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        Trans Teenager on How Princess Diana Inspired Her
    Scottish teenager Diana Duff shares how Princess Diana inspired her from beyond the grave to embrace her true identity.
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          Feb 20, 2018
          
        
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Trans Teenager on How Princess Diana Inspired Her

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They are reacting strongly to the killing of Alex Pretti by a federal agent in Minneapolis.

“They are textbook asylum cases,” attorney Rebekah Wolf told The Advocate. “People from a country where who they are is criminalized and punishable by torture or death — that is literally the definition of an asylum seeker.”

The Pentagon has ordered officials not to train new recruits who are HIV-positive despite a pending court ruling.

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"So many things feel so insane, so not-normal, and it feels like no one is addressing it," drag queen Lauren Banall told PRIDE.

These celebrities brought the sex appeal in their steamy videos this year.

The man who shot Renee Nicole Good is a 43-year-old firearms instructor who appears to have defended white supremacists online.

Opinion: "While the obstacles we face may be significant, Lenacapavir represents a monumental breakthrough in the fight against HIV/AIDS, one we can not afford to squander," write Dr. Kelly Gebo and Dr. Amanda Castel.

“There’s now a place for us to have this conversation, to be able to talk as openly as this,” Oglivy said.

The apparel company filed a lawsuit against the activist in a California federal court earlier this week. It's seeking $1 in damages.