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Three days before her gender-affirming surgery, Chedino Martin poses for the camera in the home she shares with her fiancé, Keagan, and his deaf parents, Maria and Keith, in the Hanover Park neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa, in 2017.

Miss Trans Africa's Long Wait for Freedom

Chedino Martin was 23 years old when she realized she was a transgender woman. She was determined to follow her dream, but had no idea how much luck, patience and strength she would need to get there.

Joy Ryan and her grandson Brad at the National Park of American Samoa. The pair visited all 63 U.S. national parks together

How a 93-year-old visited every national park and healed a family rift in the process

Grandma Joy Ryan, the 93-year-old behind @grandmajoysroadtrip on Instagram, says she's the "oldest old lady to ever visit every national park."

John Coltrane (left) and Eric Dolphy on stage at the Village Gate in New York City in the summer of 1961. A recording of the performance, once thought lost, was recently discovered in the New York Public Library.

John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy's fearless experiment sets a new album ablaze

The recording made at NYC's Village Gate during the summer of 1961, when the John Coltrane quartet was joined by Eric Dolphy, was thought lost until it was discovered in the New York Public Library.

A photo of the lawsuit filed by two teachers against the Escondido Union School District's policy to refer to students by their preferred pronouns and not to disclose their gender identities to their parents without their permission, May 30, 2023.

Expert: North County educators', administrator's First Amendment arguments fall flat

It's part of a larger trend across the nation to skirt local and state laws protections for LGBTQ+ students.

Pictured, Carlsbad High School students staging walk out. May 30, 2023.

Carlsbad High School students stage walkout, claiming lack of support for the LGBTQ community

The students cited a speech given by the school's vice principal at a church and a postponement of a vote on flying the Pride flag.

Pastor Emeritus L.J. Thomas of Mt. Moriah Christian Church speaks to a crowd at the Mira Mesa Veterans Memorial Wall. San Diego, Calif. May 29, 2023.

Memorial Day tributes held in Mira Mesa, Mt. Soledad, USS Midway

Residents from the San Diego region and elsewhere honored those who gave their lives in military service to the nation during several Memorial Day events Monday in the Mira Mesa neighborhood, Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial and at the USS Midway Museum.

Doc Todd, a rapper who helped other veterans feel 'Not Alone,' dies at 38

George Michael Todd — a generous, "gentle giant" — died of sudden cardiac death. He served in Afghanistan and returned home with PTSD. In 2017 he released an album called Combat Medicine.

Playing a religious character without making faith the punchline

There was something revelatory about the way the HBO show Somebody Somewhere gently hold the spiritual identity of one of its characters. It wasn't a punchline.

A worker at the Wupperthal Original Rooibos Co-operative's processing facility carries a bag of freshly harvested rooibos to the processing area. The country's rooibos tea exports have skyrocketed from barely 500 tons in 1996 to nearly 9,000 tons today — enough to fill 3.6 billion teabags. But indigenous farmers were long cut out of the revenues, until a ground-breaking agreement was forged.

Trendy rooibos tea finally brings revenues to Indigenous South African farmers

For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown widely popular around the world, they've been cut out of revenues. Until now.

Tina Turner sings during her performance at the Macy's Passport '97 fundraiser and fashion show in San Francisco.

Opinion: Life lessons from Tina Turner

NPR's Scott Simon contemplates the emotional power of the song "What's Love Got To Do With It" following singer Tina Turner's death.

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