Walt Whitman (Wikipedia)

Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

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Greg Berlanti (Wikipedia)

Greg Berlanti

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please press:  Greg Berlanti

ezs note:  This is a new piece, borrowing Wikipedia's list of anniversaries of LGBT+ and advocates.   This is a wide list, but it is by no means exhaustive.  You can help by adding to the list of notables.  In the meantime, enjoy!

Harvey Milk (Wikimedia)

 

Harvey Milk (1930 - 1978)

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ezs note:  This is a new piece, borrowing Wikipedia's list of anniversaries of LGBT+ and advocates.   This is a wide list, but it is by no means exhaustive.  You can help by adding to the list of notables.  In the meantime, enjoy!

Lesley Gore (Wikipedia)

Lesley Gore (1946-2015)

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please press:  Lesley Gore

ezs note:  This is a new piece, borrowing Wikipedia's list of anniversaries of LGBT+ notables.  This is a wide list, but it is by no means exhaustive.  You can help by adding to the list of notables.  In the meantime, enjoy!

just ONE vote...

 

Southington, CT

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Just one vote.

No, it wasn't in far-off Nome, Alaska.  Nor was in a large state such as New York, California, or Florida.  It was just one town away, in Southington.  When we imagine small states such as Connecticut, we think erroneously of uniform legislatures.  True, Connecticut leans Democratic, but Southington doesn't fit this profile.  In fact, Southington has had some true knuckle-draggers.  

But not this time.

If one or two voters had stayed home this would be a different story.  What I'm saying to you is vote.  From President down to dog-catcher. I'm not saying this will an ironclad guarantee.  But you never know...

New York (state) - New York AG Takes Action to Protect Transgender Students’ Rights

Lucas Day

Finger Lakes dailynews.com

North Tonawanda, NY

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note: please note that Connecticut's AG filed an amicus brief.

Andrew Cuomo - Former NY Gov. Cuomo charged with sex crime, months after resigning amid harassment probe

Dan Managan

CNBC

Fmr. Gov. Andrew Cuomo

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Kathy Hochul - Kathy Hochul to become New York’s first female governor, replacing Andrew Cuomo after his resignation

Annika Kim Constantino, Christina Wilkie

CNBC

Gov.-elect Kathy Hochul

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extra - READ: NY AG report into harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo

 Staff

CNN

report (not from this case)

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read the findings here.

Andrew Cuomo - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, state attorney general report says

Tierney Sneed, Sonia Moghe

CNN

Andrew Cuomo

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ezs note:  When your own AG hangs you out to dry, it's time.  It's really, really time.

New York - This Pride Month, Let’s Support Transgender Health Care for a Healthier New York

Doug Wirth

City & State New York

Yonkers, NY

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New York - New York Democrats finally ready to repeal ‘walking while trans’ loitering law

Denis Slattery

New York Daily News

Yonkers, NY

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lead story - New York county agrees to 'landmark' transgender jail reforms

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

Bath, NY

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Donald Trump - Trump’s Bank Was Subpoenaed by N.Y. Prosecutors in Criminal Inquiry

David Enrich, Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum, Benjamin Weiser
The New York Times

Subpoena!  

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civil rights - Following trans teen's suit, minors can now change New York birth certificates

Cynthia Silva
NBC News

Albany, NY

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Donald Trump - Trump to New York travelers: Drop dead

Erin Durkin
Politico

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Donald Trump - Donald Trump says he hates New York 'even more than I should' because of investigations

Khaleda Rahman
Newsweek

ezs note:  Donnie's little loft

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New York - NY Courts To Add Transgender, Nonbinary & Other Gender Options To Jury Documents

Press
CBS New York

Albany, NY

Dongan Charter

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civil rights - Civil Rights Groups Call Out ‘Archaic’ N.Y. Loitering Law For Targeting Trans People

Alanna Vagianos
HuffPost

New York City, NY (1731)

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Donald Trump - NY Att. Gen. subpoenas two banks over Trump Org. records

Press
AOL.

Albany, NY

original Dongan Charter (1686)

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