lead story - A transgender woman was forced to share a jail cell with 3 men, and one of them beat her up so badly it broke her jaw, lawsuit says

Joshua Zitser

Yahoo!

San Diego, CA

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please press:  news.yahoo.com

lead story - Mesquite man gets 37 years for murdering transgender woman in Dallas

Steven Dial

KDFW

Mesquite, TX

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please press:  www.fox4news.com

lead story - 3 arrested in assault of Corvallis transgender woman

Drew Marine

KPTV

Corvallis, OR

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lead story - HRC Mourns Jessi Hart, 42-Year-Old Transgender Woman Killed in Banks, Oregon

Jose Soto

HRC

Banks, OR

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please press:  www.hrc.org

ezs note:  If you have any information regarding the murder of Jessi Hart, please contact the Washington County Police Department (Oregon) at 503-629-0111.   Thanks.

lead story - Kuwait: Quash Conviction Against Transgender Woman

 Press

HRW

Kuwait City, Kuwait

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please press:  www.hrw.org

lead story - ‘Never say never’: Transgender woman shares story

Taylor Hartz

The Day

New London, CT

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Maryland - Man Accused of Killing Transgender Woman in Maryland

Gina Cook

4 Washington

Suitland, MD

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please press:  www.nbcwashington.com

ezs note:  Suitland/metro Washington - although DeAllen Price has been brought into custody, helping further the case would certainly be helpful.  Call 301-516-2512 or 1-866-411-TIPS.  Thanks.

lead story - Transgender woman confronts Washington store owner over controversial sign

Press

KMOV

Aberdeen, WA

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lead story - Norwegian church holds name change ceremony for a transgender woman

Press

NBC News

Oslo, Norway

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lead story - ‘For My People’: A Transgender Woman Pursues an Olympic Dream

Gillian R. Brassil

The New York Times

Swanzey, NH (1915)

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please press:  www.nytimes.com

lead story - N.J. moves transgender woman back to men’s prison, raising legal questions

Blake Nelson

NJ.com

New Jersey State Prison

Trenton, NJ

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lead story - Israeli soccer referee comes out as transgender woman

Laurie Kellman

ABC News

Ramat Gan, Israel

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please press:  abcnews.go.com

lead story - A Hampton family mourns loss of transgender woman murdered in North Carolina

Angelo Vargas

13 newsnow

 Hampton, VA 

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lead story - HRC Mourns Jaida Peterson, Black Transgender Woman Killed in North Carolina

Madeleine Roberts

HRC

Charlotte, NC

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please press:  www.hrc.org

ezs note:  Charlotte/Mecklenburg county (NC) - if you have any information regarding the murder of Jaida Peterson, please call the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police department at 704-432-TIPS.  Thanks.

lead story - Pakistani Transgender Woman Finds a Niche in Tailoring

Syed Raza Hassan

US News & World Report

Karachi, Pakistan

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New York - Human Rights Officials Won Big Discrimination Case for Transgender Woman, Then Went Silent

Gabriel Sandoval

The City

New York City, NY (Vorleezer house, 1696)

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please press:  www.thecity.nyc

lead story - Transgender woman stabbed multiple times in Germantown

Trish Hartman

6 ABC

Germantown, PA (part of Philadelphia)

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please press:  6abc.com

New York - NYPD cop shoved, hurled slurs at trans woman being harassed: lawsuit

Priscilla DeGregory

New York Post

Tompkins Square Park

New York City, NY

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lead story - HRC Mourns Diamond Kyree Sanders, Black Transgender Woman Killed in Cincinnati

Madeleine Roberts

HRC

Cincinnati, OH

Roebling suspension bridge

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please press:  www.hrc.org

ezs note:  Cincinnati, OH/Hamilton county residents - If you have any information regarding the murder of Diamond Kyree Sanders, please call the Cincinnati Police Department Homicide Unit at 531-352-3542.  Thanks.

lead story - HRC Mourns Jenna Franks, White Transgender Woman Killed in North Carolina

Madeleine Roberts

HRC

Jacksonville, NC

please press:  www.hrc.org

ezs note:  Jacksonville (NC) / Onslow county residents - if you have any information about the murder of Jenna Franks, please contact the Onslow county police department at 910-938-6414.  Thanks.