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Cabrillo candidate Adam Spickler is state's first transgender man to win elected office
Santa Cruz Sentinel
APTOS >> The first openly transgender man to secure elected office in California won without a single vote cast. Adam Spickler, 48, was automatically appointed to the position of Cabrillo College trustee after an extended filing period closed Wednesday ...

WPTZ
Historic transgender gubernatorial candidate receives several daily death threats
WPTZ
Historic transgender gubernatorial candidate receives several daily death threats. The Democrat who wants to be Vermont's next governor says her campaign has been the target of rude online trolling and worse threats of violence. Share. Shares. Copy Link.

A transgender referee was to set to take charge of a football match in England on Sunday in what was hailed by the British press as a first. "People will be a bit shocked when I run on to the pitch," Lucy Clark, 46, formerly known as Nick, told the Sunday Mirror.

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Transgender Pakistanis Demand Protection After Murder, Dismemberment
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Dozens of transgender people have staged a protest in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar to demand more protection after a transgender woman was shot dead and dismembered. The protesters gathered on August 20 outside the Peshawar Press ...
Transgender Pakistanis demand protection after killingSFGate
Transgender Pakistanis demand protection after killing - StarTribune ...Minneapolis Star Tribune

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PEOPLE.com
Champions Star and Former Disney Actor Josie Totah, 17, Comes Out as Transgender
PEOPLE.com
J.J. Totah has come out as transgender. In a personal essay published Monday on Time, 17-year-old Totah, who stars as Michael Patel on Mindy Kaling's comedy Champions, revealed, “I identify as female, specifically as a transgender female” and also ...
'Champions' Star Josie Totah Comes Out as Transgender in Time EssayHollywood Reporter
Disney's Josie Totah Came Out as TransgenderTeenVogue.com
'Champions' Star Josie Totah Comes Out as TransgenderVariety
Deadline -USA TODAY -Refinery29
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Dallas News
Transgender girl demeaned, threatened by parents at Oklahoma school is moving to Texas
Dallas News
The 12-year-old transgender girl who was bullied and threatened by parents at her Oklahoma school is moving to Texas. Maddie, who was assigned male at birth, has been living as a girl for two years. She usually uses the staff restroom, her mother said ...
Frontier Airlines pilot suspended over threat to transgender studentChicago Sun-Times
After violent threats, family of transgender girl looks to leave townNBCNews.com
Frontier suspends pilot in connection with social media comments on transgender studentCNN
Tulsa World -New York Times -GoFundMe -KOKH FOX25
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The Hill
Education Dept. dismissing complaints from transgender students about bathroom access: report
The Hill
A Politico article published over the weekend said that out of 107 Title IX (sex-based discrimination) complaints filed with the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights since January 2014, six involved bathroom access for transgender students ...
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is throwing out transgender bathroom complaintsPinkNews

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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Protest In Pakistan Over Murder, Mutilation Of Transgender Person
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Transgender activists staged a passionate protest in the Pakistani city of Peshawar to condemn the murder and mutilation of a transgender woman. The August 20 demonstration came four days after a woman identified in local media as Nazo was reportedly ...

Dozens of transgender people in Pakistan have held a protest demanding more protection after a transgender woman was shot dead and dismembered last week. The protesters gathered outside the Peshawar Press Club in the northwestern city on Monday, chanting "We want protection, we want respect and rights."

PolitiFact
Litigation on the Transgender Service Member Ban: An Update
Lawfare (blog)
Since then, four lawsuits challenging the ban on open service in the military by transgender Americans on constitutional grounds have proceeded in federal courts across the country: Doe v. Trump, Stone v. Trump, Karnoski v. Trump, and Stockman v. Trump.
LGBTQ advocates back Sen. Baldwin's statement on Trump stance on transgender people in the militaryPolitiFact

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New York Times
A Visual Record of the Joys, Fears and Hopes of Older Transgender People
New York Times
It is easy to forget that only recently have transgender issues become part of the public consciousness, with transgender characters on major television shows and even transgender celebrities. But transgender people — like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P.

A few of the items donated to the Invisible Histories Project are shown in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. The nonprofit group has gathered volumes of information about gay life in Alabama, and it will expand in to Mississippi and Georgia this year.

EXCLUSIVE: Lucy, 46, made history taking to the pitch today - as her loyal wife Avril cheered her on in North West London for the QPR Ladies vs Parkwood Rangers match The wife of the world's first transgender football referee today tells how she is standing by her partner and vows: "Our marriage will now only get stronger." And as Lucy, 46, made history, her loyal wife Avril was cheering her on in North West London for the QPR Ladies V Parkwood Rangers match.

NEWS.com.au
Oklahoma: School forced to shut after parents threaten transgender ...
NEWS.com.au
CLASSES at a small school in Oklahoma had to be cancelled when parents threatened “open hunting season” on a 12-year-old transgender girl.
'I Don't Feel Safe Living Here.' After Threats From Parents, a Transgender Girl's Family Is Moving. Again.TIME
A 12-Year-Old Transgender Girl Was Horrifically Threatened Online by Parents From Her SchoolThe Mary Sue
Family of bullied transgender Oklahoma 7th grader starts GoFundMePinkNews

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Free Malaysia Today
Stop the assaults on transgender community, say Hannah Yeoh ...
Free Malaysia Today
PETALING JAYA: Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh and lawyer Syahredzan Johan have called for an immediate halt to the verbal and physical assaults on the ...

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The Sun
The world's first transgender ref made her debut at QPR's training ground in London
The Sun
THE world's first transgender ref said of her debut yesterday: “I'm not quite ready for the FA Cup Final — but it was great!” Taxi driver Lucy Clark, 46, took charge of hundreds of non-league games as Nick but revealed at the weekend how she felt ...
Football's first ever transgender referee takes to the pitch | indy100The indy100
UK's first transgender referee to take charge of match: 'I hope they will accept me'Daily Star
Wife of transgender football referee Lucy Clark reveals why she's standing by her - and will renew their wedding vowsMirror.co.uk
Daily Mail -Sport24 -The Scottish Sun -Mirror.co.uk
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A federal judge in Baltimore on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's effort to shield information it used to implement its ban on transgender troops. U.S. Magistrate Judge A. David Copperthite rejected the government's assertion that the "deliberative process privilege" justified shielding the information.

Pakistan Today
Transgender community under attack
Daily Times
An attack on a transgender person at her home in Mansehra has once again highlighted the plight of the trans community in Pakistan, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Though the victim survived, the fact that this incident transpired mere days ...
Transgender person attacked in MansehraPakistan Today

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A Kansas City-area school district that garnered national attention when a transgender student was crowned homecoming queen in 2015 has installed gender-neutral restrooms at two new elementary schools and in some existing locations. The individual bathroom stalls at Rising Hill Elementary and Northview Elementary in the North Kansas City School District two new elementary schools are enclosed with floor-to-ceiling walls and lockable doors, the Kansas City Star reported.