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Health Department: Medicare Won’t Cover Sex-Change Operations

According to a recent decision handed down by the Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare will still not to cover sex change surgeries, despite initial plans to reconsider the matter.

2013/04/01

South Korea's Mini, left, and Canada's Jenna Talackova pose for pictures backstage ahead of the Miss International Queen 2010 beauty pageant in southeastern Thailand's city of Pattaya, on Nov. 19, 2010. (credit: CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump: Transgender Woman Can Compete In Miss Universe Pageant

The Miss Universe Organization announced Monday that it might reverse an earlier decision and allow a transgender woman to enter the Miss Universe Canada pageant.

2012/04/03

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D.C. Police Classify Shooting And Assaults As Anti-Gay Hate Crimes

Police in the District are classifying last Sunday’s shooting at an IHOP restaurant in Columbia Heights as a hate crime.

2012/03/15

Gary Niles Montgomery Arrested For Murder Of Transgender Woman JaParker Jones

Police arrested Gary Niles Montgomery in connection with the murder of JaParker Jones, a transgender woman from D.C.

2012/02/10

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Transgender Woman Fatally Stabbed In DC

Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a transgender woman in northeast Washington.

All News 99.1 WNEW–2012/02/03

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Transgender Virginia Inmate Wants Sex Change Operation

A transgender Virginia inmate is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit seeking a sex change operation, saying a jury should decide whether hormones and other therapies she receives are adequate or whether she should get the surgery.

2011/12/05

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