national/world - Liam Johns, trans activist who allowed the Observer to document pregnancy, dies at 35

 Jeff A. Chamer

Charlotte Observer

Charlotte, NC

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ezs note:  Rest in peace, Liam...

Michigan - Lynn Conway, Microchip Pioneer Who Overcame Transgender Discrimination, Dies at 86

AP

US News & World Report

Jackson, MI

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ezs note:  Wow... if you are using a computer, laptop, tablet, or cellphone (and I trust you are), you are using Ms. Conway's handiwork.  Rest in peace, Lynn...

Trans prisoner Tiffany Scott dies in jail (UK)

Press

BBC

Peterhead, Scotland

HMP Grampian

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Arizona - Anti-transgender Ariz. ballot measure dies

Erin Reed

Washington Blade

Tombstone, AZ

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ezs note:  GOOD.  Maybe this'll be enough to convince this dumb bill to STAY buried.

Jeanne Hoff, Pioneering Transgender Psychiatrist, Dies at 85

Penelope Green

The New York Times

San Francisco, CA

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ezs note:  Sadly, Dr. Jeanne Hoff passed away.  In her practice, she helped countless transgender people live a full, happy life.  Rest in peace, Dr. Hoff.

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Alabama Mayor, Pastor Dies by Suicide After Being Involuntarily Outed as Transgender Woman

Christopher Wiggins

yahoo news

Smiths Station, AL

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ezs note:  This more thoroughly explains the situation in Smiths Station.

Transgender youth dies by suicide in NH

Brody Levesque

Washington Blade

Manchester, NH

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ezs note:  Yeah, I know - sometimes really do suck.  But there is help.  Call The Trevor Project  at  1-866-488-7386. 

Henry Berg-Brousseau, transgender rights advocate and son of Kentucky state senator, dies at 24

Press

CBS News

Arlington, VA (Berg-Brousseau's home)

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ezs note:  If you are having trouble with the idiocy that goes with life, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988 or 1-800-273-HELP (8277). Thanks.

nota de ezs: si tiene problemas con la idiotez que acompaña a la vida, llame a la línea directa nacional de prevención del suicidio al 988 o al 1-800-273-HELP (8277). Gracias.

Queen Elizabeth dies at 96, ending an era for Britain

Michael Holden, Russell Cheyne

Reuters

Elizabeth II (1926-2022)

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Ivana Trump, an ex-wife of former President Trump, dies at 73

Kate Bennett

CNN

Ivana Trump (1949-2022)

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Betty White - Betty White Dies: The Golden Girls and Mary Tyler Moore Show Star Was 99

Stephen M. Silverman

People

Betty White (1922-2021)

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lead story - April Ashley, model, actor and transgender activist, dies aged 86

Léonie Chao-Fong

The Guardian

 April Ashley (1935-2021)

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ezs note:  You can look up 'April Ashley' on the Digital Transgender Archive.

Rest in peace, April...

Desmond Tutu - Desmond Tutu, South Africa's 'moral compass', dies at 90

Nqobile Dludla, James Macharia

Reuters

Desmond Tutu (1931-2021)

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Bob Dole - Bob Dole, giant of the Senate and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, dies

Veronica Stracqualursi

CNN

Bob Dole R-KS (1922-2021)

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Colin Powell - Colin Powell, trailblazing soldier and statesman who made case for Iraq invasion, dies of Covid at 84

Amanda Macias

CNBC

 Colin Powell (1937-2021)

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Alabama - Bill targeting treatments for transgender youth dies in Alabama Legislature

Brian Lyman

Montgomery Advertiser

Phenix City, AL

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Vladimir Putin - 'There will be consequences' for Russia if Navalny dies, Biden official warns

Connor O'Brien

Politico

Alexei Navalny

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Colombia - Prominent Transgender Activist in Colombia Dies

Michael K. Lavers

South Florida Gay News

Bogotá, Colombia

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ezs note:  Please, we don't want to lose another... WEAR A MASK!

lead story - ‘An Inspiration To Us All’: First Openly Transgender Woman To Run For Florida Senate Dies Weeks Before Election Day

Hope Dean 

WUFT

Clay County, FL (part of District 5)

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ezs note:  Rest in peace, Ms. Farley-Barratt...

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lead story - Michigan woman at center of transgender civil rights case dies at 59

Melissa Nann Burke
The Detroit News

Aimee Stephens

1961 - 2020

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