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10 March 2017

Transgender Rights Activists Demand Answers After Sen. Lucio's SB6 Support

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Derick Garcia RGVproud Eddie Lucio Jr. (NOT Eddie Lucio lll (his son)) Credit: http://www.senate.texas.gov/members/d27/img/hea...

Connecticut's First Transgender Candidate for Governor Says Improving the Ecomony Her Priority

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Daniela Altimari Hartford Courant Credit: https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/0e/d6/45/capital-building-at-sunset.j...

Snubbed by one team, transgender football player feels at home at last

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Laura Yuen MPR News Credit: http://geelongsports.com/wp-content/gallery/american-football-uniforms/2014-Berwick-Diamonds-Womens-2....

09 March 2017

08 March 2017

BEN CARSON, DONALD TRUMP, AND THE MISUSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY

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Jelani Cobb The New Yorker Credit: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f3/29/ae/f329ae9e12675871b67bcad5a21610aa.jpg ...

Vancouver's Lunapads addresses neglected menstrual product needs of transgender and homeless people (Canada)

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Craig Takeuchi Straight Credit: http://cdn.agilitycms.com/naturally-savvy/Images/productreviews/Lunapads-460.jpg please press:...

City of Anna Official Reveals She is Transgender

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Homa Bash NBC-DFW 5 Credit: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/9736735.jpg please press: http://www.nbcdfw.com

Lawmakers set to consider transgender discrimination bill

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Andy Hershberger WMUR Credit: http://www.concordmonitor.com/getattachment/4ead84a0-cffb-43d5-9b50-0d086686ecc4/legislativeroundup-...

Transgender at the airport: Voices

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Hailey Melville USA Today Credit: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4s-7ue0mc9_RKkXF_qQzjeYvfMs_0shQa-Qd...

07 March 2017

Donald Trump is probably in love with me, says Arnold Schwarzenegger (UK)

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Harriet Alexander The Telegraph Credit: https://agentofhistory.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/iheart-donald.jpg please press: h...

Fears over rise of Sharia law in Malaysia as transgender florist, 27, is hacked to death, shot and mutilated... (UK)

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Julian Robinson Daily Mail Sameera Krishman Credit: http://www.thestar.com.my/~/media/online/2017/02/25/19/02/3d_gerijah_1.ash...

Weekly rally focuses on transgender students

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Press WAVE Credit: https://companiesbehavingawesomely.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/BN-GJ688_0112FR_M_20150112012801.jpg plea...

GRAPHIC VID: Transgender woman dragged from home and beaten to death in sickening attack (UK)

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Zoe Drewett Daily Star Credit: http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article9980410.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Transattack.jpg please pre...

Hundreds pack Texas Capitol for transgender bathroom debate

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Paul J. Weber The Mercury News Credit: http://az616578.vo.msecnd.net/files/2016/09/27/636105387238176414439634842_Protesters.jpg ...

06 March 2017

Connecticut, it's YOUR time!

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Credit: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/af/37/88/af37882de9a84bc8da70a7252c07219e.jpg ezs note: If you live in Co...

The dangerous rage of Donald Trump (Australia)

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Chris Cillizza The Sydney Morning Herald Credit: https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1674/25466765070_f6515217fc_b.jpg please press:...

GOP House Leaders Look to Stall Transgender Protections Bill

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Kathleen Ronayne US News & World Report Credit: https://i2.wp.com/moralmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/RepublicanCoward...

Hamilton city councillors approve a new transgender rights protocol (Canada)

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Samantha Craggs CBC Hamilton, Ontario Credit: http://www.homesinhamiltonontario.com/account/2b7e81c6291f26fe/pages/146393_3.jp...

Activists say two Pakistani transgender women beaten to death in Saudi Arabia

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Mehreen Zahra-Malik Reuters (sample) Credit: https://themuslimissue.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/saudi-arabia-jane-doe-filipino...

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Major Case on Transgender Rights

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Adam Liptak The New York Times Credit: http://www.missiontorestoreamerica.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/injustice-idiot-frui...

05 March 2017

Donald Trump: Bonkers, paranoid or trapped? (New Zealand)

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Jennifer Rubin stuff.co.nz Credit: http://media.vocativ.com/photos/2016/06/ALL-FOOTAGE.00_00_42_12.Still0021150488424.jpg plea...

Is Christian-run hospital forcing this 5-year-old transgender girl to be a boy?

