lead story - Pistons’ Reggie Bullock to transgender community: ‘I see y’all as people that I love’

Malika Andrews
Chicago Tribune

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Wheatland, Pennsylvania

estimated transgender population:  3*
(rounded down)

Wheatland, PA

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 ezs note:  Wheatland, Pennsylvania is just a tiny little town, so not much goes on here.  However, in 1985, an F5 tornado ripped through the town.  There's no such as a larger tornado - F5 is as big as it gets.  Let's hope they don't see that again.

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

Donald Trump - What life is like for Paul Manafort in jail

Katelyn Polantz
CNN

Ah, paradise!  (for all of us, not him)

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Mexico/USA - Transgender Mexican woman in Georgia wins asylum after legal battle

Jeremy Redmon
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

El caballito de Tolsá, Mexico

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civil rights - City commission works toward raising LGBT score

Nicole Roberts
News Tribune

Jefferson City, MO

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Wisconsin - Froedtert Health and Medical College of Wisconsin to open clinic that focuses on LGBTQ community

Guy Boulton
Journal Sentinel

Wauwatosa, WI

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lead story - Trump Administration Loses Another Ruling on Transgender Military Ban

David Boddiger
Splinter

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Donald Trump - DONALD ​TRUMP SAYS HE CAN SEND ‘25 MILLION MEXICANS’ TO SHINZO ABE AND HE’D ‘BE OUT OF OFFICE’: REPORT

Jessica Kwong
Newsweek

Um... that's interesting, Donald... (or you're REALLY fucking nuts)

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Guatemala - Forced to flee her home, trans activist calls for tolerance

Michelle Hoffman, Alex St-Denis
UNHCR

Guatemalan real coin (pron. ray-AL)

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civil rights - EXCLUSIVE: LGBTQ Federal Employees Confronted Betsy DeVos Last Year

Rebecca Klein
HuffPost

Betsy DeVos

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Massachusetts - Transgender Inmate's Discrimination Suit Can Move Forward

Press
US News & World Report

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lead story - Model Munroe Bergdorf Is Beating The Odds As A Transgender Woman Of Color

Blair Raynor
HuffPost

detail of the Bayeux Tapestry (1066)

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Donald Trump - New York attorney general sues Trump Foundation

Chris Isidore, Melanie Schuman
CNN

Gee, Donald, I told ya you should have stayed in Singapore!  😁

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Thailand - Thai transgender women share their truths about social acceptance

Annie Kuo
International Examiner

Angkor, Thailand

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civil rights - Guest column: Despite DOJ, court rules transgender discrimination violates federal law

Rob Ratton
Memphis Business Journal

Department of Justice headquarters

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Idaho - Boise Pride Fest chooses the mainstream

Anne Wallace Allen
Idaho Statesman

Owyhee Mountains, Idaho

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lead story - China’s transgender people ‘step forward’ from the shadows

Agence France-Presse
South China Morning Post

Along the River During the Qingming Festival, Bianjing

Abt. 12th century CE

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Donald Trump - Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen likely to cooperate as his attorneys leave case, sources say

George Stephanopoulos
ABC

Michael Cohen (on right - and down)

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Lebanon - Beirut Pride Was Forcibly Canceled. Lebanon’s LGBTQ Community Remains Undeterred.

Trey Strange
HuffPost

Beirut, Lebanon

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civil rights - HRC Statement on American Medical Association Endorsement of Two LGBTQ-Inclusive Policies

Nick Morrow
HRC

HRC building, Washington DC

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Nevada - CCSD to hold public meeting on policy to address needs of transgender students

Philip Moyer
3 News (NBC)

Clark County, NV

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lead story - 120 House Democrats hit ‘flawed’ science in Pentagon’s plan limiting transgender people in military

Joe Davidson
The Washington Post

Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA)

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Donald Trump - The Eight Weirdest Moments of a Very Weird Summit

Yasmeen Serhan
The Atlantic

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Maldives - 'Serious deterioration’ of human rights in Maldives

Press
Maldives Independent

Malé, Maldives

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civil rights - Republicans are essential to winning full LGBT freedom

Margaret Hoover, Tyler Deaton
CNN

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Oklahoma/California - California bans state workers from traveling to yet another state

Adam Ashton
Sacramento Bee

Tallgrass Prairie Nature Preserve, Oklahoma

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lead story - As a transgender female I have been bullied and harassed. This ends now

Melissa Griffiths
The Guardian

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