Another gem!

"Another prominent Republican close to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell described Trump's handling of the shutdown as 'total fucking chaos'."

Vanity Fair

"There Is No Endgame"

Gabriel Sherman  

Donald Trump - Trump Literally Did Not Understand What a Shutdown Would Do

Jonathan Chait
New York

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please press:  nymag.com

Italy - Italy blocks survey on homophobia for ‘promoting sexual fluidity’

Sofia Lotto Persio
Pink News

Perugia, Italy

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civil rights - Transgender Inmate Care Spurs Appeals Court Fight

Jim Saunders
WGCU

Crawfordville, FL

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Minnesota - Outreach Events Engage Queer and Transgender Youth in STEM

Kimberly M. S. Cartier
Eos

Minneapolis, MN

(stereoscopic image, after 1901)

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please press:  eos.org

lead story - India transgender gurus in landmark Hindu procession

Ankit Srinivas
BBC

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Donald Trump - Trump supporter eyes moving factory to Mexico over tariffs

Michael Burke
The Hill

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Hong Kong - Two gay men challenge Hong Kong ban on same-sex marriage

Reuters
The Straits Times

Hong Kong

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civil rights - The Latest Front Against Civil Rights

Editorial Board
The New York Times

Brandi Bledsoe

died 10-12-2016

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New Hampshire - Transgender state reps will make history

John Doyle
Seacoastonline.com

Somersworth, NH

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lead story - Transgender birth certificates will be available in New Jersey starting in February

Dan Alexander
New Jersey 101.5

Trenton, NJ

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please press:  nj1015.com

Donald Trump - Ocasio-Cortez defends Rep. Tlaib's profane impeachment comments

Veronica Stracqualursi
CNN

ezs note:  Poor Donald... you must be so hurt...

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West Bank - Airbnb: Bed and Breakfast on Homophobic Land

Hen Mazzig
Jewish Journal

Hebron, West Bank

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please press:  jewishjournal.com

civil rights - A Transgender Flag Flies On Capitol Hill

Diana Tourjée
Broadly.

transgender flag

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please press:  broadly.vice.com

New Mexico - Senators request reports in death of transgender migrant

Susan Montoya Bryan
Santa Fe New Mexican

Albuquerque, NM

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please press:  www.santafenewmexican.com

lead story - How Louis C.K. Let Down Transgender Fans Like Me

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Louis CK

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please press:  www.thedailybeast.com

*** IT'S HERE!!!!!!!!!! ***

The

***10,000th***

Entry!

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Holy moly... seriously, I did not that I would bring this blog this far, over this many years...  yet here I am.  Or, far more appropriately, here we are. Gawd, it sounds so, so trite, yet I am truly humbled by this endeavor. 

I will bring a bit of transgender news each day from the state, country and world.  Please, do your part and give 'em hell. 

Connecticut - Discrimination questions add new depth to Wellbeing Survey

Jake Kara
CT Post

New Haven, CT

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It's coming...

lead story - US court rules in favor of Trump policy on transgender military limits

Press
The Guardian

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It's coming...

VIDEO - Matt Baume - Marriage equality could be coming to Japan

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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?

Missouri - Stephens College's new admissions policy to include nonbinary, transgender students

Ivy Hettinger-Roberts

Missourian

Columbia, Missouri

Stephens College

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lead story - Mother works toward understanding of transgender son

Lori Zink
Des Moines Register

Marshalltown, Iowa

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Donald Trump - Trump falsely claims Mexico is paying for wall, demands taxpayer money for wall in meeting with Democrats

Damian Paletta, Erica Werner
The Washington Post

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Chile - Chile Transgender Rights Bill Signed Into Law

Michael Lavers
Georgia Voice

Santiago, Chile

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please press:  thegavoice.com

civil rights - NEW YORK CITY INTRODUCES GENDER NEUTRAL OPTION 'X' ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES

Kashmira Gander
Newsweek

New York City, NY

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please press:  www.newsweek.com

Vermont - Donna Gottschalk: Vermonter who photographed gay counterculture's 'Brave, Beautiful Outlaws"

