UK: Transgender man thrown out of nightclub toilet wins out-of-court settlement (UK)

Scott Roberts
Pink News

Church hosting LGBT sessions

Staff
htrnews

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Law enforcement officials are recognized for fighting hate

TAMI ABDOLLAH
KSBY

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Bruce Jenner sex change surgery set for summer: Will be lesbian after transition

Samantha Chang
Examiner

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Transgender artist's work now at Monmouth U.

Bill Canacci
app.com

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Padge Victoria Windslowe guilty: How she performed illegal butt injections to thousands of women

CHRISTOPHER KOULOURIS
scallywagandvagabond.com

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ezs note:  Y'know what? GOOD!  Ms. Winslowe may have given us all the claptrap about how "good" her "skills" were, but the only place she'll do it now is in the pen.  Rest in peace, Claudia.

U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Briefing on Workplace Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans

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Republican lawmakers want to ax transgender athletics rule

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CA won't do business with companies discriminating against trans employees

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Truth and Meaning: Silence and Selma

Jeff Liebmann
Midland Daily News

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LGBT groups mark International Women’s Day (UK)

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Glitter bomb attacks pose a health and safety risk, anti-gay lawmakers warned (UK)

Nick Duffy
Pink News

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ezs note:  You... must be kidding me...

Help Us Fight Florida's New Anti-Trans Law

Elizabeth Kiefer
Refinery29

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Limited Tickets Available for Next Week's BROADWAY BACKWARDS!

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broadwayworld.com

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TEXAS PRISON OFFICIALS FINALLY AGREE TO PROTECT TRANS INMATE WHOSE LIFE WAS IN IMMINENT DANGER

John Wright
Towleroad

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Last week, items to know about the Utah Legislature's

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Picayune Leader Gazette

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Arnsberg, Gemany

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Joe Biden Mocks Ben Carson: ‘Hard To Fathom’ Doctor’s Views On Gays

Aaron Morrison
International Business Times

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Army takes groundbreaking steps to protect transgender troops

Staff
LGBT Weekly

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Humiliated transgender sues cops (Zimbabwe)

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Planet Fitness cancels woman's membership after her complaints of transgender woman in locker room

Jessica Shepherd
mlive

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Show your papers before you pee in Florida

Chase Strangio
ACLU

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Calpernia Addams: American actress and transgender activist on changing discriminatory hearts and minds from military to Hollywood (Australia)

Peta Yoshinaga
ABC (Australia)

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Transparent’s Jeffrey Tambor awarded by Point Foundation

Rhuaridh Marr
Metroweekly

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Utah LGBT anti-discrimination bill passes 1st test

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In a first, Mumbai activist’s passport lists sex as transgender (India)

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My Transgender Life -- Where Is God?

Grace Anne Stevens
The Huffington Post

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Media is 'reinforcing sexual stereotypes' - poorly attended committee meeting told (Malta)

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Times of Malta

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Transgender community protests bathroom bill

Emily Clemons

FSU News

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Sutter: Ben Carson lives in the wrong decade

John D. Sutter
KSPR33

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HRC Commends Appointment of Benjamin Mizer as Interim Head of Civil Division at Justice Dept

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Human Rights Campaign

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Federal judge strikes down Nebraska same-sex marriage ban

BRETT WILKINS 
Digital journal

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Details of Charlotte's proposed nondiscrimination ordinance

Staff
The State

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Spoiler Alert: Full stream ahead (India)

Aniruddha Guha
Pune Mirror

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Texas Lawmaker Proposes Bills That Would Force Transgender Discrimination

Jason Toon
Vice

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EastEnders to introduce first transgender character reveals producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins (UK)

Carl Greenwood
Mirror

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Charlotte youth’s suicide prompts support, evokes emotion

Matt Comer

qnotes

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Cairo, Egypt

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South Carolina college denounces homosexuality after two volleyball players come out as gay

Marissa Payne
The Washington Post

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Eddie Redmayne as a transgender pioneer: another Oscar lock?

Craig Takeuchi

Straight

Lili Elbe

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'Black Madam' Tells Jurors She Gave Amber Rose Butt Injections

MaryClaire Dale and Kevin Pulsifer

NBC 10.com

um... this is you after receiving illegal butt injections...

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Same-sex marriage supporters file high court brief

Todd Spangler

Livingston Daily

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Facebook Adds New Suicide Prevention Tools and a Fill-in-the-Blank Gender Option

Carolyn Cox

The Mary Sue

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More than 30 ‘religious freedom’ bills threaten jobs and economy in over a dozen states

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Senate guts transgender rights bill (Canada)

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Toronto Sun

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Many LGBT homeless youth sell sex to survive on the streets, report says

Brad Knickerbocker

The Christian Science Monitor

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Transgender teen leads protest at Memorial High School

Karen Grace

KENS5

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We’re just regular people’: Documentary shines light on what it’s like to be transgender (UK)

WENCY LEUNG

The globe and mail

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This Daily Pill Virtually Eliminates The Risk Of HIV Infection, Two New Studies Confirm

ZACK FORD
thinkprogress

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ezs note:  I am cautiously optimistic regarding the use of Truvada.  It certainly wouldn't hurt.  Be aware, though, that there is a virus in Cuba which is more stubborn than the old HIV/AIDS virus.  Be safer and ask your doctor.

Life on the Line: Between Abled and Disabled

LINDSEY MOON & CHARITY NEBBE
Iowa Public Radio

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