Ethiopia - Ethiopia tour for gay, lesbian travelers in jeopardy amid backlash from faith groups

Emily McFarlan
RNS

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

please press:  religionnews.com

civil rights - Transgender woman arrested after bathroom dispute escalates in NC Denny's

AP
News Channel 12

Shelby, NC

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Wisconsin - AG Kaul joins states against federal proposal preventing transgender people from homeless shelters

Press
WMTV

Madison, WI (1865 woodcut)

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lead story - Transgender YouTube star says she was kicked out of Jake Paul’s house

Courtney Brogle
Page Six

Calabasas, CA

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Donald Trump - Trump administration reverses course on census citizenship question

Ariane de Vogue, Gregory Wallace, Jeremy Diamond
CNN

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UK - Did J.K. Rowling ‘Confirm Her Stance Against Transgender Women’?

Dan Macquill
Snopes

J.K. Rowling

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civil rights - Companies to court: Defend LGBTQ people from bias

David Crary
saukvalley.com

Dixon, IL

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please press:  www.saukvalley.com 

Alaska - Opinion: Stand up for equality and support House Bill 82

Evan Anderson
Juneau Empire

Anchorage, AK

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please press: www.juneauempire.com

ezs note:  Alaskans - If you need to find out who your Alaska House of Representatives is, please press here.  If you need to find out who your Alaska Senator is,  please press HERE.  Then write, call, or e-write!

4th of July speech - What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Frederick Douglass (ed. Dave Zirin)
The Nation.

Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895)

(speech given July 5, 1852)

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lead story - Advocates Mourn An 'Epidemic' Of Violence Against Black Transgender Women

Chris Bentley
WBUR

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Donald Trump - Trump Administration Drops Effort to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census

Michael Wines
The New York Times

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ezs note:  That's one small step for humanity... 😀

Donald Trump - The hugely inappropriate weekend of Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.

Chris Cillizza
CNN

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Trinidad and Tobago - Pride shown at Parliament

Sean Douglas
Newsday

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

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civil rights - When discrimination becomes the norm

J.L. Gaynor
Out in Jersey

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please press:  outinjersey.net

Ohio - How family support, Children's Hospital helped transgender teen Allison Kurtz save her own life

Tanya O'Rourke
WCPO

Liberty Township, OH

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please press:  www.wcpo.com

lead story - Illinois Governor Signs Order Protecting Transgender Students

Nick Visser
HuffPost

Springfield, IL

Illinois State Capitol

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please press:  www.huffpost.com

Donald Trump - Tim Ryan savages Trump on North Korea, Huawei

David Cohen
Politico

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please press:  www.politico.com

Vietnam - LGBT rights: Vietnam recognises transgender people, but there's a flaw in the law

Sen Nguyen
South China Morning Post

Hanoi, Vietnam

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please press:  www.scmp.com 

civil rights - Debate: Gabbard's LGBTQ Record Criticized, Booker Defends Trans Women

Jacob Ogles
The Advocate

Miami, FL

Adrienne Arsht Center

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please press:  www.advocate.com

New Hampshire - Letter: Cornerstone gets it wrong on transgender bills

Darlene Olivio
Concord Monitor

Concord, NH

(1790 engraving)

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ezs note:  To see the Letter to the Editor written by Shannon McGinley (later responded to by Darlene Olivio)  see here.

lead story - Pakistan's police arrest father for killing transgender son

AP
ABC News

Nowshera, Pakistan

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please press:  abcnews.go.com

New Jersey - Even a small New Jersey city can share in the power of Pride

Kevin Riordan
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Woodbury, NJ

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please press:  www.inquirer.com

lead story - Transgender advocacy group celebrates Stonewall with Birmingham gala

Jonece Starr Dunigan
AL.com

Birmingham, AL

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please press:  www.al.com 

Delaware - How Delaware Explains What's Wrong With Joe Biden

Paul Blest
Splinter

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ezs note:  Um, hate to tell you this, Joe... but it's time for you to go.

lead story - Police investigate 11th murder of a black transgender woman this year

Doha Madani
NBC News

Kansas City, MO

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ezs note:  If you live or work in Kansas City, MO (in particular, the Lykins neighborhood) and you have any information regarding the murder of Brooklyn Lindsey, please call the Kansas City police department at 816-234-5111.  Thanks. 

