Anti-transgender discrimination loses in Alaska vote

Zack Ford
ThinkProgress

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civil rights - Transgender people one step closer to equal protection

Linds Jakows
Fosters.com

Concord, NH

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New Jersey - Transgender people may soon get new birth, death certificates | Feedback

Joan Quigley
nj.com

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Iowa - Republican senator opposes Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military

Zack Ford
ThinkProgress

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)

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Georgia - Legal experts: Hate crimes bill under consideration will cover transgender people

Patrick Saunders
Georgia Voice

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IS TRUMP’S NEW TRANSGENDER TROOP BAN ALREADY DEAD ON ARRIVAL?

Emma Stefansky
Vanity Fair

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New Hampshire - Applying Classroom Lessons to Fight Discrimination

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Keene State College

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Carson: Some 'not comfortable' with transgender people in homeless shelters

Rebecca Savaransky
The Hill

Obviously, 'a danger to society'...

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Idaho can no longer automatically bar trans people from altering birth certificates

Nicole Blanchard
Idaho Statesman

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We still portray transgender people as flirty and bitchy in films. Time for a retake

Tran Huong Thuy
VN Express

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What Does the Bible Teach About Transgender People?

Jay Michaelson
Daily Beast

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Even as gay rights battles are won, transgender people continue to face obstacles

Jaclyn Cosgrove
Los Angeles Times

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Commentary: ‘Religious Liberty’ Is Not an Excuse to Deny Transgender People Medical Care

Steve Sanders

Fortune

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2018: Stand Up

Gwendolyn Ann Smith
PrideSource

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Utah Supreme Court considers plight of two transgender people who want their IDs to reflect their ‘actual reality’

Jennifer Dobner
The Salt Lake Tribune

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The frontline of resistance: ACLU ready for further fights with Trump

Ed Pilkington
The Guardian

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ezs note:  In my own small way, I'm doing what I can to fight the cretin-in-chief - and you can too.  All ya gotta do is join the ACLU.

Japan urged to end forced sterilization of transgender people

Sierra C. Jackson
NBC

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Transgender People Will Be Allowed to Enlist in the Military as a Court Case Advances

Helene Cooper
The New York Times

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The Political Pettiness of Misgendering Transgender People

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

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China - China has published its first study of transgender people and it’s exactly as worrying as you’d expect

Josh Milton
Pink News

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