14 November 2015

Transgender official seeks damages over use of toilet at work (Japan)

Staff
Japan Today


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To our friends in Paris...


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Oslo, Norway


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13 November 2015

Breakthrough for transgender rights included in Justice mandate (Canada)

Claire Wahlen
ipolitics


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Survey: 42 Percent of Transgender Residents Have Experienced Workplace Harassment, Many Others Unemployed

Andrew Giambrone
Washington City Paper

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12 November 2015

Beyond bathrooms: Christians need to get a clue on transgender issues (COMMENTARY)

Jonathan Merritt
Christianity Today


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Eddie Redmayne 'Met Transgender Communities In LA' For Role In New Movie 'The Danish Girl'

Peter Black
Design & Trend


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First VA clinic for transgender vets in US opens in Ohio

Marisa Taylor
Aljazeera America


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Stevens Point should pass transgender equality bill

Molly Rogers
stevenspointjournal.com


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Transgender teen from East Bay on Forward 50 list

Staff
JWeekly.com


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Transgender, and Facing Prison or Deportation

Caroline Dessert, Dori Lewis, Kimberly Forte
The New York Times



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11 November 2015

How the U.K. became a vanguard in transgender equality (Canada)

Leah McLaren
Maclean's

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COMMENTARY: Transgender experience can be lonely

Leo Caldwell
Courier-Post


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Dallas City Councilor Micky Garus threatens transgender students

Laura Gunderson
The Oregonian


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Transgender woman jailed for eight days files lawsuit against Iowa hotel (UK)

Andrew Buncombe
The Independent


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Thursday at 11pm: Transgender Girl

Anne Marie Tiernon
WTHR


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08 November 2015

Opera Colorado "Aida" review; new season to include transgender theme

Ray Mark Rinaldi
Denver Post


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Support from 60 Tech Companies including Apple on Prop 1 Failed to Sway Houstonians this Week

Staff
Patently Apple


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WATCH: Mormon Elder Explains Why Children with Gay Parents Aren't Welcome

Jase Peeples
Advocate


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ezs note:  Uh... I retract my previous remark... they're dumbasses after all...

California Teen Is the First Transgender Student on Her High School's Cheerleading Squad

Gabrielle Olya
People


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07 November 2015

Hating Queerness Without Hating the Queer

Emma Green
The Atlantic


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Hong Kong LGBT protesters say city lags behind in gay rights (Philippines)

Press
Inquirer.com


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Casual Transphobia in My Media?

Delia Melody
The Huffington Post


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WATCH: After RFRA, More Indiana Residents Support LGBT Protections

Dawn Ennis
Advocate


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This Transgender US Veteran Is Using a T-Shirt to Make a Bold Statement

Mathew Rodriguez
mic.com


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Phoenix, Arizona


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06 November 2015

Rhode Island Medicaid Now Offering Coverage For Transgender Medical Needs

John Bender
NPR


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Ontario eases process for sex change surgery (Canada)

Keith Leslie
thestar.com


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Paranoia-Rama: Imprisonment Of Christians, The Destruction Of Financial Markets, And The Transgender Agenda

Isabel Carter-Kahn
Right Wing Watch


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Pinay transgender crowned Miss International Queen 2015 (Philippines)

Staff
www.abs-cbnnews.com


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Transgender murders in US have nearly doubled since last year, activists say

Staff
The Guardian


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05 November 2015

Elton John Foundation donates $5m to lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender Africans suffering from HIV/AIDS (Nigeria)

Staff
Naija24/7


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Yukon transgender rights moving forward, slowly (Canada)

Staff
CBC


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Cartoonist recounts ‘How I Told My Grandma I’m Transgender’

Brigid Alverson
robot6


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Ben Carson: Create ‘Transgender Bathrooms’

Matt Wilstein
The Daily Beast


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Chennai to Get India's First Transgender Sub Inspector (India)

J. Sam Daniel Stalin
NDTV


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04 November 2015

The Department of Education’s Common-Sense Approach to Transgender Inclusion

Scott Skinner-Thompson
Slate


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Transgender British Army officer undergoes the final stage of gender reassignment - and tweets a post-op snap from her hospital bed (UK)

Jo Tweedy
DailyMail.com


Sarah Winterbourne

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A sign of hope: The story of an 8-year-old transgender girl (India)

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Hindustan Times


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The ‘world’s first transgender beer’ has been specially made with hops that change sex (Ireland)

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thejournal.ie


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Reform Jews in US poised to pass resolution in support of transgender community (UK)

Press
The Guardian


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03 November 2015

Transgenders to be included under NFSA in Odisha (India)

Staff
Hindustan Times


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HRC Global Attends ILGA-Europe Conference

Staff
HRC Global


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DC Office of Human Rights Releases Report on Transgender Discrimination in the Workplace

Hayley Miller
HRC


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Winnipeg School Division Approves Policy For Transgender Students (Canada)

Christian Aumell
CJOB


Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Feds say Illinois school district broke law by banning transgender student from girls’ locker room

Michael E. Miller
The Washington Post


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