First transgender recruit signs up to join US military

Ryan Browne'
CNN

Drill instructor, USMC

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Donald Trump Fundraises Off Parkland Shooting Tragedy, Touts His ‘Safer Schools’

Mary Papenfuss
HuffPost

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Cayman Islands - UK endorsing oppression of LGBTIs, says activist

Press
Cayman News Service

Cayman Islands National Museum

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Transgender students deserve federal protection

Thomas Ballard
The Signal

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New Mexico - Man indicted in 2009 slaying of Navajo woman

Elise Kaplan
Albuquerque Journal

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Dear cretinous vermin:  It may take a day, or it may take eight or more years.  But you will be hunted down and captured.

Thank you, Albuquerque Police Department, for your diligence.

‘We’re Already Here’: A Renewed Transgender Ban Would Kill This Seasoned Army Grunt’s Long Career

Jeff Schogol
Task & Purpose

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15 Claims From Donald Trump’s Speech to Conservatives, Fact Checked

Linda Qiu
The New York Times

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South Africa - South Africa: Intersextion - an Exhibition Steeped in Transgender Sex Work

Thabo Twala
allAfrica / the Journalist

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McMaster could leave WH after months of tension with Trump

Barbara Starr, Zachary Cohen, Elise Labott, Kaitlan Collins, Jamie Gangel
CNN

H.R. McMaster

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Georgia - Georgia Department of Corrections has first openly transgender employee

Elizabeth Friedly
Georgia Voice

Rogers State Prison, Reidsville, GA

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A Brief Conversation With a Transgender Conservative at CPAC

Osita Nwanevu
Slate

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Indio, California

estimated transgender population:  513*
(rounded down)

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ezs note:  Well, this place is too hot for me... (way too hot) ... but for sun lovers, Indio, California may be the place for you to be!

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Donald Trump stokes a totally false idea on the 2nd Amendment in CPAC speech

Chris Cillizza
CNN

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Bermuda - Bermuda’s Same-Sex Marriage Reversal Sparks Fears Others Will Follow

Emma Farge
HuffPost

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Urgent action needed to end anti-LGBTQ violence | Opinion

Chad Griffin, Kristin Clarke
The Inquirer

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Michigan - Lansing poet Eric Crosley brings a collaborative experience to the Robin Theatre

Skyler Ashley
Citypulse

Lansing, MI (state capitol)

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Let Transgender Americans Continue to Serve in the Military

The Editors
The New York Times

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Donald Trump - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III

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New Zealand - Pacific dance show pushes cultural boundaries

Sela Jane Hopgood
RNZ

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Rally supports trans woman allegedly called ‘freak’ by city worker

Julia Cheever, Keith Burbank
SF News

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North Carolina - HRC Triangle Partners with North Carolina NAACP for Moral March

Press
HRC

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What happened in my small town when my transgender daughter transitioned

Luchina Fisher
ABC

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