Deutsche Bank freezes plans for North Carolina jobs over transgender law

By: ARNO SCHUETZE AND COLLEEN JENKINS The headquarters of Germany’s Deutsche Bank is photographed early evening in Frankfurt, Germany, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) is freezing plans to create 250 new jobs in North Carolina after the state enacted a law last month that opponents say discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…

Transgender Girl Scout stands up to bully who wouldn’t buy cookies from ‘a boy in a dress’

By: Lindsay Bever Nine-year-old Stormi set out last month to sell cookies just like every other Girl Scout — with a sales pitch and a goal. “I like to sell cookies because it’s very nice to sell cookies,” she told BuzzFeed News. Cookies, she said, “make people smile.” But when Stormi, who is transgender, started knocking on neighbors’ doors near…