Texas' First Transgender Mayor Seeks Re-election

Christian McPhate
Dallas Observer

Jess Herbst

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6 people who have accused Donald Trump of cheating at golf

Charles Curtis
For The Win

LGBT Cubans seek asylum in the Netherlands

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade

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Lambda Legal, Joined By Several National Civil Rights Organizations, Delivers First Resistance “Pre-buttal” To Trump’s State of the Union Address

Shin Inouye
The Leadership Conference

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Utah - Imagine Dragons Front Man Advocates for LGBT Mormons in Film

Brady McCombs, Ryan Pearson
U.S. News and World Report

Park City, Utah

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Transgender prisoner suffers horrific head wound in attack at all-male jail (UK)

Andy Gardner
The Sun 

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Collusion - ENTIRE - Luke Harding

Donald Trump - Trump’s gripes against McCabe included wife’s politics, Comey’s ride home

Carol E. Lee
NBC News

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Poland - OUT: LGBTQ Poland by Maciek Nabrdalik review – Poles apart

Sean O'Hagan
The Guardian

Under Betsy DeVos, the Department of Education leaves transgender protections up to the schools

Grace Nash
Muckrock

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ezs note:  This is a very important document. Muckrock e-mailed all 50 Departments of Education and requested under Freedom of Information acts what states were doing - or not doing - for these transgender students regarding their rights. Please stay informed!!

Washington state - End gay conversion therapy in Washington

News Tribune editorial board
The News Tribune

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Indonesia: Transgender women in Aceh detained by police

Press
BBC News

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(video) David Cay Johnston - It's Even Worse Than You Think - Politics And Prose

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Donald Trump Is Mad at JAY-Z

Jazz Monroe
Pitchfork

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Albania - ‘Nothing comes from exclusion,’ says Surrey man who fought for LGBT rights in Albania

Bala Yogesh
Surrey Now-Leader

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Let’s delete sex-identity from birth certificates

Heath Fogg-Davis
Big Think

Conchita Wurst, in Berlin, Germany 

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California - Nurse With Transgender Expertise Helps People Live Authentic Lives

Lee Nelson
nurse.org

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Memorial service held for slain transgender woman

Matt Caron
WWLP

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Donald Trump - Trump sends letter to African leaders in wake of reportedly comparing nations to a 'dirty toilet'

Press
CNBC

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Egypt - More Arrests in Egypt’s LGBT Crackdown, but No International Outcry

Neela Ghosal
Human Rights Watch

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Across U.S., LGBTQ Christians try to change hearts and minds from the pews

Julie Compton
NBC News

Biola University

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Oregon - Oregon grants transgender inmate's request to move to women's prison

Noelle Crombie
The Oregonian

Coffee Creek Correctional Institution

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