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First Native American lesbian elected to Minnesota House
Susan Allen became the first openly lesbian Native American to be elected to a state legislature after winning a special election in Minnesota on Tuesday night.  LGBT News5/21/2012
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Transgender contestant loses beauty pageant, wins civil rights test
(Toronto) -- Transgender trailblazer Jenna Talackova lost her bid to become Miss Universe Canada over the weekend, but said Sunday that her history-making appearance has...
5/17/2012
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Jenna Talackova Makes History as First Transgender Miss Universe Canada Contestant
(Las Vegas) -- First Nation transgender beauty Jenna Talackova is set to compete in Miss Universe Canada on Saturday May 19, having won reinstatement to the pageant...
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Transgender beauty contestant takes spotlight from rivals
(Canada) -- A transgender contender at Miss Universe Canada is unfairly taking the spotlight away from other contestants, complained friends and relatives of some rivals...
5/5/2012
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Osage transgender running for Osage Congress shares her story
(Oklahoma) -- Jozi Tall Chief is making history as the first admitted intersex/transgender to run for a seat in the Osage government. “I am the first intersex/...
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BLOG: Honoring the Two-Spirit People: A Third Option?
(USA) -- A few years back while having a conversation with friends, who are male, female, straight and gay, the topic of a “Third Option” came up. Wouldn...
4/16/2012
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Talackova: “I think the Creator put me here to be a spokesperson”
(British Columbia) -- Jenna Talackova has become a worldwide sensation following her battle with the Miss Universe Organization over her ability to compete in the Miss...
4/10/2012
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Miss Universe pageant allowing transgender women
(New York) -- Transgender women will be allowed to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant next year, officials announced Tuesday, a week after they ruled a...
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Talackova’s story highlights debate over trans bill: advocate
(Canada) -- Local trans advocate Marie Little is hoping the media controversy surrounding Vancouver beauty queen Jenna Talackova becomes a watershed moment for trans...
4/9/2012
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Transgendered Miss Universe Canada contestant has boyfriend, wants kids
(New York) -- Miss Universe contestant Jenna Talackova has a boyfriend and hopes to have two kids some day, but didn't initially tell him she was born male, the...
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Jenna Talackova’s journey from First Nation to Miss Universe contestant
(Vancouver) -- Even as a Grade 8 student at Vancouver’s Killarney secondary, Jenna Talackova’s femininity was apparent.
4/7/2012
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Aboriginal Jenna Talackova Speaks to Barbara Walters—and the World—on 20/20
(Canada) -- For millennia life was fairly simple for the Lake Babine Nation’s members, who lived peaceably along the shores of Babine Lake and the river of the...
4/3/2012
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Aboriginal Transgender Miss Universe Canada Contestant Jenna Talackova Fights Disqualification—And Wins
(Canada) -- Lake Babine First Nation member Jenna Talackova was born male. Four years ago, though, she underwent a sex change operation. Today she is a 23-year-old woman...
4/2/2012
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Leader hopes bias crime training helped alter attitudes
(Wyoming) -- With the Northern Arapaho Tribe and other American Indian groups, they carry the name "two-spirited." They are the lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
3/21/2012
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American Indian tribe could be first in Michigan to recognize same-sex marriage
(Michigan) -- A tribe in the Northern Lower Peninsula could become Michigan's first tribe of American Indians to recognize same-sex marriage, and only the third in...
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Indian tribe in Michigan considers constitutional amendment to recognize same-sex marriages
(Michigan) -- The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians' tribal council is considering a constitutional amendment that would recognize same-sex marriages.
2/6/2012
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Susan Allen, First American Indian Lesbian in State Legislature, Fights for Social Equality
(Minnesota) -- Susan Allen recently became the first American Indian woman elected to serve in the Minnesota State Legislature. She is also the first Indian lesbian...
2/2/2012
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Part of Normal
(Saskatchewan) -- Dylan Rose was riding his bike home from a bar one night when someone driving a pickup truck, honking the horn and yelling out the window, ran him off...
1/23/2012
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Newest House member sworn into office
(Minnesota) -- Even before her teen years, Rep. Susan Allen (DFL-Mpls) knew she wanted to fight for social and economic justice. Throughout her personal life and...
1/13/2012
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Susan Allen Becomes First American Indian Lesbian Elected to a State Legislature
(Minnesota) -- Minnesota Democrat Susan Allen made history January 10 as the first Native American Lesbian to be elected to a U.S. State legislature. During a special...
1/12/2012
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First Native American lesbian elected to Minnesota House
(Minnesota) -- Susan Allen became the first openly lesbian Native American to be elected to a state legislature after winning a special election in Minnesota on Tuesday...
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Kickass Openly Gay Native American Woman Elected to State Legislature
(Minnesota) -- Nine Native Americans have served in the Minnesota state legislature since the state's founding, and all of them have been men.
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