Connecticut - AG Against Effort To Weaken Shelter Protections For Trans People

 Press

Patch

Hartford, CT

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Massachusetts - Kennedy to Trump: Drop your administrative actions harming trans people

Chris Johnson
Washington Blade

Newton, MA

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Texas - Local Groups Condemn Proposed Ban on Trans People in Homeless Shelters

Lourdes Zavaleta
OutSmart

San Antonio, TX

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Vermont - Rhianna Kendrick: We cannot allow HUD to remove protections for trans people experiencing homelessness

Rhianna Kendrick
VTDigger

Brattleboro, VT

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lead story - Hungary: Decision to strip trans people of the right to legal gender recognition is “step back into the dark ages”

Press
Amnesty International

Budapest, Hungary

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civil rights - EU lawmakers condemn Hungary for 'attack' on trans people over sex on IDs

Rachel Savage
Reuters

European Union

Brussels, Belgium

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civil rights - Trans People Belong

Press
ACLU

Statue of Liberty

New York City, NY

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lead story - The internet made trans people visible. It also left them more vulnerable.

Katelyn Burns
Vox

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lead story - Transgender Day of Remembrance: At least 22 trans people killed in 2019

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

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lead story - These trans people made history in 2019

Scottie Andrew
CNN

Del. Danica Roem (D-VA)

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Ohio - Ohio GOP Lawmaker Blames Mass Shootings On Trans People, Gay Marriage And More

Alanna Vagianos
HuffPost

Middletown, OH

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civil rights - 12 Reasons It Should Be Illegal for Doctors Not to Treat Trans People

Diana Tourjée
Vice

Eden Prairie, MN

(among others)

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civil rights - Civil Rights Groups Call Out ‘Archaic’ N.Y. Loitering Law For Targeting Trans People

Alanna Vagianos
HuffPost

New York City, NY (1731)

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France - Transphobic Paris attack sheds light on LGBT+ attitudes in France

Zoe Tidman
The Independent

Paris, France 

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civil rights - Fact-Checking Common Myths on Transition-Related Care for Trans People

Ria Tabacco
ACLU

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California - ‘This or suicide.’ Lacking options in the Valley, trans people travel hours for surgery

Mackenzie Mays
Bristol Herald-Courier (originally in The Fresno Bee)

Fresno, CA

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Maryland - Maryland Man Arrested for Threatening to Cut Genitals Off Trans People

Brandon Voss
newnownext

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Brazil -Liniker Is Changing the Way Trans People Are Seen in Brazil

Pedro Camargo

Paper

Liniker

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Utah - Utah Will Reintroduce Bill Making It Easier For Trans People to Update Birth Certificates

Nico Lang
Into

Salt Lake City, UT

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lead story - How Birth Certificates Are Being Weaponized Against Trans People

Garrett Epps
The Atlantic

Walter A. Plecker (1861-1947), racist

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