US Transgender Military Service 2015: Discussion For Troops To Serve Openly Set

Christopher Harness
International Business Times

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Turkey gets first openly gay parliamentary candidate (Turkey)

Enver Faruk GÜNEY 
videonews.us

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House of Commons expected to break own world record for most openly gay MPs (UK)

Nick Duffy
Pink News

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Shane Ortega, First Openly Trans Active Military Soldier: “Administratively I Shouldn’t Exist, But I Do Exist”

 Evan Ross Katz

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Michael Sam, NFL’s First Openly-Gay Player, to be Honored at HRC’s Conference

Staff
Human Rights Campaign

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Poland has elected its first openly gay city mayor

Hanna Kozlowska
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Meet The First Openly Transgender NCAA Division I Athlete

Katy Steinmetz
http://time.com

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Nancy Pelosi: Trans people shouldn’t be banned from serving in military (UK)

Nick Duffy
http://www.pinknews.co.uk

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State Senator Announces 'I'm Gay. Get Over It.' During Push For LGBT Hate Crimes Bill

Sara Bondioli

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Top Pentagon officials say it is ‘likely’ that trans soldiers will soon be allowed to serve openly (UK)

Joseph Patrick McCormick
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LGBT group marches openly in Charlotte St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Matt Corner
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US: Atlanta bar openly refuses entry to trans woman ‘because we’re a private property’

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More Light Presbyterians appoints openly transgender man as new executive director

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'Batgirl' #19 Features First Openly Transgender Character In Mainstream Superhero Comics - Matt D. Wilson - http://www.comicsalliance.com/

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

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Anna Grodzka becomes Poland's first openly transgender member of Parliament (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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Bay area vets celebrate vote on openly gay troops (KTVN)

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Openly Gay Actor Jonathan Del Arco on Breaking Stereotypes From 'Glee'... (ET online)

With shows like "Glee," "Modern Family," "True Blood," "United States of Tara" and others, the lives of gay Americas is being represented on TV in a way they have never been shown before. Jonathan Del Arco talks to ET about defying stereotypes. (more above)