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01 June 2016

Transgender people, the world's misunderstood (South Africa)

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afp IOL Credit:  http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/6e/34/6e34dd7f3d6e3385023267bd21007...

Kansas Senate condemns directive on transgender students, school bathrooms

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Press KMBC Credit:  http://www.11points.com/images/protestspelling/foxnews.jpg please press:   http://www.kmbc.com ezs note: ...
31 May 2016

Mass. Governor Says He'll Sign Transgender Protections Bill

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30 May 2016

Tuscarawas County superintendents take wait-and-see attitude toward transgender directive

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Jon Baker Times-Reporter Credit:  https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/death-eternity-waits-please_wait-angels-pearly_g...

Being transgender: facts, myths and rights (Pakistan)

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Press Pakistan Today Credit:  https://lgbthealthwellness.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/transgender-rights.png?w=474&h=270 ple...

Lebanon schools: No transgender changes planned

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David Patton Lebanon Express Credit:  http://images.dailykos.com/images/178512/story_image/A_TransGender-Symbol.png?1447790975 ...

To all my US friends, happy Memorial Day!

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29 May 2016

ABSOLUT VODKA RELEASES GROUNDBREAKING NEW TRANSGENDER AD

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Burlington Police: Transgender man dies from injuries

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28 May 2016

An Arab-Israeli Catholic Ballerina Just Won Israel's First Transgender Beauty Pageant

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Mathew Rodriguez Mic Credit:  http://cdn.timesofisrael.com/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-27-at-11.58.31-PM-635x357.png pl...

Police arrest alleged murderer of transgender activist (Pakistan)

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Staff Daily Times Credit:  http://cliparts.co/cliparts/rij/Krj/rijKrjAjT.png please press:   http://dailytimes.com.pk

A look at 'Ma Vie en Rose'

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Credit:  http://imperfectu.com/festival/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/MA+VIE+EN+ROSE1.jpg With all this bathroom hoohah going about, ...

UNC system takes a stance on controversial bathroom law

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Burlington, Massachusetts

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27 May 2016

Beshear: Bevin playing games on transgender issue

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Tom Loftus courier-journal Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/39/4b/12/394b1252f1bb7d230354ce43ea368b3d.jpg plea...
26 May 2016

Lawmaker introduced first bathroom bill in 2013

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Howard Fischer Arizona Daily Sun Credit:  http://rlv.zcache.com/knuckle_draggers_unite_shirt-ra2425ceb02704b4082309484fbba36f0_jgog...

Trump Gets Laughed At For Vague Answers to Jimmy Kimmel About Transgender Rights: WATCH

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Andy Towle Towlehead Credit:  http://image.syracuse.com/home/syr-media/width960/img/post-standard/photo/2015/12/11/-9eccb5159ae06db...

Israeli transgender women ready for contest finals (Israel)

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Oded Balilty The Times of Israel Credit:  http://marcibowers.com/mtf/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/12/Marci-Israeli-Newspaper-Gal...

'You are an ignorant bigot': California Democrat clashes with San Diego law professor on transgender issues

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Sarah D.Wire Los Angeles Times Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Zoe_Lofgren_109th_pictorial.jpg/1...

Mississippi governor to join suit against Obama transgender policy

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24 May 2016

Ku Klux Klan distributes anti-transgender fliers in at least 1 Alabama neighborhood

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Poll: Voters Back Transgender Bathroom Choice, Oppose Laws About It

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Yay Jaclyn Smith!

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I was on a computer when I saw Jaclyn Smith, spoofing a nut who was making  a TOTAL arse out himself by praising the "virtues" o...
23 May 2016

'The show is important right now': Whoopi Goldberg to produce reality series based on transgender modelling agency (UK)

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Obama Appoints Transgender Activist to Faith-Based Advisory Council

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Immigration officials to start sending transgender women to the middle of Texas

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22 May 2016

Pastor Writes To Dispel Embedded Misconceptions About Transgender People

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Rachel Martin NPR Credit:  http://www.topsailunitedchurch.nf.net/images/Church2.jpg please press:   http://www.npr.org

Cops Search For Suspects In Park Slope Transgender Hate Crime Assault

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Ben Yakas Gothamist Credit:  http://static.flickr.com/84/246041544_b13dd9e136_o.jpg please press:   http://gothamist.com

Transgender Teacher Steps Out To Students

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Kathleen Megan Hartford Courant Credit:  http://www.kba-architects.com/portfolio/k12/avonhs/avonhs-1.jpg please press:   http:/...
21 May 2016

Letter: Offer dignity for transgender people

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Oklahoma lawmakers want Obama impeached over transgender guidance

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Josh Kenworthy The Christian Science Monitor Credit:  https://i0.wp.com/firstfriday.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/stupidity.jpg p...

Saratov, Russia

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20 May 2016

trans:formation: The Biological Roots of Being Transgender

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Separate Bathrooms by Religion? Oklahoma Opens New Front in Transgender Debate

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Christine Hauser The New York Times Credit:  http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/tulsaworld.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/edit...
19 May 2016

Mayor Barry appoints state's first transgender city board member

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Mercedes Successful Becomes 11th Trans Person Killed in 2016

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Sunnivie Brydum Advocate Mercedes Successful   Credit:  http://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/12088027_8536426...

Flatwoods city council to vote on transgender bathroom ordinance

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18 May 2016

Speaker predicts 'mass exodus' if Springfield schools embrace transgender bathroom rules

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Editorial: New law protecting transgender people is a step forward

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Gov. Sam Brownback rejects federal guidance on transgender students

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Transgender Woman Loses Support from Her Family After Coming Out and Dropping 120 Lbs.

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Large-scale HIV vaccine trial to launch in South Africa

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17 May 2016

Read the freakin' document!!

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Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ab/0c/87/ab0c870ffd359072d82d6c86d98e6fcf.jpg An awful lot of press has gone fo...

Georgia Governor Blasts Transgender Student Order

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Canada Moves to Ban Discrimination Against Transgender People

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15 May 2016

Jewish Groups Cheer Obama’s Transgender Protections

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A Republican Congresswoman Has Personal Stake in Transgender Debate

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Lizette Alvarez The New York Times Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen.jpg please ...
14 May 2016

Denmark to become first country not to define being transgender as a mental illness

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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Can’t Explain What Transgender Means, Has a Total Meltdown: WATCH

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Transgender mafia boss found dead in 'execution-style' killing (UK)

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