North Dakota - Report finds many North Dakota schools fall short on support for LGBTQ students

Michelle Griffith

Grand Forks Herald 

Bismarck, ND

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Maryland - Father Joe Muth’s spirit of welcome has filled a Northeast Baltimore church with parishioners from many nations and backgrounds. Now, he’s retiring.

Jonathan M. Pitts

Baltimore Sun

Baltimore, MD (Northeast)

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lead story - It’s Not Just Japan. Many U.S. States Require Transgender People Get Sterilized

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Needles, CA

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lead story - Transgender LA LEO is among many living 'their truth' on force

Brenda Gazzar
PoliceOne.com

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lead story - Mix of setbacks, gains unsettles many transgender Americans

David Crary
ABC

Christine Hallquist (D-VT)

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lead story - ‘How can you be raped?’ Doctor’s words to transgender in India an example of the ‘transphobia’ that stops many getting health care

Priti Satian
South China Morning Post

Kolkata, India

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Health Care System Fails Many Transgender Americans

Neda Ulaby
NPR

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Many big construction firms not bidding on Trump's proposed wall

Wade Payson-Denney
CNN

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Many European countries won't recognize transgender people unless they're sterilized

Rick Noach
The Gazette

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Millennial women opposed to Trump take to streets, many for the first time (Kenya)

Press
The Star / Kenya

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New report finds California schools remain hostile for many LGBTQ secondary students

Steve Lee
LGBT Weekly

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Many Healthcare Providers Fail Transgender People

Nancy Melville
Medscape

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Pakistan's Transgender Community Mocked by Most, Abhorred by Many

Press
NBC

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How Many Transgender Americans Are There?

Samantha Michaels
Mother Jones

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The absurd reason the FDA bans many transgender women from donating blood

German Lopez
Vox

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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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Many LGBT homeless youth sell sex to survive on the streets, report says

Brad Knickerbocker

The Christian Science Monitor

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Study Lists Many Hardships Still Faced By LGBT People Across The U.S.

Sasha Razumikhin

EDGE Media Network



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Social Media: A Lifeline for Many Transgender Youth

Skylar Kergil
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WORLD AIDS DAY: Many living with HIV deprived‚ says study (Nepal)

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