national/world - Name change struggles faced by transgender students

Zama Myeza

The Witness

Pretoria, South Africa

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Donald Trump - Trump Struggles to Find Lawyers as Impeachment Trial Nears

Tom Schoenberg, Jennifer Jacobs, Jordan Fabian

Bloomberg

law office

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Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan: Parents recount struggles to gain acceptance for LGBT children

Duma Safarova
eurasianet

Frontispiece

Baku, Azerbaijan

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lead story - Portraits depict 'struggles and joys' of older transgender people

Oscar Holland
CNN

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New Report Reveals Special Struggles Faced by LGBT Asylum Seekers

Press
Legalscoops

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Russia's Transgender Community Struggles for Acceptance (Russia)

Elizaveta Vereykina
The Russia Times

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'I hope you're happy because I'm miserable': Transgender teens speak to themselves ten years from now and share heartbreaking struggles for acceptance and hopes for a better future (UK)

Erica Tempesta
Dailymail.com

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“Feminism grew out of our history in India” — Urvashi Butalia (Pakistan)

Aasim Akhtar
International The News

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‘Bold and the Beautiful’ Shocker: Rick Struggles With Maya’s Transgender Revelation (Video)

 Tim Kenneally 

The Wrap

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Santa Rosa transgender man struggles to get surgeries covered

ANGELA HART

The Press Democrat

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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

19 Heartbreaking Tumblr Confessions About Surviving as a Transgender Women in America

Derrick Clifton
http://mic.com

to read more, go to:  http://mic.com/articles/95652/19-heartbreaking-tumblr-confessions-about-surviving-as-a-transgender-women-in-america

Iranian transgender refugee struggles for acceptance (Canada)

Gavin Fisher
http://www.cbc.ca


to read more, go to:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/iranian-transgender-refugee-struggles-for-acceptance-1.2725554

Out of the shadows: Striking pictures of transgender Cubans shed light on struggles and triumphs of the communist country's oppressed LGBT community (UK)

 SNEJANA FARBEROV
http://www.dailymail.co.uk


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Preserving the Transgender Day of Remembrance: A memorial for our dead

Lorelei Erisis
http://outinjersey.net/

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ezs note:  REMEMBER!!!

Amid Daily Struggles, Gay Rights Movement Embraces Watershed Moments - http://fm.kuac.org

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Transgendered and homeless, youth struggles to build a life (www.nytimes.com)

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ezs note:  Normally, I let things stand as they are, but this one takes the cake.  You have a choice: shoot a rocket to Mars - for 2.5 billion dollars - to get a few scrapings off the surface - or get decent housing, clothing, dental care, and food for those most in need.

It's your choice.

Some teens' sexual identity struggles end tragically (Fresno Bee)

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