Nevada - ‘We can never rest’ – NV groups speak about rise in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and, in some states, laws

Michael Lyle

Current

Ely, NV

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COVID epidemic - Anti-vaccine groups changing into 'dance parties' on Facebook to avoid detection

Ben Collins, Brandy Zadrozny

NBC News

Nothing more needs be said...

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civil rights - 279 Groups Call for Health Care Access to Protect All

Shin Inouye
The Leadership Conference

AFL-CIO (among others)

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civil rights - Civil Rights Groups: The “Fairness for All” Act is an Affront to Existing Civil Rights Protections

Lucas Acosta
HRC

US Capitol (interior)

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lead story - Prison workers under investigation for allegedly mocking transgender inmates in private Facebook groups

Nicole Chavez, Amanda Watts, Daniel Przygoda
CNN

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Maine - Tunnel of Oppression challenges perceptions of groups on campus

Ali Tobey
Maine Campus

Orono, ME

University of Maine

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civil rights - Gavel Drop: Anti-Choice Groups Go to Bat for Kavanaugh on the High Court

Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pielko
Rewire News

Daytona Beach, FL (Volusia County)

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West Virginia - How Transphobic Anti-LGBTQ Groups Hijacked a Small Town's Fight for Equality

Whitney Kimball
Jezebel

Parkersburg, WV

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civil rights - Civil rights groups wary of Trump's latest faith-based initiative

Julie Moreau
NBC

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The U.S. government says Russia infiltrated Facebook with fake users, accounts and groups supporting Donald Trump

Peter Kafka
recode

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ezs note:  Like to read?  Toward the bottom of this post is Robert Mueller's 37-page indictment of 13 Russian nationals.  I don't even think I need to tell you who they're supporting.  (Hint:  his initials are D.J.T.)

Christian Groups Say Anti-Gay Discrimination Is Rare. Here Are 1,000 Counterarguments.

Stephanie Mencimer
Mother Jones

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Conservative, ‘transphobic’ groups plan to visit New Haven this weekend

Esteban L. Hernandez
New Haven Register

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Groups speak out for, against transgender students' locker room access

Duaa Eldeib
Chicago Tribune

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Trump Victory Alarms Gay and Transgender Groups

Liam Stack
The New York Times

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Jewish Groups Cheer Obama’s Transgender Protections

Ron Kampeas
Forward

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Groups to honor Transgender Day of Visibility

Rachel Hatch
Illinois State University

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New Mexico Groups Applaud Introduction Of Federal Equality Act

Press
KRWG/NPR

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ezs note:  National Public Radio (NPR) is a great alternative versus the dreck that's on most of the station these days.  If you like it, put a bumper sticker on your car!  Hell, even if one person a day tries 

NPR out, you've increased the knowledge base just a smidge!

LGBT groups mark International Women’s Day (UK)

Staff
Pink News

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Asheville LGBTQ groups organizing counter protest

Beth Walton

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Point of View: Why allow religious groups to discriminate?

DONALD CAVANAUGH
http://www.palmbeachpost.com

to read more, go to:  http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/opinion/point-of-view-why-allow-religious-groups-to-discri/ng7Wx/