Emily's virtual rocket : 11/01/2020

29 November 2020

Oregon - DEA Wants to Surveil Patients. Trans Men Stopped Them Once Before.

Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

Filter

Portland, OR

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lead story - Father of slain Richmond transgender woman: 'We're never going to stop looking'

Brendan King

CBS News Richmond

Richmond, VA

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please press: www.wtvr.com

ezs note: Richmond, VA area - If you any information regarding the murder of Chae’Meshia Simms, please call Richmond police at 804-646-5533 or Crimestoppers at 804-780-1000. Thanks.

Joe Biden - Jill Biden, Joe's chief protector, to step up as first lady

Laurie Kellman

Yahoo! news

Jill Biden

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please press: news.yahoo.com

28 November 2020

Minnesota - Gender-Diverse Teens More Likely to Have Risky Sex Than Cisgender Peers

Benjamin Ryan

POZ

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please press: www.poz.com

lead story - Lack of health insurance drives nearly 1 in 10 U.S. transgender people to use nonprescription hormones: study

Theresa Braine

Daily News

Ann Arbor, MI

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please press: www.nydailynews.com

ezs note: Please, don't make the same mistake I did (I had a stroke) ...see a physician!

Joe Biden - Biden picks up small number of votes in Milwaukee County after Trump-requested recount

Samira Said

CNN

We can do it again, if you like...

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please press: www.cnn.com

27 November 2020

Georgia (state) - Georgia, Tennessee elect first known LGBTQ members to state legislatures

Jordan Williams

The Hill

Stone Mountain, GA

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please press: thehill.com

lead story - Indonesian police move transgender celebrity to private cell

Edna Tarigan

ABC News

Jakarta, Indonesia

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please press: abcnews.go.com

Joe Biden - Trump says for first time he'll leave office if Electoral College votes for Biden

Paul LeBlanc

CNN

White House

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please press: www.cnn.com

25 November 2020

South Carolina - North Charleston vigil honors transgender lives lost and those who still ‘need your love’

Stephen Hobbs

The Post And Courier

North Charleston, SC

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please press: www.postandcourier.com

lead story - Transgender Pakistanis find solace in a church of their own

Zarar Khan

Spectrum News

Karachi, Pakistan

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please press: www.baynews9.com

Joe Biden - Biden eyes New Mexico governor, Obama surgeon general for health secretary

Adam Cancryn, Alice Miranda Ollstein

Politico

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Vivek Murthy

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please press: www.politico.com

24 November 2020

Alaska - ‘We can’t turn this down’: New Xbox game brings Tlingit voices to the forefront

Erin McKinstry

alaskapublic.org

Hoonah, AK

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lead story - A transgender woman sues the Georgia Department of Corrections over allegations of sexual assault by inmates and staff

Madeline Holcombe

CNN

State Offices South

Forsyth, GA

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Joe Biden - Pennsylvania and Nevada certify election results for Biden

Kelly Mena

CNN

Kittanning, PA

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please press: www.cnn.com

23 November 2020

Nevada - Nevada makes history as the first US state to protect gay marriage in the constitution

Samara Louise

Happy

Goldfield, NV (1903)

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please press: happymag.tv

lead story - Transgender woman identified as homicide victim in SW Houston

Roxie Bustamente

ABC News Houston

Houston, TX

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please press: abc13.com

ezs note: Houstonians - if you have any information on the murder of Asia Jones, please contact the Houston police department at 713-884-3131. Thanks.