lead story - Inside The Poisonous British Fight Over Transgender Acceptance

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

London, England (map of 1593)

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Oregon - FIRST TRANSGENDER MEMBER HELPING RECRUIT FOR UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FRATERNITY

Jillian Smukler
KETI

University Of Oregon

Eugene, OR

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lead story - One Night, Hot Springs uses social anxiety to explain what it’s like to be transgender in Japan

Michael Moore
The Verge

King of Na gold seal

Tokyo, Japan

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civil rights - Jury awards $780,500 in Wisconsin transgender rights lawsuit

Autumn Callan
Jurist

Madison, WI (abt. 1930)

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lead story - Transgender at 11: ‘I. Am. A. Boy. That’s it.’

Petula Dvorak
The Washington Post

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civil rights - Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents

Jason Rafferty
AAP News & Journals

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lead story - 'Why not?': Transgender candidate busts stereotypes in Brazil

Anna Jean Kaiser
BBC

São Paulo, Brazil

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lead story - School transgender policy studied

Press
The Vindicator

Gordian knot

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ezs note:  Oy veh.  This ain't fun, is it?  Okay, here are a few suggestions.  First, here's what I don't suggest.  It doesn't help to burrow into your tribe or get into a shouting match.  You may have to relax a bit to do it, but if you are approached by an angry person, calmly explain your side of the story.  Remember, he/she may be venting anger, but he/she is just afraid for his/her child.  If he/she calms down a bit, work together on a solution.  If he/she remains angry, you may leave, but first, open the door for the time when he/she calms down. No, this ain't a magic wand.  But it is constructive rather than destructive.

Washington state - A Young Transgender Dreams to Enter Olympia Competition

Erryn Deane
JBH News

Olympia, WA

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lead story - From “Hate State” to Jared Polis: How Colorado led the way for gay, transgender candidates to run for office — and win

Nic Garcia
The Denver Post

Denver, CO

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civil rights - A Transgender Software Engineer Alleges Nike Failed to Stand Up for the Values It Advertises

Nigel Jaquiss
Willamette Week

Willamette (part of West Linn), OR

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lead story - Transgender Guide leaders are no more of a risk to girls than other volunteers, say bosses

Press
The Telegraph

Girl Guides (1918)

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lead story - A Longtime LGBT Rights' Leader Becomes a Transgender Battleground State

Candice Norwood
Governing

Massachusetts State House

Boston, MA

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ezs note:  Massachusetts residents:  Please remember - first, register to vote, and second, be sure to vote YES on Question 3. 

civil rights - Transgender Ex-Student Sues Alabama School Over Mistreatment

Press
US News & World Report

Huntsville, AL

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lead story - Suicide Attempts Among Transgender Teenage Boys Happen At An Alarming Rate, A New Study Says

Mehreen Kasana
Bustle

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, The Suicide  (ca. 1836)

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ezs note

National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1-800-273-8255

civil rights - Transgender rights groups outspend opponents in Massachusetts ballot question fight

Shira Schoenberg
MassLive

Adams, MA

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lead story - Transgender in Pakistan Set on Fire, Killed by Four Men for Resisting Sexual Assault

Press
News18

Lahore, Pakistan

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lead story - Will attacks on transgender South Carolinians lead to a state hate-crime law?

Bristow Marchant
The State

Orangeburg, SC

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ezs note:  South Carolinians - State Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter's bill is a damn fine one, and it deserves to be passed.  Please, do your part and call your state rep and state Senate and urge that it be passed.

Oklahoma - Frontier Airlines pilot suspended for threatening transgender Oklahoma student: report

Associated Press
FOX News

Frontier Airlines

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lead story - A transgender Army bride in the ’80s

Brian Belovitch
Salon

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