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27 February 2019
Donald Trump - Michael Cohen testifies before Congress
Meg Wagner, Veronica Rocha, Amanda Wills
CNN
CNN
Michael Cohen
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Trump_executive_Michael_Cohen_012_%285506031001%29_%28cropped%29.jpg
please press: www.cnn.com
Malaysia - New Malaysia looks a lot like old Malaysia when it comes to transgender rights
Editorial
ASEAN Today
ASEAN Today
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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please press: www.aseantoday.com
civil rights - Transgender Coachella fest attendees say they were denied bathroom access. Now, ACLU demands policy change
Sam Metz
Desert Sun
Desert Sun
Coachella festival
Coachella, CA
Credit: https://www.cactushugs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/coachella-big-tent.jpg
please press: www.desertsun.com
Labels:
ACLU,
attendees,
bathroom access,
Coachella,
Coachella fest,
demands,
denied,
policy change,
Sam Metz,
transgender
Location:
Coachella, CA, USA
South Dakota - What impact does transgender bills in South Dakota legislature have on youth?
Michaela Feldmann
KSFY
KSFY
Sioux Falls, SD
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Bus_Stop_Downtown_Sioux_Falls_1.jpg
please press: www.ksfy.com
lead story - Decorated transgender troops to testify before Congress
Press
NBC News
NBC News
Washington DC
US Capitol
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please press: www.nbcnews.com
26 February 2019
Donald Trump - How Vietnam Became Donald Trump’s Forever War
Michael Kruse
Politico
Politico
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please press: www.politico.com
Labels:
became,
conventional wisdom,
Donald Trump,
forever war,
Hanoi,
John McCain,
Michael Kruse,
Vietnam
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Ireland - Ireland's Got Talent rapper reveals how death scare encouraged him to come out as transgender
Sharon McGowan
Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Dublin, Ireland
Father Mathew Bridge
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Dublin_-_Father_Mathew_Bridge_-_110508_182542.jpg
please press: www.irishmirror.ie
Labels:
come out,
death scare,
encouraged,
Ireland's Got Talent,
rapper,
reveals,
Sharon McGowan,
transgender
Location:
Dublin, Ireland
civil rights - Holy Dictum: Federal Judge Rejects Protection Against Transgender Discrimination in “Elegant Aside”
Joanna L. Grossman, Grant Hayden
Verdict
Verdict
Dallas, TX
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Big_Tex_2013.jpg
please press: verdict.justia.com
Georgia - Georgia House committee passes hate crimes bill
Patrick Saunders
Project Q
Project Q
Dacula, GA
Elisha Winn house
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Elisha_Winn_House.JPG
please press: www.projectq.us
lead story - Bill targeting transgender athlete policy fails in South Dakota
Press
NBC News
NBC News
Pierre, SD
state capitol
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/SD_Capitol.jpg
please press: www.nbcnews.com
25 February 2019
Czech Republic - Czech TV’s Genre-Busting Comedy Is a Hit
Press
TOL
TOL
Prague, Czech Republic
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Praga_0003.JPG
please press: www.tol.org
Labels:
comedy,
Czech Republic,
Czech TV,
genre-busting,
hit,
mixed-race,
transgender woman,
travel website
Location:
Prague, Czechia
civil rights - ACLU Of Minnesota Files Lawsuit Against Anoka-Hennepin School District
Press
WCCO
WCCO
Anoka, MN
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/AnokaCntyCourthouse.jpg
please press: minnesota.cbslocal.com
Labels:
ACLU,
against,
Anoka,
Anoka-Hennepin School District,
files,
Gender Justice,
lawsuit,
Minnesota
Location:
Anoka, MN, USA
Arizona - UA professor sues state over denial of health-care coverage to transgender employees
Lurissa Carbajal
Cronkite News
Cronkite News
Tucson, AZ
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please press: cronkitenews.azpbs.org
lead story - Family Fun Weekend puts focus on transgender people
Kimberly Drelich (The Day)
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
Groton, CT
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please press: www.sfchronicle.com
Labels:
Family Fun Weekend,
focus,
Groton,
Kimberly Drelich,
swap room,
transgender people
Location:
Groton, CT, USA
24 February 2019
Donald Trump - McCabe responds to Trump's 'poor man's J. Edgar Hoover' slam: 'I don't even know what that means'
Allan Smith
NBC News
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please press: www.nbcnews.com
Central African Republic (among others) - Gendered Security and the Right to Life: Analysis of UN Human Rights Committee’s General Comment
Fionnuala Nà Aoláin
Just Security
Just Security
Bangui, Central African Republic
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/VOA_Bangui_Refugees_02.jpg
please press: www.justsecurity.org
civil rights - ‘We refuse to hide’: Sarah DePalma, transgender ‘firebrand,’ dead at 67
Lisa Gray
Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
her scrapbook
Credit: https://www.transadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/571351474.040864.png
please press: www.houstonchronicle.com
ezs note: I remember the very last words in her scrapbook - '...and we vote'. Remember that in November.
ezs note: I remember the very last words in her scrapbook - '...and we vote'. Remember that in November.