Nicole Higgins DeSmet
Burlington Free Press

Victory, VT

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please press:  www.burlingtonfreepress.com

lead story - The Faces Behind Transgender Troops’ Struggle for Acceptance

Jennie Rothenberg Gritz
Smithsonian.com

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Donald Trump - How Trump Got Bad at Twitter

Joanna Weiss
Politico

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please press:  www.politico.com

Myanmar - Year End Review on LGBT rights

Nyo Me
Myanmar Times

Pyay, Myanmar

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please press:  www.mmtimes.com

civil rights- Snyder bans LGBT discrimination through state contracts

Jonathan Oosting
The Detroit News

Lansing, MI

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please press:  www.detroitnews.com

Georgia (state) - Trans inmate sues Georgia prison over violent forced haircut

Patrick Saunders
Q Magazine

Valdosta, GA

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please press:  www.projectq.us

lead story - Exclusion Barring State Employees From Transgender Surgery Coverage To Be Removed Jan. 1

Sarah Whites-Koditschek
Public Radio Wisconsin

Madison, WI

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please press:  www.wpr.org

civil rights - In Memoriam: A Tribute to the Ones We Lost in 2018

Sharee Silerio
The Root

ezs note:  In particular, we remember and mourn these -  Celine Walker, Tonya "Kita" Harvey, Phylicia Mitchell, Amia Tyrae Berryman, Sasha Wall, Nicole Hall, Nino Fortson, Antonia "Antash'a" Devine Sherrington English, Diamond Stephens, Cathalina Christina James, Keisha Wells, Sasha Garden, Dejanay Stanton, Vontashia Bell, Shantee Tucker,  Londonn Moore, Ciara Minaj Carter Frazier, and Kelly Stough - all transgender, all senselessly murdered.

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Tennessee - 3 football players in Tennessee are challenging gender-identity roles

Cyd Zeigler
Outsports

Clarksville, TN

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lead story - How to talk to transgender youth, according to experts and their parents

Julie Compton
NBC News

San Diego, CA

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

Massachusetts - Transgender Bathroom Predator Myth Completely Made Up, Massachusetts Group Admits

Steve Hinkle
Instinct

Waltham, MA

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please press:  instinctmagazine.com

ezs note:  Uh, I think that's what they call 'lying for the Lord'...

lead story - Why Transgender Persons Bill 2018 is a healthcare nightmare for the community

Sylvia Karpagam
The News Minute

New Delhi, India

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And the winner is...

“Fear is an interesting word because I fucking hate Trump so much,” a Republican consigliere said. “I certainly wouldn’t be sorry to see him lose.”

unknown Republican

Vanity Fair

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lead story - Prayers of an Indonesian transgender

Rie Ishii
Nikkei Asian Review

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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please press:  asia.nikkei.com 

lead story - Transgender inmate gets rare transfer to female prison

Press
WQAD

Logan County Courthouse, IL

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please press:  wqad.com

VIDEO - Matt Baume - Apple Removes Ex-Gay App - Google Lets it Stay

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmRzh1a10ic

Donald Trump - Probe of Trump's charity could crash 'like a Mack Truck' into his real estate empire

Allan Smith
NBC News

ezs note:  Uh... Donald... look out...

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

Turkey - Why Turkey's performance artists take to streets

Nazlan Etlan
Al-Monitor

Cihangir (part of Istanbul), Turkey

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please press:  www.al-monitor.com

civil rights - ABC News Chicago Reveals the Cruelty of Christian Conservatives

Patrick L. Green
Patheos

Chicago, IL

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please press:  www.patheos.com

Virginia - Virginia Supreme Court: Judge erred in rejection of transgender inmate's name change request

Frank Green
The Daily Progress

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please press: www.dailyprogress.com

lead story - For Transgender and Nonbinary Protections, California Came First

Lesley McClurg
KQED

San Francisco, CA

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please press:  www.kqed.org

VIDEO - Matt Baume - Trump's Latest Hire Defended Countries that Criminalize Homosexuality

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfNRovr6_5g

New York Times: Daughters of foot doctor say he diagnosed Trump with bone spurs as 'favor' to Fred Trump

Veronica Stracqualursi
CNN

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please press:  www.cnn.com

Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe: Gays and Lesbians Meet Zimbabwe's MPs

Robert Tapfumaneyi
All Africa

Harare, Zimbabwe

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please press:  allafrica.com