national/world - Sports lessons are life lessons: Let trans Americans play

Rep. Zooey Zephyr

The Hill

Missoula, MT

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national/world - Dawn Staley: Transgender athletes 'should be able to play'

Katie Barnes

ESPN

early basketball

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Girls’ high school deemed ineligible to play in future activities and tournaments after forfeiting basketball game against team with transgender student-athlete

Michelle Watson

CNN

White River Junction, VT

(home of Mid Vermont 'Christian School')

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ezs note:  GOOD.

Girls high school basketball team forfeits tournament rather than play against transgender player

Sara Smart

CNN

Quechee, VT (Mid Vermont 'Christian' School)

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ezs note:  Yuh-huh.   I'll bet money that it was the moronic head of school that spoke, rather than the players.

lead story - Missouri bill would restrict transgender athletes to play on sports teams matching gender assigned at birth

Andrew Havranek
KY3

Lewis County Courthouse

Monticello, MO

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ezs note:  If you live in Missouri, and you are a transgender athlete, ally, friend, or parent,  please call up your state representative AND state senator and tell them to defeat this idiotic bill.  Thanks.

Idaho - Two Singers Play One Transgender Character in Opera Idaho's 'As One'

Lex Nelson
Boise Weekly

Boise, ID

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lead story - 'Pose' Renewal Is Proof That Transgender People Can Play Trans Characters and Succeed, Producer Says

Lesley Goldberg
The Hollywood Reporter

Pose (TV show)

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civil rights - Paul Weiss Sponsors Play About Civil Rights Trailblazer

Meghan Tribe
The American Lawyer

Yale University

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Tenderloin Play Depicts 1960s Fight For Transgender Rights

Carrie Sisto
hoodline

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You Can Play As A Transgender Character In New “South Park” Video Game

Brandon Voss
NewNowNext

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please press:  www.newnownext.com

To Play Transgender, Sandra Caldwell Had to Open Up About Who She Is

Sophie Haigney
The New York Times

Sandra Caldwell

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please press:  www.nytimes.com

Dermatologists Have a Role in Care of Transgender Patients

Press
Doctors Lounge

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New Irish transgender play challenges perceptions (Ireland)

Press
RTE ten

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please press:  http://www.rte.ie

Charm play features look at transgender charm school

Press
Windy City Times

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

Who Gets to Play the Transgender Part?

Brooks Barnes
The New York Times

Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe

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please press:  http://www.nytimes.com

What's it like to play an aging Jewish transgender woman? (Israel)

 Ruta Kupfer
please press:  http://www.haaretz.com

New play offers local residents and their stories for National Coming Out Day

CANDACE CHANEY
http://www.kentucky.com

to read more, go to:  http://www.kentucky.com/2014/10/09/3471700/new-play-offers-local-residents.html?sp=/99/684/

I Would Learn to Play Hopscotch

Stephanie Mott
http://www.huffingtonpost.com

to read more, go to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-mott/i-would-learn-to-play-hop_b_5699053.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices

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     - Dorothy Allison

'To Quote A Queer'

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