lead story - Revisiting Emma: A third-grader's transgender journey continues

Brian Gordon
Asheville Citizen-Times

Fletcher, NC

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ezs note:  Yay, Emma! 

Idaho - Idaho lawmaker proposes bill to change how transgender high school and college athletes compete

Brian Holmes
KTVB

Idaho Falls, ID

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ezs note:  If you live in Idaho, please call your state senator and state representative to get this stupid bill killed.  You may be a fantastic hoop shooter, Rep. Ehardt, but you're a lousy legislator.  Get some sense back into your head, and be kind to all children and young adults. 

Indiana - Indiana Republicans have introduced two bills targeting transgender & non-binary people

Daniel Villareal
LGBTQ Nation

Evansville, IN

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ezs note:  If you live in Indiana, please call your state representative and state senator and urge her/him to defeat both bills (SB 74 and HB 1088).  Thanks.

lead story - NikkieTutorials: Beauty YouTuber reveals she is transgender

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BBC

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lead story - Transgender employees sue Florida over state's trans health care ban

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

Ocala, FL

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civil rights - WV Symphony welcomes its first transgender guest artist Saturday

Bill Lynch
Charleston Gazette-Mail

Clay Center

Charleston, WV

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lead story - Transgender state worker says denials of insurance coverage for gender reassignment surgery violated his rights

Matt Miller
pennlive.com

Steelton, PA

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Ireland - Ireland to simplify process for transgender 16- and 17-year-olds to change legal gender

Vic Parsons
Pink News

Dublin, Ireland

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civil rights - Connecticut sports decade in review: Transgender high school athletes’ success sparks debate on fairness and inclusion, and a Title IX complaint

Lori Riley
Hartford Courant

Hartford, CT

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lead story - Transgender in Pakistan: Maya, the woman who almost broke free

M. Ilyas Khan
BBC News

Nowshera, Pakistan

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Kentucky - Kentucky bill would let students sue over transgender bathroom use

Gwen Aviles
NBC News

Frenchville, KY

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lead story - Transgender homeless Americans find few protections in the law

Jonah DeChants
The Conversation

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ezs note:  To read a more scholarly paper, see HERE. (page 9-33)

Florida - Transgender Florida student’s fight over school bathrooms could affect Alabama

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AL.com

Ponte Vedra, FL

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Jamaica - The power of transgender visibility in Jamaica

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UNAIDS

Kingston, Jamaica

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New York - NY Courts To Add Transgender, Nonbinary & Other Gender Options To Jury Documents

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CBS New York

Albany, NY

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Ireland - Ireland to simplify process for transgender 16- and 17-year-olds to change legal gender

Vic Parsons
Pink News

Uragh, Ireland

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Germany - Meet Anastasia: Germany's first transgender army commander

Rebecca Staudenmeier
Deutsche Welle

Leipzig, Germany

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Colorado - Transgender pastor at Colorado church is preaching from a pulpit she once would have been banned from

Staff
KMGH (ABC)

Boulder, CO

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Wisconsin - ‘It’s just reality:’ Milwaukee group works to end violence against those who are transgender

Cassidy Williams
FOX6

Milwaukee, WI

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lead story - Woman sues Philadelphia pharmacy for outing her as transgender, HIV-positive

Nina Feldman
WHYY

Philadelphia, PA

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