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Audio Slideshow—“My goal when I first started transition was to be able to go into the grocery store and do my shopping and not get laughed at by people,” transgender woman Meghan Lynn Andrews said during this audio slideshow.

News Broadcast—Asher Brown, Billy Lucas, Seth Walsh, all teenage boys who had their lives ahead of them. Each faced intense anti-gay bullying; each took their own lives. I covered gay teen bullying, interviewing a young man who described being teased relentlessly as a kid as well as a high school senior whose school recently made headlines when the assistant principal pulled disqualified a student from a school function for saying he supported gay marriage.

Audio Slideshow—“Does anyone here like bulldogs?”community activist Justin Rudd asked the crowd at the 8th annual Bulldog Beauty Contest and Haute Dogs Pageant. More than 200 bulldogs—many dressed to the nines—and their owners packed into Marine Stadium in Long Beach, Calif. to compete for a coveted title.

Web Video—“How would you spend $1,500 to make the world a better place?” Nine contestants in the 5th annual Long Beach Giving Project were given cash and instructions to make an impact on their community. Find out how the contestants planned to approach the week-long giveaway inspired by Oprah’s “Big Give” and American Idol’s “Idol Gives Back.”