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CommentaryI’m a veteran. I’m a nurse. And I’m transgender.
I was devoted to defending the freedoms that all Americans hold dear. On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, I’m asking Congress to do the same.
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PoliticsTrump administration memo explains how to spot a transgender woman
The memo says homeless shelters can use “factors such as height, the presence (but not the absence) of facial hair, the presence of an Adam’s apple” to find suspected trans women.
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News (USA)LGBTQ people have been hit harder economically by coronavirus lockdowns
More LGBTQ people reported reduced work hours and financial worries than the general population.
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Health and WellnessOverwhelming evidence found that discrimination hurts LGBTQ people’s health
The meta-analysis found that 95% of studies on the subject found a link between anti-LGBTQ discrimination and health outcomes.
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PoliticsDonald Trump is selling a Pride T-shirt just in time for the holidays
Donald Trump took away the LGBTQ community’s rights, and all we got was this T-shirt.
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LifeA woman was reduced to tears after being detained at airport because she’s transgender
Her emotional video of the encounter highlights how hard it can be for trans people to travel.
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News (USA)Young people are a lot more accepting of transgender equality than older Americans
While adults worry about how trans issues will affect children, they’re worried about how it will affect trans people.
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PoliticsJudge throws out Trump’s religious exemption rule that allowed doctors to discriminate
The judge said that the rule violated federal laws that ban discrimination and patient dumping.
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Health and WellnessCourt rules man can sue hospital that cancelled his surgery because he’s transgender
His doctor told him, “they won’t let me perform on you because you’re transgender.”
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News (USA)Transgender barista fired after she refused to serve an anti-LGBTQ activist
She was ‘humiliated’ when she was refused service, but she’s advocated for businesses to have the right to turn away LGBTQ people.
