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30 May 2017

Nordic prime ministers poke fun at Trump's glowing orb photo

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Reuters AM New York Credit:  http://stmedia.stimg.co/ows_149566742261312.jpg?h=630&w=1200&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=face...

Transgender people don’t all want to look like Barbie or Ken

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Laura Erickson-Schroth and Laura A. Jacobs Salon Credit:  http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/2011/02/14/news/companies/ken_barbie_reuni...

Transgender student wins appeal in final week of school

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Cara Lombardi CT Post Credit:  https://www.mobileworldlive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/US-court.jpg please press:   http://w...

Transgender People Report More Health Problems

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Kathleen Doheny U.S. News and World Report Credit:  https://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2012/10/health_effects...

Protecting transgender people means protecting our pronouns (Canada)

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Lee Airton and Florence Ashley The Globe And Mail Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a6/d1/de/a6d1de45d5baa48bb7757f1...
29 May 2017

State Department official says Donald Trump acted like a 'loud and tacky drunk tourist' at G7 Summit (New Zealand)

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Kelly McLaughlin nzherald.co.nz Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/63/f0/5b/63f05b439118d648e8b7bc9e0b8940ae--polit...

Gay and Transgender Patients to Doctors: We’ll Tell. Just Ask.

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Jan Hoffman The New York Times Credit:  https://d3jkudlc7u70kh.cloudfront.net/doctor-facts.jpg please press:   https://www.nytim...

Hearing expected in B.C. human rights case involving transgender inmate (Canada)

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Press The Canadian Press Credit:  http://4597wq4asyz01jes8rz3yr94.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gaveljuzzztice...

MAX stabbing suspect is a white supremacist with a history of violence

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Nate Hanson KHOU.com Jeremy Joseph Christian, dickhead Credit:  https://img.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp-content/uplo...

Mercy San Juan Medical alleged to have discriminated against transgender man

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Wadi Reformado Northern California Record Mercy San Juan Medical Center Credit:  https://www.rbbinc.com/Images/Projects/MSJMC_M...

To all my US friends, happy Memorial Day!

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28 May 2017

Trump’s budget Is a blueprint for a Banana Republic-style military dictatorship

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Binta Baxter Salon Credit:  http://www.truthdig.com/images/cartoonuploads/unnamed_1.jpg please press:   http://www.salon.com ...

Transgender cadets denied commissions because of loophole

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Alex Bollinger LGBTQ Nation Credit:  http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2870008.1478938305!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/de...

LGBTQ Community Would Be ‘Hard Hit’ by Trump’s 2018 Budget

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Brooke Solepsa NBC News Credit:  http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-02-27-1456595959-4038664-trumphitlertimefaux1.jpg please...

SeniorAdvice.com explores the challenges of the aging transgender community

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Steve Lee LGBT Weekly Credit:  https://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/03/08/fashion/06TRANS-WEB/06TRANS-WEB-master675.jpg please ...

Political showdown over bathrooms has been years in the making

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Patrick Svitek and Alexa Ura The Texas Tribune Credit:  http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/46/25/66/10050986/7/920x1240.jpg please pre...
27 May 2017

Kick Donald Trump’s circus out of town

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Michael Winship Salon Credit:  https://goodolewoody.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/120511_30022_cartoon_main.jpg?w=474 please press:...

Muslim drag queen Asifa Lahore comes out as transgender

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James Besanville Gay Star News Credit:  https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/london-uk-map-pin-close-up-united-kingdom-red-travel-concep...

Man, 22, indicted in shootings of 2 transgender women, one of whom died

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Carol Robinson AL.com Credit:  http://www.thesalinepost.com/sites/default/files/articles/in%20memory.jpg please press:   http:/...

Patrick, Straus Deadlocked Over 'Bathroom Bill'

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Press KERA Credit:  https://therivardreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/010616-RR-dan-patrick-bathroom-bill-web.jpg please p...

Republican says state will balance budget by cutting transgender care

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Alex Bollinger LGBTQ Nation Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d4/ac/b5/d4acb564849864ef37ec96531542d932.jpg ...

Huntersville, North Carolina

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Credit:  http://www.lakenormanmike.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Huntersville-NC-residential.jpg ezs note:  Well, you wanna see t...
26 May 2017

Donald Trump Russia investigation: A timeline (UK)

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Dominique Heckels ITV News Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/4f/dd/9a/4fdd9a30550583651128fb2628b7cc45.jpg ple...

Legislature endangers all Texas children with ‘bathroom bill’ myopia

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Editorial Board my Statesman Backwards?  Nah... just really, really stupid. Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/origi...

Is David Duchovny's Twin Peaks Role Good for Trans Representation?

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Daniel Reynolds Advocate Credit:  https://welcometotwinpeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/welcome-to-twin-peaks-1200x628-facebook.jpg ...

