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This is a news blog which specifically lets you know what is going on in the transgender world.

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16 December 2010

Burnaby/Douglas leaving politics (Burnaby Now [Canada])

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LGBTQ resource center staff respond to lost flag (dailylobo.com)

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Transgender woman Jennifer Gale sings 'Silent Night' on the eve of her death (Dallas Voice)

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Signs of the times!

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Credit: www.myleftnutmeg.com
15 December 2010

Chicago team responds to HIV-drug study (Windy City Media Group)

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LGBT takes on religion (noellerichard.wordpress.com)

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14 December 2010

Point Foundation opens applications for new named scholarships (Windy City Media Group)

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HAWC awarded $10,000 grant for outreach in LGBTQ community (Swampscott Reporter)

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DA: Brawl that injured transgender woman was self-defense (ABC)

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Former Memphis police officer guilty of tax evasion {ezs note; also earlier, of beating a transgender prisoner} (Tax Law Home)

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12 December 2010

Teen 'devastated' by banning (Time)

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11 December 2010

Gays make up 40% of Hollywood homeless youth, survey finds (LA Times)

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Couple wanted for killing and dismembering man at LA hotel arrested (LA Times)

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ezs note:  I'm certainly glad that the two trolls have been taken into custody.  If you have any further evidence, please bring it to th...

LGBT building named after Cyndi Lauper's True Colors song (Perez Hilton)

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An outstanding, seminal work

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Yeah , I know.  "Seminal" is a word used far, far, too commonly.  But for this blog, I will say it with enthusiasm. "Emily...
10 December 2010

Transgender woman gets hate mail after visiting DMV (NBC Bay Area)

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Hello!

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Where in the world shall we go? How about...     Albany, New York ...Huntersville, North Carolina... Providence, Utah... Germany... Mexico, ...
08 December 2010

Canada’s Military Updates Uniform For Transgender Soldiers (Stylite)

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Dutch transgenders will get new diplomas (Pridesource)

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07 December 2010

Including transgender athletes is thought provoking, but not unfair (Orlando Sentinal)

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04 December 2010

Sex-change soldier forces army to scrap transgender policy (SMH [Australia])

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Different players (The Sunday Leader [Sri Lanka])

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GLAAD celebrates 25th anniversary (AP)

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Gender Identity Expert and Author Kate Bornstein in Seattle This Weekend (SeattlePI)

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To my Jewish friends- Happy Hanukkah!

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03 December 2010

VIEWS Remembering trans heroine Rita Hester (Windy City)

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Sports, gender, questions and hate (ESPN)

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Hello!

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Today's mission will consist of the following:  Scranton, Pennsylvania... San Ramon, California... Victoria, British Columbia, Canada......
02 December 2010

Why Canada should protect gender identity (Globe and Mail [Canada])

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SAGES brings safe places to school (New York Daily News)

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GLAD records donated to Yale (Yale)

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30 November 2010

Transsexual graduate to get new Dutch diploma (Washington Post)

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Proposal for more protection of lesbian, gay, transgender persons stalled by House of Ministers (UK Gay News [UK])

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Thoughts on TDOR

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29 November 2010

Stop Bullying (No Bullying)

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Hi again!

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Just a quick note- if you've got the money, I would greatly appreciate it.  It's in the "Donate" button, just beneath the ...
28 November 2010

Pope's remarks on condoms sow widespread confusion (AP)

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Goodwill thrives at San Francisco thrift store (Washington Post)

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Surviving as a transsexual in a male dorm (Hurriyet [Turkey])

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NATALIE NORTH: Let G.I. Joe wear Barbie’s shoes (Oak Bay News [Canada])

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26 November 2010

Group gather outside Mormon Temple to prevent suicide among gay members (ABC)

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Hello! Good morning!

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This morning, we have...Canberra, Australian Territory Capital, Australia...   Seoul, Seoul-u'kpyolsi, South Korea... Wulfen, Sachsen-An...
25 November 2010

To all my US friends, happy turkey/tofurkey day!

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PS- on this date, I hit all the continents! Yay!
24 November 2010

United Church Of Chester Declares Itself An Open And Affirming Church (Hartford Courant)

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Caution over HIV 'breakthrough' (samesame [Australia])

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23 November 2010

Trans Woman Arrested for Using Women's Restroom (shewired)

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Pope Benedict: Women Can Use Condoms To Stop HIV (Gothamist)

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HIV risk in gay men (ezs note: and transgender women) reduced by new pill (Rillara)

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22 November 2010

Transsexual prostitute's killer raped woman weeks earlier (London Evening Standard [UK])

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NCTE offers tips for transgender travelers on dealing with new TSA procedures (dallasvoice.com)

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