national/world - What will it take for you to care about transgender people?

Mark Wingfield

Baptist News

Dallas, TX

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Colorado - Denver nonprofit helps transgender people who don't feel safe where they live move to Colorado

Shannon Ogden

denver7.com

Denver, CO

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California - Hate crimes spike in Los Angeles County with more attacks on Jewish and transgender people

Helen Jeong

NBC Los Angeles

Azusa, CA (Los Angeles County)

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ezs note:  Los Angelinos - no matter what the idiotic 'reason', go to the police and REPORT THEM!!! Don't let the a**holes get away with it!!!

Utah - Utah lawmaker behind anti-trans laws says transgender people changing birth certificates, IDs is an ‘issue’

Emily Anderson Stern

The Salt Lake Tribune

Morgan, UT

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ezs note:  Utahns - if you live in one of the following counties - Daggett, Duchesne, Morgan, Rich, or Summitt - you might want to tell Kera Birkeland that if she doesn't rescind her stupid bill, come Election Day, she might have to be the one lookin' for a job.  Just sayin'...

national/world - Odessa bans transgender people from using restrooms that don’t match sex assigned at birth

Carlos Nogueras Ramos

The Texas Tribune

Odessa, TX

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Idaho - Transgender people in Idaho Department of Correction custody can get hormone therapy – for now

Mia Maldonado

Daily Montanan

Mackay, ID (r)

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national/world - Judge: AZ birth certificate law discriminates against transgender people

Coleby Phillips

azcentral.

El Mirage, AZ (r)

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national/world - Transgender People at High Risk for Physical, Sexual, Intimate Partner Violence

Ron Goldberg

Psychiatry Advisor

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New Hampshire - Sununu urged to veto NH bills affecting transgender people

Ethan DeWitt

Seacoast Online

Derry, NH

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national/world - Peru to stop labeling transgender people as mentally ill

Reuters

NBC News

Lima, Peru

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national/world - Gov. Landry signs law banning transgender people from bathrooms, facilities that align with gender identity

Shannon Heckt

BRProud

Baton Rouge, LA

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ezs note:   Louisiana residents - Find out who your state representative AND your state senator are. If they voted yes on Bill 436, do your best to KICK EM' OUT!!! 👿

national/world - Actor Richard Dreyfuss mocks transgender people in misogynistic rant

Brody Levesque

Washington Blade

Beverly, MA

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Montana - ACLU Montana: Stop health department, DOJ from harm to transgender people

Keila Szpaller

Montanan

Anaconda, MT

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ezs note:  No matter what state you live in, the ACLU is fightin' for you... including transgender rights.  If you have time, click on the ACLU.  Thanks.

national/world - German parliament votes to make it easier for transgender people to change their name and gender

AP

NBC News

Berlin, Germany

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Florida - ‘It was the life raft’: Transgender people find a safe haven in Tallahassee

Nada Hassanein

Tampa Bay Times

Tallahassee, FL

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ezs note:  In case you were wondering, the state is chosen entirely at random. (see www.random.org ) The only exception is a story is more than a week old. Hope it helps.

How Nazi Germany Persecuted Transgender People

Laurie Marhoefer

yahoo! 

Lili Elbe (1882 - 1931)

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Exhibit highlights everyday issues for transgender people in Taiwan

Jono Thompson

The Taiwan News

Taipei, Taiwan

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Hate crimes against transgender people hit record high in England and Wales

Michael Goodier

The Guardian

Cardiff, Wales

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Catholic Diocese of Cleveland's new policy rejects transgender people, same sex couples

Morgan Trau

News 5 Cleveland

'round we go... (sigh)

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ezs note:  I was reading about Fr. Mychal Judge and the life he led.  He was a REAL saint, not the fakers who wrote this 'document'.

Human rights groups condemn Russia legislation targeting transgender people

Amora Evans

Jurist

 Moscow, Russia

Spasskaya Tower

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