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Hong Kong allows transgender woman to marry boyfriend
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Hong Kong's top court granted a transgender woman the right to marry her boyfriend Monday in a watershed ruling that falls short of allowing same-sex marriage.
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John L. Young Women's Shelter ordered to allow transgender women
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The move comes after two women filed a lawsuit against the John L. Young Women's Shelter earlier this month, claiming that employees at the D Street Northwest facility said that they "didn't do transgenders there."
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D.C. transgender awareness campaign launched
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The District of Columbia government is launching what it calls the nation's first government-sponsored campaign to promote awareness and understanding of transgender people.
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Tim McBride, American University student body president, comes out as transgendered
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American University's student body president stepped down from the position this week, coming out as a transgendered person in an open letter published in the university's newspaper.
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Agency rules in favor of transgender protections in the workplace
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In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the agency that enforces the nation's job discrimination laws has ruled that transgender people are protected from bias in the workplace.
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Transgender women now allowed to compete in Miss Universe
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Contest officials have been working closely with GLAAD to change the policy, and the advocacy group on Tuesday praised the decision.
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Columbia Heights IHOP shooting a gay hate crime, report says
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Metropolitan Police officials are now classifying the Columbia Heights IHOP shooting and two other attacks the next day as hate crimes against gay people.
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Kenneth Furr pleads not guilty in August transgender shooting
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Kenneth Furr, the MPD officer who allegedly shot three people off Pierce Street in Northwest D.C. last August, pleaded not guilty to the shooting on Friday morning.
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Md. Senate committee considers transgender anti-discrimination bill
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The gay marriage bill has been enacted in Maryland with Gov. Martin O'Malley's signature Thursday evening, but the next civil rights battle has only begun: an anti-discrimination bill for transgender people.
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MPD arrest suspect in JaParker Jones transgender slaying
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Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of JaParker Jones, who was killed last week in NE D.C.
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Transgender person stabbed in Northeast
CommentA transgender person was stabbed in Northeast Tuesday night, police said. They do not believe it was a hate crime.
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Transgender graduates complete D.C. job training program
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Nearly 20 transgender men and women are graduating from a jobs training program in the District of Columbia.
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Darryl Willard arrested for shooting transgender woman in SE
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D.C. police arrested a man in connection with the shooting of a transgender woman in Southeast.
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Woman pleads guily to attacking transgender person
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A 19-year-old pleaded guilty to beating a transgender woman at a McDonald's in a hate crime, the Baltimore Sun reports.
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Transgender victim killed in D.C.
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MPD detectives are investigating the slaying of a transgender person in Northeast D.C. Tuesday that may be a hate crime.
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Two charged with hate crime in beating of transgender woman
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A Baltimore County grand jury has indicted two teens in a beating of a transgender woman at a McDonald's restaurant that was caught on video.
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Prosecutors consider hate crime charges in beating at McDonald's
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Prosecutors are reviewing further charges in the attack on a transgender person at a Baltimore County McDonald's.
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