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25 February 2016

THE LESSONS AND LUNACIES OF CHARLOTTE’S VICTORY FOR LGBT EQUALITY

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Marcus Patrick Ellsworth MTV Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/e4/3e/c8/e43ec8c6f8ed44ef953bcf62f5c7060f.jpg pl...

Transgender Oscar Nominee Anohni Writes Powerful Boycott Letter

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Zack Sharf Indiewire Anohni Credit:   https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/anohni.jpg?w=620&h=349&crop=1 ...

Oklahoma City man arrested of sexual assault involving transgender female

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Joey Stipak KFOR Credit:  http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/businessman-busted-guilty-bullying-vector-illustration-cartoon-shocked-loo...

SHOTS FIRED: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY COMES OUT AGAINST TRANSGENDER RESTROOMS

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Germantown honors memory of murdered transgendered (sic) woman

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24 February 2016

Pastor Tells 'Daily Show' That 'Jungle Fever' Made LGBT Group Target His Church

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Curtis M. Wong The Huffington Post Credit:  https://41.media.tumblr.com/2832c75b993b14f1146c3c65bf61c09c/tumblr_nf0jsyuvTD1rjjzl2o1...

Franklin Graham Says Charlotte Transgender Bathroom Bill Is 'Wicked, Filthy'

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Anugrah Kumar Christian Post Credit:  http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/kevin-siers/h2coiv/picture5297106...

State settles suit filed by transgender inmate paroled for Fullerton killing, pays nearly $500,000 in legal fees

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Andrea Bowers Fights for Transgender Icons in New Chelsea Show

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Transgender activist sues state over refusal to change gender on birth certificate

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Bryan Lowry /  blowry@wichitaeagle.com Wichita Eagle Credit:  http://www.businessinsurance.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CB/2015060...
23 February 2016

Transgender Woman Stabbed to Death in Frankford

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Vince Lattanzio NBC10 Maya Young Credit:  http://media.philly.com/images/294*196/maya+young.jpg please press:   http://www....

Daugaard: Transgender meeting 'helped me see things through their eyes'

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MORE CRAP!!

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22 February 2016

Transgender rights targeted in twice as many bills this year versus 2015 – report (UK)

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Molly Redden The Guardian Credit:  http://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_770_325/public/images/blog/Stop-the...
21 February 2016

The first day of her real life

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Tokyo cops conclude dogs mauled transgender man’s face after suicide (Japan)

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Staff The Tokyo Reporter \ Tokyo, Japan Credit:  http://www.blamethemonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Elia-Locardi-Along-T...

Hard-liners inspect transgender Islamic school in Indonesia (Singapore)

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Black Market Hormones a Hurdle for Thai Transgender People (Cambodia)

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Delphine Thouvenot and Ju Apilaporn Khmer Times Credit:  http://cache-graphicslib.viator.com/graphicslib/destination/thailand-26037...

Pastor Redefines 'Church' For Transgender Youth

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Stina Sieg NPR Credit:  https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/church.jpg please press:   http://www.npr.org
20 February 2016

Church Leader Suggests Catholics Spurn Girl Scouts, Find Alternatives

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Dawn Ennis Advocate Credit:  http://lowres.jantoo.com/religion-exorcists-bishops-archbishops-homeless-exorcism-11834038_low.jpg ...

My transgender daughter should not have to use the men's restroom (New Zealand)

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Tucker Fitzgerald stuff.co.nz Credit:  http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/12/08/why_trans_and_trans_c...

Wisconsin mother becomes LGBT activist after transgender son’s suicide

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'Contorted' route to get transgender help in Wales (UK/Wales)

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India’s first transgender modelling agency might expand to Uttarakhand (India)

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Shivani Saxema The Times of India Credit:   http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/03/article-2596247-1CCEB8C800000578-518_634x6...

Kristiansand, Norway

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19 February 2016

Discriminatory “Religious Liberty Accommodations Act” Passes Mississippi House

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Pakistan: Guarantee the physical and psychological integrity of the transgender community (Ghana)

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William Nicholas Gomes News Ghana Credit:  http://www.dhakatribune.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/870x488_article_high/article/...

Viral Voguer Brendan Jordan Comes Out as Gender Fluid

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Emma Sarran Webster Teen Vogue Credit:  http://static2.techinsider.io/image/55ba95e82acae7a6098bb948/15-year-old-brendan-jordan-tel...

TRANSGENDER PROFESSOR AND ACTIVIST TO GIVE PRESENTATION AT CLARION

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18 February 2016

CIA Has Dedicated Program to Recruit Transgender Individuals

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Elizabeth Harrington /  elizabeth@freebeacon.com The Washington Free Beacon (sorry... I couldn't resist...) Credit:  http:/...

Just Because I'm Transgender Doesn't Mean I'm Brave

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Bethany Grace Howe The Huffington Post Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/9a/1a/5e/9a1a5e767ffc3e453c8d9b8bd6c47017...

Migrating to the US is already risky. Try being a transgender migrant

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Amy Stillman Los Angeles Daily News Credit:  http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/md/public/2015/08/03/immigrat...

"I Want Transgender People to Not Deal With Any Bullsh*t": What It's Like to Be a Transgender Vocal Coach

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17 February 2016

Start From Here Campaign Gains Support in Detroit

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Transgender People Still Experience Barriers to Healthcare

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Harvey Makadon MD Huffington Post Credit:  http://www.housingworks.org/i/blog/TRANSHEALTHSHAH.JPG please press:   http://www.hu...

Governor to meet with transgender South Dakotans

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Press KOTA Gov. Dennis Daugaard (South Dakota) Credit:  https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1257658926/image_400x400.jpg p...

Transgender woman files suit against former employer

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Major transgender gathering returning to midstate

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16 February 2016

Transgender Patients Face Challenges at the Hospital

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Abby Ellin The New York Times Credit:  https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/issues/2009/12/img/lgbtweb-3.jpg ple...
15 February 2016

Conference focuses on LGBT Elders

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Life After Scalia: A True Revolution Can Now Begin

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Michelangelo Signorile The Huffington Post Credit:  https://thisblksistaspage.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/backofthebusjl.jpg pl...

22 transgenders get SI appointment orders in Tamil Nadu (India)

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State Bill Would Modernize Process To Change Gender On Illinois Birth Certificates

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Supporters, opponents of WA transgender bathroom rule protest

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14 February 2016

Jordan Raskopoulos of Axis of Awesome Comes Out As Transgender In Video Message

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13 February 2016

Educating LePage: Transgender 101

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Vigil held for transgender murder victim Monica Loera

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Lindsay Liepman KEYE TV Monica Loera Credit:  http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/750px/public/images/2016-02/Monic...

Gov. Daugaard, you met a transgender person: me

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Kendra Heathscott Argus Leader South Dakota governor's mansion Credit:  http://sd.gov/governor/img/govmansion2.jpg plea...

It's time to create a world that recognises the rights of transgender people (UK)

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Neela Ghoshal and Kyle Knight Guardian Credit:  https://transwavejamaica.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/ban-ki-moon.jpg?w=466&h=34...

Indonesia’s transgender madrasa (UK)

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