national/world - 2 transgender women attacked in downtown Minneapolis, advocates say

Kirsten Mitchell

CBS News

Minneapolis, MN

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ezs note:  Minneapolis residents - to date, the attackers are unknown.  If you have any information, please call the Minneapolis police at 612-673-3000. Thanks. 

national/world - Transgender women attacked with a hammer, suspect claims road rage not hate crime

Staff

The Jerusalem Post

Jaffa, Israel

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ezs post:  Uh-huh.  What, exactly, is the difference???😤

national/world - 2 transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest Pakistan

Riaz Khan

AP

Mardan, Pakistan

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Georgia - Transgender women participation in sports debated by Georgia Senate

Kim Jarret

The Center Square

Unadilla, GA (r)

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ezs note:  Georgia residents - YOU have a voice!  Call or email your views to your state Senator.

Illinois - Most murders of transgender women in Chicago go unsolved.

Sophie Sherry

WBEZ

Chicago, IL (Altgeld Gardens)

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Montana - Local leaders respond to lawsuit being filed by two transgender women against State of Montana

Ian Alvano

KULR 8

Missoula, MT

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A mausoleum for transgender women is inaugurated in Mexico’s capital as killings continue

AP

NBC News

Iztapalapa, Mexico

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Rape and torture: Transgender women open up about their suffering under Argentina’s dictatorship

Daniel Politi

AP

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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ezs note:  LGBT+ and allies:  Above all, I want you to be safe.  But if you do feel safe, SPEAK UP.

Women’s Institute will ‘continue to celebrate’ transgender women amid inclusivity row

Alexanda Topping

The Guardian

Women's Institute

Llanfairpwll, Wales, UK

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'I don't want to be next': Milwaukee sees 3 Black transgender women killed in 9 months

Elliot Hughes, Drake Bentley

USA Today

Milwaukee, WI

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Cambridge Dictionary expands its definition of 'woman' to include transgender women

Katie Kindelan

ABC News

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

(formerly Cambridge Dictionary)

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lead story - Trump promises to ban transgender women from sports if re-elected

Jo Yurcaba 

NBC News

A perfect definition:  Donald J. Trump

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lead story - Dr. Oz praises J.K. Rowling's controversial comments on transgender women, gossip site says

Brooke Migdon

The Hill

Dr. Oz's "professional" opinion

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ezs note:  Pennsylvanians - take note of where Oz has spent much of his adult life.  (hint - it ain't in Pennsylvania)

lead story - Staten Island mom creates lingerie line for transgender women after daughter comes out

Rebekah Humbrecht

SILive

Staten Island, NY

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lead story - Two transgender women win seats in German parliament

Riham Alkousaa

Reuters

Bundestag (indoors)

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lead story - Readers sound off on transgender women, the debt ceiling and Chuck Schumer

Melissa Sklarz (first)

New York Daily News

Woodside, Queens, NY

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Washington state - Kreidler fines Aetna for discriminating against transgender women

Press

Office of the Insurance Commissioner

Olympia, WA

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lead story - What to know about HIV risk among transgender women

Emelia Arquilla, Sasha Santhakumar

Medical News Today

Condom

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ezs note: Condom use is one of the simplest methods of preventing HIV.  Here in Connecticut, it's one of easiest to buy.  If you live in another state where it's difficult to buy, yeah, raise a freakin' stink!!!

North Carolina - NC man tied to killings of two transgender women charged with murder in Union County

Michael Gordon

Charlotte Observer

Wingate, NC

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Kentucky - Lawmaker prefiles 'Save Women's Sports' bill to bar transgender women from Kentucky sports

Joe Sonka

courier-journal

Winchester, KY

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ezs note:  Kentuckians - please pick up the phone and say NO to this stupid bill.  Thanks.