civil rights - HRC and LGBTQ Community: Here’s the Real State of the Union

Charlotte Clymer
HRC

House of Representatives

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lead story - San Francisco's Storied Transgender Community Now Has An Official Home

Chloe Veltman
NPR

San Francisco, CA

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Oregon - SOUTHERN OREGON PRIDE COMMUNITY OUTRAGED BY MILITARY TRANSGENDER BAN

Leah Thompson
kdrv.com

Medford, OR

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lead story - Community hosts rally in support of transgender high school student

Amelia Henderson
WBOY

Morgantown, WV

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lead story - Why Transgender Persons Bill 2018 is a healthcare nightmare for the community

Sylvia Karpagam
The News Minute

New Delhi, India

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Maryland - Hagerstown community honors Transgender Day of Remembrance

Brendan Reynolds
Local DVM.com

Hagerstown, MD

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civil rights - Community feature: Transgender Day of Remembrance returns amid fight for civil rights

Erica Thompson
Alive

Columbus, OH

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Cambodia - Cambodia’s LGBTIQ Community Adrift in the Divide

Sheila Yuan Jiahuan
Khmer Times

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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lead story - Charleston police connect with community after arrest in attack of transgender woman

Kia Morgan-Smith
The Grio

Charleston, SC

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ezs note:  Happily, Christopher Lamar Price was captured!

South Carolina - SC Black Pride Keeps Focus on Community, Inclusion

Eva Moore
freetimes

Charleston, SC

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UK - Miss Transgender UK hoping to inspire and support LGBT people in the community

Simon Leonard
Scunthorpe Telegraph

Scunthorpe, UK

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BETSY DEVOS IS A DANGER TO TRANSGENDER CHILDREN

Vanessa Ford
Newsweek

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D.C. high school students plan and attend civil rights summit

Shira Stein
The Washington Post

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ROCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY PLANS NEW PROGRAMMING FOR TRANSGENDER FAMILIES

Calyn Thompson
KIMT

Rochester, MN public library

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Barbados - Row over rainbow colours

Tre Greaves
Nation News

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Rural LGBTQ community comes together for two-day summit

Press
The Commons Online

Brattleboro, VT

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Employment Law Update: Landmark case sends rainbow-coloured ripples through Hong Kong's community (UK)

Duncan A.W. Abate
Lexology

Hong Kong, at night

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Civil Rights Commission tables request to include LGBT community in anti-discrimination law

Lauren Gibbons
MLive

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Transgender woman’s death highlights toll of violence and community distrust of police

Willis Ryder Arnold
St. Louis Public Radio

How Kai Cheng Thom finds community through her poetry (Canada)

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CBC

Kai Cheng Thom

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