national/world - Tricked into conversion therapy in Russia for being trans

Anastasia Golubeva, Jennie Norton

BBC

Siberia, Russia

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Burkina Faso - In Burkina Faso, being transgender means living in the shadows

Émilie Laystary
Equal Times

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Oregon - Parents sue Woodburn schools after teacher educates son about being transgender

Whitney Woodworth
Statesman Journal

Woodburn, OR

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ezs note:  Hey, I agree with the parents.  After all, school is for ignorance.  After all, isn't that what school is for?

Riiiiight.

Malta - Being transgender is not a mental disorder - MEP Roberta Metsola

Press
Malta Independent Online

The Beheading of Saint John - Caravaggio

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New Zealand - The impossibility of being transgender in New Zealand

Felix Desmarais
stuff

Wellington, New Zealand

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The Challenges of Being Transgender in Restaurant Kitchens

Alex Di Francesco
Eater

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