Kentucky - Lexington scores near top in the country for LGBTQ rights; gets highest mark in KY

Beth Musgrave

Lexington Herald-Leader

Lexington, KY

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Christian Nationalism and Our Love of Country (video)

 

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ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 8 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

New Jersey - N.J. advocacy groups say U.S. courts are ‘turning this country back’ on transgender rights

Tennyson Donyéa

WHYY

Essex County, NJ (Newark)

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Liz Cheney - Liz Cheney's ouster should alarm all fact-based Americans who believe in our country

Donna Brazile

USA Today

Donna Brazile

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lead story - US transgender soldiers waiting to be allowed to serve their country again

Becky Cotterill

Sky News

The Pentagon

Alexandria, VA

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Donald Trump - Flash bangs and fury: Behind the fortress walls in a defining week for Trump and the country

Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins
CNN

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civil rights - While the country deals with the coronavirus, Idaho state legislators prioritize banning trans athletes

Katelyn Burns
Vox

Gov. Brad Little (left)

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ezs note:  Idahoans - If Gov. Little has not made up his mind yet, please call 208-334-2100 or email him at governor@gov.idaho.gov. and urge him to NO to this stupid bill (HB 500). Thanks. 

Donald Trump - Trump Cringingly Courts Latino Vote: “Who Do You Like More, the Country or the Hispanics?”

Elliot Hannon
Slate

ezs note:  Oh, Donald, you devil...

(no, I really mean it, 'you devil'.)

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lead story - A transgender Army sergeant says ban won't stop Americans from serving their country

Nicole Chavez
CNN

near Tacoma, WA

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Dominican Republic - Gay Pride Parade in the Dominican Republic: Shift in the country’s culture?

Joaquin Salazar
via.news

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lead story - INDIA: NO COUNTRY FOR TRANSGENDER WOMEN

Puja Changoiwala
South China Morning Post

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ezs note:  USA - Uh, before we get all proud 'n shit, here's a sobering fact for you:  according to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, we are the 10th worst and the only first-world country to be shamed by the danger to women (cis and trans).  Please, let's go to our town and city halls and speak up.

civil rights - ACLU praises Connecticut for passing ‘most protective transgender policy and law in the country’

Josh Delk
The Hill

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ezs note: Yeah, yeah, we've got problems (who doesn't?) but Connecticut has the MOST progressive laws in the country! Yay!  👧

civil rights - “I Structured My Entire Life Around Serving My Country”

Mark Joseph Stern
Slate

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Tanzania - Tanzania: Country Summary for Tanzania and Zanzibar in HRW's World Report 2018

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AllAfrica

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The character of the country is more than the man in the Oval Office

Kerna Bolton
The Philadelphia Tribune

Yaquina Head, Newport, OR

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Can transgender students go to women's colleges? Across the country, the answer is evolving.

Anna North
Vox

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Transgender Soldiers Want the Dignity of Serving Their Country

'Jenny Hall'*
The Atlantic

*pseudonymous

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This Law Firm Is Linked to Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bills Across the Country

Mary Emily O'Hara
NBC News

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Denmark to become first country not to define being transgender as a mental illness

Simon Robb
Metro.co.uk

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Argentina: Transgender women suffer spate of murders as country introduces laws recognising LGBT rights (UK)

David Usborne
The Independent

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