Durham asked to support transgender rights

Nicole Anderson / nanderson@seacoastonline.com
fosters.com

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How I Started The Only Clinic For Transgender Kids and Teens in Texas

Hannah Smothers

Cosmopolitan

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Mayor: Proposed religious freedom bill runs counter to King's dream

Daniel J. Chacon / dchacon@sfnewmexican.com
The New Mexican

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Transgender auto mechanic’s sex bias case reinstated

Judy Greenwald / jgreenwald@BusinessInsurance.com
Business Insurance

Austell, Georgia

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Five Suggestions to Create a Transgender-Inclusive Workplace

Taylor E. Whitten / twhitten@foley.com
The National Law Review

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India must strengthen planned law to protect transgender people, says rights group (Australia)

Press
Daily Life

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Washington State Lawmakers: Transgender People’s Bodies Are ‘Security Concerns’

Zack Ford
Think Progress

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Downtown: Artist starts with empowerment

Megan Doyle
Concord Monitor

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Speakers at King rally: Much work left to be done

Janet I. Tu
The Seattle Times

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LGB and not the T: Who will be protected in Indiana?

Alexis Moberger
WLFI

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ezs note:  Indiana people - if you are transgender or a friend, and are acquainted with your state senator or representative, meet them personally.  Not to protest or anything - just to let him/her that there is there is a transgender person in their district and not on Mars somewhere.  Granted, there are a few dingbats out there, but the majority are simply unaware.

Literary Community Mourns Trans Writer Bryn Kelly

Cleis Abeni
Advocate

Bryn Kelly

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ezs note:  Rest in peace, Ms. Kelly...

If you are feeling signs of despair, please call one of the numbers below.  It's not too late.  It's never too late.

The Trevor Project  1-866-488-7386  (24 and below)

Trans Lifeline  1-877-565-8860  (trans-specific)

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline  1-800-273-8255 (general help)  

Transgender people ‘treated appallingly’, says Basingstoke MP (UK)

Christian Wilson / christian@taylornewspapers.co.uk
Basingstoke Observer

MP Maria Miller

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Shuttered Metropolitan a church for its time

Richard Ecke
Great Falls Tribune

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Designing the Dreams and Photographing the Realities of Cape Town's Transgender Sex Workers

Gabrielle Bruney / gabrielle.bruney@vice.com
vice.com

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Wake County transgender students want school bathroom choice

T. Keung Hui / khui@newsobserver.com
The News & Observer

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The Danish Girl – a poignant, beautiful, genuine look at the life of transgender pioneer Lili Elbe (UK)

Alice Broster
ForgePress

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New Louisiana governor is off to a volatile start

Richard Fausset and Jeremy Alford
The Boston Globe

Gov. John Bel Edwards

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George County street gang member indicted in transgender teen's death

Press
gulf live

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ezs note:  Yay!  To those still out there, you might as well give up - you WILL be caught.

Two German transgender women 'are stoned in the street' by a gang of three North African teenagers in Dortmund who said 'such people' should be killed (UK)

Tom Wyke 

Daily Mail

Dortmund, Germany

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Flemington, New Jersey

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Kansas gay rights bill sparks debate in legislative committee

Peter Hancock
Shawnee News

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Policy aims to help transgender students at PHS

Jeff McMenemy
Seacoastonline.com

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In First, Lebanese Court Rules Transgender Man May Be Officially Recognized as Male (Israel)

Press
Haaretz

Beirut, Lebanon

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University of Victoria announces world's first chair of transgender studies (Canada)

Staff
The Chronicle Journal

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Transgender student gains locker room access at Fremd High School today

Eric Peterson
Daily Herald

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Charlie Craggs: As a transgender female I shouldn't be afraid to be myself (UK)

Charlie Craggs
itv

Charlie Craggs

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EDITORIAL: Opponents Should Take Break Over Transgender Bathroom Debate

Staff
The Capitol News

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PRECIOUS DAVIS WILL BE THE FIRST TRANSGENDER BRIDE ON "SAY YES TO THE DRESS"

Sandra Song
Paper

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Transgender mag a hit at fair (India)

Press
The Times of India

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Virginia Bill Would Charge Transgender Students At The Bathroom Door

Zack Ford
ThinkProgress

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Why Share Our Story?

Janna Barkin
The Huffington Post

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Small mercy: Kerala sets up India's first justice board for transgenders (India)

Vishakh Unnikrishnan
catch news

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D.C. police add ‘Bisexual and Transgender’ to name of liaison unit

Martin Weil
The Washington Post

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Bowie an enduring role model to young trans people

Azure Gilman
Aljazzera America

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ezs note:  Rest in peace, David Bowie...

'The Danish Girl' Banned In Qatar Over The Supposed ‘Moral Depravity’ Of Its Transgender Themes

Tim Isaac
Big Gay Picture Show

Doha, Qatar

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Ben Carson: 'Abnormal' LGBT People Shouldn't Get 'Extra Rights'

Miranda Blue
Right Wing Watch

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Transgender scholar C. Riley Snorton to speak on ‘Jorgensen’s Shadows’

Joan Brasher
Vanderbilt University

C. Riley Snorton

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Lawsuit dismissed against Planet Fitness for transgender-friendly locker room policy

Bob Johnson
mlive.com

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ezs note:  Good!  I'm glad to see that this judge threw this daffy woman's suit out of his court.  

Seattle Times Reporter Echoes Bogus Attack On Transgender Bathroom Access

Rachel Perceley
Media Matters for America

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BRIAN HOWEY: A time for Gov. Pence to lead

Brian Howey
nwi.com

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At least 10 transgender children living in Northern Ireland say they are living in the wrong body (Northern Ireland)

Jilly Beattie
Belfast Live

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Heard on Beacon Hill

Press
The Sun

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Legislative Issues Set To Include Abortion, Ethics And Hemp

Press
KELO

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ezs note:  South Dakotans - It's listed about halfway down, but moronic legislators are trying to force transgender students to use their biological bathroom in school, no matter how uncomfortable it makes them.  Tell your legislators to say NO to this idiotic bill.  Oh, and turn Reps. Fred Deutsch and Jim Bolin out on their ear in November!

Region’s pro sports teams to back transgender bill

David Scharfenberg
The Boston Globe

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‘Mahu’ demonstrate Hawaii’s shifting attitudes toward LGBT life

Jon Letman
Aljazeera America

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Auckland Grammar responds to gay and transgender students' concerns (New Zealand)

Press
stuff.co.nz

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Religious right targets St. Paul charter school over transgender inclusive policies

Andy Birkey
column

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Davina Ayrton: transgender woman raped teen girl before transition, sentenced to men's prison

Aaron Homer
The Inquisitr

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ezs note:  All around the world, transgender men and women are simply trying to get on with their lives.  They don't need this crap.  Granted, Ayrton had a troubled life, but she deserved to be JAILED for her actions.

Changing perceptions through social media (Thailand)

Corry Elyda
The Nation (Thailand)

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