Trans Scripts at Edinburgh festival review – six timely stories from transgender women (UK)

Lyn Gardner

The Guardian

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please press:  http://www.theguardian.com

Living their truth: Transgender women talk about the road to acceptance

Roger DuPuis
Times Leader

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A Study in Sexism: What Happens When Trans Women Lose Their Male Privilege

Lane Florsheim
Marie Claire

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please press:  http://www.marieclaire.com

Transgender sex workers share stories of daily struggles and discrimination (Australia)

Caro Meldrum-Hanna
ABC (Australia)

Leelah Alcorn (US)

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please press:  http://www.abc.net.au

Male Voice, Female Body: How Transgender Women Like Caitlyn Jenner Can Feminize Their Tone

Korin Miller
Yahoo!

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please press:  https://www.yahoo.com

HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Popular in High-Risk Patients

Marcia Frelick
Medscape

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ezs note:  Be happy - just be careful!  Consult with a COMPETENT doctor about alternatives before you have sex.

The absurd reason the FDA bans many transgender women from donating blood

German Lopez
Vox

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HIV-Positive Transgender Women Going Without Medications, Basic Needs

Jacqueline Gray
MD

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please press:  http://www.hcplive.com

ezs note:  Pleeease... get tested, and, if positive, take your medication regularly.  And eat three nutritious meals daily. Even though we've never met, I care about you!

Ladies In The Streets: Before Stonewall, Transgender Uprising Changed Lives

NICOLE PASULKA
wbaa.org

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Smith College Now Admits Trans Women

DANIEL REYNOLDS

Advocate.com

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UKIP General Secretary: If you love shemales, come to the UK (UK)

Nick Duffy
The Pink News

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

ezs note:  Oh, joy.  If you live in the UK, the next time voting comes around, vote AGAINST the UKIP candidate.  I don't care if it's Labour or Conservative -- it's the one area where both parties find the UKIP equally reprehensible.

See me as my true self: Powerful photos capture transgender men and women as they undergo sex changes amid fierce discrimination in Cuba (UK)

Annabel Fenwick Elliott
please press:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Vigil To Honor Murdered Trans Women Hopes To Find Political Allies

http://www.queerty.com/

to read more, go to:  http://www.queerty.com/vigil-to-honor-murdered-trans-women-hopes-to-find-political-allies-20140925

19 Heartbreaking Tumblr Confessions About Surviving as a Transgender Women in America

Derrick Clifton
http://mic.com

to read more, go to:  http://mic.com/articles/95652/19-heartbreaking-tumblr-confessions-about-surviving-as-a-transgender-women-in-america

Transgender Women Claim Mistreatment at W.Va. DMVs

http://wvpublic.org

to read more, go to:  http://wvpublic.org/post/transgender-women-claim-mistreatment-wva-dmvs

'Gay men should take AIDS drugs - even if they're not infected': WHO suggests pills be used as a matter of course by at-risk groups (UK)

STEPHANIE NEBEHAY AND KATE KELLAND
http://www.dailymail.co.uk

to read more, go to:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2689094/Gay-men-AIDS-drugs-theyre-not-infected-WHO-suggests-pills-used-matter-course-risk-groups.html

ezs note:  If you are sexually active AT ALL, talk to your doctor about this IMMEDIATELY. If your doctor is unaware of WHO directives, be sure to make a copy.  Be safe!

Jerry Springer exploits trans women for ratings, transmisogyny for profit strikes again

Laurelai Bailey
http://www.transadvocate.com


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ezs note:  No!  Not Jerry Springer!

TRANSGENDER WOMEN WIN LEGAL DOCUMENT CASE

Melanie Nathan
http://oblogdeeoblogda.me


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Two Transgender Women Killed—So Why Can't This City Call Them Hate Crimes?

Matthew Fleischer
http://www.takepart.com/


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Transgender Woman Claims She Was Raped By Police Officer

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

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