Night 2 - Democratic presidential debate

Three stars

(in alphabetical order)

Kirsten Gillibrand

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Kirsten_Gillibrand%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg

Kamala Harris

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Senator_Harris_official_senate_portrait.jpg

Bernie Sanders

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Bernie_Sanders.jpg

Biggest disappointment:  Joe Biden

lead story - White Nationalist Threats Against Transgender People Are Escalating

Cassie Miller
SPLC

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please press:  www.splcenter.org

ezs note: Needless to say (I  hope), putting these cretinous vermin either in jail or at least with a stern warning won't hurt my feelings.  At all.  I don't give a crap if they put their butt in the wrong direction.  Please call your local police.

Night 1 - Democratic presidential debate (my choices)

Three stars

(in alphabetical order)

Cory Booker

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Cory_Booker%2C_official_portrait%2C_114th_Congress.jpg

Julián Castro
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Juli%C3%A1n_Castro%27s_Official_HUD_Portrait.jpg

Elizabeth Warren
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Elizabeth_Warren%2C_official_portrait%2C_114th_Congress.jpg

Biggest disappointment:  Amy Klobuchar

Round two tommorrow! 

Donald Trump - What Trump May Be Missing In Those Polls He Calls Fake

Ron Elving
NPR

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Northern Mariana Islands - Guam, CNMI have ‘low’ LGBTQ policy tally

Louella Losinio
PNC News

Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

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please press:  pacificnewscenter.com 

civil rights - LGBT, transgender flags vandalized at Wicker Park church

Tom Negovan
WGN

Chicago (Wicker Park), IL

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please press:  wgntv.com 

New Mexico - Transgender group in NM defends work with ICE

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade

Milan, NM

  

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lead story - Philly police unveil updated policy for interacting with transgender, nonbinary people

Chris Palmer
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia, PA

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please press:  www.inquirer.com

Vermont - Vermont: Insurers can't deny care for transgender youth

AP
NCPR

Montpelier, VT (1884)

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please press:  www.northcountrypublicradio.org 

lead story - Through therapy, transgender women find their voice

Jon Collins
MPRNews

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please press:  www.mprnews.org

California - California man gets maximum sentence for fatally stabbing transgender woman

Brianna Calix
Fresno Bee

Fresno, CA

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please press:  \www.fresnobee.com

lead story - Historic day for the transgender community in KC

Leslie Aguilar, Maggie Holmes
KCTV

Kansas City, MO

Community Christian Church

designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Donald Trump - Why Trump can't fill the gaping holes in his government

Zachary B. Wolf

CNN

ezs note:  Aw, just a little stitch, is all...

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please press:  www.cnn.com

Malawi - Changing the lives of transgender people in Malawi

Press
UNAIDS

Lilongwe, Malawi

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please press:  www.unaids.org

civil rights - Allies need to focus specifically on transgender issues in wake of violence: Activists

Karma Allen
ABC

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Alabama - Alabama mayor defends comments on ‘killing out’ gay and transgender people, ‘baby killers’

Leada Gore
AL.com

Carbon Hill, AL

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ezs note:  I don't know if you're a resident of Carbon Hill, but if you are, please, FIRE HIS  SORRY ASS. 

lead story - Man arrested in slaying of Dallas transgender woman found in lake

AP
CBS

Dallas, TX

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please press:  www.cbsnews.com

New Hampshire - O’Rouke Releases Plan To Achieve Equality For All LBGTQ+ Americans

Press
NH Labor News

Laconia, NH

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please press:  nhlabornews.com 

lead story - In U.S., 71% Support Transgender People Serving in Military

Justin McCarthy
Reuters

Scatter plots used in statistics

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please press:  news.gallup.com 

Donald Trump - What Have Trump’s Rallies Accomplished?

Jonathan Bernstein
Bloomberg

The Big Black Hole, or the Trump presidency

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please press:  www.bloomberg.com

Côte d'Ivoire - Finding jobs for LGBT people across Côte d'Ivoire

Frank Hersey
RFI

Boundiali, Côte d'Ivoire

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please press:  en.rfi.fr

civil rights - Transgender Rights Get Important Win in Ninth Circuit

Jessica Mason Pielko
Rewire News

San Francisco, CA

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please press:  rewire.news