-in-us-a.html

ezs note:  Be safe!!!  If you are a sexually active transgender person -- or you're just thinking about it -- the time to start taking Truvada is NOW.  Read the directions on the box or  bottle twice.  You'll be happy AND healthy!

Trans woman jailed under Malawi’s anti-gay laws speaks out - Joe Morgan - http://www.gaystarnews.com

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