01 January 2016

Top 10 Blade stories online

Kevin Naff
Washington Blade


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How the Fight for Gay Rights Changed America

Kerry Eleveld
Alternet


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please press:  http://www.alternet.org

The top stories of 2015 — Plano passes rights ordinance; Houston shoots down HERO

Press
dallasvoice.com


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The End of the Desistence Myth

Brynn Tannehill
The Huffington Post


Kenneth Zucker
Charlatan

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'We learned we were not alone'

Christine Uno
The Photo News


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Happy New Year!


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31 December 2015

Working...


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Time to show you the top 25 word labels! Here goes:

  1. transgender (duh...)
  2. gay
  3. lesbian
  4. bisexual
  5. LGBT
  6. transgender woman
  7. discrimination
  8. rights
  9. transgender people
  10. woman
  11. community
  12. people
  13. bill
  14. California
  15. gender
  16. trans
  17. new
  18. gender identity
  19. law
  20. first
  21. equality
  22. police
  23. support
  24. marriage
  25. US
Close but no cee-gar: policy

Have a happy New Year!


South Florida Water Management Protects Transgender Employees

Press
South Florida Gay News


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My Transgender Life: Not Then; Not When; the Magic of Now!

Grace Anne Stevens
The Huffington Post


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Bellevue ranked among most LGBT inclusive cities in nation

Allison DeAngelis
BellevueReporter.com


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Missouri bill would restrict locker room use by transgender students

Durrie Bouscaren
St. Louis Public Radio


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ezs note:  If you are from Missouri, please contact your legislator and tell him/her to vote NO to this idiotic bill.  Thanks. 

Gay Rapper makes new video and all the twerk models are Transgenders

Mariah Honey
examiner.com


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29 December 2015

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.  

27 December 2015

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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please press:  http://www.vox.com

26 December 2015

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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25 December 2015

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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24 December 2015

My Jewish Transgender Journey

Isabella Segal
The Jewish Chronicle Online



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please press:  http://www.thejc.com



Indiana bill targets transgender bathroom use

Associated Press
WLFI


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23 December 2015

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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please press:  http://www.cbc.ca

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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22 December 2015

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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21 December 2015

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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please press:  http://www.stuff.co.nz

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

Angy Altamirano
Metro


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19 December 2015

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


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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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