lead story - 2 transgender women have turned up dead in Dallas in the last week

Matthew Martinez
The Sacramento Bee

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ezs note:  Unfortunately, two transgender women have been found murdered in Dallas, TX in a short period of time. The first, mentioned previously, was Carla Patricia Flores-Pavon.  The second is unidentified.  She was a black transgender woman, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 130 pounds.  If you have information about either one of these murders, please call the Dallas police at 214-283-4856. Thanks.   

lead story - Colombia’s indigenous transgender women find refuge, freedom working on coffee farms

Kenneth Dickerman
The Washington Post

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ezs note:  Wow! Here I am in Connecticut, enjoying my coffee, when I find out about the hard, industrious work of the pickers!  You are to be commended!  I hope that my work makes life a bit better for all of us.  

‘It felt so good’: On Day of Visibility, older transgender women look back

Nancy Fowler
St. Louis Public Radio

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Women’s Day must include transgender women

Brooklynn Miller
Sonoma State Star

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Indonesia - Indonesia is rounding up transgender women and sending them to rehab

Josh Jackman
PinkNews

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Indonesia: Transgender women in Aceh detained by police

Press
BBC News

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Pakistan - Pakistan's Transgender Women, Long Marginalized, Mobilize For Rights

Diaa Hadid
NPR

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Transgender Women In Pakistan Demand Equal Rights

Diaa Hadid
NPR

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A small-town doctor wanted to perform surgeries for transgender women. He faced an uphill battle.

Chico Harlan
The Washington Post

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Spelman College: Transgender Women Can Now Attend Historically Black School

Christina Coleman
Essence

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Drug interaction concerns may negatively affect HIV treatment adherence among transgender women

Judith Lavelle
National Institutes of Health

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ezs note:  From the time you're born until the time you croak, National Institutes of Health will touch your life positively at least once.  For pennies as opposed to dollars. (maybe hundreds of dollars)   Call your Congressperson you want full funding for this worthy endeavor. Call www.house.gov to be directed.

Former Inmate Empowers Transgender Women in Colombian Prisons

Simon West
NBC

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Transgender women among those targeted by north Austin sex assault suspect

Andy Jechow
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ezs note: If you live in the greater Austin, Texas area - especially in the Georgian Drive/Georgian Acres area - and you have any information about these crimes, please call the police at 512-974-5095.   Thanks.

Group Attacks Transgender Women, Tells Them to 'Get off Their Block': Cops

Press
4 New York (NBC)

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AIDS United releases consensus statement for providing trans-affirming HIV medical care, support services and funding

Steve Lee
LGBT Weekly

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Man, 22, indicted in shootings of 2 transgender women, one of whom died

Carol Robinson
AL.com

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Transgender women hired by government-owned Indian rail for the first time (UK)

Elena Cherubini
Pink News

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U.N. Calls for Probe Into Violence Against Transgender Women in El Salvador

Reuters
NBC News

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A Day Out Leaves Two Transgender Women Living in Fear

David Gonzalez
The New York Times

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Transgender women assaulted in Queens; man charged with hate crime, NYPD says

Madeline Patrick
Normangee Star

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