national/world - Police find body of transgender man they say was tortured for more than a month

Rich Booth

Independent

Canandaigua, NY

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please press:  independent.co.uk

ezs note:  The torture and murder of Sam Nordquist is so beyond belief - but it's true.  Normally, I don't like to call for excessive prison time, but in this case, they so RICHLY deserve it.  Lock em' up and throw away the key!!!

Emergency rules limiting transgender care in Missouri set to take effect this month

Sarah Fentem

St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis, MO skyline

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please press:  news.stlpublicradio.org

ezs note:  Missouri residents - just remember, over the river in Illinois doctors don't have to be knuckledraggers.  Go Blackhawks!

lead story - 'We are concerned': Dallas police chief says of second transgender woman's death in less than a month

Janelle Griffith
NBC News

Dallas, TX

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com 

ezs note:  If you live in Dallas or the immediate area, and you have information on the murders of either Chynal Lindsey or Muhlaysia Booker, please call Dallas police at 214-671-3661.  Thanks. 

Amber Rose Discusses Transgender Awareness Month on ‘Loveline’

Rahul Lal
V-103

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please press:  http://v103.cbslocal.com

Police stop Uganda’s gay pride parade a month after a bar raid

Rodney Muhumuza
LGBTQ Nation

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

Suicide Prevention Month: Because One Life Lost Is Too Many

Nathan M. Schaefer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

to read more, go to:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-m-schaefer/suicide-prevention-month-_b_5882834.html

ezs note:  I know that things really suck sometimes - - but there really  is help!!  Look for a competent psychologist or psychiatrist.

LGBT History Month 2012 (www.highgatepeople.co.uk(UK))

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Eric James Borges, Gay Teen Filmmaker, Commits Suicide One Month After Producing 'It Gets Better' (www.huffingtonpost.com' Video (

LGBT history month: Victoria Kolakowski, first openly transgender US trial judge (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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Wanda Sykes, Lady Gaga among LGBT history month honorees (www.shewired.com)

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Month of LGBT comics - Brood

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ezs note:  Yeah, this strays a wee bit from transgender work... but this is
funny!  Enjoy.

Transgendered couple gets OK to marry after 14-month gender discrimination battle (NY Daily News)

It’s Transgender Awareness Month (Salt Lake Tribune)

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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

GMDVP hosts annual Halloween event to shed light on domestic abuse in the LGBT community.  (more above)