Resign, Ms. Esty

Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT)

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ezs note:  Crap, this is no fun.  Personally, I like you, Elizabeth.  However, there are bigger fish to fry here.  Donald Trump sits today in a perilous state, which is good.  Elizabeth, you may have little or nothing to do with Tony Baker's delayed firing -  but, boy, does it smell in here.  And nothing would make Donald Trump happier.

Really, would that make you happier?

Resign, Ms. Esty.  Immediately.

(for more information, press ctmirror.org...)

Donald Trump jumps on anti-tech bandwagon, gets everything wrong

Kieren McCarthy
The Register

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Colombia - Transgender, Queer Candidates Backed in Runs for Colombia's Senate

Ariel Sobel
Advocate

flag of Colombia 

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civil rights - Transgender Ohioans Sue for Right to Change Birth Certificates

Matt Reynolds
Courthouse News Service

Ohio

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Georgia - Trans People See No Equality in Rural Georgia

Victor Sledge
The Signal

Edge Hill, Georgia

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The Latest: Pulse gunman widow sobs with joy after acquittal

Press
ABC

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South Africa - How to report hate crime anonymously in SA

Petru Saal
Times Live

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civil rights - Wiener bill expands civil rights for trans prisoners

Alex Madison
The Bay Area Reporter

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Alaska - Proposition 1 is discriminatory and would hurt Alaska tourism

Suzanne Rust
Anchorage Daily News

Anchorage, AK

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Is Massachusetts the next transgender rights battleground?

Lauren Dezenski
Politico

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Forget Facebook—Donald Trump is “obsessed” with Amazon

Alison Griswold
Quartz

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El Salvador - Transgender activist runs in El Salvador national elections

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade

The torogoz, El Salvador's national bird

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civil rights - ACLU Indiana plans transgender rights Facebook Live event

Rob Burgess
Indiana Lawyer.com

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Vermont - April 12 deadline for LGBTQ grants

Press
Stowe Reporter

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‘It felt so good’: On Day of Visibility, older transgender women look back

Nancy Fowler
St. Louis Public Radio

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These farmers voted for Donald Trump. But now they fear a trade war with China will ruin them

Andrew Buncombe
Independent

Soybean crop, Abbeville Co., SC

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Sweden - Sweden to pay compensation to trans victims of forced sterilisation

Matt Moore
Gay Times

Malmö, Sweden

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civil rights - Trump's transgender military ban 'worse than don't ask, don't tell,' advocates say

Julie Moreau
NBC

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Iowa - Republican senator opposes Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military

Zack Ford
ThinkProgress

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)

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Transgender Air Force Officer On Trump's Ban And His Supportive Fellow Troops

Ari Shapiro, Noah Caldwell
NPR

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Donald Trump - Stormy Daniels's Oh-So-Familiar Story

Sophie Gilbert
The Atlantic

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UK - Miss Transgender UK hoping to inspire and support LGBT people in the community

Simon Leonard
Scunthorpe Telegraph

Scunthorpe, UK

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civil rights -- Lambda Legal, OutServe-SLDN Urge District Court to Block Transgender Military Ban

Press
Windy City Times

US Federal District Court, Seattle

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Georgia - Legal experts: Hate crimes bill under consideration will cover transgender people

Patrick Saunders
Georgia Voice

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'The Mermaid Hour' explores ups and downs of parenting a transgender child

Ben Waterhouse
The Oregonian

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Donald Trump - Stormy Daniels to tell her story of Trump 'affair' on CBS

Press
BBC

♬ Ev'ryone knows it's Stormy... ♪

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Kenya - Kenyan court rules forced anal exams unlawful

Tom Odula
The Philadelphia Tribune

Statue of Dedan Kimathi (Nairobi, Kenya)

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civil rights - DeVos Finally Agrees Federal Dollars Shouldn’t Fund LGBTQ Discrimination In Schools

Rebecca Klein
HuffPost

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New Jersey - PFLAG in NJ celebrates 45 years uniting LGBTQ, families and allies

Cheryl Makin
myCentralJersey.com

Shrewsbury, New Jersey

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IS TRUMP’S NEW TRANSGENDER TROOP BAN ALREADY DEAD ON ARRIVAL?

Emma Stefansky
Vanity Fair

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Donald Trump - Stormy Daniels Is Beating Donald Trump at His Own Game

Cristian Farias
New York

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New Zealand - New Zealand’s only gender surgeon not performing sex-change surgeries

Sarah Harris
South China Morning Post

Emerald Lakes, New Zealand

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civil rights - Latest Version of Trump Transgender Service Ban Still Unconscionable and Unconstitutional

Vanita Gupta
The Leadership Conference

Kristin Beck

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Texas - SAN ANTONIO MAN WHO PUSHED TRANS WOMAN INTO RIVER WON'T BE TRIED FOR HER DEATH

Kashmira Gander
Newsweek

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In a first, transgender person becomes news anchor in Pakistan

Press
The Express Tribune

Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan

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Boonville, North Carolina

estimated transgender population:  7*
(rounded up)

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ezs note:  When I was tiny, I thought that the old town hall was small - until I saw the one from Boonville, North Carolina!  This elfin building is the home to the town hall and the police station!

*Credit:  http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf 

Peru - ‘Blasphemous’ art installation celebrates the LGBT community

Frances Jenner
Peru Reports

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civil rights - Oklahoma transgender employee seeks reinstatement

Charlie Plumb
EmployerLINC

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New Hampshire - Applying Classroom Lessons to Fight Discrimination

Press
Keene State College

Keene State College

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BETSY DEVOS IS A DANGER TO TRANSGENDER CHILDREN

Vanessa Ford
Newsweek

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Donald Trump - “NOW I’M F---ING DOING IT MY WAY”: JUBILANT AND SELF-LIBERATED, THE PRESIDENT PREPARES FOR WAR WITH MUELLER

Gabriel Sherman
Vanity Fair

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Japan - LGBT pioneer calls for strategy to spread message

Ayako Hirayama
Japan Times

neighborhood in Tokyo

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Carson: Some 'not comfortable' with transgender people in homeless shelters

Rebecca Savaransky
The Hill

Obviously, 'a danger to society'...

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Tennessee - Transgender Bathroom Bill Is Back

Toby Sells
Memphis Flyer

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Iowa transgender teen barred from 'Boys State' program

Press
KCCI

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Donald Trump Has Never Been More Dangerous Than He Is Now

Eric Levitz
New York

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Canada - Softball Canada policy changing for transgender players after Edmonton coach cries foul

Chris Purdy
Global News

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civil rights - Student Non-Discrimination Act Reintroduced in Congress

Jennifer Pike Bailey
HRC

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Mississippi - Starkville approves Pride Parade, reversing earlier vote

Larrison Campbell
Mississippi Today

 Starkville, Mississippi

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'We exist': Public art project gives India's transgender community a voice

Priti Salian
NBC

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