Afghanistan - Biden decides to keep August 31 deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan as evacuations accelerate

Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Kaitlan Collins

CNN

UK soldiers leaving Kabul

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lead story - The black transgender push to keep the fight alive at LGBT Pride

Shrai Popat
BBC News

Brooklyn, NY

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www.brooklyn-usa.org

lead story - Andover Public Library will keep transgender children’s books in the kids section

Jason Tidd
The Wichita Eagle

Andover, KS

(lower left on map)

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ezs note:  Oh. Eeek. (yawn)

Why Donald Trump Constantly Makes Promises He Doesn't Intend to Keep

Ryan Teague Beckwith
Time

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Column: Donald Trump won't stop trying to keep America white

Dana Milbank
Chicago Tribune

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Mid-Hudson school districts aim to keep transgender protections intact

William J. Kemble
Daily Freeman

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LGBT employees ask DeVos to keep protections

Maria Danilova
Hattiesburg American

spoof of Betsy DeVos (Jo Firestone)

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The Attempt to Keep Transgender People Out of Bathrooms Is Working

Samantha Michaels
Mother Jones

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Proposed Illinois bill aims to keep transgender students out of their preferred gender bathrooms

Shelley Mesch
The DePaulia

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Keep Transgender Prisoners Out of Solitary Confinement

Emily Zak
www.care2.com

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ezs note:  If you have not done so already, please go to www.care2.com and sign the petition.  You''ll help a transgender prisoner's living conditions now.

Did Bill de Blasio Keep His Promise to Reform Stop-and-Frisk?

Taylor Wofford
http://www.newsweek.com

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Lyon-Martin Merger Would Help Keep Women's Clinic Open

 David-Elijah Nahmod
http://blogs.sfweekly.com


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