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5/11/20

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As Media Focuses on Black Lives, Activists Call Attention to Nina Pop, the 5th Trans Woman of Color to Be Killed in the Last Month

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3/9/20

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Family Matters3/9/20

Family Matters3/9/20

Zaya Wade Made Her Red Carpet Debut With Support From Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union

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2/18/20

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Professor's Lawsuit Over Using Transgender Pronouns Is Dismissed by Judge

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2/7/20

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200 Medical Professionals Oppose Bills Aimed at Trans Youth. If Only Republicans Believed in Science

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2/3/20

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Social Justice2/3/20

Social Justice2/3/20

East River State Park in Brooklyn to Be Renamed After Marsha P. Johnson

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1/22/20

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New Jersey to Become Ninth State to Ban LGBTQ ‘Panic Defenses’

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1/21/20

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Body Politics1/21/20

Body Politics1/21/20

Republican Lawmakers Are Introducing Numerous Bills Targeted at Transgender Youth

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11/20/19

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Gender Studies11/20/19

Gender Studies11/20/19

On This Transgender Day of Remembrance, a New Campaign Reminds Us That Trans Is Phenomenal, Too

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11/7/19

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Gender Studies11/7/19

Gender Studies11/7/19

The Fight to 'Be First': Patricio Manuel, the First Transgender Professional Male Boxer, Breaks New Ground With Everlast

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10/15/19

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Politics10/15/19

Politics10/15/19

HUD Has a Ridiculous Legal Argument for Turning Trans People Away From Federally Funded Shelters

Terrell Jermaine Starr

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10/11/19

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Opinion10/11/19

Opinion10/11/19

A Black Trans Woman Interrupted CNN's Equality Town Hall But It Was Not a Protest

Michael Harriot

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9/24/19

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Elizabeth Warren Pays Tribute to Slain Black Trans Women at LGBTQ Forum, Demands Trump ‘Say Their Names’

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9/17/19

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Pose, but Make It Presidential: Actress-Activist Angelica Ross to Host a Democratic Candidate Forum on LGBTQ+ Issues

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9/13/19

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Bee Love Slater Becomes the 18th Black Trans Woman Killed This Year

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8/16/19

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Trump’s Justice Department Tells the US Supreme Court Civil Rights Laws Don’t Protect Transgender Workers

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6/7/19

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The 9th Black Trans Woman Has Been Killed This Year

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5/25/19

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Gender Studies5/25/19

Gender Studies5/25/19

Gillette Ad Features Black Trans Teen Shaving for the First Time

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5/24/19

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Transgender Patients Could be Stripped of Healthcare Protections by the Trump Administration

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5/22/19

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Trump Administration Wants Homeless Shelters to Deny Transgender People

Aliya Semper Ewing

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5/13/19

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Gender Studies5/13/19

Gender Studies5/13/19

‘There Is No Ban’: After Facing Backlash for a ‘Diversity Statement’ That Excluded Trans Women, Zeta Phi Beta Makes a New Pledge

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