IS A SEX-SPECIFIC DRESS CODE ENFORCEABLE?

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Anna Wiles Legal Solutions Blog Credit:  http://www.wickwireholm.com/Portals/0/Images/DressCodePeople.jpg please press:   http:...

Bill Would Ease Gender-ID Change for Transgender Citizens

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AP US News & World Report Credit:  https://tr2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/15/febb0a44-6e42-4434-a040-e4a0c6eeaffe/resize/77...
25 May 2017

Donald Trump Calls Germans 'Very Bad,' Vows To 'Stop' German Car Sales In U.S.: Reports

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David Tracy Jalopnik Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/51/61/ac/5161ac6c297c22155e7ada5b85e2c05a.jpg plea...

Transgender woman to run against NC Congressman George Holding

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Colin Campbell The News & Observer NC-2 (North Carolina) Credit:  https://whothehellisgeorge.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/im...

‘Transparent’ Creator Jill Soloway Comes Out As Trans And Genderqueer

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy The Forward Jill Soloway Credit:  http://ell.h-cdn.co/assets/15/04/980x490/landscape_nrm_1422130382-461469908...

Tennis has turned life around for transgender player

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Jim Buzinski Outsports Credit:  https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAnGOyKXcAIfv_J.jpg please press:   http://www.outsports.com

New legal gender recognition legislation approved by Belgium (Europe)

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Staff West Credit:  http://www.signwriting.org/belgium/belgium.gif please press:   http://www.west-info.eu
24 May 2017

Theresa May to demand answers from Donald Trump after US officials leaked photos from Manchester terror attack (UK)

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Tom Newton Dunn The Sun Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b5/de/6f/b5de6f8af9635bbd78cefd2b6b33c9f1.jpg p...

Michigan's transgender community faces poverty, bias, study shows

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Press Detroit Free Press Credit:  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/michigan/map.GIF please press:   http://www.freep...

Four facts reporters should include in stories about Texas’ pending attack on the transgender community

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Rachel Percelay Media Matters for America Credit:  https://bloggeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/201309-4-facts.jpg please pre...

Transgender teens want a safe place to just ‘BE’

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Aaron Randle News Chief St. Louis, MO Credit:  http://www.citiscapes-art.com/cities2/saint_louis/69489pi.jpg please press: ...

A Landmark Victory for Trans Rights—Under the Americans With Disabilities Act

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Kevin Barry and Jennifer Levi Slate Credit:  http://www.acacamps.org/sites/default/files/styles/interior_images/public/page_images/...
23 May 2017

Job Fair!

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Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math Error [Updated]

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Jonathan Chait New York Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a1/e4/41/a1e4417f85519d360b9705f2d1ba32ed.jpg p...

Transgender woman describes escape from harrowing violence in Chechnya

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Erin Rook LGBTQ Nation Credit:  http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/lgcolor/chechnya.gif please press:   https:/...

Sophie Labelle, Transgender Cartoonist, Has Comic Book Launch Cancelled After Threats (Canada)

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Jessica Chin Huffpost Canada See, we must silence Sophie Labelle... Credit:  https://previews.123rf.com/images/sararoom/sararoo...

Surgeons report nearly 20 percent increase in number of transgender surgeries

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Dawn Ennis LGBTQ Nation Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/12/01/27/120127c8657a9adef21263ede0464332.jpg please...

‘Pure Desperation’: Trans Woman Defends Man Who Botched ‘Back-Alley Surgery’

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Mary Emily O'Hara NBC News Credit:  https://pics.me.me/if-i-kill-you-you-dont-pay-dr-nick-riviera-160639.png please press: ...

Manchester, UK - in memoriam

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22 May 2017

Who was really the most unfairly treated president? Spoiler: It’s not Donald Trump

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Jersey City LGBT activist announces City Council run

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J. L. Gaynor Out In Jersey    Jersey City council Credit:  http://image.nj.com/home/njo-media/width620/img/hudson_voices_impact/...

Hate crimes in the city are on the rise compared to last year

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Tina Moore New York Post Credit:  http://d15h3ts9pue03r.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/hate-crimes-hand-stop-hate.jpg?x23...

Texas to pass bill banning transgender students from choosing bathrooms

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Tom Dart The Guardian Hey Stars - have you ever been thinking about  moving away from those assholes in Texas? (hint:  think no...

How my Christian faith led me to love my daughter's transgender classmate

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Yvette LaCroix Dallas News Credit:  http://diversitynewsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Coy-Mathis-smiling.jpg please p...
21 May 2017

Psychologists say calling Donald Trump a kid is an insult to kids

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Emily Shugerman Independent Credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/27/9d/40/279d4069df431158f373d03612f609d1--political...
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