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-British Columbia prisons implement reforms for transgender prisoners
The Canadian province of British Columbia will no longer confine transgender people in the prisons that are meant for the gender they were assigned at birth
-Leelah Alcorn memorialized on the highway where she took her life
In 2014 December, the transgender teenager's suicide note detailed her inability to imagine a positive future for herself
-Obama Officially Backs Efforts to Combat LGBT Discrimination
-Portugal allows same-sex adoption, artificial insemination
-North Carolina school suspends all clubs after parents complain about LGBT club
-World’s most LGBT-friendly businesses revealed by Human Rights Campaign
A record-breaking 407 companies achieve the top score of 100 on the HRC 2016 Corporate Equality Index; New index entries include Twitter, PayPal and Airbnb
-Hanoi hosts first Vietnam LGBT Business Leaders Forum
Ted Osius, the US Ambassador to Vietnam, is among those taking part in the IBM-sponsored, one-day event