lead story - Why this 14-year-old activist is fighting for the rights of transgender athletes

Rebekah Bruesehoff, Zoe Christen Jones

CBS News

Commercial Township, NJ

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New York - Activist Confronts Two Women Posting Transphobic Stickers Around NYC

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NBC New York

New York City, NY

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Tennessee - Trans Day of Remembrance: Knoxville activist uses her identity to inspire new business

Angela Dennis

Knoxville News Sentinel

Knoxville, TN

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lead story - A Man Was Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murdering His Transgender Activist Wife

David Mack
BuzzFeed News

North Adams, MA

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Mauritius - Activist seeks to overturn anti-gay law of African island Mauritius

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Erasing 76 Crimes

Port Louis, Mauritius

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Tunisia - Gay lawyer and activist running for President of Tunisia, where being gay is illegal

John Riley
Metro Weekly

Tunis, Tunisia

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civil rights - Transgender Rights Activist Sarah McBride to Give Talk at Rutgers–Camden

Stefanie Charles
Rutgers-Camden News Now

Camden, NJ

Rutgers-Camden University

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Hong Kong - Two gay men challenge Hong Kong ban on same-sex marriage

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The Straits Times

Hong Kong

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civil rights - Transgender Teachers, Long Isolated, Are Finding Strength In Numbers

Anya Kamenetz
NPR

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Cayman Islands - UK endorsing oppression of LGBTIs, says activist

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Cayman News Service

Cayman Islands National Museum

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Becoming a 60-year-old Transgender Activist

Stephanie Mott
HuffPost

Kansas counties

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Trump Administration Appoints Anti-Transgender Activist To Gender Equality Post

J. Lester Federer
BuzzFeed

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Activists Say Azerbaijan’s Media is Spreading Fear and Hate of Queer People

Vahid Ali
Global Voices

Baku, Azerbaijan

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POPULAR VLOGGER& ACTIVIST RALLIES WESTMINSTER STUDENTS

Goldieann Bookamer
WCN 24/7

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Local activist plans to take on school district's transgender accommodations

Dave Fidlin
Greenfield-West Allis Now

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Transgender green activist makes Irish election history (UK)

Henry McDonald
The Guardian

Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Transgender activist running for Wash. office

Elisa Hahn
KREM2

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Transgender actress Shakina Nayfack joins 'Difficult People'

Danielle Zhu
Entertainment Weekly

Shakina Nayfack

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Wisconsin mother becomes LGBT activist after transgender son’s suicide

Max Gorden
khon

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TRANSGENDER PROFESSOR AND ACTIVIST TO GIVE PRESENTATION AT CLARION

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Clarion University

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