Kabul - Women's protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul turns violent

Celine Alkhaldi, Sam Kiley, Rob Iddiols, Tim Lister, Lauren Said-Moorhouse

CNN

Kabul, Afghanistan

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lead story - Protests over transgender rights at LA spa turn violent

Press

ABC News

Los Angeles, CA

(Koreatown section)

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please press:  abcnews.go.com

lead story - Transgender Woman Killed in ‘Violent, Vicious' Attack in Miami-Dade: Police

Press

6 South Florida (NBC)

Miami, FL

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please press:  www.nbcmiami.com

ezs note:  Miami/Dade residents - sad to say, the murder of Alexus Braxton was particularly gruesome.   If you have any information, please call Miami police at 305-471-2400.  Thanks. 

Georgia (state) - Trans inmate sues Georgia prison over violent forced haircut

Patrick Saunders
Q Magazine

Valdosta, GA

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civil rights - Violent Parent's Facebook Screenshots Raise Concern

Caleigh Bourgeois
9 News

Achille, OK

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Being transgender: facts, myths and rights (Pakistan)

Press
Pakistan Today

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Gay, lesbian and transgender Ugandans face violent backlash

Katie G. Nelson
Humanosphere

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please press:  http://www.humanosphere.org

ezs note:  Yes, you can help!  Especially if you are going to Uganda on business or pleasure, you can take a few moments to e-write a polite yet firm letter to your Ambassador.  In the US, she is Ambassador Oliver Wonekha.  Her address is oliver.wonekha@mofa.go.ug.  For other countries, please contact www.google.com to find them.  Thanks!

Midtown Ponce brings back that ol’ tired complaint of violent trans prostitutes

Dyana Bagby
http://thegavoice.com

to read more, go to:  http://thegavoice.com/midtown-ponce-brings-back-that-ol-tired-complaint-of-violent-trans-prostitutes/

Feeling alienated (Fiji)

http://www.fijitimes.com

to read more, go to:  http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=279752

Do Better By Jane Doe

http://www.courant.com


to read more, go to:  http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-ed-jane-doe-transgender-girl-badly-handled-by-s-20140717,0,1420012.story

ezs note:  Editorial number two, Governor.   Are you listening yet?

Very Modern Problems Set in a Navajo World

NICOLAS RAPOLD
http://www.nytimes.com


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''Walking While Woman'' and the Fight to Stop Violent Policing of Gender Identity

 Mike Ludwig
http://truth-out.org

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ezs note:  You can make a difference as to how policing is done in your community. Go to the next town or city council meeting and ask how policing is carried out.  If they seem reticent, keep on bugging them!  If they still seem bullheaded, you can run!

IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Larry King

CHASE STRANGIO
http://www.lgbtqnation.com

*more here*

Two violent deaths in two days worry Cleveland transgender community

 Ron Rutti
http://www.cleveland.com/


*more here8

ezs note: Two transgender people - one of whom was disabled and living a senior complex - were brutally murdered over the last few nights.  If you live in Cleveland, or have business or pleasure there, and you know about either one of these murders, please contact Cleveland police immediately!  It's time to make these vermin shake in their boots!

 Their names are Brittany Stergis and Betty Skinner. 

Teen charged in violent McDonald’s beating has prior arrest record (National Libertarian)

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