Missouri - Gay Methodist woman makes 600-mile prayer journey before denomination vote on LGBTQ issues
Amy McRary
knox news.
knox news.
St. Louis, MO
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/FromLacledesLanding.JPG
please press: www.knoxnews.com
Labels:
Amy McRary,
before,
denomination vote,
gay,
LGBTQ issues,
Methodist,
prayer journey,
woman
Location:
St. Louis, MO, USA
lead story - Connecticut runners part of debate over transgender athletes
Pat Eaton-Robb
StarTribune
StarTribune
Cromwell, CT
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/CromwellCTseal.gif
please press: www.startribune.com
Labels:
Andraya Yearwood,
Connecticut,
Cromwell,
debate,
over,
part,
Pat Eaton-Robb,
runners,
transgender athletes
Location:
Cromwell, CT, USA
23 February 2019
Donald Trump - 'His criminal actions were bold': Prosecutors urge harsh sentence for Paul Manafort in court memo
Bart Jansen
USA Today
USA Today
Paul Manafort, 'mugging' for the camera
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Manafort_Mug_Shot.jpg
please press: www.usatoday.com
ezs note: At the bottom of the article, there is also a 25 page (redacted in part) document of the prosecutor's version of the court memo.
Labels:
Bart Jansen,
bold,
court memo,
criminal actions,
harsh,
Paul Manafort,
prosecutors,
sentence,
urge
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Cambodia - Village where 'love the same' is embraced
Tabitha Payne
Khmer Times
Khmer Times
Koh Province, Cambodia
(not necessarily Angkrong)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Koh_thonsay_beach.jpg
please press: www.khmertimeskh.com
civil rights - Trans woman killed in El Salvador after U.S. deportation, rights group says
Gwen Aviles
NBC News
NBC News
Santa Ana, El Salvador
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Templo_tazumal.jpg
please press: www.nbcnews.com
Rhode Island - US Senator leading effort to overturn transgender military ban
Morgan Wright
wdtn.com
wdtn.com
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Senator_Jack_Reed_official_photo.jpg
please press: www.wdtn.com
lead story - India's Kumbh Mela festival features 1st ever transgender congregation
Press
CBC News
CBC News
Prayagraj, India
(formerly Allahabad)
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw1_SYylUbE
please press: www.cbc.ca
22 February 2019
North Dakota - Grand Forks council shows support for antidiscrimination efforts
Emily Allen
Grand Forks Herald
Grand Forks Herald
Grand Forks, ND
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please press: www.grandforksherald.com
lead story - Transgender Deputy: Sex Surgery Not Covered by Health Plan
Press
US News & World Report
US News & World Report
Warner Robins, GA
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please press: www.usnews.com
21 February 2019
Donald Trump - Mueller's Russia investigation: Trump's legal team braces for report, hasn't talked with special counsel in 'weeks'
Kevin Johnson
USA Today
USA Today
ezs note: Well, what have you been up to, Donald?
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please press: www.usatoday.com
Ukraine - Volunteer-driven website aims to revolutionize sex ed in Ukraine
Matthew Kupfer
Kyiv Post
Kyiv Post
Zelenodolsk, Ukraine
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please press: www.kyivpost.com
civil rights - How to Fight the Latest Attempts to Erase ‘Transgender’
Alex Myers
The Good Men Project
The Good Men Project
(alternate)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/TransPrideFlagSF.png
please press: goodmenproject.com
New Hampshire - Pappas Knocks Court Decision on Transgender Restrictions for U.S. Service Members
Press
NHPR
NHPR
Chris Pappas (D-NH)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Chris_Pappas%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg
please press: www.nhpr.org
lead story - Virginia district split over ending transgender bathroom ban
Ben Finley
fredericksburg.com
fredericksburg.com
Abingdon, VA
(part of Gloucester County)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Abingdon_Episcopal_Church.JPG
please press: www.fredericksburg.com
Labels:
bathroom ban,
Ben Finley,
boys' bathrooms,
citations,
district,
ending,
split,
transgender,
Virginia
Location:
Abingdon, VA, USA
Donald Trump - AP source: FBI had backup plan to save Russia probe evidence
Eric Tucker/AP
The Free Press
The Free Press
Credit: https://www.lm-va.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Whats-your-back-up-Plan.jpg
please press: www.mankatofreepress.com
Labels:
AP source,
backup plan,
Donald Trump,
Eric Tucker,
evidence,
FBI,
Russia probe,
save,
senior officials
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
20 February 2019
lead story - LGBT group drops Martina Navratilova over transgender comments
Press
The Guardian
The Guardian
Martina Navratilova
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Navratilova-PragueOpen2006-05_cropped.jpg
please press: www.theguardian.com
interview with NYT Maggie Haberman
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNn0dprcS5Y
Labels:
interview,
Maggie Haberman,
New York Times
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
19 February 2019
Donald Trump - Intimidation, Pressure and Humiliation: Inside Trump’s Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling Him
Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman, Nicholas Fandos, Michael S. Schmidt
The New York Times
The New York Times
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please press: www.nytimes.com
Labels:
Donald Trump,
encircling,
him,
humiliation,
inside,
intimidation,
investigations,
Maggie Haberman,
Mark Mazzetti,
Michael S. Schmidt,
Nicholas Fandos,
pressure,
two-year war
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Peru - The impact and cost-effectiveness of combined HIV prevention scenarios among transgender women sex-workers in Lima, Peru: a mathematical modelling study
Annick Bórquez et. al.
