lead story - This transgender man created resources for trans men of color in the DMV #ForTheCulture

Michael Quander
WUSA

Prince George's County, MD

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lead story - Transgender man loses court battle to be registered as father

Robert Booth
The Guardian

Kent, UK

earliest inscription 871-899 CE

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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lead story - Transgender Man Gavin Grimm Wins Court Fight He Started As A Boy

Dawn Ennis
Forbes

Gavin Grimm

San Francisco, CA march

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lead story - This Transgender Man Was Kicked Out Of His College After Getting Top Surgery

Lauren Strapagiel
BuzzFeed News

Gallatin, TN

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civil rights - Eureka hospital files motion to quash lawsuit filed by transgender man denied surgery

Ruth Schneider
Times-Standard

Eureka, CA

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lead story - Transgender man's mastectomy surgery dubbed 'mutilation'

Jared Lawthorn
BBC

Cardiff, UK

Caerdiffe Castle

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Rwanda - Rwandan LGBT Community Steps Out of Shadows

Hamada Elrasam
VOA

Kigali, Rwanda

Kigali Tower

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

Ria Tabacco
ACLU

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civil rights - Transgender man, former “Queer Eye” guest, sues University of Georgia over health care discrimination

John Riley
Metroweekly

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Missouri - Harrison Massie: A transgender man's journey

Reuters
ABC News

St. Louis, Missouri (1904)

St. Louis World's Fair

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civil rights - ACLU sues Missouri Commission on Human Rights over transgender man’s complaint

Autumn Callan
Jurist

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ezs note:  There was an article on this topic a few days ago, but the Jurist article is much more complete.

Massachusetts - Boston Children's Hospital Constructs Penis For Transgender Man — A First In Mass.

Martha Bebinger
WBUR

Boston Children's Hospital

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New Jersey - First operation in New Jersey creates penis for transgender man

Lindy Washburn
North Jersey

Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Livingston, NJ

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Venezuela - Unearthing José Pachini: 1940’s Venezuela’s Lost, Legendary Transgender Man

José González Vargas
Into

Caracas, Venezuela (older)

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Finland - Transgender man gives birth in Finland first

Press
Channel NewsAsia

Whooper swan (cygnus cygnus)

national bird of Finland

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Transgender Man Can’t Challenge Indiana’s Name-Change Policy

Lorraine Bailey
Courthouse News Service

Our 'heroes', the 7th Circuit

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Transgender Brazilians Embrace Hit Soap Opera: ‘Now You Can See Us.’

Shannon Sims
The New York Times

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Two mothers attack transgender man in public & demand their kids join in

Jeff Taylor
LGBTQ Nation

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Mercy San Juan Medical alleged to have discriminated against transgender man

Wadi Reformado
Northern California Record

Mercy San Juan Medical Center

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Alaska lawmakers deny transgender man for human- rights post

Becky Bohrer
The Seattle Times

Alaska State Senator John Coghill (R-North Pole)

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