17 People Who Kicked Down The Closet Door This Year (So Far)

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The Good Men Project

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For Our Communities, HIV Is Too Important to Ignore

Brent A. Wilkes and Mary Beth Maxwell
Advocate

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ezs note:  Please, if you haven't had your HIV test, or it's been some time since you've had one (one year or more) go and have one now.  You'll be glad you did!

Is It Time to Desegregate the Sexes?

Judith Shulevitz
The New York Times

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Updated: Maltese ‘patriots’ target transgender protestor with offensive remarks (Malta)

Gabriel Schembri
Malta Independent Online

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Letchworth, Hertford, UK

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Bristol Church Invites Transgender Pastor To Give Sermon

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Hartford Courant

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Treating and Preventing HIV with Trauma-Informed Care

Laurie Saloman
Contagion Live

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Wave of Violence Targets Transsexuals in Mexico (Mexico)

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teleSUR

Alessa Flores

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Transgender rights: France scraps sterilisation in status law (UK)

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BBC

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Texas Jailers Make Crude Remarks About Transgender Inmate Online

Meagan Flynn
HoustonPress

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Iowa’s first transgender high school athlete found his truth on the track

Courtney Crowder
USA Today

Cedar Falls, Iowa

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