civil rights - 'Live Free or Die' motto often invoked, with mixed results

Holly Ramer
Hastings Tribune

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North Carolina - A year after the HB2 repeal, NC transgender students battle discrimination

Danielle Chemtob
The Daily Tar Heel

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lead story - Pakistan Passes Historic Transgender Rights Bill

Sasha Ingber
NPR

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civil rights - LGBTQ students face discrimination while Education Department walks back oversight

Logan Casey, Elizabeth Mann Levesque
The Brookings Institution

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Hawaii - Bill Calls For Hawaii To Protect Students Who Allege Harassment

Suevon Lee
Honolulu Civil Beat

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New Hampshire - Applying Classroom Lessons to Fight Discrimination

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Keene State College

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Around the Region: Iowa Senate votes to allow anti-LGBTQ discrimination in higher ed student groups

Andy Birkey
The Column

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More Than Half Of Transgender Teachers Surveyed Tell NPR They Are Harassed At Work

Anya Kamenetz
NPR

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Nepal - Discrimination rife in Nepali society: AI

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New Mexico - Transgender woman fired from internship accuses Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham's office of discrimination

Michael Collins
USA Today

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Lush launches U.S. transgender rights campaign with pink-and-blue bath melt

Olivia Petter
Independent

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ALARMING: Colorado GOP Stoke the Flames of Discrimination Against LGBTQ People and Other Minorities

Aaron Rodriguez
HRC

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How a Hong Kong transgender bodybuilder is fighting discrimination – with compassion

Laurie Chen
South China Morning Post

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Editorial: It’s time to prohibit gender identity discrimination

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Paraguay - Fears rise over LGBT discrimination in conservative Paraguay

Pedro Servin
FOX News

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ezs note:  If you are planning a vacation, please, do NOT go to Paraguay - and tell them why.

New civil rights enforcement unit, diversity advisory council to focus on all forms of discrimination

John DiStaso
WMUR

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Christian Groups Say Anti-Gay Discrimination Is Rare. Here Are 1,000 Counterarguments.

Stephanie Mencimer
Mother Jones

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It’s Always Been About Discrimination for LGBT People

Rose Saxe
ACLU

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Pravin Visakan: Ending LGBTQ discrimination begins with more inclusive education

Pravin Visakan
Daily Bruin

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Census considering removal of sex question over discrimination against transgender and non-binary people (UK)

Rachel Roberts
Independent

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ezs note:  Believe it or not, I do respect Germaine Greer's work, despite our differences.  However, I would respectfully suggest that, for a start, she read transgender history in Wikipedia.  From ancient Assyria to the present day, transgender history is part of history, no matter how we wish to cover it up.

"She had no preconceived notion of backward or primitive, no prejudice equal to my blind assumption of superiority.  I stopped trying to teach her and began to learn from her instead.  (italics mine)

     Germaine Greer, Introduction