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18 May 2020
17 May 2020
Nevada - Working for a better Nevada for all, including veterans and marginalized people | Scaffidi
lead story - Officers charged with allegedly slamming transgender woman's face on ground
Donald Trump - Republicans are wimping out again on Donald Trump
16 May 2020
Nebraska - Congressional candidate profile: Babs Ramsey
Labels:
Babs Ramsey,
candidate,
congressional,
Jon Kipper,
Nebraska,
profile
Location:
Bellevue, NE, USA
lead story - Navy grants waiver allowing transgender sailor to serve openly
Donald Trump - Coronavirus US live: Obama criticizes Trump in virtual graduation speech – as it happened
Bryan Armen Graham, Tom Lutz, Joanna Walters
The Guardian
The Guardian
President Barack Obama
please press: www.theguardian.com
Labels:
as it happened,
Barack Obama,
Bryan Armen Graham,
criticizes,
Donald Trump. coronavirus,
graduation,
Joanna Walters,
speech,
Tom Lutz,
US,
virtual
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
14 May 2020
civil rights - Federal grand jury indicts men accused of murdering transgender women in Puerto Rico
Labels:
accused,
federal,
grand jury,
indicts,
Juan Carlos Pagán Bonilla,
men,
Michael K. Lavers,
murdering,
Puerto Rico,
Sean DÃaz de León,
transgender women
Location:
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Delaware - Biden Talks Trans Rights, Calls Conversion Therapy Sick at Fundraiser
Trudy Ring
Advocate
Advocate
New Castle, DE
please press: www.advocate.com
ezs note: To be honest, Joe Biden was not my first choice, but his strong condemnation of "conversion therapy" won me over.
ezs note: To be honest, Joe Biden was not my first choice, but his strong condemnation of "conversion therapy" won me over.
lead story - A transgender person's deadname is nobody's business. Not even a reporter's.
Donald Trump - Ousted whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright unloads on Trump admin's coronavirus response
13 May 2020
civil rights - UK LGBT+ group Stonewall names new CEO amid trans rights row
Labels:
amid,
group,
Hugo Greenhalgh,
LGBT+,
names,
new CEO,
Rachel Savage,
row,
Stonewall,
trans rights,
UK
Location:
London, UK
Oregon - A Lawsuit Against Gov. Kate Brown Reunites Old Allies From the Conservative Edge of Oregon Politics
Tess Riski
Willamette Week
Willamette Week
Baker City, OR
please press: www.wweek.com
ezs note: To those attending a church, synagogue, mosque, etc. - have you heard of zoom? You meet in a gathering, without the pesky business of dying. You ought to try it out!
lead story - Transgender female health secretary snaps at reporter for calling her ‘sir’ repeatedly
Labels:
calling,
female,
health secretary,
Rachel Levine,
repeatedly,
reporter,
sir,
snaps,
Storm Gifford,
transgender
Location:
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Donald Trump -People Are Dying, the Economy Is Collapsing and Trump Wants You to Look at This Squirrel
Chris Cillizza
CNN
CNN
Credit: https://toonclips.com/600/cartoon-business-man-with-his-foot-in-his-mouth-by-toonaday-7705.jpg
please press: www.cnn.com
Labels:
Chris Cillizza,
collapsing,
Donald Trump,
dying,
economy,
Jared Kushner,
look,
people,
squirrel
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
civil rights - Commentary: In 2 cases that await Supreme Court decision, the stakes are enormous for LGBTQ employee protection
Philip Rotner
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, IL
please press: www.chicagotribune.com
ezs note: It may be that the late Aimee Stephens may lose the case - but it will be short-lived. If Mr, Rotner is correct, there are three things you can do. First - and absolutely most important - get that vile Trump out of office. Second, if you have a Republican senator, vote for a Democrat. Third, if you have a Republican House member, vote for a Democrat. And don't forget!!!
12 May 2020
Utah - Reese: The NCAA should boycott BYU
Isaac Reese
The Daily Utah Chronicle
The Daily Utah Chronicle
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
please press: dailyutahchronicle.com
lead story - Michigan woman at center of transgender civil rights case dies at 59
Melissa Nann Burke
The Detroit News
The Detroit News
Aimee Stephens
1961 - 2020
video credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUo3WEZ7gY
please press: www.detroitnews.com
11 May 2020
Maryland -- Name change fundraiser planned
Labels:
fundraiser,
name change,
planned
Location:
Baltimore, MD, USA
lead story - B.C. school trustee blasted for transgender coronavirus conspiracy theory attacking Dr. Theresa Tam
Donald Trump - White House Orders Staff to Wear Masks as Trump Misrepresents Testing Record
10 May 2020
civil rights - DeVos Guts Title IX Protections, Angering Trans Advocates
Labels:
angering,
Betsy DeVos,
guts,
Matt Tracy,
protections,
Title IX,
trans advocates
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Pennsylvania - Braddock Restaurant Owner Makes ‘Bullying’ Comments About Pa. Secretary Of Health Dr. Rachel Levine
Charlie Deitch
Pittsburgh Current
Pittsburgh Current
Braddock, PA
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Condemned_houses_in_Braddock%2C_Pennsylvania.jpg
please press: www.pittsburghcurrent.com
lead story - LGBTQ Americans are getting coronavirus, losing jobs. Anti-gay bias is making it worse for them.
