Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia’s death penalty

Luke Ryan
Newsrep

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ezs note:  Please also see the short video.

civil rights - Education Dept. dismissing complaints from transgender students about bathroom access: report

Avery Anapol
The Hill

US Department of Education

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Delaware - Rule to protect Delaware's transgender students will not move forward

Jessica Bies
delaware online

Delaware State Capitol

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lead story - Football’s first ever transgender referee takes to the pitch – and says some will be shocked when she runs on

Corey Charlton
The Sun

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Donald Trump - This mafia style of government makes Trump a role model for all autocrats

Jonathan Freedland
The Guardian

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Georgia (country) - 'No Consideration': Death Of Transgender Woman In Georgia Prompts Health-Care Outcry From Activists

Ron Synovitz
RFE/RL

Botanic Gardens of Tblisi

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civil rights - Courts order Trump to reveal internal talks on military's transgender policy

Travis J. Tritten
Washington Examiner

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ezs note:  Yeah, the Washington Examiner tends to be a wee bit conservative.  (cue the violins)  But I did feel that this was important.  Go Judge Copperthite!

Ohio - Ohio Transgender Musical Act DreamStates Issues Statement on New "Religious Liberty Task Force"

Mike Breen
CityBeat

Akron, OH

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lead story - ‘I Don’t Feel Safe Living Here.’ After Threats From Parents, a Transgender Girl's Family Is Moving. Again.

Katie Reilly
Time

Visit lovely Achille, OK!

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Panama - The islands with a 'third gender'

BBC

Joy FM

Crab Island, Panama

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civil rights - Transgender students asked Betsy DeVos for help. Here's what happened.

Caitlin Emma
Politico

Pearland, TX

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Massachusetts - Boston Children's Hospital Constructs Penis For Transgender Man — A First In Mass.

Martha Bebinger
WBUR

Boston Children's Hospital

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lead story - Pakistan Makes Arrests After Killing, Mutilation Of Transgender Person

Press
RFE/RL

Wagah, Pakistan

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Novato, California

estimated transgender population:  325*
(rounded up)

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ezs note:  I don't know how much you enjoy Cubism and graffiti as works of art, but if you enjoy them as much as I do, perhaps it's time to visit  Novato, California and look up the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art!

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

Donald Trump - Trump Picked Fight With Vietnam Vets Over Who Better Understood What Agent Orange Was

Eric Levitz
New York Magazine

Wait... isn't that Agent Orange?

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Denmark - No Turning Back? The rich LGBT history that inspires next to zero creative works

Tess Westbrook
CPH Post

Copenhagen, Denmark

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civil rights - LGBT Rights Milestones Fast Facts

Press
KPAX

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Indiana - Indiana Youth Group opens transitional apparel room for transgender youth

Samantha Myers
WTTV

Indianapolis, IN

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lead story - After Families Disown Them, 2 Transgender Vets Share A Bond

Press
NPR

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VIDEO - Maggie Haberman - Covering the Trump White House

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Donald Trump - Trump Can't Even Honor Aretha Franklin Properly

Vann R. Newkirk II
The Atlantic

Aretha Franklin (1968)

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Lebanon - Horrifying video shows transgender woman attacked in broad daylight as bystanders do nothing

Josh Jackman
PinkNews

Beirut, Lebanon

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