Oregon - Oregon LGBTQ+ organization calls Republican lawmakers ‘reckless’ for naming trans student

Elizabeth Miller

OPB 

Sherwood, OR

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national/world - Alabama official calls for firing of transgender Space Camp employee after parent speaks out

William Thornton

AL.com

Huntsville, AL

(where else?)

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Florida GOP lawmaker calls transgender speakers ‘demons and imps,’ apologizes

Lawrence Mower, Romy Ellenbogen

Tampa Bay Times

Rep. Webster Barnaby (R - Deltona)

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ezs note:  Rep. Barnaby: You're forgiven.  But come Election Day, you don't mind if we haul your ass out of there, do you?  Nothing personal, we just like having our lives.

Youngkin calls for gender-neutral bathrooms after question from transgender Virginia teen

Julia Shapero

The Hill

Arlington, VA

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ezs note:  Hey, he's got a good idea.  No matter where you are, SPEAK UP!!!

Hershey’s use of transgender woman in promotion spurs boycott calls

Sue Gleiter

pennlive

Hershey, PA

Hershey's plant

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ezs note:  Oh.  Eek.

Louisiana - Calls for Louisiana's first veto override session grow over guns, roads, transgender athletes

Will Sentell

The Advocate

Gonzales, LA

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ezs note:  Louisiana residents - no matter where in the state you live, it's a great time to tell your state senators AND representatives to say NO to this idiotic transgender athletes bill.

lead story - Czech President Zeman Calls Transgender People 'Disgusting'

Reuters

US News & World Report

Pres. Miloš Zaman

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Joe Biden - Biden renews calls for gun reform after Indianapolis shooting

Ben Leonard

Politico

White House, South Lawn

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lead story - Biden calls anti-trans violence an 'epidemic that needs national leadership'

Jeff Taylor

NBC News

Joe Biden

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Donald Trump - Trump Lashes Out at His Cabinet With Calls to Indict Political Rivals

 Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman

The New York Times

Donald Trump

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Donald Trump - Pelosi calls Trump's coronavirus relief executive actions 'absurdly unconstitutional'

Chandelis Duster
CNN

Sisyphus, Franz Stuck

(Absurdist art)

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Donald Trump - Tech Writer Calls For Twitter To Remove Trump Tweets

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski
MSNBC

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ezs note:  If you would still even consider voting for this vile, evil, cretin of a 'man', perhaps you should be locked up in a psych ward.  Please, see this important, utterly sickening blog.

Delaware - Biden Talks Trans Rights, Calls Conversion Therapy Sick at Fundraiser

Trudy Ring
Advocate

New Castle, DE

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ezs note:  To be honest, Joe Biden was not my first choice, but his strong condemnation of "conversion therapy" won me over.   

Donald Trump - Trump rips George W. Bush after he calls for unity amid coronavirus outbreak

Justin Wise
The Hill

George W. Bush

ezs note:  Damn... I never thought I'd say it, but in this one area, he' s a REAL hero (unlike the current prick-in-residence)  

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Vermont - Hallquist calls for Agri-publicans to condemn candidate’s ‘transphobic’ comments

Grace Elletson
VTDigger

Christine Hallquist

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Pennsylvania - Harrisburg marks Transgender Day of Remembrance, calls for legislative action

Katie Meyer
WITF

Kunkel Building

Harrisburg, PA

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Sint Maarten - Minister Johnson calls sexual harassment accusations false

Press
The Daily Herald

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

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lead story - Transgender Killings Spur Calls For Police Reform

Lindsey Kilbride
NPR

Jacksonville, FL

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lead story - Transgender activist Akkai Padmashali calls Centre's stand...

Vinobha K T
Times Of India

Akkai Padmashali

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Guatemala - Forced to flee her home, trans activist calls for tolerance

Michelle Hoffman, Alex St-Denis
UNHCR

Guatemalan real coin (pron. ray-AL)

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