Panama - Panama lawyer: Same-sex marriage benefits ‘entire society’

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade

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civil rights - LGBTQ+ activist encourages honesty and bravery

Sam Dunaway
Western Oregon University News

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Iowa - Senate expresses support for transgender, gender non-conforming students

Alex Connor
Iowa State Daily

Beardshear Hall

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Vietnamese contestant crowned queen in Thai transgender pageant

Press
Channel NewsAsia

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Stratford, Wisconsin

estimated transgender population:  9*
(rounded down)

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ezs note:  If you look very hard in your visit to Stratford, Wisconsin you might see a cougar!  Some people are afraid of these animals.  Not me.  We all live together, and we should respect them.

Kinda like people, wouldn't you say?

*Credit:  http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf

Donald Trump - Jimmy Kimmel on Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un: 'The two worst haircuts in the world'

Jake Nevins
The Guardian

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Indonesia - Indonesia is rounding up transgender women and sending them to rehab

Josh Jackman
PinkNews

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civil rights - Transgender and Intersex athletes are focus of 2018 Ryan Bioethicist-in-Residence lecture

Pete Rosenbery
SIU - Carbondale News

Chris Mosier

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Arkansas - Mike Huckabee blames "the left" for the loss of CMA Foundation board seat

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“Embracing a child when they come out as transgender can be a matter of life and death”

Hope Reese
Vox

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Donald Trump - Stormy Daniels sues Trump, says ‘hush agreement’ invalid because he never signed

Sarah Fitzpatrick
NBC News

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UK - Anti-trans activists plan ‘mass resignation’ from Labour over trans-inclusive policy

Nick Duffy
PinkNews

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civil rights - EEOC/Aimee Stephens v. R.G. & G.R Harris Funeral Homes.

United States Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit

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Washington state - Why isn't conversion therapy banned everywhere? Washington state is finally considering it

Karen Fratti
Hello Giggles

Washington (state) governors' mansion

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ezs note:  If you live in one of those states that does not have the good sense to ban "conversion therapy", call (don't e-mail) your state representative and state senator and tell them they should ditch this crackpot "theory".

More Than Half Of Transgender Teachers Surveyed Tell NPR They Are Harassed At Work

Anya Kamenetz
NPR

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Donald Trump - ‘Pure madness’: Dark days inside the White House as Trump shocks and rages

Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey
The Washington Post

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Israel - ISRAEL PLANS TO DEPORT LGBT ASYLUM SEEKERS TO RWANDA AND UGANDA

Staff
The Jerusalem Post

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civil rights - LGBT groups rally at Supreme Court against Trump nominees

Chris Johnson
Washington Blade

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North Dakota - Hair Success Salon and Spa at BLU Water Creek opens in south Fargo

Angie Wieck
West Fargo Pioneer

Fargo, North Dakota (well, kinda)

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Idaho can no longer automatically bar trans people from altering birth certificates

Nicole Blanchard
Idaho Statesman

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What Wilbur Ross gets so, so right about Donald Trump

Chris Cillizza
CNN

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We still portray transgender people as flirty and bitchy in films. Time for a retake

Tran Huong Thuy
VN Express

Vietnam

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civil rights- Will the 2020 Census Count the LGBTQ Community?

John Donovan
howstuffworks

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Arkansas - Country Music Organization Boots Homophobe Mike Huckabee Off Board of Directors

Trudy Ring
Advocate

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Daniela Vega makes Oscars history as first openly transgender presenter

Nick Romano
Entertainment Weekly

Daniela Vega

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Nine Notorious Dictators, Nine Shout-Outs From Donald Trump

Krishnadev Calamur
The Atlantic

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Nepal - Discrimination rife in Nepali society: AI

Press
The Himalayan Times

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DeVos rewrites rules for school civil rights probes

Benjamin Wermund
Politico

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North Carolina - North Carolina Transgender Congressional Candidate Wendy May Officially Files for Federal Office

Erica Hellerstein
Indy Week

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What Does the Bible Teach About Transgender People?

Jay Michaelson
Daily Beast

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Donald Trump's 'chaos' presidency is 'freaking out his own party' now more than ever before

Matt Kwong
CBC

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Barbados - Barbados police criticized for response to attack on trans activist

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade

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Officials say transgender woman should stay at men's prison

Press
WHTR

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New Jersey - Transgender pastor celebrated at renaming service

Caitlyn Mota

nj.com

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Transgender Man Can’t Challenge Indiana’s Name-Change Policy

Lorraine Bailey
Courthouse News Service

Our 'heroes', the 7th Circuit

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Bluffton, South Carolina

estimated transgender population: 110*
(rounded up)

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ezs note:  As we travel down to Bluffton, South Carolina, we come across the Secessionist Oak.  Uh, yeah.  Do us a favor, Bluffton.  Chop the damn thing down.  No one needs to be 'warmly' reminded of that vile piece of American 'history'.

*Credit:  http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf

Tunisia - Meet the Tunisian drag queen defying the odds

Chouaib Elajjaji
Open Democracy

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A transgender kitchen worker calls out Minneapolis Public Schools

Mike Mullen
CityPages

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New York - An Oscar-Nominated Transgender Director on His ‘Authentic Self’

Cara Buckley
The New York Times

Strong Island (film)

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Investigation of alleged abuse of Wilmington transgender wrestler continues

Scott Springer
Cincinnati.com

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Holy crap: The 'godly' side of Donald Trump

Lawrence Downes
Los Angeles Times

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Pakistan - Pakistan's first transgender scouts compete to attend haj in Mecca

Heba Kenso
Reuters

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TSA takes on issue of improving transgender screening

Bart Jansen
USA Today

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Transgender student sues Indiana school district for restroom access

Bailey Vogt
MetroWeekly

Hundertwasser toilets

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TV Ad Aims to Pressure Trump on Transgender Military Service

Lolita C. Baldor
NBC

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Cindy McCain Blasts Donald Trump’s Bullying On ‘The View’ After CPAC Attack

Lisa de Moraes
Deadline Hollywood

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Sweden - Transgender YouTube star Viktoria, 14, wins plaudits at Swedish gala

James Savage
The Local

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Transgender civil rights bill gets committee endorsement

Dave Solomon
Union Leader

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South Carolina - South Carolina Student Suspended For Pretending To Be Transgender To Use Girl Showers During Gym Class Is Fake News

Shawn Rice
Business 2 Community

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Transgender surgeries are on the rise, says first study of its kind

Amy Ellis Nutt
The Washington Post

sex reassignment scar on hip (FTM)

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