lead story - 'Herstory' made: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ crowns first transgender winner

Alexander Kacala

NBC News

RuPaul's Drag Race

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lead story - Ariel Nicholson is U.S. Vogue's first transgender cover model

Cynthia Silva

NBC News

Mahwah, NJ

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lead story - Canada’s Quinn poised to be first transgender Olympic medalist

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Tokyo, Japan

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lead story - First openly transgender Olympians are competing in Tokyo

Press

NBC News

Tokyo, Japan

Japan National Stadium

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Capitol riot - First US Capitol rioter convicted of a felony gets 8 months in prison

Marshall Cohen

CNN

Capitol rioters

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Louisiana - Calls for Louisiana's first veto override session grow over guns, roads, transgender athletes

Will Sentell

The Advocate

Gonzales, LA

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ezs note:  Louisiana residents - no matter where in the state you live, it's a great time to tell your state senators AND representatives to say NO to this idiotic transgender athletes bill.

lead story - Michigan’s first transgender teacher of the year speaks out on bill targeting transgender student athletes

Grant Hermes, Dane Kelly

WDIV

Oak Park, MI (Jamie Arnold)

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Minnesota - WNBA's first trans player signs with new team

Christian Spencer

The Hill

Minnesota Lynx

(Rebekkah Brunson)

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lead story - Biden issues first presidential proclamation on Trans Day of Visibility

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

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lead story - Dr. Rachel Levine becomes first openly transgender person confirmed by Senate to federal post

Doha Madani, Julie Tsirkin

NBC News

Dr. Rachel Levine

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ezs note:  We are proud of you, Rachel!

lead story - Pakistan’s first transgender-only madrasa breaks barriers

Press

Al Jazerrah

Islamabad, Pakistan

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lead story - Bangladesh's first transgender news presenter makes word-perfect debut

Agence France Presse

France 24

Dhaka, Bangladesh (1924 map)

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lead story - South Korea's first known transgender soldier found dead

AP

ABC News

Cheongju, South Korea

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Joe Biden - Biden attends first Sunday Mass as President

Arlette Saenz, Allie Malloy, Jasmine Wright, Chandelis Duster

CNN

Holy Trinity Catholic Church

Washington DC

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Vermont - Vermont Conversation: Taylor Small, state’s first trans legislator, on what her victory represents

David Goodman

VTDigger

Winooski, VT

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Pakistan - Pakistan's First Transgender Lawyer Goes From Begging to Fighting in Court

 Syed Raza Hassan

US News & World Report

Faisalabad, Pakistan

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Vermont - Taylor Small wins House seat to become first openly transgender member of Vermont Legislature

Brent Hallenbeck

Burlington Free Press

Winooski, VT

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Montana - Snapshots of UM’s first virtual DiverseU

 Andy Tallman, Hanna Campbell, Jacob Owens, and more

Montana Kaiman

Missoula, MT

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lead story - Kansas makes history, elects retired Wichita teacher as its first transgender legislato

Denise Neil, Jaime Green

Wichita Eagle

Wichita, KS

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lead story - Sarah McBride to become first transgender state senator in U.S. history

Dan Avery

NBC News

State Sen.-elect Sarah McBride

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