Transgender Job Fair Returns to MetroHealth This Weekend to Counter Ongoing Employment Discrimination

Eric Sandy
Scene & Heard

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Donald Trump goes gunning for Canada's Laughing Cow (Canada)

Mark Bonokowski
Toronto Sun

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Gay Men Sent to 'Concentration Camps' in Chechnya

Michael K. Lavers
Pridesource

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Transgenders seek welfare board (India)

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The Hans India

art in Tirupati (artist unknown)

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Texas House's top Democrat urges NFL, NBA to speak out against bathroom bills

Lauren McGaughy
Dallas News

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Michigan school's bathroom policy stigmatizes transgender students, ACLU argues

Monica Scott
mlive

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Donald Trump Has a Conflict of Interest in Turkey. Just Ask Donald Trump.

Ashley Dejean
Mother Jones

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'Able to be who he is': Transgender 11-year-old from P.E.I. shares story (Canada)

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Yahoo!

Prince Edward Island National Park

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#BeInTheKnow: National Transgender HIV Testing Day 2017

Noël Gordon
The Body

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ezs note:  Today - more than any other day - is YOUR best day to be tested.  C'mon, it only takes a few, and you'll leave with the satisfaction of knowing how to plan your life knowledgeably.

Person of interest sought by NOPD in transgender woman killing

Brian Richard
KATC.com

Leonard Ward

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ezs note: If you live in New Orleans or the surrounding area, and you see Leonard Ward, please call the NOPD Homicide Detective Joseph Jefferson at 504-658-5300.  Thanks.

A Landmark Decision for Transgender Rights in Europe

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The New York Times

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You Should Probably Stop Sharing That Donald Trump And Jesus Post

Jane Lyvynenko
BuzzFeed

For the love of money is the root of all evil.

Unless you're The Donald.  Then you're cool. - JC

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Saudi Arabia urged to probe death of transgender woman

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NY Times Rips Trump Over LGBT ‘Fallacy': He Is No ‘Champion’ of Gay, Transgender People

Brian Flood
The Wrap

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ezs note:  It's nice to think that Jared and Ivanka can persuade Donald to better rights for LGBTQ+ folks.  It's also nice to think that the sky will rain gumdrops tomorrow. C'mon, NYT - there's optimism, but then there's foolishness - and I suspect you've chosen the latter.

Former racing car driver becomes first openly transgender ballet dancer to pass Royal Academy of Dance exam (Ireland)

Shehab Khan and Helen Hoddinott
The Irish Times

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Transgender Texan students under attack: Texas youth speak out (VIDEO)

Steve Lee
LGBT Weekly

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Trump’s Easter Rant About ‘Paid’ Tax Protesters: ‘Election Is Over!’

Itay Hod
The Wrap

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Health dept wants HIV screening in Galera (Philippines)

Macon Ramos-Araneta
manilastandard.net

rock formation off Galera

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Opinion: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in the Black Church

George M. Johnson
NBC News

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A Play About a Transgender Woman Just Won Texas’ High School Theatre Competition

Daniel Villareal
Unicorn Booty

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Transgender: Allow Us To Be Us

Dusty Rader
Hartford Courant

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To all my Christian friends, Happy Easter!

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Queen Elizabeth’s carriage is too dangerous for Trump to travel in (Australia)

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How transgender dancer Jin Xing conquered Chinese TV

Alice Yan

South China Morning Post

Beijing, China

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Empathy and Spectacle in the Transgender Killing Fields: On Media Coverage of Anti-Trans Violence

Anastasia Walker
The Huffington Post

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House speaker: Gay marriage ban bill going nowhere

Laura Leslie and Matthew Burns
WRAL.com

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'Survivor' Castoff Says He Lost His Job for Outing Transgender Contestant

Jackie Strause
The Hollywood Reporter

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