Brazil - A Transgender Volleyball Star Stirs ‘Unfounded’ Criticism In Brazil

Andrêa Martinelli
HuffPost

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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civil rights - Illinois parents drop lawsuit challenging transgender bathroom access

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KMOV

Oh, shazam...

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ezs note:  It's nice that the parents had the sense to drop the suit.  It would have been nicer if they had put it in the trash to begin with...

civil rights - Examining Transgender Civil Rights

Kyle Kellams
KUAF

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Mississippi - Woman sues McDonald's, alleges discrimination because she's transgender

Sarah Fowler
Clarion-Ledger

'friendly' Jackson, MS

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Rhode Island - Vella-Wilkinson bill would extend benefits to gay, transgender veterans without honorable discharges

Rob Borkowski
Warwick Post

Warwick, RI

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civil rights - How Tasmania is going from worst to best on transgender human rights

Martine Delaney
The Guardian

Hobart, Tasmania

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lead story - Charlotte Clymer: Being transgender shouldn't matter in the military

Charlotte Clymer
CBS News

The Pentagon

Arlington, VA

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lead story - Transgender visibility has become my paradox. I want to be seen as any other woman, and as trans.

Meredith Talusan
NBC News

New York City, NY (1952)

Dag Hammarskjöld, foreground

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lead story - Transgender Singing Voice Conference Expands Vocal Perspectives

Tana Weingartner
Cincinnati Public Radio

Richmond, IN

Earlham College

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UK - UK To Open Separate Jail For Transgenders After Several Cases Of Attack By Inmates

Kriti Gupta
Indiatimes.com

Banstead, UK

(future home of HMP Downview)

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civil rights - Human Rights Department Joins Transgender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Anoka-Hennepin School District

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CBS Minnesota

Anoka, MN

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lead story - Transgender, gay migrants allegedly suffer 'rampant' abuse at New Mexico ICE facility

Tim Stelloh
NBC News

Chaparral, NM

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Ohio - Boyfriend-killer is granted divorce from her transgender jailhouse wife

Jimmy McCloskey
Metro

Campbell, OH

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lead story - Justices chose fact over ignorance in transgender health ruling

Jeorgia Robinson
Des Moines Register

Marion, IA

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civil rights - Butte woman claims she was fired for being transgender

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KPAX

Butte, MT

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civil rights - Tennessee lawmakers advance transgender 'bathroom bill'

Associated Press
NBC News

Nashville, TN

Tennessee State Capitol

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lead story - Transgender tech sergeant worries new policy deters new recruits

Jessie Degollado
KSAT

San Antonio, TX

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lead story - What does it mean to be transgender in South Dakota?

Trevor Mitchell
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader

Yankton, SD

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Nevada - Transgender Henderson police officers work to close LGBT divide

Blake Apgar
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Henderson, NV

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Iowa - Transgender Iowans can use Medicaid for transition-related care, Iowa Supreme Court rules

Courtney Crowder, Luke Nozicka
Des Moines Register

Des Moines, IA

Hartford of the West (really!)

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