civil rights - Caitlyn Jenner's influence on transgender political attitudes measured in new study

Jon Niccum
Phys.org

Caitlyn Jenner

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civil rights - Conversion Therapy Tied to Suicide Attempts by Transgender People, Massive New Study Shows

David Badash
The New Civil Rights Movement

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lead story - New study reveals risks of transgender ‘conversion therapy’

Meredith Wadman
Science

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lead story - Suicide Attempts Among Transgender Teenage Boys Happen At An Alarming Rate, A New Study Says

Mehreen Kasana
Bustle

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, The Suicide  (ca. 1836)

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National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1-800-273-8255

India - ‘How could you have been raped?’: New study on how India’s transgender people face bias from doctors

Ankur Paliwal
scroll.in

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Who are California’s transgender adults? New study finds some surprises

Kevin Fagan
SFGate

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Nation's Top Emergency Nursing Organization Releases New Study Identifying Issues for Transgender Treatment (UK/Ireland)

Press
Yahoo! UK and Ireland

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