Congressman Mike Honda Speaks Out on Transgender 8-Year-Old Granddaughter (Video)

Matt Donnelly
The Wrap

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Mikki Nicholson: Transgender Scrabble champion killed herself by stepping in front of train after succumbing to vile taunts (UK)

Jeremy Armstrong
Mirror

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ezs note:  I don't care if you are a multizillionare or just scraping two pennies together - if you are transgender and feeling desperate, there's help out there!

Will Italian Court Decision Pave Way for Marriage Equality?

THOM SENZEE

The Huffington post

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Making Sense

Staff
The Source Weekly

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Transgender Teen Settles With State Over License Photo

MEG KINNARD

ABC

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Transgender candidate ready to run for Midvale City Council

Glen Mills

good4utah.com

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ezs note:  Perhaps you've wondered why someone else shouldn't run for town or city council.  Well... why not YOU??

Finding LGBT-competent doctors may be difficult

ANDREW M. SEAMAN
Reuters

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What Care Do Prisons Owe Transgender Inmates?

BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL
The Marshall Project

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Dr. Jill Biden to Keynote 28th Annual HRC Atlanta Gala Dinner

Staff
HRC

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Universalist Fellowship hosts speaker with transgender experience

Staff
Sequim Gazette

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Anti-LGBT Petition In Houston Found To Have Fake, Forged Names

Joe Ehrman-Dupre

newnownext

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Anti-gay protest backfires at Howard University

Rachel Kersey

New Pittsburgh Courier

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Transgender Georgia inmate testifies: ‘It’s something I was born into’

Patrick Saunders
Georgia Voice

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Talking transgender rights, experience

Chad Maxwell
The University News

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Being trans is about more than just genitals (Canada)

Rosemary Westwood
metronews.ca

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Laude camp to present 4 US Marines as witnesses today (Philippines)

Bebot Sison Jr.
The Philippine Star

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Brazil Trans Woman Disfigured in Brutal Police Beating. Warning: Disturbing Images

Laura Beck
Cosmopolitan

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Stripped naked and spat on in public for being transgender (UK)

Staff
The Herald

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ezs note:  If you have been beaten, don't let him get away - turn the a**hole in!!

TOWLEROAD'S TOP 10 MUST WATCH LGBT VIDEOS OF THE WEEK

Kyler Geoffroy
Towleroad

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Judge upholds Houston rejection of petition to refer equal-rights ordinance to voters

Press
Daily Reporter

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Opposition to Gay Conversion Therapy Grows

Bobby Blanchard
The Gilmer Mirror

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US troops banned from bars, clubs in Philippines (Taiwan)

Press
The China Post

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Guam should extend marriage equality today

James Perez Servino
Guampdn.com

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Will legalism be the death of the Christian church?

Meggan Sommerville
Chicago Now

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Honeoye Falls, New York

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Liberty City endorses Kenney and slate of council candidates

Julia Terruso

The Inquirer

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ezs note:  If you live in Philly, VOTE!

Malawi Law Targets LGBTI People

Denis LeBlanc
Erasing 76 Crimes

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Revisiting Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law

Alex Salvi

Valpolawblog

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Sex work and violence (India)

Sohaila Abdulali
Live Mint

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GLSEN Marks 2015's 'Day Of Silence' In Aid Of LGBT Youth On April 17

Staff
Bulletin Standart

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JNF Honors Anti-Gay Baptist Preacher, Calls for Respect of Homophobic Statements

Robbie Medwed
Jewschool

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Gillian Anderson is co-writing a self-help guide for women

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

A.V. Club

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Poll: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's Approval Rating Plunges After 'Religious Freedom' Law

KARYN BRUGGEMAN
National Journal

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Hillary Clinton Evolves on Gay Rights, While Others Lag Behind

ANDREW ROSENTHAL

The new york times

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House of Commons expected to break own world record for most openly gay MPs (UK)

Nick Duffy
Pink News

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Man held after hate mail stirs anger (UK)

Andy Morris

Rugby & Lutterworth Observer

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Transgender bathroom bill maybe down the drain

Garin Flowers

WTSP

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ezs note:  Floridians - you're doing great!  But please, keep it up.  If you haven't called yet, please, call your legislator and tell him to vote AGAINST this vile "bathroom bill".  Thanks!

INTERVIEW: At UN, tennis legend says human rights and sports ‘a perfect fit’ (United Nations)

Staff
UN News Centre

Billie Jean King

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GLAAD Reports Little Progress In Hollywood LGBT Representation In Its Annual Survey (UK)

 Tim Isaac 

Big Gay Picture Show

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Tigres del Norte support LGBT community with historic song

SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS 

The Washington Times

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Balancing life as a roller derby girl

 Nicole West

Richmond Confidential

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Del Mar policy changes protect transgender status

Nadia Tamez-Robledo
Corpus Christi Caller-Times

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Congresswoman Speier Urging All States To Ban Gay Conversion Therapy

Margie ShaferCBS

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Transgender Man Sues Loan Company Over Sex Bias Claim

CAIN BURDEAU

ABC

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Investigate the attack on the office of LGBTI organisation Labrys (Ghana)

William Nicholas Gomes

Spy Ghana

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ezs note:  YOU can make a difference!  Simply change the name  of William Gomes to your own, change the e-mail to yours, and double check the text to make sure it refers to you.  Then, send it out!  BTW, thank you, Mr. Gomes!

HOUSE DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE RESOLUTION AGAINST LGBT DISCRIMINATION

KYLER GEOFFROY
Towleroad

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Indiana Hires PR Firm To Rebuild Image After 'Religious Freedom' Fiasco

Amanda Terkel 
Huffington Post

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Farewell, Frank N Furter (Canada)

 JEREMY WILLARD

Daily Xtra

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Shane Ortega, First Openly Trans Active Military Soldier: “Administratively I Shouldn’t Exist, But I Do Exist”

 Evan Ross Katz

NewNowNext

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Rise in number of transgender children in Scotland (Scotland)

Judith Duffy
Herald Scotland

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