lead story - Video shows corrections officer drop transgender woman on her face in Baltimore corrections facility

Taylor Ronnie, Liam Reilly

CNN

Baltimore, MD

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Massachusetts - Kennedy to Trump: Drop your administrative actions harming trans people

Chris Johnson
Washington Blade

Newton, MA

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civil rights - Illinois parents drop lawsuit challenging transgender bathroom access

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KMOV

Oh, shazam...

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ezs note:  It's nice that the parents had the sense to drop the suit.  It would have been nicer if they had put it in the trash to begin with...

New Zealand - Should New Zealand drop gender for birth certificates, licences?

Zane Small
Newshub (NZ)

Wellington, New Zealand

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civil rights - Gavel Drop: Anti-Choice Groups Go to Bat for Kavanaugh on the High Court

Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pielko
Rewire News

Daytona Beach, FL (Volusia County)

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‘Why drop transgender persons from Wages Bill?’: Activists question govt stand on labour rights (India)

Geetika Mantri
The News Minute

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Mormons drop Scout programs for older teens

Tad Walch
Deseret News

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Boston: 4 Churches Drop Lawsuit Challenging State’s Transgender Law

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WATD

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The Pentagon can easily drop its ban on transgender troops, study finds

Dan Lamothe
http://www.washingtonpost.com

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Drop sex designation from birth certificates, gender-change advocates say (Canada)

CHRIS PURDY
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/


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Drop No. 9 as transgender code in forms: Karunanidhi

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

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Johnson joins GOP chorus for Missouri Senate candidate to drop out after rape remark - Larry Bivins - http://www.thenorthwestern.com

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ezs note:  Granted, this is a little off-base, but please read Rep. Todd Akin's *whopper* of a flub he made yesterday.  Migawd... these guys are truly asinine!

Lords drop transgender pension protection (IFAOnline [UK])

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