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31 August 2014

Fear for family safety dissolves lawsuit vs. anti-gay law

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Colin Stewart http://76crimes.com to read more,go to:   http://76crimes.com/2014/08/31/fear-for-family-safety-dissolves-lawsuit-vs-anti-...

Against Me! Talks About Upcoming Projects at Osheaga [Interview]

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Morgan Louchen http://guardianlv.com to read more, go to;   http://guardianlv.com/2014/08/against-me-talks-about-upcoming-projects-at-os...
30 August 2014

Welcome to Gallup, NM, Where ‘They Just Want Another Person Dead’

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Nick Estes http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com to read more, go to:   http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/08/29/welcome...

Our "Ann" Is Dying

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"Fanny Arnstein" http://10thousandcouples.com to read more, go to:   http://10thousandcouples.com/issue/september-2014/article...

Brazil poll favorite rows back on gay marriage (UK)

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https://uk.news.yahoo.com to read more, go to:   https://uk.news.yahoo.com/brazil-poll-favorite-rows-back-gay-marriage-221708858.html#a5N...

Community Makes Itself Known, With Discretion

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ROBYN ROSS http://www.nytimes.com to read more, go to:   http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/us/community-makes-itself-known-with-discreti...

Transgender Women's Killings Test Police Outreach

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JULIET LINDERMAN http://abcnews.go.com to read more, go to: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/transgender-womens-killings-test-police-o...

Grants Pass, Oregon

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Credit:  http://www.visitgrantspass.org/
29 August 2014

Hillary Clinton’s Gay Rights Evolution

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AMY CHOZICK http://www.nytimes.com to read more, go to:   http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/fashion/hillary-clinton-gay-rights-evolution...

5 Things We Learned About Jill Soloway’s "Transparent"

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MICHELLE EHRHARDT http://www.out.com to read more, go to:   http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2014/08/29/transparent-jill-sol...
28 August 2014

US: California bill outlawing trans and gay panic defenses headed to governor (UK)

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Katie Dupere http://www.pinknews.co.uk to read more, go to:   http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/08/28/us-california-bill-outlawing-trans-an...

Ottawa raises flag to mark pride week (Canada)

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Brier Dodge http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com to read more, go to:   http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/news-story/4802568-ottawa-raise...

'Capitol 13' addresses charges for equal rights

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http://www.good4utah.com to read  more, go to:   http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/capitol-13-addresses-charges-for-equal-rights/325...
27 August 2014

Top Pentagon officials say it is ‘likely’ that trans soldiers will soon be allowed to serve openly (UK)

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Joseph Patrick McCormick http://www.pinknews.co.uk/ to read more, go to:   http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/08/27/top-pentagon-officials-s...

Trans woman murdered in Detroit

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http://www.washingtonblade.com/ to read more, go to:   http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/08/27/palmer-park-trans-woman-murdered-in-detr...

Transgender Man Attacked in Montrose Wants Hate Crime Charges

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ADELA UCHIDA http://news92fm.com to read more, go to:   http://news92fm.com/471732/transgender-man-attacked-in-montrose-wants-hate-crime...

Rams' Jeff Fisher angry over report on Michael Sam's shower habits

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http://www.si.com/ to read more, go to:   http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/08/27/st-louis-rams-jeff-fisher-michael-sam-shower

Would you support homophobia? (Peru)

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Agnes Rivera http://www.peruthisweek.com to read more, go to:   http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-would-you-support-homophobia-103761 e...
26 August 2014

Seventh Circuit Hears Oral Arguments Seeking Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in Indiana and Wisconsin

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http://www.enewspf.com to read more, go to:   http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/equality/55017-seventh-circuit-hears-oral-arguments-seek...

Race Seen Through Viewfinders - ‘Through a Lens Darkly,’ on African-American Photography

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 A. O. SCOTT http://www.nytimes.com to see more, go to:   http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/movies/through-a-lens-darkly-on-african-amer...
25 August 2014

The Pentagon can easily drop its ban on transgender troops, study finds

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Dan Lamothe http://www.washingtonpost.com to read more, go to:   http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/08/25/the-pentago...

Cuomo: Time to outlaw gender identity discrimination

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http://www.legislativegazette.com to read more, go to:   http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2014-08-25-88998.113122...

Pokin Around: The God I choose does not damn gays

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Steve Pokin http://www.news-leader.com to read more, go to:   http://www.news-leader.com/story/life/2014/08/24/pokin-around-god-choose-d...

Did Bill de Blasio Keep His Promise to Reform Stop-and-Frisk?

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Taylor Wofford http://www.newsweek.com to read more, go to:   http://www.newsweek.com/did-bill-de-blasio-keep-his-promise-reform-stop-an...
24 August 2014

Capitol Pride welcomes community to annual celebration

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Tracy Loew http://www.statesmanjournal.com to read more, go to:   http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/08/24/capitol-pride-we...

LGBT journalists convene in Chicago

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Jean Albright http://www.windycitymediagroup.com to read more, go to:   http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBT-journalists-convene...

