national/world - Massachusetts police charge 3 teenagers in alleged assault of trans teen

James Powel

USA Today

Gloucester, MA

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national/world - Supreme Court rejects appeal from parents who lost custody of trans teen

Maureen Groppe

USA Today

Anderson, IN

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ezs note:  Hey, you have the right to believe as you wish.  What you DON'T have is to force the blatherings of your 'pastor' down their child's throat, especially those of a teenager.

lead story - Texas appeals order stopping it from investigating parents of trans teen

Reuters

NBC News

Texas

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Pennsylvania - Trans teen in Western Pennsylvania suffers concussion after beating

Brody Levesque

Los Angeles Blade

Manor Township, Armstrong County

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lead story - Video shows trans teen being slammed to the ground as other students appear to watch

Wilson Wong, Matteo Moschella

NBC News

Deerfield Beach, FL

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lead story - HRC Mourns Jeffrey “JJ” Bright, Trans Teen Killed in Pennsylvania

Madeleine Roberts 

HRC

Ambridge, PA

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civil rights - Following trans teen's suit, minors can now change New York birth certificates

Cynthia Silva
NBC News

Albany, NY

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Connecticut - Editorial: Run A Mile In A Trans Teen's Shoes

Press
Hartford Courant

Plainville (CT) High School

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A Trans Teen Explains Why He Took His School to Court (and Won)

Mark Joseph Stern
Slate

Kenosha, WI

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‘Buffy’ Star Anthony Head Reached Out To A Trans* Teen In The Sweetest Way Possible

Crystal Bell
MTV News

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HUNDREDS RALLY IN D.C. TO DEMAND ACTION IN THE WAKE OF TRANS TEEN LEELAH ALCORN'S SUICIDE: VIDEO

KYLER GEOFFROY
towleroad

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U.S. Attorney retains hate crime listing in stabbing of trans teen

Lou Chibbaro Jr.
http://www.washingtonblade.com


to read more, go to: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/08/02/u-s-attorney-retains-hate-crime-listing-stabbing-trans-teen/

Jesse Tyler Ferguson Slams His Former Catholic School for Forcing Trans Teen to Wear Women's Graduation Garb
DAVID ARTAVIA
http://www.advocate.com/


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