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 Miss Major Mouths Off on North Carolina's Transphobic Law
  The legendary trans activist and Stonewall veteran doesn't hold back when giving North Carolina's transphobic leadership a piece of her mind. 
 
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          May 12, 2016
          
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Catch Annalise Ophelian's documentary on Miss Major's lifelong activism, fittingly called MAJOR!, tonight when it kicks off the 11th annual Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival. Get tickets for the Seattle screening at SIFF Cinema Egyptian here, or find a MAJOR! screening near you here. 
 
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The legendary trans activist and Stonewall veteran doesn't hold back when giving North Carolina's transphobic leadership a piece of her mind.

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Miss Major Mouths Off on North Carolina's Transphobic Law

The legendary trans activist and Stonewall veteran doesn't hold back when giving North Carolina's transphobic leadership a piece of her mind.

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An appeals court found that current service members were likely to prevail, but the Trump administration wants that ruling kept on hold.

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The stories about the late Republican senator's sexuality may multiply after his death. None of them changes who he chose to be, writes John Casey

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The Virginia Republican introduced the bill after the Daughters of the American Revolution voted against banning transgender women from the historic organization.

From “Lady G” memes to bits about Mitch McConnell, social media users showed the South Carolina senator little mercy after his death.

The Kentucky senator's attempt to quiet speculation about his health instead unleashed turtle jokes, doctored images and a new round of conspiracy theories.

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