lead story - “Man Made,” a Film About Transgender Bodybuilders, Upends the Traditional Documentary Gaze

Rachel Lipstein
The New Yorker

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Donald Trump - Mueller report will be 'devastating' for the president: Frequent Trump defender

Roey Hadar
ABC News

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United Arab Emirates/UK - Birmingham University staff to boycott UAE campus after jailing of academic

David Batty
The Guardian

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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civil rights - Houston civil rights activist Ray Hill dead at age 78

Brittany Taylor, Robert Arnold
Click 2 Houston

Ray Hill (died 11-24-2018)

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Illinois - Is O’Fallon denying transgender students certain rights? The board decides to rewrite its rules.

Lexi Cortes
Belleville News-Democrat

O'Fallon, IL

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lead story - Pistons' Reggie Bullock won't let transgender sister's death be in vain

Vince Ellis
Detroit Free Press

Reggie Bullock

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Donald Trump - RNC Catches Heat For Hawking Discounted Donald Trump Merchandise On Black Friday

Lee Moran
HuffPost

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Slovakia - Thousands rally in Slovakia in support of protest organizers

Press
News 1130

Bratislava, Slovakia

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civil rights - Congresswomen, civil-rights leaders, black trans woman demand protections for Black LGBTQ community

Press
Windy City Times

Chicago, IL

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Alaska - Alaska sees first two transgender women elected to office

Julia Laude
KTUU

Fairbanks, AK

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lead story - Vigil remembers transgender lives lost to violence

Anna Merod
The Winchester Star

Winchester, VA

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Trump Cronies Find New LGBTQ Protections to Attack

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Donald Trump - Roger Stone Associate Jerome Corsi In Plea Negotiations With Mueller: Report

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HuffPost

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St. Lucia - LGBT group wants its turn to meet with government

Staff
St. Lucia News Online

Castries, St. Lucia

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civil rights - U.S. gender memo draft stirs concern in Arkansas

Kat Stromquist
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Fort Smith, AK

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Mississippi - NATIONAL TRANS AWARENESS WEEK HONORS VICTIMS OF HATE CRIMES IN MISSISSIPPI

Ashley Norwood
MPB

Jackson, MS

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lead story - Trump administration asks Supreme Court to take up military transgender ban

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CNN

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Maryland - Hagerstown community honors Transgender Day of Remembrance

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Local DVM.com

Hagerstown, MD

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lead story - Transgender: NI schools to receive detailed guidelines

Robbie Meredith
BBC News

Dunluce Castle, Northern Ireland

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VIDEO - Bill Press - THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP

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Donald Trump - Trump Fans Sink Savings Into ‘Iraqi Dinar’ Scam

Will Sommer
Daily Beast

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