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Dawn Ennis LGBTQ Nation Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/de/Oregon-Hospital-for-the-Insand-1862ad.tiff/los...

Memorial held for Sacramento transgender woman killed in New Orleans

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One Colorado supporting bills easing birth certificate changes, banning conversion therapy

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Press TheDenverChannel.com Credit: http://mustseeplaces.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/colorado.jpg please press: http://...

Life As A Transgender Intelligence Analyst

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Press NPR Credit: https://litreactor.com/sites/default/files/images/column/headers/female-spy-2.jpg please press: http://www...

Liege, Belgium

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03 March 2017

Jared Knew

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William Saletan Slate Credit: https://timnovate.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/cookie_jar.jpg please press: http://www.slate.com ...

Letter: The two side of Donald Trump

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Susan Newstat Chicago Tribune Credit: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/00/8e/72/008e72171b339f18f95e8aae60a32cc2.jpg ...

Transgender woman selected for New Zealand weightlifting team (New Zealand)

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Stephen Foote Newshub Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Weightlifting_pictogram.svg/1024px-Weightl...

Eighteen attorneys general support Virginia transgender teen

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Press WINA Credit: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/01/09/business/dealbook/dbpix-schneiderman/dbpix-schneiderman-tmagArticle....

Boy Scouts to pay $18,000, apologize to 9-year-old transgender boy thrown out of pack

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Abbott Koloff Daily Record Joe Maldonado Credit: http://i1.wp.com/peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/joe-maldonado.jpg?c...

Transgender Models Find a Home

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Alyson Krueger The New York Times Credit: http://www.wonderslist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Model-Geena-Rocero.jpg please...

02 March 2017

Here are 42 of President Donald Trump's planned EPA budget cuts

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Rob Davis The Oregonian Credit: https://cdn.ewg.org/sites/default/files/u352/EWG_Social_Apprentice_Pruitt-Quote_C01_0.jpg plea...

The World Sent Me Hate Mail About My Transgender Kid -- & Here's Why I Welcome It

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Isabel Rose cafemom Credit: http://www.etonline.com/news/2015/04/24146863/set_trans_kids_640.jpg please press: http://thesti...

Transgender student guidelines updated by NYC education department

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Alison Fox AM New York Credit: http://geology.com/state-map/maps/new-york-county-map.gif please press: http://www.amny.com ...

Apple, IBM, Microsoft back transgender teen at Supreme Court

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AP KOMONews.com Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Apple_Computer_Logo_rainbow.svg/931px-Apple_Compu...

2 Transgender Women Killed in New Orleans Within 48 Hours: Police

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Melissa Chan Time Chyna Gibson and Ciara McElveen Credit: http://askkissy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ciara-McElveen-Chyn...

01 March 2017

Donald Trump, pseudo-president: Media embraces his latest “pivot” like the proverbial drunk under a streetlight

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Chauncey DeVega Salon Credit: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/43/ca/d0/43cad03ed9b494f5ee46a7d76814329f.jpg please p...

Transgender-friendly toilets planned for 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

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Bryan Armen Graham The Guardian Tokyo, Japan Credit: http://s1.it.atcdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/6-Tokyo.jpg please ...

NOPD seeking 'vehicle of interest' in transgender woman's stabbing death

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Jed Lipinski The Times-Picayune Chyna Gibson Credit: http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/theadvocate.com/content/tncms...

Loretta Lynch talks transgender rights with ‘VICE’

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Joe Concha The Hill Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Lo...

Madrid officials impound bus with anti-transgender message (Canada)

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AP 680 News Madrid, Spain Credit: http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/136/590x/travel-activity-Madrid-Spain-nightlife-...

28 February 2017

We All Talk Like Donald Trump Now

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Katy Waldman Slate Credit: http://madmikesamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tinfoil_hat_donald.jpg please press: http:/...

Vt. Education Secretary Reaffirms State's Policy For Supporting Transgender Students

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Jane Lindholm, Ric Cengeri VPR Credit: http://static2.politico.com/dims4/default/1c352d0/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?ur...

APSU organization will host rally for transgender students

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Press Clarksville Now Credit: https://media.licdn.com/media/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAhvAAAAJDFlNWQ0Mjk3LTNlY2EtNDZmZS04NjZhLTY5YzJkMzRiZGVmOA...

It’s up to each school now to support transgender students, who only seek safety

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Jennifer M. Gess Idaho Statesman Credit: http://www.wyeelectric.com/ESW/Images/Safety_2.jpg please press: http://www.idahostat...

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