These 12 Transgender Americans Would Love You to Mind Your Own Business

Patrick Healy, Adrian J. Rivera

The New York Times

McComb, MS

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lead story - Biden marks 'deadliest year on record for transgender Americans' on day of remembrance

Donald Judd

CNN

Diplomatic Reception Room

White House

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lead story - Biden to transgender Americans: 'Your president has your back.'

Brooke Sopelsa, Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

 State of the Union (GW Bush)

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lead story - Killings of transgender Americans reach all-time high, rights group says

Dan Avery

NBC News

 Augusta, GA

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ezs note:  residents of Augusta, GA - As of now, Felycya Harris' killer is still at large.  If you have any information, please call  706-821-1000. Thanks.

lead story - Transgender Americans experience significant economic, health challenges: Study

Liz Entman
Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

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civil rights - Marginalizing transgender Americans is wrong, and dangerous

Editorial
Bangor Daily News

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civil rights - AMA takes a stand for transgender Americans in Supreme Court filing

Tanya Albert Henry
AMA

Jesse Ehrenfeld, president of AMA

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civil rights - Yes, the Civil Rights Act does protect gay and trans Americans

Evan Wolfson
The Hill

US Capitol (interior)

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lead story - Why violence against transgender Americans is a crisis that’s under reported

Anna Nawaz
PBS News

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lead story - 'Epidemic of violence': 2018 is worst for deadly assaults against transgender Americans

Marina Pitofsky
USA Today

Rio Grande, TX

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lead story - Mix of setbacks, gains unsettles many transgender Americans

David Crary
ABC

Christine Hallquist (D-VT)

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lead story - Trump State Department Just Made an Ominous Passport Change for Transgender Americans

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

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civil rights - Healthcare Difficulties Persist for Transgender Americans, Despite Increased Insurance Access

Brad Kutner
WVTF

Christine McGinn, MD

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Let Transgender Americans Continue to Serve in the Military

The Editors
The New York Times

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Trump administration has abandoned transgender Americans. This is dangerous and wrong.

Editorial
Bangor Daily News

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New Generation Of Transgender Americans Wants To Change Laws, Not Just Minds

Martha Bebinger
NPR

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MILITARY UPDATE: In halting transgender ban, judges hint U.S. has fool for client

Tom Philpott
nwfdailynews.com

Health Care System Fails Many Transgender Americans

Neda Ulaby
NPR

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Inside The Fight For Transgender Americans In The Mountains Of North Carolina

James Michael Nichols
HuffPost

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ezs note:  Please also note the podcast, "I'm Still Here".  It lasts a little than 40 minutes.

What Trump and his base get wrong about transgender Americans (Canada)

Lee Schubert
The Globe And Mail

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ezs note:  F***, Donald Trump screws up when he puts sugar in his coffee.