Letter on same-sex marriage has Mormons talking, listening

Peggy Fletcher Stack
The Washington Post

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Trans male competes to be on Men's Health cover

Maria Caspani
Philly Voice

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Pentagon Expected to Lift Transgender Ban

Lolita C. Baldor
US News and World Report

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Honing vocal skills important to transgender youths

Barbara Brotman
San Antonio Express-News

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Buffalo, New York

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Fired employee sues Starwood Hotels over transgender discrimination

Press
PalmBeachPost.com

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SDCC ’15: Writing Transgender Character

Joe Glass
Bleeding Cool

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US Vice President Joe Biden praises gay activists for ‘moral courage’ and ‘physical courage’

Greg Hernandez
Gay Star News

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The Struggle for Fairness for Transgender Workers

The Editorial Board
The New York Times

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Russia's ruling party fights 'gay fever' with 'Heterosexual Flag' (United Arab Emirates)

United Press International
Big News Network

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Gloucester schools defend transgender bathroom policy

Associated Press
ABC13

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New award ceremony announced to celebrate Scotland's LGBTI Community (UK)

Press
Herald Scotland

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5 Most Absurd Quotes From Louisiana Supreme Court's Marriage Temper Tantrum

Sunnivie Brydum
The Advocate

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Carolina Beach changes town policy after lifeguard flies LGBT flag off stand

Press
WECT

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LGBT Student Bullying Protections to Be Included in ESEA Reauthorization Debate

Evie Blad

Education Week

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WV transgenders now have more freedom with driver’s licenses

Chelsea Spears
WOWKtv.com

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Conservative Baylor University drops 'homosexual acts' from misconduct code

Jon Herskovitz
Reuters

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Miss Global PH bet: I am a hermaphrodite (Philippines)

Robert R. Requintina
Tempo

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Transgender barbershop in Vancouver needs public's help to launch (Canada)

Lauren Sundstrom
Vancitybuzz

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ezs note:  If you have an extra fiver in your pocket, please help out Big Bro's Barber Shop.  It's a place to have your hair cut, just to chat, or find a good job.  It's a good place!

LGBT Community Prepares For Next Step In Gay Rights Battle

SHELBY LIN ERDMAN
wabe

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Nadia Bolz Weber: A pastor for America's outsiders (UK)

Jane Little
BBC

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Gay marriage opponents propose 2 Colorado ballot measures

Press
ABC7

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ezs note:  Coloradans - please take a moment and tell your representative to flush these stupid bills down the toilet by voting NO!  Thanks. (Oh, and e-mail or phone your friends to do the same.)

Leonard Pitts Jr.: The Girl Scouts’ inspiring example of moral courage

Leonard Pitts Jr.
The Desert Sun

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For This Transgender Third-Grader, Life As A Boy Is Liberating

Yasmeen Kahn

KUNC

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Hillary Rodham Clinton slams Republican presidential rivals

Press
Sentinel Republic

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Former Nayland student honoured by Queen for community work (New Zealand)

Charles Anderson
Nelson Mail

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59-year-old transgender politician shot dead at her Ghaziabad house (India)

Express News Service
The Indian Express

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ezs note: If you travel to or live in Ghaziabad (just next to New Delhi) please contact the police immediately!  Bring this killer to justice. Rest in peace, Daya.

Transgender members in district hail special initiative to get Aadhaar cards (India)

TNN
Times of India

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Tokyo, Japan

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Why the Girls Scouts Turned Down a $100,000 Donation

Krystal Steinmetz
Money Talks News

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ezs note:  Thank you so much!  The lives of girls and transgender girls are being made so much fuller.  To raise funds even more, click the hotbutton "Indiegogo fundraising campaign" and you will be transferred over.  Thanks! 

It May Be Getting Easier for Kids to Come Out to Their Parents

Michael Schramm
takepart.com

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ezs note:  If you are an ally, please take a moment to let your voice be heard!  Look for the little megaphone on the takepart.com blog, then press it.  It's that easy! Thanks.

U.S.-based church votes to support LGBTI Africans

Colin Stewart

Erasing 76 Crimes

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After A Mormon Contributor Objects, The Federalist Admits Its Anti-Transgender Policies

Zack Ford
Think Progress

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New App Helps Trans People Find Trans-Friendly Doctors

Heather Dockray

Good

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Bangladeshi hijras angry over gender testing for government positions

Aljazeera/AFP
Aljazeera America

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STORIES AND PORTRAITS OF SWIMMERS FEATURED IN FEARLESS: PORTRAITS OF LGBT ATHLETES

Lauren Neidigh
Swim Swam

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Some counties still not issuing licenses to same-sex couples

Associated Press
Columbia Daily Tribune

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Immigration detention center expands in Southern California

Amy Taxin
paradisepost.com

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Homosexuality an unspeakable taboo in Zimbabwe, Minister (UK)

Press
New Zimbabwe

Lessons on for Cops on Transgenders (India)

Archana Ravi

The New Indian Express

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Mormon church donates to Utah LGBT center

Press
ctpost.com

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Episcopalians to vote on allowing gay marriage in churches

Press
News-Sentinel.com

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Tales from Gay Lives (India)

Reema Moudgil

The New Indian Express

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Feds Set New Policies for LGBT Detainees

Julián Aguilar

The Texas Tribune

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Watch: How you can be a better ally to trans people (UK)

Megan Boyanton
Pink News

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Gay Army General Reflects on Supreme Court's Historic Ruling

Bryant Jordan
military.com

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ND unlikely to extend anti-discrimination protection to gays

James Macpherson
SFGate

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ezs note:  Residents of North Dakota - if you share the same residence as one of the state legislators listed above, give 'em a piece of your mind!  If they seem particularly snotty, well, you can run...

John Oliver blasts some of the most harmful myths about transgender people

German Lopez
Vox

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Mrs. & Mrs.

Annie Garau
Indiana Daily Student

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Watching Pride as a Former Evangelical

Brea Tremblay
The Daily Beast

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