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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 05 November 2012
Tags: transphobia, voting, 2012 elections, tea party, right wing, deny, trans, vote, national center for transgender equality, blasts, guide, virginia, true the vote

In a poorly drawn and offensive training pamphlet, a Tea Party group has instructed Virginia "poll watchers" to call out trans voters and deny them their legal right at the ballot box. 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 13 September 2012
Tags: anderson cooper, anderson live, mandi, transgender community, hair loss treatment, promo, sensationalism, national center for transgender equality

The transgender community is calling for Anderson Cooper's silver head following a "sensational" promo for Cooper's  Anderson Live interview with "Mandi," an apparent transgender female who claims that her transition was caused by a non-prescibed, internet-purchased hair loss treatment from India. 

Naturally the transgender community doesn't take too kindly to the implication that being transgender is a result of some bootleg Rogaine equivalent, and they're letting Anderson have it for giving Mandi an audience.

More (and the promo clip) after the jump.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 07 August 2012
Tags: obamacare, affordable healthcare act, aha, transgender, identity, protects, discrimination, prohibits, hhs, department of health and human services, national center for transgender equality, hrc

Responding to an inquiry from the HRC, the Department of Health and Human Services has pointed out that the Affordable Healthcare Act (aka "Obamacare") does prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. Details follow. 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Tags: federal government, transgender, equality, memo, guidelines, guidance, john berry, employees, workers, lgbt, national center for transgender equality, mara keisling

Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry released a memo to all Federal Government executive department and agency heads on Tuesday afternoon, alerting them to new guidance rules regarding transgender federal workers. Read the government's new guidelines, after the jump.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Tags: national gay and lesbian task force, transgender, unemployment, discrimination, the calamus foundation, in the life media, national center for transgender equality

In The Life Media produced an exclusive web video inspired by the findings of the first comprehensive transgender discrimination study. Learn more about the gripping video after the jump.

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