Pressure Mounts on Sri Lanka to Remove Anti-LGBTQ Laws as Part of E.U. Trade Deal

Saurav Jung Thapa
HRC

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please press:  http://www.hrc.org

VOTER ID LAWS MAY PREVENT TRANSGENDER AMERICANS FROM CASTING THEIR BALLOTS THIS ELECTION

Raquel Reichard
Latina

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please press:  http://www.latina.com

ezs note:  Be an informed voter!  See the short video, and, at the end, click www.votingwhiletrans.org.  Don't be one of the 25,000!

New Report Finds Voter ID Laws Disenfranchise Transgender Community

Hayley Miller
HRC

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please press:  http://www.hrc.org

ezs note:  This is all the more reason to register early.  If at all possible, go to the place where voters are registered, and explain your situation to them.  This is doubly important if you have moved, changed your gender, or even changed your looks.  If the election official looks crabby or complacent, ask for a written statement with their signature on it

Poll: Voters Back Transgender Bathroom Choice, Oppose Laws About It

Carrie Dann
NBC

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please press:  http://www.nbcnews.com

McCoy: Hate crime laws should protect transgender Iowans

Matt McCoy
The Des Moines Register

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please press:  http://www.desmoinesregister.com

Argentina: Transgender women suffer spate of murders as country introduces laws recognising LGBT rights (UK)

David Usborne
The Independent

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please press: http://www.independent.co.uk

Buffalo bolsters anti-discrimination laws to better protect transgender people

Susan Schulman
The Buffalo News

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please press:  http://www.buffalonews.com

Stigma, discrimination, lack of laws hamper transgender employees in US (Bangladesh)

Reuters
bdnews24.com

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Laws, proposed rules change same-sex opportunities

Press
News-Press.com

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Gay rights activists seek to ride marriage momentum

Lydia Wheeler
The Hill

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please press:  http://thehill.com

New Yorkers pushing for laws that protect the rights of transgender people

Staff
WSYR

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please press:  http://www.localsyr.com

LGBT group gets governor's attention

Peter Rouleau

The Sentinal

please press:  http://www.thesentinel.com

The Economic Case for Supporting LGBT Rights

M.V. LEE BADGETT
please press:  http://www.theatlantic.com

Transgender persecution only began with Shariah laws, says activist (Malaysia)

ELIZABETH ZACHARIAH
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com

to read more, go to:  http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/transgender-persecution-only-began-with-shariah-laws-says-activist

'Voting While Trans' PSA Focuses on the Group Hurt by Voter ID Laws We Rarely Talk About

Marcie Bianco
http://mic.com

to read more, go to:  http://mic.com/articles/102942/voting-while-trans-psa-focuses-on-the-group-hurt-by-voter-id-laws-we-rarely-talk-about

ezs note:  C'mon,  people - 24,000 people who don't vote is 24,000 too many!  Let's do our part to bring 24,000 down to ZERO.

African Anti-Gay Laws Challenge Health Care (Dubai)

http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/

to read more, go to: http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/223997625

Cruel marriage laws mean transpeople must divorce (Australia)

Same Same
http://www.samesame.com.au

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Brunei embraces strict Islamic laws (Australia)

http://www.echo.net.au


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Ugandan gay rights activist says her own mother threatened to hand her into police over anti-gay laws (UK)

Aaron Day
http://www.pinknews.co.uk


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ezs note:  Let your voice be heard - tell the president and legislature in Uganda to REPEAL this odious anti-LGBT law.

Transgender advocates seeking new public facility laws

Gina Curreri
http://www.capecodonline.com/

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