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PFLAG Welcomes a Transgender Women from the Middle East
TribLocal
By Jackie Frett Yesterday at 6:56 pm Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Hinsdale met May 6th to hear the harrowing tale of a beautiful women, I will call EH, born a biological male in the Middle East.

Transgender patient files discrimination complaint against UIHC
UI The Daily Iowan
Iowa City resident O'Reilly is transgender — people who identifies with genders outside their biological one. The 22-year-old was referred to the endocrinology clinic by his primary-care physician after testing at the Emma Goldman clinic found his ...

New York Daily News
NY considers transgender anti-discrimination bill
Wall Street Journal
AP ALBANY, NY — A year after New York lawmakers legalized gay marriage, the next civil rights debate in Albany takes on discrimination against transgender New Yorkers. They say they face discrimination in employment, housing and public treatment ...
New York considers transgender anti-discrimination billNew York Daily News
Transgender protection bill passes AssemblyLegislative Gazette

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Daily Mail
Sex-change beauty queen: Transgender teenager wins place in the Miss England ...
Mirror.co.uk
Jackie Green, now 18, has clinched the public vote and will be the first transgender contestant to reach the semi-finals of the national pageant. Jackie, who was asked to enter the beauty contest by scouts who knew nothing about her sex swap past, ...
Jackie Green: Youngest person to have sex change reaches Miss England semi-finalsDaily Mail
Sex-change teenager Jackie Green eyes Miss England titleMetro
Leeds teen's model ambition for pageant titleYorkshire Evening Post

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Bishop won't let group publicly honor gay student
Fox News
Founded by Iowa businessman and gay rights activist Rich Eychaner, the Des Moines-based foundation has awarded more than 130 Matthew Shepard scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender since 2000.

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KCRG
Catholic bishop won't let foundation present scholarship to gay Iowa student ...
Washington Post
Founded by Iowa businessman and gay rights activist Rich Eychaner, the Des Moines-based foundation has awarded more than 130 Matthew Shepard scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender since 2000.
Bishop won't let group publicly honor gay studentBoston.com
Iowa: scholarship for gay student at Catholic school sparks controversyCatholic Culture

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The EEOC and Sissies Like Me: How the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...
Huffington Post
I had never heard of the EEOC before my coworker said we were hoping for a ruling from them that would protect transgender people under Title VII, the law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin ...
EEOC Ruling Provides Guidance on Applying Title VII's Discrimination ...JD Supra (press release)
EEOC adds transgender to protected listLong Island Business News
New Equal Employment Rulings Help Transgender, Ex-Offender Workers Get & Keep JobsAlterNet
Linex Legal (press release) (registration) -Lexology (registration)
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Omaha World-Herald
Live coverage: Lincoln gay and transgender ordinance
Omaha World-Herald
By Leslie Reed / World-Herald Bureau LINCOLN -- Supporters of an ordinance to protect gay and transgender people from discrimination will make their case to the Lincoln City Council at a public hearing scheduled to begin about 3 pm today.
Nebraska AG: Cities can't extend anti-discrimination protection to gay ...Washington Post
Anti-Discrimination Debate Heats up in LincolnKPTM-TV

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ESPN
Live coverage: Lincoln gay and transgender ordinance
Omaha World-Herald
By Leslie Reed / World-Herald Bureau LINCOLN -- Supporters of an ordinance to protect gay and transgender people from discrimination will make their case to the Lincoln City Council at a public hearing that begin about 3 pm today.
Anti-discrimination hearing draws packed houseLincoln Journal Star
Ron Brown: 'Views stand the same'ESPN
Neb. coach won't testify on anti-bias ordinanceThe Seattle Times
Nebraska Radio Network -Washington Post
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New York Daily News
New York considers transgender anti-discrimination bill
New York Daily News
ALBANY, NY — A year after lawmakers legalized gay marriage, the next civil rights debate taking shape in Albany is discrimination against transgender New Yorkers who say they face it in employment and housing and when they're in public all because ...
NY considers transgender anti-discrimination billWall Street Journal
GENDA: A Quick Update on Transgender Rights LegislationVillage Voice (blog)

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Human Rights Campaign Backstory (blog)
Effectively Advocating for Transgender People's Families
Human Rights Campaign Backstory (blog)
This Guest Post comes from Elizabeth E. Monnin-Browder, co-editor of Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy, and former GLAD staff attorney: Family law implicates some of our most intimate and important relationships.

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Why Transgender Women's Breast Cancer Risk Is Still A Mystery
BuzzFeed
Experts say maybe not — but politics keeps them from knowing for sure. posted about 12 hours ago Last week, Beth Scott won her battle to get her insurance carrier to cover her mammogram, after they refused to because she's transgender.

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RealClearPolitics
Why Economic Justice Is Central to LGBT Rights
Huffington Post
At the recent Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) international forum on economic rights, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates from around the world highlighted the urgent need to link economic justice and ...
First White House conference on gay aging held in MiamiSun-Sentinel
Gay rights: Obama praised for global commitmentSan Francisco Chronicle
Gay activists, allies attend first White House LGBT conference on Aging in MiamiMiamiHerald.com
AARP News (blog) -Rochester YNN -Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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NY considers transgender anti-discrimination bill
Auburn Citizen
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Eight Months in Solitary
Advocate.com
BY Andrew Harmon Dulce, a transgender detainee held until recently at Rappahannock Regional Jail in Virginia. Photos by John Nelson. Is a government turf war over immigration detention putting transgender lives at risk? A FEW DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS LAST ...

Mother Of Transgender Child Fears Amendment One
WITN
Walz says a doctor evaluated Brogan, determined he was transgender and encouraged Walz to let her child live as the person he felt he was on the inside. That's when Brogan chose a new name to live as a girl: Summer. Walz wants her daughter to be ...

Attorney discusses transgender transition
9NEWS.com
"I'm transgender. Neurologically I'm female. And that's how I choose to live my life," Joffe said. "I realize other people out there don't agree. That's their choice." Until three years ago, Danyel went by Douglas. She was a husband and step-father to ...

PolicyMic
J.Crew Ad Stirs Controversy in LGBT Community Over Being Transgender in America
PolicyMic
Yet, how many of us know a transgender individual? The most eye opening experience for me on this topic was when I met entertainer Ian Harvie, a man who was born a woman, when I was a student at Canisius College. During our time spent together, ...

From Doug to Danyel; attorney discusses transgender transition
9NEWS.com
"I'm transgender. Neurologically I'm female. And that's how I choose to live my life," Joffe said. "I realize other people out there don't agree. That's their choice." Until three years ago, Danyel went by Douglas. She was a husband and step-father to ...
Danyel Joffe never gave up in years of fighting to free Robert DeweyDenver Post

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New York Times (blog)
Tears and Broken Glass as India's Largest Transgender Festival Closes
New York Times (blog)
Dr. Kumar has worked with transgendered female patients from across India's vast economic divide, and says that the cathartic release the festival provides is very real, and in some ways, necessary. “You'd have to write a book rather than just an ...