Missouri - Stephens College's new admissions policy to include nonbinary, transgender students

Ivy Hettinger-Roberts

Missourian

Columbia, Missouri

Stephens College

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lead story - Mother works toward understanding of transgender son

Lori Zink
Des Moines Register

Marshalltown, Iowa

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Donald Trump - Trump falsely claims Mexico is paying for wall, demands taxpayer money for wall in meeting with Democrats

Damian Paletta, Erica Werner
The Washington Post

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Chile - Chile Transgender Rights Bill Signed Into Law

Michael Lavers
Georgia Voice

Santiago, Chile

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civil rights - NEW YORK CITY INTRODUCES GENDER NEUTRAL OPTION 'X' ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES

Kashmira Gander
Newsweek

New York City, NY

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Vermont - Donna Gottschalk: Vermonter who photographed gay counterculture's 'Brave, Beautiful Outlaws"

Nicole Higgins DeSmet
Burlington Free Press

Victory, VT

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lead story - The Faces Behind Transgender Troops’ Struggle for Acceptance

Jennie Rothenberg Gritz
Smithsonian.com

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Donald Trump - How Trump Got Bad at Twitter

Joanna Weiss
Politico

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Myanmar - Year End Review on LGBT rights

Nyo Me
Myanmar Times

Pyay, Myanmar

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civil rights- Snyder bans LGBT discrimination through state contracts

Jonathan Oosting
The Detroit News

Lansing, MI

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Georgia (state) - Trans inmate sues Georgia prison over violent forced haircut

Patrick Saunders
Q Magazine

Valdosta, GA

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lead story - Exclusion Barring State Employees From Transgender Surgery Coverage To Be Removed Jan. 1

Sarah Whites-Koditschek
Public Radio Wisconsin

Madison, WI

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civil rights - In Memoriam: A Tribute to the Ones We Lost in 2018

Sharee Silerio
The Root

ezs note:  In particular, we remember and mourn these -  Celine Walker, Tonya "Kita" Harvey, Phylicia Mitchell, Amia Tyrae Berryman, Sasha Wall, Nicole Hall, Nino Fortson, Antonia "Antash'a" Devine Sherrington English, Diamond Stephens, Cathalina Christina James, Keisha Wells, Sasha Garden, Dejanay Stanton, Vontashia Bell, Shantee Tucker,  Londonn Moore, Ciara Minaj Carter Frazier, and Kelly Stough - all transgender, all senselessly murdered.

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Tennessee - 3 football players in Tennessee are challenging gender-identity roles

Cyd Zeigler
Outsports

Clarksville, TN

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lead story - How to talk to transgender youth, according to experts and their parents

Julie Compton
NBC News

San Diego, CA

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Massachusetts - Transgender Bathroom Predator Myth Completely Made Up, Massachusetts Group Admits

Steve Hinkle
Instinct

Waltham, MA

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ezs note:  Uh, I think that's what they call 'lying for the Lord'...

lead story - Why Transgender Persons Bill 2018 is a healthcare nightmare for the community

Sylvia Karpagam
The News Minute

New Delhi, India

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And the winner is...

“Fear is an interesting word because I fucking hate Trump so much,” a Republican consigliere said. “I certainly wouldn’t be sorry to see him lose.”

unknown Republican

Vanity Fair

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lead story - Prayers of an Indonesian transgender

Rie Ishii
Nikkei Asian Review

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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lead story - Transgender inmate gets rare transfer to female prison

Press
WQAD

Logan County Courthouse, IL

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Apple Removes Ex-Gay App - Google Lets it Stay

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Donald Trump - Probe of Trump's charity could crash 'like a Mack Truck' into his real estate empire

Allan Smith
NBC News

ezs note:  Uh... Donald... look out...

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