civil rights - Transgender rights are not under lockdown!

Cristian Galicia
Washington Blade

Bogotá, Colombia

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Connecticut - ‘Gay panic defense’ would end under proposed CT law

Lisa Backus
CT Post

New Haven, CT

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lead story - Under Trump’s Ban, Transgender Troops Must Decide: Come Out or Hide

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Atlanta, GA

(home of Georgia State)

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civil rights - Under DeVos, agency takes a sharp shift in approach to enforcing civil rights in schools

Laura Meckler
Savannah Morning News

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The White House Is Under Siege

David A. Graham
The Atlantic

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The Federal Budget and Gay and Transgender Families: Not All Families Are Equal Under the Law

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Arab Emirates ‘cure' video under fire from LBGT activists (chicago.gopride.com)

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Eyewitnesses tell how Sonia Burgess was pushed under train (www.bbc.co.uk {UK})

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Troy mayor Janice Daniels under fire for anti-gay marriage slur (ontopmag.com)

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Affordable LGBT senior housing under development in Chicago (seniorhousingnews.com)

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Law for welfare of transgender under way (www.asiantribune.com {India})

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Maine court holds school board officials are not specifically obligated under state's human rights law to provide bathroom accommodations for transgender student (NSBA)

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