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13 June 2015

Despite strides, many still see role for city’s Pride parade

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Katherine Landergan  and Claire Nobles The Boston Globe Credit:   http://imgick.masslive.com/home/mass-media/width960/img/republica...

Transgender student visibility has Missouri and Kansas colleges making accommodations

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MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS The Kansas City Star Credit:   http://gulfcoastrainbowcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Trans-Lives-Matter.j...

LGBTQ community has special health concerns

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Michael Caldwell Poughkeepsie Journal Credit:   http://betablog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/TransSymbolAqua2.jpg please pre...

Newbury, West Berkshire, United Kingdom

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12 June 2015

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

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Yezmin Villarreal The Advocate Credit:  http://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles6/Campaign-Against-Discrimination.jpg please...

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

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Indiana Gay Community Grows in Confidence and Pride

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Mitch Smith The New York Times Credit:  http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150328114146-indiana-religious-freedom-law-darlin...

Boston mayor creates gender-neutral bathrooms at City Hall

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Steve Leblanc ParadisePost.com Credit:   http://friendsofbostoncityhall.org/wp-content/gallery/memorabilia/boston-city-hall-postcard-...

Sexology's war on transgender children

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Andrea James boingboing Credit:  http://nzgamer.com/data/News/8585-.jpg please press:   http://boingboing.net
11 June 2015

LGBT Voices for #BlackLivesMatter

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Nadine Smith   The Huffington Post Credit:   http://i.embed.ly/1/display/resize?key=1e6a1a1efdb011df84894040444cdc60&url=htt...

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

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Bob Norman Local10.com Credit:  https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/112912.jpg please press:   http://www...

Madam gets 10 years after buttocks-enhancement death

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Press TwinTimes.com Credit:  http://i.huffpost.com/gen/2699844/images/n-PADGEVICTORIA-WINDSLOWE-large570.jpg please press:   http...
10 June 2015

Transgender’s Dark Ugly Past and Present

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Deyan Ranko Brashich Litchfield County Times Credit:   https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/0c/c6/d9/0cc6d90c3a2da03c019f...

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

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James Nord Daily Journal Credit:  http://rlv.zcache.com/south_dakota_pride_lgbt_rainbow_flag_mug-refc982a99b254a53adc187130edcd5cc_x7...

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

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Magdalena Mis Daily Life Credit:   http://cdn02.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2015/02/laverne-cox-mindy-project....

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

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Kiratiana Freelon Indiewire Credit:  https://izziemendez.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/107.jpg please press:   http://blogs.indiewi...

Creep of the Week: Mike Huckabee

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D'Anne Witkowski PrideSource Credit:  http://www.internetweekly.org/images/killer_huckabee.jpg please press:   http://www.pri...
09 June 2015

Transgender students should receive more support on campus

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Mary Dolan The Daily Texan Credit:  http://www.thepridepages.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/texas.png please press:   http://www....

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

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Transgender Athlete Chris Mosier Just Made Major Sports History

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Heather Dockray Good Credit:   http://www.diversityact.org.au/hub1/sites/default/files/styles/article-image-banner/public/images/n...

Hartford School Principals To Get Training on LGBT Issues

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Vanessa de la Torre Hartford Courant Credit:   http://www.haydenslist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Hartford-2.jpg please press:...

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

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Lisa Rein The Washington Post Credit:  http://api.ning.com/files/Wmplu1XRZrm2usl4TNWo*qkw19GsPI2DrCI*pYGckkMf7H4Xz0gnuggKbCmVAdJfBsBT...
08 June 2015

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

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Brianna Lee International Business Times Credit:  http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/v2_article_large/public/20...

No Medical Rationale for Military to Exclude Transgender Individuals

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Staff HealthNewsDigest.com Credit:  http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1337411/thumbs/h-TRANSGENDER-MILITARY-LGBTQ-DONT-ASK-DONT-TELL-348x516....

Graduation robes reflect changing attitudes toward gender identity

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Gretel Kauffman Yahoo! Credit:  http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/guardian/About/General/2012/11/7/1352297165467/University-graduat...

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

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

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Press LGBTQNation Credit:  http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140515135118-transgender-girl-rally-release-0425-story-top.jpg...
07 June 2015

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

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Hilo Glazer Haaretz Credit: http://www.israelgives.org/Pictures/AmutaPictures/35874_Large_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%92%D7%99%20%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%...

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

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Monica Tan The Guardian Credit: http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/750px/public/images/2014-07/Michelle_Demishevich.jpg?...

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

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Leesha McKenny Daily Life Credit:   http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/i/h/v/q/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.ghi...

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

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Helen Davidson The Guardian Credit:  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/1981_event_Australian_aboriginals.jpg pl...

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

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06 June 2015

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

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Bournemouth, England

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05 June 2015

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

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Nicholas Weiler Santa Cruz Sentinal Credit:   http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hSkQlWUX_eI/hqdefault.jpg please press:   http://www.santacru...

Lead Letter: Christians should not discriminate against the LGBT community

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Anonymous letter Bayou Buzz Credit:  http://cdn.indiewire.com/dims4/INDIEWIRE/60245c3/2147483647/thumbnail/680x478/quality/75/?url=ht...

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

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Press Nationnews Credit:  http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-detail/news_article/caitlyn-jenner-wheaties-01-b-2015.jpg p...

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

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C. W. Nevins San Francisco Chronicle Credit:  http://cdn5.freedomoutpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ny-times-roiled-by-morals-cla...

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

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Amit Sandhu The Guardian Credit:  https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0lNXkPCIAQUrbX.jpg please press:   http://www.theguardian.com
04 June 2015

WATCH: Michelle Duggar Stands By Transphobic Robocall

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Neal Broverman The Advocate Credit:  http://snakeoilcartoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/DuggarDVD.jpg please press:   http://w...

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

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Peter McKnight The Globe and Mail Credit:  http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/chromosome-digital-illustration-colour-background-34388821....

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)

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Joseph Patrick McCormick Pink News Credit:   http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1258079/images/o-JOAN-BURTON-facebook.jpg please press:  ...
03 June 2015

Petition started to strip Caitlyn Jenner of 1976 Olympic gold medal

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Mike Huckabee faces questions on transgender joke

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

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

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02 June 2015

Jenner's ties to Newtown High School recalled

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

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