Missouri - Missouri Republicans aim to keep transgender issues in spotlight next year

Kurt Erickson

Columbia Missourian

Warrensburg, MO (r)

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lead story - Rosie Duffield meets Labour leader to discuss transgender issues

Press

BBC

Kent, UK

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ezs note:  MP Rosie Duffield does not deserve this garbage.  She deserves persuasion, and if that fails, votes... but NOT violence!  Let's cut the crap now!

lead story - Keira Bell lawyer warns on internet coverage of transgender issues

Jamie Doward

The Guardian

London UK

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ezs note:  While I cannot speak for all the blogs out there, I do pride myself in going for the thoughtful ones and printing them in Emily's Virtual  Rocket.  If you are seriously considering changing your gender (either cosmetically or surgically)  please find a good psychologist.  The ones to avoid, however, are "reparative therapy specialists"  These are quacks.

civil rights - Divisive comments on transgender issues lead School Board to rethink public comment policy

Jonathan Simmons
PalmCoastObserver.com

Palm Coast, FL

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ezs note:  Palm Coasters - When the next meeting is held, be sure to show up.  And politely have your voices heard, especially if Ms. Cochran spews her gunk.

Vatican City/US - Pope Francis speaks with U.S. bishops on pro-life and transgender issues

Press
America

Vatican City

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ezs note:  Oh, Francis.  We must talk.  When Archbishop Carlson was asked about transgender issues, this is what he said:

Asked whether the pope then gave the bishops any advice on how to handle the transgender debate, Archbishop Carlson said the pope touched on the way proponents believe people are "all one and that there's no difference, which would fly in the face of what (St.) John Paul II talked about on complementarity and it would fly in the face of the dignity of the woman and the dignity of the man, that we could just change into whatever we wanted." 

This is akin to casually choosing rice instead of spaghetti in my favorite restaurant,  Ahem... NO, IT'S NOT.  In most states, to have surgery performed, there is a rigorous examination as to whether this person is 'really' transgender.  Am I saying that doctors, psychologists, and surgeons are absolutely perfect?  No, not at all.  But neither are you.

Georgia - Social issues will surely play big role in Georgia legislative session

Maya T. Prabhu
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Hartwell, GA

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lead story - Transgender issues: Where the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates stand

Emily Tillett
CBS

Vermin Supreme (and no, this is not a joke...)

(Hey, he's better than Trump...)

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please press:  www.cbsnews.com

civil rights - Public opinion data offers insights into transgender issues

Press
Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

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civil rights - Allies need to focus specifically on transgender issues in wake of violence: Activists

Karma Allen
ABC

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West Virginia - ACLU rep: Harrison, WV, schools fail to address transgender issues

JoAnn Snoderly
The Exponent-Telegram

Clarksburg, WV

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Maryland - Maryland GOP delegate's aide charged with making illegal robocall against fellow delegate on transgender issues

Luke Broadwater
The Baltimore Sun

Baltimore, MD

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ezs note:  Marylanders - to get more on this story, visit the podcast. (starts at 15:38)

lead story - Judge orders training on transgender issues for all Illinois prison staff amid inmate lawsuit

Angie Lourgos Leventis
Chicago Tribune

Dixon, IL

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lead story - Academics are being harassed over their research into transgender issues

Kathleen Stock (and others)
The Guardian

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ezs note:  Wow... I must say, I'm certainly impressed.  All these PhDs and shit.  Well, let's take a closer look at Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne's body of work:  

...the Global Warming Policy Foundation (a climate skeptic think funded primarily by multiple anonymous donors)  http://www.thegwpf.org/who-we-are/board-of-trustees

And if we look down the list a bit, we find this esteemed gentleman:

Sian Hindle, Senior Lecturer, School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University

(emphasis mine)

It's breathtaking, really.  He goes straight from making pretty earrings to mulling the nature of transgender persons.

Right.

lead story - Winchester forum discusses transgender issues, urges ‘yes’ vote on Question 3

Mariya Manzhos
Wicked Local Winchester

Winchester, MA

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ezs note:  Massachusetts residents:  Please, please remember to vote YES on Question 3 on Election Day.  And, by the way, are you registered yet?  If not, do it now! 

lead story - Wilton Community Center hosts talk on transgender issues

Ashley Saari
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Wilton, NH

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please press:  www.ledgertranscript.com

Comic-drama 'Hir' tackles abuse, transgender issues in Steppenwolf production

Scott C. Morgan
Daily Herald

'Hir' dramedy

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Long shadow cast by psychiatrist on transgender issues finally recedes at Johns Hopkins

Amy Ellis Nutt
The Washington Post

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ezs note:  Goodbye, Dr. McHugh.  And good riddance to you and your brand of quack psychiatry.

Los Angeles Now Has A Council To Advise The City On Transgender Issues

Juliet Bennett Rylah
laist

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Two Bangladeshi Artists Are Giving Transgender Issues a Global Spotlight

Isaac Kaplan
Artsy

Tayeba Begum Lipi, Lullaby, 2014

please press:  https://www.artsy.net

Transgender activist running for Wash. office

Elisa Hahn
KREM2

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