TEXAS PRISON OFFICIALS FINALLY AGREE TO PROTECT TRANS INMATE WHOSE LIFE WAS IN IMMINENT DANGER

John Wright
Towleroad

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Last week, items to know about the Utah Legislature's

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Picayune Leader Gazette

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Arnsberg, Gemany

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Joe Biden Mocks Ben Carson: ‘Hard To Fathom’ Doctor’s Views On Gays

Aaron Morrison
International Business Times

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Army takes groundbreaking steps to protect transgender troops

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LGBT Weekly

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Humiliated transgender sues cops (Zimbabwe)

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NewsdzeZimbabwe

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Planet Fitness cancels woman's membership after her complaints of transgender woman in locker room

Jessica Shepherd
mlive

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Show your papers before you pee in Florida

Chase Strangio
ACLU

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Calpernia Addams: American actress and transgender activist on changing discriminatory hearts and minds from military to Hollywood (Australia)

Peta Yoshinaga
ABC (Australia)

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Transparent’s Jeffrey Tambor awarded by Point Foundation

Rhuaridh Marr
Metroweekly

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Utah LGBT anti-discrimination bill passes 1st test

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Herald-Standard

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In a first, Mumbai activist’s passport lists sex as transgender (India)

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Nyoooz

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My Transgender Life -- Where Is God?

Grace Anne Stevens
The Huffington Post

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Media is 'reinforcing sexual stereotypes' - poorly attended committee meeting told (Malta)

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Times of Malta

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Transgender community protests bathroom bill

Emily Clemons

FSU News

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Sutter: Ben Carson lives in the wrong decade

John D. Sutter
KSPR33

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HRC Commends Appointment of Benjamin Mizer as Interim Head of Civil Division at Justice Dept

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Human Rights Campaign

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Federal judge strikes down Nebraska same-sex marriage ban

BRETT WILKINS 
Digital journal

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Details of Charlotte's proposed nondiscrimination ordinance

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The State

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Spoiler Alert: Full stream ahead (India)

Aniruddha Guha
Pune Mirror

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Texas Lawmaker Proposes Bills That Would Force Transgender Discrimination

Jason Toon
Vice

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