Brazil - A Transgender Volleyball Star Stirs ‘Unfounded’ Criticism In Brazil

Andrêa Martinelli
HuffPost

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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civil rights - U.S. gender memo draft stirs concern in Arkansas

Kat Stromquist
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Fort Smith, AK

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Man held after hate mail stirs anger (UK)

Andy Morris

Rugby & Lutterworth Observer

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Transgender teen’s death stirs action in US and beyond

Dan Sewell
The Boston Globe

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ezs note:   Despite what you may think at times, you do have a friend!  Please contact these people:

The Trevor Project: www.thetrevorproject.org

Trans LifeLine: www.translifeline.org

Family Acceptance Project: http://familyproject.sfsu.edu

Gender Spectrum: https://www.genderspectrum.org/resources/

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

Transgender woman's wedding stirs controversy in Cuba (ontopmag)

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Rape of transsexual woman stirs legal debate (Thanh Nien News [Vietnam])

The rape of a transgender woman in the north-central province of Quang Binh has sparked a serious debate among legal professionals after judicial authorities declined to prosecute the three perpetrators. (more above)