The Lancet
The Lancet
Lima, Peru
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please press: www.thelancet.com
ezs note: Yeah... this is a really long article. It also is difficult to read, even when you are fairly erudite. However, it is also one of the most seminal articles you will ever read. It is published by The Lancet, which, besides The New England Journal of Medicine, is without peer. Please download the article and send it to your doctor, her/his nurses, and legislators.
civil rights - All school districts would need policy to protect transgender students under bill debated in Washington Senate
Ryan Blake
The Spokesman-Review
The Spokesman-Review
Olympia, WA
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please press: www.spokesman.com
Labels:
all,
bill,
debated,
need,
Olympia,
policy,
protect,
Ryan Blake,
school districts,
transgender students,
Washington Senate
Location:
Olympia, WA, USA
Maine - New congressman, a Marine, opposes transgender military ban
Press
News Center Maine (NBC)
News Center Maine (NBC)
Augusta, ME
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please press: www.newscentermaine.com
lead story - Inside Monica Roberts’ Mission to Identify Transgender Murder Victims
Samantha Allen
Daily Beast
Daily Beast
Louisville, KY
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please press: www.thedailybeast.com
Labels:
identify,
inside,
Louisville,
Mission,
Monica Roberts,
murder,
Samantha Allen,
transgender,
victims
Location:
Louisville, KY, USA
AUDIO - Lying - Sam Harris
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UHjjGcCNUg
Labels:
lying,
Sam Harris
Location:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
18 February 2019
Nigeria - Police Warn Homosexuals To Leave Nigeria
Jesuwale Stephen
Concise
Concise
Abuja, Nigeria
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Nigeriahouseofreps.jpg
please press: www.concisenews.global
ezs note: If you are incensed about Nigeria's actions as I am, please e-write to Ambassador Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor at ambassadornsofor@nigeriaembassyusa.org and politely air your grievances concisely. (In USA; if you live elsewhere, check out who your Ambassador is.)
PS: I did!
Labels:
Abuja,
Dolapo Badmos,
homosexuals,
imprisonment,
Jesuwale Stephen,
leave,
Nigeria,
police,
warn
Location:
Abuja, Nigeria
civil rights - Fact-Checking Common Myths on Transition-Related Care for Trans People
Ria Tabacco
ACLU
ACLU
Credit: http://freedom-articles.toolsforfreedom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/International-Fact-Checking-Network.jpg
please press: www.aclu.org
West Virginia - West Virginia delegate draws ire for anti-LGBTQ comments
Steven Allen Adams
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
Princeton, WV
(Mercer County)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Mercer_County_Courthouse_West_Virginia.jpg
please press: www.newsandsentinel.com
lead story - Transgender recruit tries to join military before ban takes effect
Danae King
The Columbus Dispatch
The Columbus Dispatch
Worthington, OH
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please press: www.dispatch.com
Labels:
ban,
before,
Danae King,
Jody Davis,
join,
military,
takes effect,
transgender recruit,
tries,
Worthington
Location:
Worthington, OH, USA
17 February 2019
Donald Trump - Trump rages against ‘SNL’ after latest Alec Baldwin skit
Mark Moore
New York Post
New York Post
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please press: nypost.com
Labels:
administration,
against,
Alec Baldwin,
Donald Trump,
latest,
Mark Moore,
rages,
skit,
SNL,
Washington DC
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Malta - Trailblazing LGBTIQ+ icon and model Katia passes away
Kurt Sansone
Malta Today
Malta Today
Qrendi, Malta
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Qrendi_Pfarrkirche_Front_2.JPG
please press: www.maltatoday.com.mt
Labels:
cabaret performer,
icon,
Katia,
LGBTIQ+,
Maltese gay community,
model,
passes away,
Qrendi,
trailblazing
Location:
Qrendi, Malta
civil rights - Indiana moving up, but still behind in LGBTQ laws and policies
Segann March
Courier & Press
Courier & Press
Medora, IN
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Medora%2C_Indiana.jpg
please press: www.courierpress.com
Labels:
basic equality,
Indiana,
lags behind,
laws,
LGBTQ,
Medora,
moving up,
policies,
Segann March,
still behind
Location:
Medora, IN, USA
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