Transgender Waitress Tells the Life-Changing Story Behind Her Viral Facebook Post

Lane Moore
Cosmopolitan

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

‘I am who I am, and I am happy with who I am’ – the story of Michelle Sullivan (Malta)

Helena Grech
The Malta Independent

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please press:  http://www.independent.com.mt

‘A story of personal empowerment’: Transgender transitions in the workplace and beyond

Aine O'Connor

St. Louis Public Radio

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please press:  http://news.stlpublicradio.org

A San Francisco Story

Leah Rose
Longreads

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please press:  http://blog.longreads.com

ezs note:  If you live near a facility for  the mentally ill, here are some things you can find out:

• Do the staff use the proper pronouns, and use them respectfully? 
• Does the staff use the proper medication?
• Is the client allowed to dress appropriately? (female for MTF; male for FTM)
• Are psychologists/psychiatrists accredited by the American Psychological Association or the American Psychiatric Association? 
• Are evenings and nights given the same standard of care as the daytime?

Transgender in Tennessee: LaSaia Wade's story

Jessica Bliss
The Tennessean

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

SHOUT-OUT TO COURAGE (India)

Press
Ahmedabad Mirror

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

A vile myth reemerges: How the New York Times fumbled an important LGBT story

LUKE BRINKER
please press:  http://www.salon.com

A Straight Woman’s Transgender Story Retold

"Fanny Arnstein"

please press:  http://10thousandcouples.com

Jazz Jennings shares story of her triumphs, struggles as a transgender child in 'I Am Jazz'

Maggie Galehouse
http://www.houstonchronicle.com

to read more, go to:http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/books/article/Jazz-Jennings-shares-story-of-her-triumphs-5751968.php#/0

A Mormon mom’s story of unconditional love for her transgender son

http://www.lgbtqnation.com


to read more, go to:  http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/07/a-mormon-moms-story-of-unconditional-love-for-her-transgender-son/

WHO Supports PrEP, Media Bungles The Story With Hyperbole

Benjamin Ryan
http://www.aidsmeds.com

to read more, go to:  http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/WHO_PrEP_media_1667_25884.shtml

ezs note:  To read the WHO (World Health Organization) report, click on the following blog:  http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/key-populations-to-hiv/en/

Transgender student in California recants sexual assault story

 Kate Stanton
http://www.upi.com



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ezs note:  It turns out that the story told by the transgender boy is NOT true.  I'm sorry about that, and I will pull the previous article.  What I wrote in the opinion piece afterward, however, remains true.  If you see a transgender person being attacked and/or assaulted, turn them in!

Alicia Menendez: ‘Piers Morgan is Making a Story That Was Never About Him … About Him’

Merrill Knox
http://www.mediabistro.com


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Transgender Edmonton boy shares story at school: 'I'm glad that I told everybody'

 CHRIS PURDY
http://www.leaderpost.com/ (Canada)


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Fallon Fox Making The Best Of Her Situation
Joseph Lisnow
http://www.fightline.com/


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Portraits of transgender people tell a different story
ANDREW PRINTER
http://lgbtweekly.com/

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Arica Love prepares to tell the world her story in a new documentary - Steve Blanchard - http://www.watermarkonline.com

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Transgender Warrior: The story of Birmingham’s Jody Suzanne Ford (http://weldbham.com)

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New Staging Of 'Yentl' Tells A Transgender Story (www.npr.org)

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Transgender girl Jazz tells her story in OWN's 'I Am Jazz' (www.ontopmag.com)

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