The Tories are on the right side of the transgender debate (UK)

Matthew d'Ancona
The Guardian

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Long before transgender was a word, women posed as men to serve in the army

Bonnie Tsui
Los Angeles Times

drawing of Robert Shurtleff

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Mark this date: Donald Trump is now a lame-duck president

Steven Pearlstein
The Washington Post

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Pakistan's traditional third gender isn't happy with the trans movement

Mobeen Azhar
PRI

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Washington Sheriff invites transgender military members to work for his department

Fiona Keating
Independent

Washington state troopers

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Protesting Trump’s Transgender Ban

Jeremy Kidd, Janet Svatos, Christina Milano
The New York Times

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What Trump and his base get wrong about transgender Americans (Canada)

Lee Schubert
The Globe And Mail

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ezs note:  F***, Donald Trump screws up when he puts sugar in his coffee.

Congress advised it has authority to undo any transgender military ban

Bryan Bender
Politico

US Capitol

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President Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Is an Affront to the Core Tenets of the US Military

Chase Strangio
ACLU

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ezs note:  Whether you realize it or not, the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard is working for YOU. Approximately 15,000 are transgender people.   Dimwit Donald says they're not worth it.  Your signing a petition sends one more loud NO to Donald's desk.  Either look to the e-letter on the right-hand side or press the button here. I signed the petition - why not you?

The Navy Doctor Who Pushed for Trans Troops to Serve Openly Pushes Back on Trump’s Ban

Mark Joseph Stern
Slate

USNS Comfort

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Anthony Scaramucci's absolutely bananas quotes to the New Yorker, ranked

Chris Cillizza
CNN

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Transgender Chinese man wins first-of-its-kind labor discrimination case

Emily Rauhala
The Washington Post

Guiyang, China

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California Today: Military Communities Respond to Trump’s Transgender Ban

Mike McPhate
The New York Times

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The Daily Show Talks to Transgender Veterans About Trump’s Ban and Serving While Trans

Marissa Martinelli
Slate

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US Joint Chiefs blindsided by Trump's transgender ban

Barbara Starr, Zachary Cohen, and Jim Sciutto
CNN

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Transgender Air Force Staff Sergeant Slams Trump's Service Ban: He 'Is Doing This Country an Injustice'

Char Adams and Lindsay Kimble

People

Staff Sergeant Logan Ireland

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ezs note: Oh, Canada... (have you got it yet?)

Transgender Albertans say they're facing longer wait times for hormone replacement therapy (Canada)

Emily Rendell-Watson
CBC

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Canadian military tweets welcome as Trump bans transgender personnel (Canada)

Andrea Hopkins
Reuters

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ezs note:  Oh, Canada, my home and native land...  funny how that song sounds sweeter and sweeter...

Trump to reinstate US military ban on transgender people

Jeremy Diamond
CNN

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ezs note:  To all my LGBT friends who are also Trumpazoids, I'm so glad he kept his word to you.

Um... riiiiiight...

How marriage may protect transgender couples

Michigan State University
Phys.org

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Making Transgender Rights a Reality in India (India)

Jayshree Bajoria
Human Rights Watch

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Pence Working to Reverse Pentagon’s Transgender Policies

Paul McLeary
Foreign Policy

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