A Japanese court rules it’s unconstitutional to require surgery for a change of gender on documents

Mari Yamaguchi

AP 

Supreme Court of Japan

Tokyo, Japan

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Virginia - Gavin Grimm Documents his Fight for Transgender Rights in Book Excerpt

Emily Bloch
South Florida Gay News

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Texas - VIDEO: VICE on HBO Documents The Battle Over Transgender Rights In Texas, Watch Trailer Here

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Broadwayworld.com

Austin, TX

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civil rights - SPLC seeks documents detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison

Staff
Southern Poverty Law Center

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Spain - Book documents challenges of undefined gender in 1700s Spain

George Diepenbrock
The University of Kansas

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Sweden - Trans Man Documents His Gender Affirmation Journey In Powerful Video

Curtis M. Wong
HuffPost

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New legal gender recognition legislation approved by Belgium (Europe)

Staff
West

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On his final day, Obama made it easier for transgender immigrants to get documents in order

Mathew Rodriguez
Mic.com

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Documents confirm Republicans will try to overturn Obama’s LGBT rights protections (UK)

Nick Duffy
Pink News

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ezs note:  Especially if your representative is a Republican, please go to house.gov and urge that transgender rights are fully maintained.  If you are uncertain who your representative is, go to the upper right corner and enter your ZIP code.

UT alumna Danielle Villasana documents Peru’s transgender women

Cat Cardenas
The Daily Texan

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'Trans Girl Next Door' Documents Artist's Transition

SHELBY CLARK PETKUS
http://www.pridesource.com

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Air Travel Is Even More of a Nightmare When You're Trans

Callie Beusman
http://jezebel.com


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'Boi-- Song Of A Wanderer' Documents Nitzan Krimsky's 10 Year Transgender Transition

 James Nichols
http://www.huffingtonpost.com

Complaints by Transgender Detainees Quantify Abuse

Amy Lieberman
http://womensenews.org/


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First transgender veteran has military documents changed

 Michael Chen

http://www.10news.com/

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