Arkansas - Arkansas veteran says transgender ban is insult to his sacrifice

Melissa Zygowicz
THV 11 (CBS)

Little Rock, AR

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

Yle
YLE News

Helsinki, Finland

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Mattis quits, says his views aren't 'aligned' with Trump's

Jeremy Diamond, Barbara Starr, Zachary Cohen
CNN

Just another lovely cruise...

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lead story - India's transgender community says new bill violates their rights

Annie Banerji
Reuters

New Delhi, India

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Donald Trump - Trump denies questioning VP's allegiance, says Pence is '100% loyal'

Sarah Westwood, Veronica Stracqualursi, Kevin Liptak
CNN

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lead story - Kansas birth certificate policy violates transgender individuals’ rights, lawsuit says

Allison Kite
The Wichita Eagle

Wichita, KS

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Donald Trump - Twitter says Trump not immune from getting kicked off

Nancy Scola, Ashley Gold
Politico

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Donald Trump - Trump says Koch brothers are a 'total joke'

Veronica Stracqualursi
CNN

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Donald Trump - Stormy Daniels sues Trump, says ‘hush agreement’ invalid because he never signed

Sarah Fitzpatrick
NBC News

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Donald Trump falsely says he never denied Russian meddling

Jon Greenberg
Politifact

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Transgender Kids Are Not Confused Or Pretending, Study Finds

Dominic Holden
BuzzFeed

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WATCH: Pat Robertson Says Being Transgender Is Not a Sin

SUNNIVIE BRYDUM
http://www.advocate.com/



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‘Shame on the media,’ coroner says at inquest into death of transgender woman

Jillian Page

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/

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Gambia Says No to Aid Money Tied to Gay Rights ( http://vibeghana.com)(

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‘Knock Off’ the Hate Speech, Says LGBT Super Bowl Ads (abcnews.go.com)

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NAACP president says group supports extending rights to transgender residents in Maryland (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Transgender woman says she has been left "half man" by NHS surgery refusal (www.pinknews.co.uk {UK})

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Transgender woman says city police were abusive (www.winnipegfreepress.com {Canada}))

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Johns Hopkins law scholar says human rights violations undermine medical professionalism, urges collective outcry (newswise)

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Hate crimes against gay, transgender people rise, report says (LA Times)

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