national/world - Boldest Film Ever: First Time Transgender As Lead

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M9

New Dehli, India

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Transgender woman crowned Miss Portugal for first time

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VN Express

Borba, Portugal

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A transgender woman will compete in a Puerto Rico pageant for the first time

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NBC News

San Juan, PR

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lead story - VA to offer gender surgery to transgender vets for the first time

Leo Shane III

Military Times

Orlando, FL

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Vermont - Rutland City will celebrate Pride for the first time

Emma Cotton

VTDigger

Rutland, VT (1907)

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Joe Biden - Trump says for first time he'll leave office if Electoral College votes for Biden

Paul LeBlanc

CNN

White House

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Joe Biden - Trump says for the first time Biden won the election but later insists he's not conceding

Maegan Vazquez, Sarah Westwood, Alison Main

CNN

the blowhard speaks (finally)

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Nepal - LGBTQ people to be counted in Nepal's census for the first time

Gopal Sharma, Annie Banerji
The Christian Science Monitor

Kathmandu, Nepal

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lead story - Transgender woman of color to lead Office of LGBT Affairs for first time

Cherri Gregg
KYW

Philadelphia, PA

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lead story - ‘Are you afraid of dying?’ Transgender woman attacked in Dallas tells her story for the first time

Lauren McGaughy
The Dallas Morning News

Dallas, TX

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Bangladesh - For the first time, transgender candidates will run for seats in Bangladesh's National Parliament

Samaya Anjum
Global Voices

Bagerhat, Bangladesh

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lead story - Transgender pride flag flies over Yellowknife city hall for first time

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CBC News

Yellowknife, NWT (Canada)

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Syria - Syria allows intersex person to register new gender status for first time

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The New Arab

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Botswana to recognise a transgender woman’s identity for first time after historic High Court ruling (UK)

Darin Graham
Independent

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For the first time, Denver City Council marks Transgender Day of Remembrance

Jon Murray
The Denver Post

Denver, CO

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Elite US women's colleges accepting transgender students for first time

Collin Binkley
Independent

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At Cromwell High, Transgender Athlete Competes With Girls For First Time

Matthew Conyers
Hartford Courant

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Ecuador transgender people vote for first time according to chosen gender (Malaysia)

Alexander Ulmer and Yury Garcia
The Star Online

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Millennial women opposed to Trump take to streets, many for the first time (Kenya)

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The Star / Kenya

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Transgender Saudi man speaks out publicly for first time to help others

Ellen Wulfhorst
Reuters

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