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The Coffins: the struggle for human rights amid consolidation of power

By Lynnea Urania Stuart   People called it the “sick man of Europe” before World War I when it was still an Ottoman Empire.1  Despite revival as a constitutional republic under Kamal Atatürk, and a trend toward secular Europeanism, Turkey now has become increasingly isolated from the West, its entry into the European Union in […]

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Presidential Order by a Tweet will ban Transgender Service in Six Months

A White House memo that is expected to be sent to the Pentagon in coming days gives Jim Mattis, the secretary of defense, six months to enforce the transgender ban that Mr. Trump announced abruptly last month in a series of tweets. The directive was confirmed Wednesday by a person familiar with its contents but who was not authorized to discuss its details and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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Hawes-Tingey on Her Way to Making History as First Transgender Mayor in Utah

By Sabrina Samone Sophia Hawes-Tingey appeared to safely advance to the Nov. 7 final election, and one step closer to making history in the small Utah town of Midvale, as the first possible transgender Mayor in conservative Utah. She was running second among five hopefuls and appearing safe to advance with 24 percent of the […]

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South Carolina’s Gubernatorial Race Just Got Troublesome for State’s Transgender

By Sabrina Samone If you live in the blue county of Charleston, in the red state of South Carolina, you may feel like a deer staring in the head lights of an 18 wheeler that’s about to push you out into the ocean, full speed ahead. Though we’re a predominant Republican state, there has been […]

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19 Attorneys General Seek Military Transgender Protections

By TMPlanet (AP) ¹ The top legal officers in 18 states and the District of Columbia have asked Congress to pass legislation prohibiting discrimination against transgender service members. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin sent the letter dated Thursday in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement, via Twitter a day earlier, that he would ban transgender […]

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