lead story - Transgender Woman Speaks Publicly for 1st Time Since Brutal Beating

Meredith Yeomans
NBC 5

Dallas, TX (1942)

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Michigan - Michigan Gym Loses Appeal In Suit Over Transgender Woman In Locker Room

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WWJ

Midland, MI

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lead story - Man was offered $200 to beat transgender woman: cops

Joshua Rhett Miller
New York Post

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lead story - Police determining if assault on transgender woman a hate crime

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CNN

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lead story - 'Very Important Precedent:' Russian Court Rules Transgender Woman Was Fired Illegally

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RFE/RL

St. Petersburg, Russia

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ezs note:  In North America and Western Europe, this is somewhat routine, but in Russia this is HUGE. Congratulations, Ms. Grigoryeva!

lead story - As a homeless transgender woman, she had turned to sex work to survive. Then she was killed.

Samantha Schmidt
The Washington Post

Fairmount Heights, MD

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lead story - Transgender Woman Shot To Death Near The D.C. Border Will Be Remembered At Candlelight Vigil

Rachel Kurzius
dcist

Fairmount Heights, MD

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ezs note:  If you have any information regarding the murder of Ashanti Carmon, please call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).  Thanks.

lead story - A transgender woman’s stay at a Utah jail revealed good, bad and possibly dangerous practices

Paighten Hawkins
The Salt Lake Tribune

Ogden, UT

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civil rights - Woman Accused of Pepper Spraying Transgender Woman at Chicano Park Pleads Not Guilty

Melissa Sandoval
San Diego 7

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lead story - Detroit pastor charged in death of transgender woman due in court

Brian Newlin
Click On Detroit

Detroit, MI

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civil rights - CSL Plasma Sued For Alleged Discrimination Against Transgender Woman

Esme Murphy
WCCO

Minneapolis, MN

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lead story - Colorado, baker end legal spat over transgender woman’s cake

James Anderson, Colleen Slevin
Religious News Service

Lakewood, CO

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lead story - Man pleads guilty to 2017 murder of OKC transgender woman

Nuria Martinez-Keel
newsok

Norman, OK

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Czech Republic - Czech TV’s Genre-Busting Comedy Is a Hit

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TOL

Prague, Czech Republic

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lead story - ‘I hope no one tries to kill me in the middle of the street,’ transgender woman living in New Orleans says

Aubry Killion
WDSU

New Orleans, LA

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civil rights - NYPD arrested transgender woman for 'false personation' over name, lawsuit says

Crystal Bonvillian
Boston 25 News

New York City, NY

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Alaska - Transgender woman at center of Downtown Soup Kitchen lawsuit speaks out

Jill Burke
KTUU

Anchorage, AK

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Illinois - Chicago Teen Charged in Shooting Death of Transgender Woman

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US News & World Report

Chicago, IL

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civil rights - Former Fort Bliss soldier found guilty in 2016 murder of transgender woman

Aaron Bracamontes
KTSM.com

El Paso, TX (Fort Bliss)

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lead story - Transgender woman accuses Gov. J.B. Pritzker's campaign of discrimination in federal lawsuit

Mike Riopell
Chicago Tribune

Springfield, IL

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