national/world - Denmark and Finland urge caution for US-bound transgender people

Ashifa Kassam

The Guardian

Helsinki, Finland

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national/world - Texas bill could charge transgender people with ‘gender identity fraud’, if passed

Cora Neas

KXAN

Houston, TX

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ezs note:  Tom Oliverson - yeah, church had nothing to do with it.  It's more like crack.  Houstonians, if you live where Oliverson lives, send him back to being a proctologist, or whatever the hell he is.

Rhode Island - Transgender people among us; better gas service for western RI | Letters

Seth Handy

The Providence Journal

Providence, RI

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national/world - USAID cuts shutter India's first clinic for transgender people

Imran Qureshi, Cherylann Mollan

BBC

Hyderabad, India

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national/world - Iowa passes bill that will remove protections for transgender people

Kanishka Singh

Reuters

Pacific Junction, IA (r)

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national/world - Civil and Human Rights Organizations Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Orders Banning Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Erasing Transgender People

Staff

Legal Defense Fund

Washington DC

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national/world - What to know about President Donald Trump’s order targeting the rights of transgender people

Geoff Mulvihill, Carla K. Johnson

AP News

White House (1947, interior)

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national/world - On day one, Trump pits his administration against transgender people

Orion Rummler, Kate Sosin

The 19th

His Arsehole

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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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