lead story - 3 Transgender Women Thrown Out Of Downtown LA Bar Speak Out

Staff
CBS Los Angeles

Woodland Hills, CA

(section of Los Angeles)

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lead story - Second black transgender women believed to be violently killed in 2 days

Muri Assunção
New York Daily News

Clewiston, FL

(Hendry County)

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 ezs note: In such a sparsely county, two such murders are truly frightening.  If you know of either Keisha Whittaker or Bee Love's killings, please turn it over to the police.  Their number is 863-674-5600.  Above all, don't be a hero - I don't want to be writing a third statistic.  Thanks.

lead story - Cool Runnings Actor Malik Yoba Says He Is Attracted to Transgender Women: 'It's Time to Speak'

Helen Murphy
People

Malik Yoba

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lead story - Lebanon: End Systemic Violence Against Transgender Women

Press
Human Rights Watch

Beirut, Lebanon

Canaanean javelin (7000-5000 BCE)

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lead story - 2 transgender women tortured, killed in Pakistan

AP
ABC News

Punjab, Pakistan

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UK - Did J.K. Rowling ‘Confirm Her Stance Against Transgender Women’?

Dan Macquill
Snopes

J.K. Rowling

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lead story - Through therapy, transgender women find their voice

Jon Collins
MPRNews

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civil rights - Three transgender women challenge portion of Pennsylvania’s name-change law

Valerie Russ
The Inquirer

Harrisburg, PA

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Liberia/Costa Rica - From the Street to the Classroom: How Two Trans Women Relaunched Their Studies

Noelia Esquivel
Voice Of Guanacaste

Monrovia, Liberia

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lead story - Protesters demand end to killings of transgender women, Trump rollbacks

Daniel Trotta
Reuters

New York City, NY

Washington Square Park

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lead story - Dallas police looking into similarities in cases of 2 transgender women fatally shot, third stabbed

Ryan W. Miller
USA Today

Dallas, TX

Cedars

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lead story - Two transgender women of color killed in same weekend, one arrest made

Janelle Griffith
NBC News

Philadelphia, PA

President's House (Washington/Adams)

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ezs note:  If you have any information about Muhlaysia Booker's murderer is, please contact the Dallas Police Department at 214-671-3661.  Thanks,

lead story - Study shows increased risk of breast cancer in transgender women

Press
EurekAlert!

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ezs note:  Here are four things you can do to prevent breast cancer:

• lose weight
• exercise
• lower/eliminate alcoholic beverages
• say goodbye to any tobacco use 

lead story - Zeta Phi Beta: There is no ‘ban’ on transgender women

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade

Zeta Phi Beta

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Peru - The impact and cost-effectiveness of combined HIV prevention scenarios among transgender women sex-workers in Lima, Peru: a mathematical modelling study

Annick Bórquez et. al.
The Lancet

Lima, Peru

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ezs note:  Yeah... this is a really long article.  It also is difficult to read, even when you are fairly erudite.  However, it is also one of the most seminal articles you will ever read.  It is published by The Lancet, which, besides The New England Journal of Medicine, is without peer.  Please download the article and send it to your doctor, her/his nurses, and legislators. 

Alaska - Alaska sees first two transgender women elected to office

Julia Laude
KTUU

Fairbanks, AK

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lead story - Recommendations to reduce recidivism in transgender women

Press
Medical Xpress

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New Hampshire - Two transgender women elected to N.H. House

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade

Concord, NH

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lead story - The New Smear Against Transgender Men

Evan Urquhart
Slate

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Washington (state) - Kaiser to cover breast augmentation on transgender women, state says

Drew Mikkelson
King5

Olympia, WA

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