Transgender student visibility has Missouri and Kansas colleges making accommodations

MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS
The Kansas City Star

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LGBTQ community has special health concerns

Michael Caldwell

Poughkeepsie Journal

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Newbury, West Berkshire, United Kingdom

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Trans Woman Told 'We Don't Serve Your Kind' Gets Apology But Files Discrimination Complaint

Yezmin Villarreal
The Advocate

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Tel Aviv hosts Asia's largest gay pride parade (India)

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Indiana Gay Community Grows in Confidence and Pride

Mitch Smith
The New York Times

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Boston mayor creates gender-neutral bathrooms at City Hall

Steve Leblanc
ParadisePost.com

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ezs note:  Hooray, Bah-ston!

Sexology's war on transgender children

Andrea James
boingboing

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LGBT Voices for #BlackLivesMatter

Nadine Smith 

The Huffington Post

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How politician's sophomoric 'satire' blew up on him

Bob Norman
Local10.com

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Madam gets 10 years after buttocks-enhancement death

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TwinTimes.com

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ezs note:  So, how's prison life, "Michelangelo"?

Transgender’s Dark Ugly Past and Present

Deyan Ranko Brashich

Litchfield County Times

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South Dakota activities group seeks more changes to transgender high school athlete policy

James Nord
Daily Journal

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Orange Is the New Black's Laverne Cox to debut as Madame Tussauds' first transgender wax figure (Australia)

Magdalena Mis

Daily Life

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Exclusive: Watch Experimental Short, 'Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles'

Kiratiana Freelon
Indiewire

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ezs note:  It's never too late!  If you have any information about the murder of Islan Nettles, please call the NYPD today.

Creep of the Week: Mike Huckabee

D'Anne Witkowski
PrideSource

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Transgender students should receive more support on campus

Mary Dolan
The Daily Texan

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(LEAD) Supporters of sexual minorities hold event in Seoul (South Korea)

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Transgender Athlete Chris Mosier Just Made Major Sports History

Heather Dockray

Good

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Hartford School Principals To Get Training on LGBT Issues

Vanessa de la Torre
Hartford Courant

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Transgender people should use bathroom of gender they identify as, U.S. urges

Lisa Rein
The Washington Post

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Colombia Allows Transgender Community To Change Sex On IDs Without Physical Exams

Brianna Lee
International Business Times

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No Medical Rationale for Military to Exclude Transgender Individuals

Staff
HealthNewsDigest.com

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Graduation robes reflect changing attitudes toward gender identity

Gretel Kauffman
Yahoo!

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“We don’t serve your kind,” Transgender woman says she was denied service at bar

K. Querry
Newschannel 4

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Court: Transgender teen’s rights violated when she was transferred to a prison

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ezs note:  Fellow Connecticut residents:  VICTORY!!!

Meet Israel's transgender youth: A generation that refuses to apologize (Israel)

Hilo Glazer
Haaretz

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Turkey election 2015: ruling party loses majority as pro-Kurdish HDP gains – rolling report (UK)

Monica Tan
The Guardian

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Transgender woman allegedly bashed at Newtown's Town Hall Hotel (Australia)

Leesha McKenny

Daily Life

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ezs note:  Newtown residents of Australia - if you have any information regarding this crime, please call Newtown police.  If they sound complacent, firmly remind them that every crime is an important crime!

Unadulterated strength: the women of Indigenous Australia in their own words (UK)

Helen Davidson
The Guardian

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Rand Paul on Transgender Rights: 'Government Shouldn't Ask About Your Personal Life'

David Weigel
Bloomberg News

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Gay, Christian, Roma election candidates show Turkey’s changing face (Turkey)

Press
The Rakyat Post

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Bournemouth, England

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Transgender kids: ‘Exploding’ number of children, parents seek clinical help

Nicholas Weiler
Santa Cruz Sentinal

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Lead Letter: Christians should not discriminate against the LGBT community

Anonymous letter
Bayou Buzz

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Billie Jean King: Caitlyn Jenner helps transgender tolerance (Barbados)

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Nationnews

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Shhh, archbishop: S.F. doesn’t want your take on gender identity

C. W. Nevins
San Francisco Chronicle

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Ukip banned from gay pride march after party's inclusion stokes anger (UK)

Amit Sandhu
The Guardian

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WATCH: Michelle Duggar Stands By Transphobic Robocall

Neal Broverman
The Advocate

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Think gender comes down to X and Y chromosomes? Think again (Canada)

Peter McKnight
The Globe and Mail

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Ontario passes NDP bill to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ children (Canada)

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Trans people in Ireland will soon be able to self-declare to change their birth certificate gender (UK)

Joseph Patrick McCormick
Pink News

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Petition started to strip Caitlyn Jenner of 1976 Olympic gold medal

Sarah Huggins
zap2it

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ezs note:  Why does it not surprise me that this knuckledragger is from Texas???

Mike Huckabee faces questions on transgender joke

Ashley Killough
CNN

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ezs note:  So, Mike, how's it going?

Hate crimes detectives seeking suspect who pushed transgender woman onto subway tracks

ALISON FOX
AM New York

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ezs note:  New York City residents - Fortunately, the woman survived the attack relatively unharmed.  If you have any information about this, please call 1-800-577-TIPS.  Let the Big Apple shine!

Jennifer Hudson Drops "I Still Love You" Music Video, Which Promotes LGBT Equality—Watch the Moving Clip!

Corinne Heller
eonline

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Jenner's ties to Newtown High School recalled

Rob Ryser
newstimes.com

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Trans Woman Says Jail Staff Ridiculed And Mocked Her During Pat Down

JOHN PAUL BRAMMERBlue nation review

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AFFIRMATION ON WHEELS: Penn State grad founded an unusual gay pride march in communist Vietnam

Jim Lewis

Press and Journal

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