Homosexuality an unspeakable taboo in Zimbabwe, Minister (UK)

Press
New Zimbabwe

Lessons on for Cops on Transgenders (India)

Archana Ravi

The New Indian Express

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Mormon church donates to Utah LGBT center

Press
ctpost.com

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Episcopalians to vote on allowing gay marriage in churches

Press
News-Sentinel.com

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Tales from Gay Lives (India)

Reema Moudgil

The New Indian Express

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Feds Set New Policies for LGBT Detainees

Julián Aguilar

The Texas Tribune

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Watch: How you can be a better ally to trans people (UK)

Megan Boyanton
Pink News

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Gay Army General Reflects on Supreme Court's Historic Ruling

Bryant Jordan
military.com

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ND unlikely to extend anti-discrimination protection to gays

James Macpherson
SFGate

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ezs note:  Residents of North Dakota - if you share the same residence as one of the state legislators listed above, give 'em a piece of your mind!  If they seem particularly snotty, well, you can run...

John Oliver blasts some of the most harmful myths about transgender people

German Lopez
Vox

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Mrs. & Mrs.

Annie Garau
Indiana Daily Student

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Watching Pride as a Former Evangelical

Brea Tremblay
The Daily Beast

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Istanbul Police Use Water Cannon, Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas on LGBT Marchers

Ashley Fantz, Gul Tuysuz and Arwa Damon
FOX2

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For Mennonites, Question Of LGBT Membership Yields Few Easy Answers

Emily Reddy
KUNC

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54 Black LGBT Personalities Express Their Sentiments Over Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Passing

Waddie G.
The G-list

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Gay rights advocates set to take on bias in jobs, housing

Erik Eckholm
The Boston Globe

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Walkertown, North Carolina

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Like to do a little light reading?

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please press:  Supreme Court of the United States decision

ezs note:  For most of you, yesterday's decision was a happy one, but one which you needn't pore over the minutiae. Life's happy, so why bother?  But for geeks and geekettes like me, it is worth it.  And, really, you should give it a good read, both majority opinion and dissent.  This is our Magna Carta.  This is our Declaration of Independence. This is our Gettysburg Address. This is our Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Read it, and read it with pride.

ALL 50 STATES!!! HOORAY!!!

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ezs note:  Think about that.  Every lesbian.  Every gay.  Every bisexual. Every transgender.

We are all equal now!!!

And there is nothing that dingbat Scalia can do about it now!!!

Thank you, friends.

Continuance granted in murder case against man accused in transgender woman's death

Ashley Slayton
KPLC

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Bangkok University introduces gender-inclusive uniform policy

Tanaz Ahmed
USA Today

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Augusta Pride Charts Progress, Growth

Renetta DuBose
WJBF.com

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Anchorage LGBT flag vandalized for third time in year

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KTOO

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Obama Tells Off White House Heckler During LGBT Pride Reception — Video

Christopher Rogers
Hollywood Life

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Report Finds Transgender Students In New York Face Harassment

Maya Rhodan
TIME

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HIV-Positive Transgender Women Going Without Medications, Basic Needs

Jacqueline Gray
MD

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ezs note:  Pleeease... get tested, and, if positive, take your medication regularly.  And eat three nutritious meals daily. Even though we've never met, I care about you!

Transgender troops attending White House LGBT Pride event

Press
Air Force Times Flightlines

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Caroline 'Tula' Cossey, Who Became Playboy's First Transgender Model, Looks Back

Curtis M. Wong
The Huffington Post

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Gay dads from the Capital Region celebrate Father’s Day

Leigh Hornbeck
timesunion.com

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Kerala to host seminar on "Gender and Literature" (India)

Dr. Lalit Kishore
Merinews

Human Rights Commission Names Senior Scholarship Winners

Kathy Welsh

Hudson Valley News Network

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Thousands take part in Latvian gay pride event (Canada)

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CP24

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Transphobic signs on Burnside road anger transgender woman (Canada)

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CBC News

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Transgender in Tennessee: LaSaia Wade's story

Jessica Bliss
The Tennessean

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Why...

Charleston, South Carolina

Emanuel AME Church

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ezs note:  Rest in peace, brothers and sisters...

Pinellas Park, Florida

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GLAAD Activists Hear War Stories From LGBT Troops on Southern Tour

Dawn Ennis
Advocate

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Holyoke City Hall getting rainbow flag for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month

Mike Plaisance
MassLive

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Chicago's Henry Gerber House designated National Historic Landmark

Press
Windy City Times

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Lawmakers Push to End Military Transgender Ban

ERNESTO LONDOÑO

The New York Times

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Meningitis outbreak in Chicago spurs vaccinations

Dawn Rhodes
Chicago Tribune

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ezs note:  Be safe!  If you are sexually active, have your vaccination today!

Raising Awareness on Transgender Issues in Silver Spring (VIDEO)

Aline Barros
mymcmedia

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Should the U.S. Census expand gender options beyond 'male' and 'female'?

Carol Christian
Houston Chronicle

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Artist Uses Gay Men’s Blood to Protest a Discriminatory FDA Policy

Rafi Schwartz
Good

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Access Pollywood: Rally for the Kids

Anika Reed
Washington Life Magazine

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Campbell Ewald wins $150 million California health care exchange account

Bill Shea
Crain's

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Gay Subject of Bold Documentary Warns of Ongoing Rights Violations in Myanmar

Khet Mar / translated by Joshua Lipes
Radio Free Asia

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Ruby Rose explains being ‘gender fluid’ (Australia)

Press
Daily Life

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Children’s rights group seeks law changes on gender choice (Ireland)

Fiachra Ó Cionnaith
Irish Examiner

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Would a President Graham lift the transgender military ban?

Jorge Ramos and Danielle Wiener-Bronner
Fusion

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