national/world - Two law firms threaten future legal action against RPS’s new transgender policies

Noah Caplan

KTTC

Rochester, MN

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ezs note:  Sorry, but a guy shooting his wad into a woman's vagina does NOT automatically make two good parents.

Minnesota - Mayo Clinic says it would have reconsidered speaker had it been aware of trans comments

Press

Bring Me The News.

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

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ezs note:  Oh, well.  Better luck next time. 😒

national/world - Rochester (MN) Public Schools move to formalize procedure for helping transgender kids

Catherine Richert

MPR

Rochester, MN

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please press:  www.mprnews.org 

New Hampshire - Trans NH woman says she was targeted with 'voodoo doll' left on her car

Kristina Rex

CBS News

Rochester, NH

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lead story - Transgender men tell of discrimination at Highland

Gino Fanelli

Rochester City Newspaper

Rochester, NY

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please press:  www.rochestercitynewspaper.com

ezs note:  Rochester/Monroe county (NY) - If you live in the area, and you have a bad experience with Highland Hospital, don't remain silent - TELL THEM ABOUT IT!!!

New Hampshire - Rochester elects first openly transgender person to a New Hampshire city council

Press
WGME

Rochester, NH

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please press:  wgme.com

ezs note:  Yay, Rochester!

4th of July speech - What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Frederick Douglass (ed. Dave Zirin)
The Nation.

Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895)

(speech given July 5, 1852)

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Job Fair!

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ezs note:  This is a new feature for a transgender seeking new/better employment as a tool for better economic security.  A few tips: 1)  Dress professionally. If you need some pointers, Google here.  2)  Speak professionally.  Needless to say, no gum-chewing.  No matter how many butterflies you may have, speak and act confidently.  Need to speak proper English?  Google here .  3)  Do your freakin' homework.  Nothing is worse than going from a bad situation to an absolutely horrible one.  That goes double if you are transgender. Anyone can put 'LGBTs welcome' on a business card, but it's up to YOU to check it out.  If you can, talk to a few employees.  Check it out on Wikipedia.  If you are considering a mid to major corporation, see the HRC Corporate Equality Index.  

note: This is a random sampling of job fairs throughout US/Canada. To see more, type 'job fairs' under News.

Town/City: Rochester, NY

Location: 30 Church Street (City Hall)

Date:  May 31

Time(s): 3:00 - 6:00 pm

note:  must have driver's licence, insurance, and registration

please press:  http://www.democratandchronicle.com

Transgender Health Training Lags for Endocrinologists

Scott Harris
Medpage Today

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please press:  http://www.medpagetoday.com

Transgender inmate allegedly beaten by guards to get $80,000

Gary Craig

Democrat & Chronicle


please press:  http://www.democratandchronicle.com

Video captures previously hidden gay community history

Jim Memmott
http://www.democratandchronicle.com


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Rochester to cover transgender services

http://www.washingtonblade.com


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New York Radio Hosts Kimberly And Beck Fired After Making Anti-Transgender Remarks On Air

Curtis M. Wong
http://www.huffingtonpost.com


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Didn't think it could happen, did you?

When Barack Obama sent a brief to the Supreme Court advocating same-sex marriages, it was an earth-shaking moment.  But when George W. Bush sent a letter advocating the same thing... whoa.

Think of that.  Barack Obama and George W. Bush and Joe Biden and Dick Cheney... extraordinarily powerful men with very different viewpoints... come to agreement on same-sex marriage.

It used to be that same-sex marriages were a matter of liberal vs. conservative.  No more.  Now they're a matter of liberal and conservative vs. troglodyte.

Don't let your representative be a troglodyte.  E-mail 'em.

Torrance, California - Maxine Waters(D) - CA43
Ivins, Utah - Chris Stewart (R) - UT2
Mountain View, California - Anna Eshoo (D) - CA18
Eugene, Oregon - Peter DeFazio (D) - OR4
Stony Brook, New York - Tim Bishop (D) NY1
Dallas, Texas - Eddie Bernice Johnson (D  - TX30
Lake Havasu City, Arizona - Paul Gosar (R) - AZ4
Mound, Minnesota - Erik Paulsen (R) - MN3
Lady Lake, Florida - Richard Nugent (R) - FL11
Rochester, New York - Louise Slaughter (D) - NY25

The  selection above  is chosen at random through the Internet.  To determine who your representative is, go to www.house.gov and enter your ZIP code. In Canada, go to www.parl.gc.ca and follow the directions from there.  

Gobble, gobble, let your voice be heard, gobble, gobble!

If you are silent, well -- it just ain't right.  Let your voice be heard to your representative that you and your LGBT friends have every right to the same rights that are enjoyed by your heterosexual friends.

PERIOD.

Malden, Massachusetts - Ed Markey (D) - MA7
San Antonio, Texas- Charles A. Gonzales (D) - TX20
New York, New York - Jerrorld Nadler (D) - NY8
Las Vegas, Nevada - Joe Heck (R) - NV3
Anaheim, California  - Lorretta Sanchez (D) CA24
Naperville, Illinois - Judy Biggert (R) - IL13
Somerset, Kentucky - Hal Rogers (R) - KY5
Rochester, New Hampshire - Ed Guinta (R) - NH1
Port Angeles, Washington - Norm Dicks (D) - WA6
Van Nuys, California - Howard Berman (D) - CA28

The representatives listed above were from the Internet, randomly selected.  To find who your representative is enter www.house.gov and put your ZIP code in.

Rochester city council calls for gender identity rights (pollhudson)

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