national/world - Texas AG sues doctor who allegedly provided transgender care to 21 minors

Matt Lavietes, Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Dallas, TX

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Arkansas - Arkansas trans community center vandalized for 5th time in past year, advocates say

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Little Rock, AR

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national/world - Transgender runner Nikki Hiltz is headed to the Paris Olympics

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Paris, France

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Massachusetts - 20 years ago, same-sex marriage in Massachusetts opened a door for LGBTQ rights nationwide

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Boston, MA

Arlington Street Church

(1st church to solemnize same-sex marriage after Mass. Supreme Court allowed it 20 years ago)

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ezs note:  Thank you, our neighbors to the north!!!

Transgender veterans sue the VA for gender-affirming surgery

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Department of Veterans Affairs

Washington DC

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Two of the country’s largest transgender rights organizations will merge

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

transgender people protesting

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A year after Elon Musk bought Twitter, LGBTQ people say it has become toxic

Jo Yurcaba, David Ingram

NBC News

Amantia muscaria mushroom, toxic

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How Zooey Zephyr, Montana's first trans legislator, became a national celebrity

Jo Yurcaba

MSNBC 

Billings, MT

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World chess body bars trans women from competing in women’s events

Jo Yurcaba, Matt Lavietes

NBC News

Chess

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ezs note:  WHAT.  THE.  FLOCK.

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New York governor signs 'safe haven' law for transgender youth

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Albany, NY

New York State Capitol

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ezs note:  Now it's our turn, Gov. Lamont.  (ahem...)

12 trailblazers to celebrate on Transgender Day of Visibility

Brooke Sopelsa, Jo Yurcaba 

NBC News

El Paso, TX (birthplace of Reed Erickson)

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Fear pervades Tennessee's trans community amid focus on Nashville shooter's gender identity

Matt Lavietes, Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Nashville, TN

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ezs note:  I understand your frustration.  However, guns are not, repeat, NOT the answer.

'Social contagion' isn’t causing more youths to be transgender, study finds

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

It's spreading!  It's spreading!

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lead story - Trump promises to ban transgender women from sports if re-elected

Jo Yurcaba 

NBC News

A perfect definition:  Donald J. Trump

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lead story - Amy Schneider says best part of 'Jeopardy!' success is representing trans community

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Jeopardy! (game show)

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ezs note:  I've been watching Amy Schneider, rooting for her all the way.  Go Amy!

lead story - S.D. governor proposes ban on transgender girls in female sports

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Pierre, SD

South Dakota Capitol

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lead story - Catholic diocese says gay and trans people can't be baptized or receive Communion

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Marquette, MI

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ezs note:  Oh, really?  I was doing some research on Coccinelle  , and this was result:

She married French journalist Francis Bonnet in 1960 and was married legally by the French Roman Catholic Church after her legal name change and rebaptism.  (italics mine) (Wikipedia)

¿Que?

lead story - Transgender people in 'survival mode' as violence rises, anti-trans bills become law

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Lorman, MS

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lead story - Transgender teen sues Tennessee over school sports ban

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Knoxville, TN

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lead story - Lesbians stand by trans women in open letter after 'dangerous' BBC article

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene  (1864)

Simeon Solomon

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