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Advocate.com July 08, 2011 05:50:00 PM ET
The New Republic Takes on Trans Issues
By Diane Anderson-Minshall
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/07/08/The_New_Republic_Takes_on_Trans_Issues/Coming on the heels a slew of LGBT victories like "don't ask, don't tell" repeal and marriage equality in New York, The New Republic magazine made a bold statement with its current issue's cover story, "Welcome to America's Next Great Civil Rights Struggle." Even better, it focuses squarely on the rights of the segment of the LGBT population most often overlooked. In the story about the movement for transgender rights in the U.S., author Eliza Gray asks what it will take for America to accept transgender people for who they really are. The New Republic relies heavily on data from the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, and its facts are alarming: "In a recent study of transgender students, nearly half said they'd been 'punched, kicked, or injured with a weapon' at least once in the last year. And, on average, a transgender person is murdered because of their identity every month. ... More than a quarter of transgender people surveyed say they have lost a job because of discrimination. Transgender people are more likely to become homeless."
