Nearly 30 compete to become first 'Miss Trans Israel' in transgender beauty pageant

Isaac Scharf and Alon Bernstein
US News and World Report

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22-Year-Old Transgender Woman Dies After Ingesting 'Suicide Seeds' Purchased Online for $5: 'I Watched My Kid Die,' Says Mom

Rose Minutaglio
People

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ezs note:  Friends, please remember that there is help out there!  One thing you can do is to see a reputable psychologist or psychiatrist.  For more immediate help, call National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or use the website at www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

Woman charged with fatally stabbing former N.J. transgender woman

Michelle Caffrey / mcaffrey@njadvancemedia.com
nj.com

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ezs note:  Justice has been served.  My sincere condolences go out to Maya's family and friends.

South Dakota governor vetoes transgender bathroom bill

Press
WDAY 6

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BREAKING: KFC apologizes to transgender woman, offers her a job, fires manager

Brad Kutner
LGBTQ Nation

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Rule on Transgender Athletes Amended in Texas

Associated Press
The New York Times

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Transgender Muslims in fear after school shutdown

Bambang Muryanto
Jakarta Post

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JSD to consider policies regarding transgender students

Melissa Griffiths
Juneau Empire

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JNU could give five points to transgender applicants under new entrance policy (India)

Press
Daily Mail India

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BBC3 documentary looks at the UK’s Miss Transgender pageant (UK)

Ross Semple
Gay Times

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Transgender support rally scheduled for downtown on Sunday

Press
Rapid City Journal

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Transgender teen’s twin, father promote inclusion

Lauren Abbate

Portland Press Herald

Nicole Maines, second from left

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Mya Taylor Just Became The First Transgender Actress To Win A Major Film Award

Matthew Jacobs
The Huffington Post

Mya Taylor

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Caitlyn Jenner Launches Lipstick With MAC for AIDS Fund Transgender Initiative

Julianne Carrell
Glamour

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Transgender woman has fast food job offer pulled due to bathroom questions

Press
WCMH

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Trenton, New Jersey

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NBC Philadelphia Demonstrates Journalistic Excellence With Coverage Of Most Recent Transgender Homicide

Erin Fitzgerald
Media Matters for America

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Transgender actress Shakina Nayfack joins 'Difficult People'

Danielle Zhu
Entertainment Weekly

Shakina Nayfack

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"Truly stunning" findings on transgender kids' mental health

Press
CBS

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THE LESSONS AND LUNACIES OF CHARLOTTE’S VICTORY FOR LGBT EQUALITY

Marcus Patrick Ellsworth
MTV

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Transgender Oscar Nominee Anohni Writes Powerful Boycott Letter

Zack Sharf
Indiewire

Anohni

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Oklahoma City man arrested of sexual assault involving transgender female

Joey Stipak
KFOR

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SHOTS FIRED: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY COMES OUT AGAINST TRANSGENDER RESTROOMS

Daniel Villareal
Unicorn Booty

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Germantown honors memory of murdered transgendered (sic) woman

Press
The Sentinel Newspapers

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Pastor Tells 'Daily Show' That 'Jungle Fever' Made LGBT Group Target His Church

Curtis M. Wong
The Huffington Post

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Franklin Graham Says Charlotte Transgender Bathroom Bill Is 'Wicked, Filthy'

Anugrah Kumar
Christian Post

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State settles suit filed by transgender inmate paroled for Fullerton killing, pays nearly $500,000 in legal fees

Press
The Orange County Register

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Andrea Bowers Fights for Transgender Icons in New Chelsea Show

Ben Davis
Artnet News

Courtroom Drawings, Andrea Bowers

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Transgender activist sues state over refusal to change gender on birth certificate

Bryan Lowry / blowry@wichitaeagle.com
Wichita Eagle

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Transgender Woman Stabbed to Death in Frankford

Vince Lattanzio
NBC10

Maya Young

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ezs note:  Please help justice to Maya Young!  If you live or travel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (Frankford neighborhood) and you have any information, please call the police at 212-686-TIPS. Thanks.

Daugaard: Transgender meeting 'helped me see things through their eyes'

Dana Ferguson / dferguson@argusleader.com
Argus Leader

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MORE CRAP!!

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Transgender rights targeted in twice as many bills this year versus 2015 – report (UK)

Molly Redden
The Guardian

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The first day of her real life

Al Sullivan / asullivan@hudsonreporter.com
Hudson Reporter

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Tokyo cops conclude dogs mauled transgender man’s face after suicide (Japan)

Staff
The Tokyo Reporter

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Tokyo, Japan

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ezs note:  Suicide among transgender people isn't just common in the US - it's worldwide!  In Japan, you can find help through Befrienders International at the following locations:  Aichi, Kumano, Miyazaki, Iwate, Osaka, or Tokyo.  (all times are Japan Standard Time)  Thanks.

Hard-liners inspect transgender Islamic school in Indonesia (Singapore)

Press
asiaone

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Black Market Hormones a Hurdle for Thai Transgender People (Cambodia)

Delphine Thouvenot and Ju Apilaporn
Khmer Times

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Pastor Redefines 'Church' For Transgender Youth

Stina Sieg
NPR

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Church Leader Suggests Catholics Spurn Girl Scouts, Find Alternatives

Dawn Ennis
Advocate

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My transgender daughter should not have to use the men's restroom (New Zealand)

Tucker Fitzgerald
stuff.co.nz

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Wisconsin mother becomes LGBT activist after transgender son’s suicide

Max Gorden
khon

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'Contorted' route to get transgender help in Wales (UK/Wales)

Press
BBC

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India’s first transgender modelling agency might expand to Uttarakhand (India)

Shivani Saxema

The Times of India

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Kristiansand, Norway

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Discriminatory “Religious Liberty Accommodations Act” Passes Mississippi House

Ianthe Metzger
HRC

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Pakistan: Guarantee the physical and psychological integrity of the transgender community (Ghana)

William Nicholas Gomes
News Ghana

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Viral Voguer Brendan Jordan Comes Out as Gender Fluid

Emma Sarran Webster
Teen Vogue

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TRANSGENDER PROFESSOR AND ACTIVIST TO GIVE PRESENTATION AT CLARION

Press
Clarion University

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CIA Has Dedicated Program to Recruit Transgender Individuals

Elizabeth Harrington / elizabeth@freebeacon.com
The Washington Free Beacon

(sorry... I couldn't resist...)

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Just Because I'm Transgender Doesn't Mean I'm Brave

Bethany Grace Howe
The Huffington Post

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