national/world - Minnesota AG says state lawsuit against Trump administration aims to protect trans youth

Cole Premo

CBS News

Saint Paul, MN

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Pennsylvania - Lawsuit aims to strike down LGBTQ antidiscrimination protections in Pennsylvania

Marc Levy

AP

Clinton Township, Butler County, PA

(where Knoch school is located)

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Maine - Dahlia Verrill, Falmouth: Advocate for trans athletes aims ‘to bridge divides and build community’

Steve Craig

Portland Press Herald

Falmouth, ME (1917)

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national/world - A transgender woman wins Democratic primary for Florida House seat, and aims to make history

Jason Ogles

Advocate

Tampa, FL

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ezs note:  residents of Tampa (District 65) - check to see what other policies Ashley Brundage has.  If you mostly agree with her, campaign!!!

Michigan - Diocese aims to restrict transgender care in St. Casimir sale

Kyle Kaminski

City Pulse

Lansing, MI

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ezs note:  Excuse me???  Whenever the Catholic church - or any church, temple or mosque - decides that a piece of property isn't worth it any more, there is only one thing that decides the future - enough money. PERIOD.

Thailand - PrEP in the City: campaign for transgender women aims to increase PrEP uptake in Thailand

Press

UNAIDS

Bangkok, Thailand

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Minnesota - Citing harm to mental health, proposed legislation aims to outlaw conversion therapy in Minnesota

Andy Steiner
MinnPost

Savage, MN

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Delaware - Underwear as empowerment: Delaware design student aims to fill a need for trans women

Barbara Goldberg

Reuters

Newark, DE

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Vermont - Weybridge Church Aims Christian Lens at the Climate Crisis

Chelsea Edgar
Seven Days

Weybridge, VT

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ezs note:  Though the lion's share is about environmentalism, there is also a paragraph about other things the church is doing.  

Florida - Wednesday vigil at Cascades Park aims to ensure transgender lives lost aren't forgotten

Nada Hassman

Tallahassee Democrat

Tallahassee, FL

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Ukraine - Volunteer-driven website aims to revolutionize sex ed in Ukraine

Matthew Kupfer
Kyiv Post

Zelenodolsk, Ukraine

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lead story - Gender Clinic Aims to Improve Transgender Patients' Care

Press
US News and World Report

New Orleans, Louisiana

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lead story - How the Catholic 'alt-right' aims to purge LGBTQ members from the church

Corky Siemaszko
NBC News

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Egypt/US - Egyptian filmmaker aims to show LGBT+ people are 'not alone'

Heba Kanso
Reuters

fresco of Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim

Cairo, Egypt

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Spain - Miss Universe's first transgender contestant aims to be a role model for trans kids

Press
USA Today

section of ruins, Sevilla, Spain

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TV Ad Aims to Pressure Trump on Transgender Military Service

Lolita C. Baldor
NBC

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YSU's 1st Transgender Director Aims to Help All Students

Amanda Tonoli
US News & World Report

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History Unerased aims to cast light on gay Americans in schools (Nepal)

Reuters
The Himalayan Times

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Policy aims to help transgender students at PHS

Jeff McMenemy
Seacoastonline.com

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Project aims to place more homeless youths in private housing

Tony Briscoe
Chicago Tribune

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