civil rights - Transgender bathroom initiative about 15K signatures short of qualifying for Montana ballot

Tom Lutey
Independent Record

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ezs note:  Montanans - thank you!

lead story - 3rd Jacksonville Transgender Homicide Sparks Pushback For Answers

Dan Scanlan
wjct

Jacksonville, FL

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Alaska - Transgender Juneau woman files suit over Alaska health policy

Becky Bohrer
KTOO

Juneau, AK

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lead story - Cynthia Nixon Reveals Her Son Is Transgender On Trans Day Of Action

Sara Hendricks
Yahoo!

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lead story - BEING TRANSGENDER IS NOT A MENTAL ILLNESS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS

Kashmira Gander
Newsweek

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lead story - A judge has struck down Iowa's Medicaid ban on transgender transition-related care. Here's why.

Courtney Crowder
Des Moines Register

Des Moines, Iowa

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Massachusetts - Slim Majority Of Mass. Voters Want To Keep Transgender Public Accommodations Law

Yasmin Amer
WBUR

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ezs note:  Massachusetts voters:  Remember, you don't have to plan something gargantuan to make a real difference. Go to town/city hall meetings.  Go to a pancake breakfast. If you a person of faith, go to meetings at your church, synagogue, or mosque.  You get the picture. And you don't have to wear a badge the size of a paper plate.  Just strike up a casual conversation.

Oh, by the way, register and VOTE.  This makes a REAL difference.

lead story - Ind. Teacher Challenges District Transgender Name Policy

Press
NBC News

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civil rights - Mineola marchers press fight for transgender rights, laws

Christine Chung
Newsday

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lead story - Six People Told Us Their Favorite Things About Being Transgender

Anna Goldfarb
Vice

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lead story - FX’s ‘Pose’ puts transgender and gay actors front and center — and all Utahns can relate

Scott D. Pierce
The Salt Lake Tribune \

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Russia - Russian football hooligans threaten to stab gay and transgender England fans at the World Cup

Khaleda Rahman
Daily Mail

Oh, yeah.  Russia's so civil.  Yeah...

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lead story - Crowdfunding platform suspends campaign to distribute 'deceitful' school resources on transgender young people

Yas Necati
Independent

London, UK

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civil rights - To transgender high school graduates, a note of hope and gratitude

Rex Huppke
Chicago Tribune

Chicago, IL

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Rhode Island - Rev. Anderson of RI State Council of Churches Is Transgender

Scott Mackay
RI NPR

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lead story - Chile transgender: 'Growing up here is torture'

Jane Chambers
BBC News

Santiago, Chile (bicentennial celebration)

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Florida - Transgender Political Candidates Monica DePaul and Wendy Ella May Explain Their Positions on Universal Health Care

Danielle Bernstein
teenVogue

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ezs note:  It's a ways off (Tuesday, November 6) but whether you are in Florida, North Carolina - or anywhere - VOTE!

California - Saddleback College continues to investigate submitted transgender student complaints

Ashley Hern
Lariat

Saddleback College

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lead story - Belgian transgender ballet film wins Cannes Queer Palme

Johnny Cotton
Reuters

Jacques Brel, Belgium

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lead story - The gay, transgender and bisexual men on Manus are forced into silence

Behrouz Boochani
The Guardian

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