civil rights - Missouri Supreme Court hears Blue Springs transgender student case on bathroom rights

Katy Bergen
The Kansas City Star.

Missouri Supreme Court

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Vermont - Senate advances gender-neutral bathroom bill

Mike Faher
VTDigger

Vermont state Senate (interior)

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lead article - MetroHealth Hosting Annual Free Transgender Job Fair

BJ Colangelo
CleveScene

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Donald Trump - Donald Trump Just Suggested To His Own Veterans Affairs Nominee That He Drop Out

Ryan Teague Beckwith
Time

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Ghana - Accommodate homosexuals – Theresa May to Akufo-Addo, others

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GhanaWeb

Accra, Ghana

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civil rights - Senators, Representative and Civil Rights Leaders: Duncan Unfit for Lifetime Appointment as Federal Judge

Shin Inouye
civilrights.org

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Arizona - This Arizona clinic has become a hub for transgender youth

Rafaella Gunz
Gay Star News

Tucson, Arizona

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lead story - Pakistan launches first school for transgender people

Chloe Chaplain
Evening Standard.

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Donald Trump - Ivana Trump doesn't think Donald should run for re-election

Maegan Vazquez
CNN

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ezs note:  Oh, Donald, please listen to your wife. No matter what the reason she ostensibly gives, we'd be better off without you - much, much better. 

Colombia - 'Culture is power': the Colombian sex workers who launched a newspaper

Steven Grattan
The Guardian

scene in Colombia

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civil rights - Trump to Reverse Obama Administration Healthcare Protections for Trans Patients

BJ Colangelo
Cleveland Scene

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Illinois - Briefs filed to support transgender student's lawsuit

Press
Daily Herald

Palatine, IL

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lead story - Transgender candidate for Nevada Assembly eyes history

Ramona Giwargis
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Spring Valley, Nevada

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lead story - How Trump’s Trans Military Ban Backfired. Spectacularly.

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

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Donald Trump - Trump attacks New York Times journalist over Michael Cohen article

Lauren Gambino
The Guardian

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Kenya - President Kenyatta says gay rights 'of no importance' in Kenya

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Daily Nation

Maasai people, Kenya

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civil rights - Paul Weiss Sponsors Play About Civil Rights Trailblazer

Meghan Tribe
The American Lawyer

Yale University

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Montana - Coalition Launches Campaign Against Bathroom Use Initiative

Eric Tegethoff
Public News Service

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ezs note: Montanans - Hey, it's great that you'll be voting for your member of Congress in November (um... you will remember that one, won't you?) but don't forget to vote NO on I-183.  Thanks!  

lead story - Film Review: ‘Anything’

Nick Schager
Variety

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Hamburg, Michigan

Hamburg, Michigan

estimated transgender population: 123*
(rounded up)

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ezs note:  Hamburg Township, Michigan!  Yeah, I know, I know, I could've made a clever pun out of this one... but I took the high road!  

*Credit:  http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf

Donald Trump - DONALD TRUMP IS OBSESSED WITH THE PEE TAPE

Tina Nguyen
Vanity Fair

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Nepal - Letter to Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli

Brad Adams
Human Rights Watch

Nepal temple

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