TRANS-fusion: Transgender athletes welcomed aboard at rowing marathon (Canada0

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Steve Collins http://metronews.ca to read more, go to:   http://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/1134964/xtrans-fusio-transgender-athletes-welco...
23 August 2014

Ecuador to grant same-sex unions ID recognition

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http://news.yahoo.com to read more, go to:   http://news.yahoo.com/ecuador-grant-same-sex-unions-id-recognition-230120689.html

Point of View: Why allow religious groups to discriminate?

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DONALD CAVANAUGH http://www.palmbeachpost.com to read more, go to:   http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/opinion/point-of-view-why-al...

Transcending genders: Working as a clerk at the commissioner’s office, Eraj Aftab wants true gender equality (Pakistan)

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http://tribune.com.pk to read more, go to:   http://tribune.com.pk/story/752784/transcending-genders-working-as-a-clerk-at-the-commission...

Palm Center's Belkin seeks to end military trans* ban

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Gretchen Rachel Blickensderfer http://www.windycitymediagroup.com to read more, go to:   http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Palm-Pr...

Oakland, California

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Credit:  http://www.alamedainfo.com/
22 August 2014

Being a Trans Ally: Where to Begin

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Brynn Tannehill http://www.huffingtonpost.com to read more, go to:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tannehill/being-a-trans-ally-wh...

I Would Learn to Play Hopscotch

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Stephanie Mott http://www.huffingtonpost.com to read more, go to:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-mott/i-would-learn-to-play-ho...

US: Nashville Mayor endorses same-sex marriage (UK)

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Nick Duffy http://www.pinknews.co.uk/ to read more, go to:   http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/08/22/nashville-mayor-endorses-same-sex-marr...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Skewers High Court For Forsaking Fight Against 'Real Racial Problem'

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Shadee Ashtari http://www.huffingtonpost.com to read more, go to:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/22/ruth-bader-ginsburg-raci...
21 August 2014

New partnership makes reporting hate crime easier (UK)

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Nigel Slater http://www.eveshamobserver.co.uk to read more, go to:   http://www.eveshamobserver.co.uk/2014/08/22/news-New-partnership-ma...

3 Colleges in Massachusetts Recognized as the Most LGBT-Friendly

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Lauren Landry http://bostinno.streetwise.co to read more, go to:   http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/08/21/campus-prides-list-of-the-mo...

Is NY’s Plaza Hotel Going in the Way of Shariah Law?

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JACOB MENDELSON http://jewishvoiceny.com to read more, go to:   http://jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article...

Leading gay-rights group backs Cuomo

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Joseph Spector http://www.lohud.com to read more, go to:   http://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/politics-on-the-hudson/2014/08/21/le...
20 August 2014

Someone On Capitol Hill Seems Obsessed With Editing Wikipedia Articles On Transgender Topics

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COLIN CAMPBELL http://www.businessinsider.com to read more, go to:   http://www.businessinsider.com/someone-on-capitol-hill-is-editing-w...

MA Transgender Equal Rights Coalition Applauds City of Worcester’s Passage of Nondiscrimination Protections for Transgender People

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http://www.therainbowtimesmass.com to read more, go to:   http://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/2014/08/20/ma-transgender-equal-rights-coali...

Michelle Duggar’s hateful anti-transgender rights campaign

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MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS http://www.salon.com to read more, go to:   http://www.salon.com/2014/08/20/michelle_duggars_hateful_anti_trans...
19 August 2014

First Transgender Officer Graduates From San Francisco Police Academy [Video]

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Whitney Phaneuf http://sfist.com to read more, go to:   http://sfist.com/2014/08/19/first_transgender_officer_graduates.php

Department Of Labor Extends Employment Protections To Transgender Workers

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Zack Ford http://thinkprogress.org to read more, go to:  http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/08/19/3473317/mia-macy-transgender-labor-gui...

Kluwe, Vikings reach settlement to avert lawsuit

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AMY FORLITI http://www.kansas.com to read more, go to:   http://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/article1253308.html

Smithsonian adds LGBT history to museum collection

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BRETT ZONGKER http://www.gosanangelo.com to read more, go to:   http://www.gosanangelo.com/entertainment/arts-and-culture/smithsonian-ad...

A Transgender Student Who Was Reportedly Banned From Her School Receives Good News

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Rebecca Klein http://www.huffingtonpost.com to read more, go to:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/19/rachel-pepe-school_n_56910...
18 August 2014

Arraignment scheduled for man who allegedly killed Fontana transgender woman in 2013

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http://www.fontanaheraldnews.com to read more, go to:   http://www.fontanaheraldnews.com/news/article_07e5bc76-270f-11e4-9588-001a4bcf88...

Italy: Gossip magazine under fire for giving away homophobic joke book (UK)

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Natassja Zielinski http://www.pinknews.co.uk to read more, go to:   http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/08/18/italy-gossip-magazine-under-fir...
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