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24 June 2016

Ban on transgender troops to be lifted July 1

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Tom Vanden Brook USA Today please press: http://www.usatoday.com

Dyer: Orlando will have permanent memorial for Pulse massacre victims (Orlando shooting)

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Matthew J. Palm Orlando Sentinel please press: http://www.orlandosentinel.com

22 June 2016

House Democrats Stage Sit-In Protest To Urge Gun Bill Vote (Orlando shooting)

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Kristina Peterson and Natalie Andrews The Wall Street Journal please press: http://blogs.wsj.com ezs note: Finally - Democrats ...

21 June 2016

WATCH LIVE: Attorney General Lynch visits Orlando after mass shooting (Orlando shooting)

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Eric Tucker and Mike Schneider PBS please press: http://www.pbs.org

19 June 2016

New Employer Resource to Help End Transgender Employment Discrimination

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Press Windy City Times please press: http://www.windycitymediagroup.com

Turkish police fire rubber bullets, tear gas at LGBT parade

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Associated Press Boston Herald please press: http://www.bostonherald.com

State's restroom rule respects the privacy of all

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Editorial Board HeraldNet please press: http://www.heraldnet.com

Transgender rights critical for the health of 25 million transgender people worldwide

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Press ScienceDaily please press: https://www.sciencedaily.com

The Unhinged Home that Raised Orlando Killer Omar Mateen (Orlando shooting)

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Shane Harris and Brandy Zadrozny The Daily Beast please press: http://www.thedailybeast.com

18 June 2016

Florida Official Kenneth Lewis Suspended Over Anti-Orlando Facebook Post (Orlando shooting)

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Elisha Fieldstadt NBC please press: http://www.nbcnews.com ezs note: WHOA. It just goes to show that you can get a law degree a...

Transgender patients face health-care discrimination, inadequate treatment (Canada)

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Kas Roussy CBC News please press: http://www.cbc.ca

Transgender Pride Parade security could double after Orlando shooting (Orlando shooting)

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Gabe Cohen KOMONews.com please press: http://komonews.com

Transgender community protests in Mumbai, demands equal rights (India)

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ANI ANI News please press: http://aninews.in

Man hit in back in Orlando shooting played dead to survive (Orlando shooting)

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Jason Dearen timesunion please press: http://www.timesunion.com

17 June 2016

Transgender Students In Wisconsin Navigate Life Amid Politics, Debate

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Laurel White Wisconsin Public Radio please press: http://www.wpr.org

Transgender, Christian, and Tired (Orlando shooting)

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Paula Stone Williams The Huffington Post please press: http://www.huffingtonpost.com

Transgender teen growing up in spotlight talks about bullying, depression

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Nara Schoenberg / nschoenberg@tribpub.com Chicago Tribune please press: http://www.chicagotribune.com

Philly schools pass sweeping policy protecting transgender students

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Mensah M. Dean // deanm@phillynews.com philly.com please press: http://www.philly.com

Somber times in tourist haven after nightclub massacre (Orlando shooting)

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Jay Reeves and Jason Dearen The Washington Post please press: https://www.washingtonpost.com

16 June 2016

Aetna recognizes 2 employees who died in Orlando shooting (Orlando shooting)

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Morgan Haefner Becker's Hospital Review please press: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com

Anti-Transgender Campaign Aims To Gain Support By Harassing Women In Restrooms

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Zack Ford ThinkProgress please press: http://thinkprogress.org

‘Our hearts are broken, too’: Obama visits survivors of Orlando rampage (Orlando shooting)

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Katie Zezima, Ellen Nakashima, and Mark Berman The Washington Post please press: https://www.washingtonpost.com

15 June 2016

To help the victims of the Pulse shootings...

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There are many avenues that say they can help the victims of the shootings - some of them are bogus, unfortunately. One trusted site belon...

