lead story - Records That Identify Transgender Inmates Must Remain Sealed

AP

US News & World Report

Spokane, WA

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lead story - Under Trump’s Ban, Transgender Troops Must Decide: Come Out or Hide

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Atlanta, GA

(home of Georgia State)

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Finland - Trans sterilisation law must be struck down, says legal watchdog

Yle
YLE News

Helsinki, Finland

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civil rights - Prison system must accommodate transgender inmate, judge emphatically orders

Dara Kim
Bradenton Herald

DeFuniak Springs, FL

(courthouse)

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Donald Trump - Voters must eradicate the Trump plague from American politics

Maria Cardona
The Hill

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lead story - Voters must defend transgender non-discrimination law

Bill McKenna
Lowell Sun

First Parish Church

Shirley, MA

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Missouri must provide hormone therapy for transgender inmate, federal judge orders

Matt Campbell
The Kansas City Star.

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Pa.'s public schools must protect transgender students | Opinion

Cooper Toothman
Penn Live

Man accused in transgender teen murder must surrender DNA sample

Staff
WLOX

Josh Vallum

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Province must revise transgender policy (Canada)

Michelle Leard
Sackville Tribune-Post

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'T&T judges must uphold human rights' (Trinidad and Tobago)

Rickie Ramdass
Daily Express

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Apple CEO: Alabama must do better on LBGT

Brian Lyman
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com

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Cruel marriage laws mean transpeople must divorce (Australia)

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

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Ban Ki-Moon, U.N. Secretary General: Gay Rights Must Be Respected In Africa (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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Readers' Forum: We must not abandon our homeless youth (Contra Costa Times)

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