Illinois - Veterans, Lawmakers Push to Overturn Transgender Service Ban

Alexandra Silets
WTTW

Pritzker Military Museum & Library

Chicago, IL

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lead story - How can we end the current impasse over transgender athletes?

Sean Ingle
The Guardian

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lead story - Baltimore man charged in D.C.-area killing of transgender woman

Janelle Griffith
NBC News

Elkton, MD (Cecil County)  

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Belgium - Rapists of transgender woman get five years after attacking her during first night out

Press
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Antwerp, Belgium

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civil rights - In 26 States, You Can Still Get Fired for Being Trans

Diana Tourjèe
Vice

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Nebraska - Transgender woman sues state over refusal to cover gender reassignment surgery

JoAnne Young
Hastings Tribune

Hastings, NE

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lead story - Police: Transgender woman sexually assaulted in Lakeview; felon facing charges

Rosemary Sobol
Chicago Tribune

Lakeview, Illinois (part of Chicago)

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Montana - Dating (or usually not) as trans & Two Spirit

Adrian Jawort
Indian Country Today

Billings, MT (1915)

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lead story - Transgender man's mastectomy surgery dubbed 'mutilation'

Jared Lawthorn
BBC

Cardiff, UK

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lead story - "I'm proud of who I am, but I'm more than one identity": The fight for transgender voices in 2020

Emily Tillett
CBS News

Wilmington, DE

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Austria - Austria champions diversity, inclusivity

Press
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Vienna, Austria

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civil rights - The LGBTQ civil rights fight is far from over

Katelyn Burns
Vox

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Connecticut - Connecticut governor signs bill banning 'gay panic defense'

AP
ctpost

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Hartford, CT

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lead story - Being Uninsured Poses Unique Health Care Challenges For The Transgender Community

Deepa Bharath
JPR

Jefferson, OR

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Wisconsin - LGBTQ Activists, Gov. Tony Evers Call For State Law Changes

Laurel Evers
NPR

Plymouth, WI

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lead story - Researcher explores links between transgender brain and gender identity

Eric Lindberg
USC

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ezs note:  To go indepth (very indepth) in this field, please go to ENIGMA . 

Donald Trump - Trump weighs ousting Commerce chief Wilbur Ross after census defeat

Hans Nichols, Kayla Tausche, Hallie Jackson
NBC News

ezs note:  Now, let's not forget Wilbur!  

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Tunisia - Gay lawyer and activist running for President of Tunisia, where being gay is illegal

John Riley
Metro Weekly

Tunis, Tunisia

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civil rights - Military spends more on Viagra than on transgender recruits. So why ban trans?

Benjamin Carlton
Miami Herald

Miami, FL

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Colorado - Colorado's Comedy Community Unites in Mourning Ailis Kennedy

Byron Graham
Westword

Fort Collins, CO

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ezs note:  To donate to a worthy cause, or if you need help, go to    Trans Lifeline.  (I know - they helped me through a rough patch)

lead story - 'It's A Career Ender': 2 LGBTQ Former Dell Workers Share Their Stories

Jasmine Garsd
NPR

Dell HQ

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Donald Trump - Trump tweets racist attacks at progressive Democratic congresswomen

Devan Cole
CNN

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Spain - Rainbow flag on Madrid City Hall displaced by Spanish standard

Pablo León
El País

Madrid, Spain

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civil rights - Public opinion data offers insights into transgender issues

Press
Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

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Nebraska - Transgender inmate sues Nebraska over sexual assault during 2015 prison riot at Tecumseh

Martha Stoddard
Omaha World-Herald

Tecumseh, NE

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lead story - Freed transgender inmate to fight for trans prisoner rights

AP
Houston Chronicle

Lincoln, IL

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Donald Trump - Jeffrey Epstein is Donald Trump's idea of the perfect man

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Salon

Source: Der Spiegel

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ezs note:  In case you missed it, you will find the article about the 24 women HERE .

Rwanda - Rwandan LGBT Community Steps Out of Shadows

Hamada Elrasam
VOA

Kigali, Rwanda

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civil rights - Transgender fire chief harassed by Byron city officials after transition, EEOC filing alleges

Becky Purser
The Telegraph

Byron, GA

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North Carolina - Speech therapy helps transgender individuals find their voice

Sayaka Matsuoka
Triad City Beat

Greensboro, NC

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lead story - Five Coming-of-Age Trans Movies That Changed My life

Diana Tourjée
Vice News

Ma Vie en Rose (1997)

Alain Berliner, dir.

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Donald Trump - Why Pence spiked a Trump judge

Eliana Johnson
Politico

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Nigeria - Human Rights Committee reviews the situation of Civil and Political Rights in Nigeria

Press
Reliefweb

Abuja, Nigeria

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civil rights - A transgender inmate was raped and beaten in a Cañon City prison. Now the state has settled the case.

Sam Tabachnik
The Denver Post

Cañon City, CO

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Kansas - Kansas to allow transgender people to change their gender on birth certificates

Dion Lefler, Jonathan Shorman
The Wichita Eagle

Topeka, KS

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lead story - House approves amendment to reverse transgender military ban

Rebecca Kheel
The Hill

US Capitol  (interior)  

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civil rights - Civil Rights Groups Call Out ‘Archaic’ N.Y. Loitering Law For Targeting Trans People

Alanna Vagianos
HuffPost

New York City, NY (1731)

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California - Transgender California prison guard receives $500,000 to settle discrimination case

Adam Ashton
Merced Sun-Star

Merced, CA

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lead story - Joint chiefs nominee: Trump's transgender policy about 'standards

Ellen Mitchell
The Hill

Fort Dix, NJ

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VIDEO - How Steve Bannon Manipulates His Followers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq_2-RMm8HY

Donald Trump - ‘Mother Is Not Going to Like This’: The 48 Hours That Almost Brought Down Trump

Tim Alberta
Politico

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Morocco - Video: LGBT Activists Talk Openly About Life in Morocco

Kawtar Ennaji
Morocco World News

Rabat, Morocco

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civil rights - AMA takes a stand for transgender Americans in Supreme Court filing

Tanya Albert Henry
AMA

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Tennessee - Tennessee detective's Sunday sermon calls for arrest, execution of LGBTQ members

Kaylin Jorge
FOX 17

lead story - What it's like to be transgender in China

Lise Floris
Inkstone

Shanxi province, China

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Donald Trump - Congressional Democrats subpoena Trump organization

Katelyn Polantz, Jeremy Herb
CNN

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Mexico - A Mexico City queer bar resists attacks with love and cumbia

Kate Linthicum
Los Angeles Times

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Mexico City, Mexico

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civil rights - Dozens back trans woman's legal case

Melissa Nann Burke
Detroit News

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Virginia - Equality Virginia to host conference for transgender Virginians, allies

Press
Augusta Free Press

University of Virginia

Richmond, VA

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lead story - How ‘Euphoria’ and Model Hunter Schafer Created the Most Interesting Trans Character on TV

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Euphoria

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