Education board votes to ignore transgender decree

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Press Huron (Mich..) Daily Tribune please press: http://www.michigansthumb.com

Judge: ACLU can intervene in District 211 transgender lawsuit

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Eric Peterson Daily Herald please press: http://www.dailyherald.com

Transgender Operations Stall in Egypt

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Heather Murdock VOA please press: http://www.voanews.com

This gym in Thailand is staffed exclusively by transgender men

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Patrick Winn PRI please press: http://www.pri.org

Omar Mateen Told Police He’d Strap Bombs to Hostages, Orlando Mayor Says

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Frances Robles and Richard Perez-Pena The New York Times please press: http://www.nytimes.com ezs note: Due to a glitch - which ...

14 June 2016

A Transgender Transition in the Workplace

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Rita Pyrillis Workforce Credit: http://www.dispatch.com/content/graphics/2013/08/01/transgender.jpg?__scale=w:660,h:727,t:1,c:fff...

For Transgender Boy, Bathroom Fight Just Silly

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Alexa Ura The Gilmer Mirror Credit: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b1/9e/c8/b19ec8c5ba3ba9e0012b006335df7b64.jpg ple...

Man sentenced to 22 to 44 years after pleading guilty to murder of transgender woman

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Chris Caesar metro Raheam Felton Credit: https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-05/19/13/enhanced/webdr02/longfo...

Pakistan's Transgender Community Mocked by Most, Abhorred by Many

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Press NBC Credit: http://dc-cdn.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/dc-Cover-ej9nhmjcemrf0s9mjhi6hpoua5-20160614130540.Medi.jpeg...

13 June 2016

For more information...

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Credit: http://www.linkcpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Important_information_logo1.png ezs note: Needless to say, (really) this...

'Rainbow vigil': Thousands turn out in Dublin to honour those killed in Orlando shooting (Ireland)

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Jason Kennedy Irish Times Credit: http://www.brilliantsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Dublin-at-Night.jpg please press: ...

What has the Orlando gunman's father said?

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Tucker Reals CBS Credit: https://heavyeditorial.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-12-at-1.jpg?quality=65&strip=al...

Orlando: Omar Mateen 'pledged loyalty to ISIL, others'

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Press Aljazeera Credit: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03039/Anbar-lions-flag_3039908b.jpg please press: http:/...

THESE ARE THE VICTIMS OF THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING IN ORLANDO

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Press ABC 11 Credit: http://spellsforall.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/q2223ghbbb.jpg please press: http://abc11.com ...

Gun dealers, the blood is on YOUR hands

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12 June 2016

What it means to be transgender in a world that doesn’t always understand

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Rachel Levine Lancaster Online Credit: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b2/d9/99/b2d999ee86cbc7588eb0cc333c57f60a.jpg p...

Laverne Cox supports government tracking of the LGBT community

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Edward Vkanty Inquisitr Credit: https://burritojustice.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/1940-census-housing-and-family.png please p...

Manitoba author explores being a transgender dad in new book (Canada)

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Press CBC News Credit: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2200615430/Trevor_headshot.JPG please press: http://www.cbc.ca ...

Connecticut Leaders React with Shock to Orlando Terror Attack

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Kathleen McWilliams, Stephen Singer, and Mara Lee Hartford Courant reactions from Connecticut... Credit: http://www.christinej...

Mass Shooting At Orlando Gay Nightclub: What We Know

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Merrit Kennedy and Emma Bowman NPR Pulse nightclub under attack Credit: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/1606120547...

11 June 2016

Many local venues have yet to implement policies with transgender people in mind

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Merriel Moyer / merrielmoyer@ldnews.com Lebanon Daily News (PA) Credit: http://www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/transgender-r...

Californians' support of transgender bathroom access in schools is growing, poll shows

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Hailey Branson-Potts / hailey.branson@latimes.com Los Angeles Times Credit: http://static-12.sinclairstoryline.com/resources/medi...

São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil

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