Labels:
anti-gay,
bias,
coronavirus,
getting,
LGBTQ Americans,
losing jobs,
making,
Petruce Jean-Charles,
worse
Location:
New York, NY, USA
Donald Trump - Trump charges Obama with 'biggest political crime in American history'
Martin Pengelly
The Guardian
The Guardian
ezs note: Y'know, Donald isn't even funny anymore. He's just a tired old husk of a 'man'. King Lear seems wise by comparison.
please press: www.theguardian.com
09 May 2020
civil rights - Nat’l Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund endorses Biden
Chris Johnson
Washington Blade
Washington Blade
National Center for Transgender Equality
Washington DC
please press: www.washingtonblade.com
Connecticut - Democratic View: A Kinder Connecticut
lead story - Reproductive concerns among transgender adolescents may manifest as ‘disinterest’ in future parenthood
Donald Trump - Trump fumes as White House staffers test positive and death toll nears 80,000 – as it happened
Bryan Armen Graham, Tom Lutz, Martin Pengelly, Edward Helmore
The Guardian
The Guardian
video credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeNyVN-rVLE
please press: https://www.theguardian.com
Labels:
80 000,
as it happened,
Bryan Armen Graham,
death toll,
Donald Trump,
Edward Helmore,
fumes,
Martin Pengelly,
nears,
staffers,
test positive,
Tom Lutz,
White House
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
08 May 2020
civil rights - Aimee Stephens brought the first major trans rights case to the Supreme Court. She may not live to see the decision.
Labels:
Aimee Stephens,
brought,
case,
decision,
first,
Katelyn Burns,
live,
major,
see,
Supreme Court,
trans rights
Location:
Shelby, MI 49455, USA
Kentucky - The LGBTQ+ community behind bars during COVID-19
Labels:
behind bars,
community,
Covid-19,
during,
jails,
LGBTQ+,
overrepresented,
prisons,
threatening,
traumatic
Location:
Frankfort, KY 40601, USA
lead news - HRC Mourns Helle Jae O’Regan, Trans Woman Killed in San Antonio
Donald Trump - This is one of Trump’s biggest and most insulting lies yet
07 May 2020
civil rights - HRC Mourns Nina Pop, Black Trans Woman Killed in Missouri
Elliott Kozuch
HRC
HRC
Sikeston, MO
Harold E. Comstock (born in Sikeston)
please press: www.hrc.org
ezs note: As before, this blog notes the murder of Nina Pop, except that this one has a photograph of her. Please, take a second look. If you recognize her and witnessed her murder, please call 573-471-8568. Thanks.
Labels:
Black,
death sentence,
deaths,
Elliott Kozuch,
HRC,
killed,
Missouri,
mourns,
Nina Pop,
Trans woman
Location:
Sikeston, MO 63801, USA
Virginia - ‘Virginia Is For Lovers.’ Now That Slogan Includes The LGBTQ
lead story - Clinicians and autistic transgender youth partner to create first community-built care model
Labels:
autistic,
care model,
clinicians,
community-built,
create,
first,
partner,
Transgender Youth
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Donald Trump - George Conway: Trump went ballistic at me on Twitter. Here’s why he reacts with such rage.
George T. Conway III
Washington Post
Washington Post
George T. Conway III
video credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYxnSdQ6R2w
please press: /www.washingtonpost.com
Labels:
Donald Trump,
flipped out,
George Conway,
Moonface,
obsessed,
rage,
reacts,
Twitter,
went ballistic
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
05 May 2020
civil rights - Transgender woman's death in SE Missouri under investigation
Press
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sikeston, MO
please press: www.stltoday.com
ezs note: If you live in or near Sikeston, Missouri, and you witnessed the murder of Nina Pop, please contact the Sikeston (Miner) Police Department at 573-471-8568. Thanks.
Indiana - Highest ranked Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player in Indiana doesn't let transphobia hold her back
lead story - Transgender People Face Discrimination, Violence Amid Latin American Quarantines
Donald Trump - A leaderless nation adrift in a crisis
04 May 2020
civil rights - Top Egyptian actor goes public about trans son
Ohio - Ohio lawmaker who blamed mass shootings on gay marriage and drag queens loses GOP primary
John Riley
MetroWeekly
MetroWeekly
Middletown, OH
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Main_and_Central%2C_central_Middletown.jpg
please press: www.metroweekly.com
lead story - Belfast senior will graduate as Maine’s first transgender valedictorian
Labels:
Abigail Curtis,
Belfast,
first,
graduate,
Maine,
senior,
Syd Sanders,
transgender,
valedictorian
Location:
Belfast, ME 04915, USA
Donald Trump - Trump’s latest coronavirus spin unmasks his extreme narcissism
03 May 2020
civil rights - Transgender rights are not under lockdown!
North Carolina - Loving and adapting amid coronavirus, NC LGBTQ church gives back to community
lead story - Transgender man loses appeal court battle to be registered as father
Labels:
appeal,
court battle,
father,
Freddy McConnell,
loses,
registered,
Robert Booth,
transgender man
Location:
London, UK
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