First Openly Transgender Professional Team Athlete Retires

Laura Roman
WFDD

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ezs note:  In case you missed it, your local friendly knothead Donald Trump has proposed zeroing out NPR's annual budget.  Granted, it's a longshot, but it could happen. The station WFDD gave us this news to enlighten us.  The least we can do is 1) sign the petition (I did) and 2) make a donation to our local station.

Donald Trump's 2005 tax return (Credit: Rachel Maddow)

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ezs note:  If you wish to examine Donald Trump's returns more thoroughly, you can do so here.

A NEW PHASE OF CHAOS ON TRANSGENDER RIGHTS

Jennie Suk Gerson
The New Yorker

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Watch Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump face up to an alien invasion in new SNL sketch

Sam Moore
NME

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SNL mocks Logo’s ‘Fire Island,’ cast shows support for transgender rights

Erin Rook
LGBTQ Nation

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Eighteen attorneys general support Virginia transgender teen

Press
WINA

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Transgender Models Find a Home

Alyson Krueger
The New York Times

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The World Sent Me Hate Mail About My Transgender Kid -- & Here's Why I Welcome It

Isabel Rose
cafemom

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Transgender student guidelines updated by NYC education department

Alison Fox
AM New York

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Trump Ruled the Tabloid Media. Washington Is a Different Story.

Glenn Thrush, Michael M. Grynbaum
The New York Times

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Mid-Hudson school districts aim to keep transgender protections intact

William J. Kemble
Daily Freeman

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Transgender woman punched on Albany's Central Avenue

Emily Masters
timesunion

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14 TV Shows That Broke Ground With Gay and Transgender Characters

Kathryn Shattuck
The New York Times

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Doll based on transgender teen Jazz Jennings to debut at New York Toy Fair

Matt Ott
Chicago Tribune

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Companies Join Forces Against Social-Conservative Bills in the South

Cameron McWhirter and Jon Kamp
The Wall Street Journal

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Sundance Film Review: ‘Strong Island’

Owen Gleiberman
Variety

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LGBT protest at Stonewall Inn takes on edge amid possible blow to gay rights (UK)

Joanna Walters
The Guardian

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The British media just roasted Donald Trump, and he hated it

Tim Chester
Mashable

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Syracuse LGBTQ community faces uncertainty with Donald Trump presidency

Haley Kim
The Daily Orange

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Donald Trump, Sean Spicer, And The George Costanza Rule Of Lying

Matt Gertz
Media Matters for America

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