lead story - American Medical Association urges governors to veto transgender medical bans

Dan Avery

NBC News

Chicago, IL

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

Joe Biden - Biden urges Congress to pass hate crime legislation in response to violence against Asian Americans

Hannah Miao

CNBC

Chinatown

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please press:  www.cnbc.com

ezs note:  Please call your Representative and two Senators (remember, you have two) and ask them to pass the Hate Crimes Bill for Asian-Americans. These are your friends and neighbors!!!

lead story - Missouri dad urges lawmakers not to pass student-athlete bill with moving speech about transgender daughter

Caitlin O'Kane

CBS News

 Kansas City, MO

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please press:  www.cbsnews.com

ezs note:  Missourians - Please, let's make Mr. Boulware happy - call your state Representative AND state Senator and tell them to vote NO on this  boneheaded bill.  Thanks. 

South Dakota - Trans March on Pierre urges opposition to legislation requiring birth certificates reflect biological sex

Jody Heemstra

DRGNews.com

Pierre, SD

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please press:  drgnews.com

lead story - Cast more transgender actors in non-trans roles, union urges

Frances Perraudin
The Guardian

please press:  www.theguardian.com 

Barbados - Deal with transgender issue, urges Hoffman

Press
Barbados Today

Carlisle, Barbados

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please press:  barbadostoday.bb

civil rights - Students Deserve Better: New Website Urges Department of Education to Protect Students’ Rights

Shin Inouye
The Leadership Conference

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please press:  civilrights.org

ezs note:  I signed the petition... did you?

Curacao - PAHO Urges Testing As The First Step Towards Preventing HIV And Halting The AIDS Epidemic

Staff
Curaçao Chronicle

Willemstad, Curaçao

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please press:  curacaochronicle.com 

lead story - Winchester forum discusses transgender issues, urges ‘yes’ vote on Question 3

Mariya Manzhos
Wicked Local Winchester

Winchester, MA

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please press:  winchester.wickedlocal.com

ezs note:  Massachusetts residents:  Please, please remember to vote YES on Question 3 on Election Day.  And, by the way, are you registered yet?  If not, do it now! 

Watchdog urges probe of whether Zinke campaign benefited friend, family

Esther Whieldon
Politico

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please press:  www.politico.com

ezs note:  If you are making plans to visit Cleveland, Ohio on November 6, perhaps you should check things out here.

Pope Francis urges pastoral care for transgender people, draws line between ministry and ‘indoctrination’

Nicole Winfield
The Washington Post

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please press:  https://www.washingtonpost.com

Petition urges Cardiff University to cancel Germaine Greer lecture (UK)

Ben Quinn
The Guardian

Germaine Greer

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please press:  http://www.theguardian.com

Transgender people should use bathroom of gender they identify as, U.S. urges

Lisa Rein
The Washington Post

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please press:  http://www.washingtonpost.com

HRW urges European leaders to raise concerns over Kyrgyzstan

Dominic Yobbi

Jurist

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please press:  http://jurist.org

UN SG commemorates Salvadoran peace accords, urges commitment to human rights

Julie Deisher-Edwards
The Jurist

please press:  http://jurist.org

Kyrgyzstan: UN urges country to scrap draft law violating rights of LGBT people (UN)

http://www.un.org

to read more, go to:  http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49160#.VErFSWddUl8

Report Urges 50-State Survey Of LGB Health Issues

Lisa Keen
http://www.pridesource.com

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ezs note:  The body of the work isn't bad, but when it comes to the headline, WHERE'S THE FREAKIN' "T"??? (transgender)  C'mon, a reporter doing work for an LGBT-friendly newspaper can do better than this.

GLAAD Urges N.Y. Gov. to Help Trans New Yorkers Get Needed Health Care

JASE PEEPLES
http://www.advocate.com/

*more here*

Obama urges ban on workplace bias against gays

 DARLENE SUPERVILLE

http://www.macombdaily.com/

*more here*

Main opposition urges protection of LGBT's, ruling party calls it 'immoral'

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/

*more here*