lead story - New directors at federal media agency have ties to anti-LGBT groups, fought pro-transgender policies

Brian Kozma
CNBC

Chevy Chase, MD

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civil rights - To transgender high school graduates, a note of hope and gratitude

Rex Huppke
Chicago Tribune

Chicago, IL

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Albania - ‘Nothing comes from exclusion,’ says Surrey man who fought for LGBT rights in Albania

Bala Yogesh
Surrey Now-Leader

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Once a spy who fought WMD proliferation, this transgender woman is running for Congress

Katerina Ang
Moneyish

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Calpernia Addams: American actress and transgender activist on changing discriminatory hearts and minds from military to Hollywood (Australia)

Peta Yoshinaga
ABC (Australia)

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I fought for this, but not just to be a housewife (IPS)

Mavi Susel, the first transsexual in Cuba to undergo sex reassignment surgery, back in 1988, has found herself trapped in the traditionally assigned gender role of a housewife.