Time for a little TV!

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ezs note:  Tonight at 8 pm (Eastern time), CPTV will be showing "Growing up Transgender".  Unlike commercial TV, public TV tends to vary a bit, so check what your local station might be doing.  

Creating Policies to Protect Transgender Employees

Kelly Ann Bird
New Jersey Law Journal

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Scottsdale attorney, arts activist named 2016 Diversity Champions

Press
Scottsdale Independent

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12 Biggest Wins for Equality This Year

Press
Advocate

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Palatine softball star now a transgender advocate

Burt Constable
Daily Herald

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Obamacare offers 'first step' to health care for many LGBT people

Naseem S. Miller
Orlando Sentinel

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Ted Cruz says federal government wants boys and girls to share showers

W. Gardner Selby
Austin American-Statesman

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Trans People Won't Be Equal While We're Treated Like Children (UK)

Sarah Brown
The Huffington Post UK

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Transgender sex workers are mistreated by the institutions that are supposed to help them

Emily Crockett
Vox

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A mother reacts to a transgender son

Stephanie Wang
IndyStar

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Morecambe pub apologises after transgender row with music duo (UK)

Press
Lancaster Guardian

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Minds opened, closed from trans student's story

Noell Dickmann
thenorthwestern.com

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Transgender welfare board, approved a year ago, remains on paper (India)

Mehul R. Thakkar
The Asian Age

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Tragic true story of 1920s transgender artist who inspired Eddie Redmayne's Danish Girl (UK)

Tom Parry
Mirror

Lili Elbe

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To my African-American friends, happy Kwanzaa!

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To my friends in the UK, happy Boxing Day!

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Transgender woman sues gym over changing-room use (Japan)

Press
The Japan Times

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To my Christian friends, Merry Christmas!

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My Jewish Transgender Journey

Isabella Segal
The Jewish Chronicle Online

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Indiana bill targets transgender bathroom use

Associated Press
WLFI

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Transgender people still struggling to be heard (Canada)

Morgane Oger
The Globe And Mail

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Volleyball Nova Scotia shows 'resounding support' for transgender athletes (Canada)

Press
CBCNews

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Ten Years of Christmas as a Transgender Woman

Stephanie Mott
The Huffington Post

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State's Top Court Will Review Transgender Man's Parental Rights Claim

Press
WBAL

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Transgender

Zoe Dolan
The Huffington Post

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Another California effort targeting transgender bathroom rights stalls

Christopher Cadelago
Sacramento Bee

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Transgender Muslims Find a Home for Prayer in Indonesia

Jon Emont
The New York Times

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Bill would let businesses shun gays, transgenders

Maggie Shepard
Albuquerque Journal

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ezs journal:  Gee, it must be happenstance that New Mexico's idiot bill came out of Roswell,  wouldn't it? (Don't believe me?  See the article.)  If you are a New Mexico resident, please e-mail your state senator or representative and say NO to the looney HB 55.  Thanks.

Taranaki mum learns her child is transgender via Facebook (New Zealand)

Taryn Utiger
Taranaki Daily News

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New detailed guidelines strengthen protection for transgendered (sic) New Yorkers

Angy Altamirano
Metro

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Transgender teen chooses prom night to appear in public as woman for first time (UK)

Sarah Francis
The Mirror

 

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Really, really heavy baggage

Renate Hartman
timesunion

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Albany County school district drafts policies for transgender students

Press
The Republic

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NYPD names suspect in Jax Hgts transgender beating

Bill Parry
Times Ledger

Tomas Rivera

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ezs note: It's good that the suspect has been identified.  If you see him, do NOT encounter him - rather, call the NYPD at 800-577-TIPS. Thanks.

Transgender Oregon student wages lonely battle to use boys' locker room

Casey Parks
The Oregonian

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Berlin politician Berndt Krömer says transgender people may not be 'medically fit' to join city's police (UK)

Peter Yeung
Independent

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MacClenny, Florida

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My Voice: Transgender kids just want fair treatment

Elizabeth A. Skarkin
Argus Leader

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Man convicted in transgender woman's murder sentenced to life in prison

Kim Leoffler
KLTV

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Court: Transgender Inmate In Arkansas Cannot Sue Prison

Steve Barnes
Times Record

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Atlanta leads on transgender rights

Jillian T. Weiss
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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SENATOR VITALE STATEMENT ON OVERRIDE VOTE OF BILL FOR TRANSGENDER NEW JERSEYANS

Trish Graber
PolitickerNJ

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Review: 'The Danish Girl' plays it safe with transgender topic

Bill Goodykoontz
The Arizona Republic

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For transgenders, another House, another pvt member’s bill (India)

Abantika Ghosh
The Indian Express

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Meet The Muxes: Mexican Indigenous Community Where Transsexuals, Transgenders Are Celebrated Since Birth

Janel Saldana
Latin Times

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Beauty queen axed for being transgender (New Zealand)

Press
nzherald.co.nz

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Why transgender inclusion is a Jewish imperative

Idit Klein, Yechiel Hoffman and B. Andrew Zelermyer
Jewish Journal

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Transgender model was ’70s face of Clairol

Press
WTVR

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The Quiet End To The World’s Most Prominent Reparative Therapy Clinic For Transgender Youth

Zack Ford
ThinkProgress

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A Story Of Radical Love And Acceptance In ‘The Pearl Of Africa’ (Uganda)

Josephine Opar
OkayAfrica

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