national/world - HRC remembers Brandon "Tayy Dior" Thomas, transgender teenager killed in Mobile, Alabama

Kathryn Smith

HRC

Mobile, AL

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please press:  www.hrc.org

ezs note:  Please note that you can donate using www.gofundme.com to defray expenses.  Thanks.  😞

Oh, by the way, if you live in Alabama and you're 18 or over, you CAN vote in her memory.  Just sayin'.

national/world - A Montana transgender teenager’s journey for gender affirmation

Nance Beston, Aislin Tweedy

Montanan

Alberton, MT

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please press:  dailymontanan.com

lead story - Transgender teenager’s health insurance violated ACA by denying coverage, lawsuit alleges

Alexis Krell

The News Tribune

Tacoma, WA

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please press:  www.thenewstribune.com

Canada/Brunei - Transgender teenager from Brunei seeks asylum in Canada

Reuters
NBC News

Ottawa, ON

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

'A monumental change': how Ireland transformed transgender rights

Libby Brooks
The Guardian

ruins in Ireland

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please press:  www.theguardian.com

Missouri transgender teen’s killing will not be charged as a hate crime

John Riley
Metro Weekly

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please press:  www.metroweekly.com

ezs note:  Missourians - here are four things you can do to change things.

1.  Call (don't e-write) the governor.  His number is 573-751-3222.

2.  Call the state congressperson and state senator.

3. If you hear of a protest march,  go if you possibly can. Go early and often.

4.  Call or e-write your like-minded friends to do the same.

Transgender woman charged with murder over injection death of transgender teenager (UK)

Mark Piggott
International Business Times

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please press:  http://www.ibtimes.co.uk

ezs note:  Please don't give your hard-earned money to these fraudulent tricksters!!!  The least that could happen is permanent disfigurement.  The worst?  Look at Symone - and say goodbye.  Forever.

'Gentlemen only' barbers accused of refusing to cut transgender teenager's hair (UK)

Josh Parry
The Mirror

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please press:  http://www.mirror.co.uk

ezs note:  Come on, Evander, we're only being lighthearted.

Uh... we are, aren't we?

Leelah Alcorn suicide: Parents 'stopped best friend from attending transgender teenager's funeral' (UK)

ANDREW BUNCOMBE 
The independent

please press:  http://www.independent.co.uk

Judge in Connecticut cancels hearing on jailed transgender teen

http://www.nhregister.com

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ezs note:  I'm still waiting, Governor Malloy... *ahem*...