21 September 2019
lead story - Why the Pickle Became a Symbol of Transgender Rights
Donald Trump - If This Isn’t Impeachable, Nothing Is
Tom Nichols
The Atlantic
The Atlantic
ezs note: Uh, and this was before the current mess...
please press: www.theatlantic.com
20 September 2019
Donald Trump - Stephen Colbert Blows the Whistle on Trump After ‘Promise’ to Foreign Leader
Matt Wilstein
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast
Stephen Colbert
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please press: www.thedailybeast.com
19 September 2019
lead story - Betsy DeVos visits school with explicit anti-transgender policy
Donald Trump - ‘Urgent Concern’ About the President'
Editorial Staff
The New York Times
The New York Times
Mark Felt ("Deep Throat") 1913-2008
please press: www.nytimes.com
Drag Queen Story Hour comes to Connecticut!
Hartford Public Library
Hartford, CT
ezs note: On September 28, your kids will have a treat by seeing Drag Queen Story Hour! This will be in Hartford, 500 Main Street, and hours will be 1 to 2 pm, and 2:30 to 3:30 pm. By all means, bring your kids along! (Or a busload!)
18 September 2019
Donald Trump - Opinion: Why is Trump so desperate to make California’s air more polluted?
17 September 2019
Chile - From Catalina to Alexis: Chilean teen first to legally change gender
Dave Sherwood
Reuters
Reuters
Santiago, Chile
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Vista_Parcial_de_Santiago_de_Chile_2013.jpg
please press: www.reuters.com
Vermont - Is a Vermont nurse the new Kim Davis?
Bonnie Kristian
The Week
The Week
Nurse Ratched, nurse-in-chief
please press: theweek.com
ezs note: Um, yeaaaah... forgive me if I don't break out the violin, but this nurse is truly dense. I think you only need to take a gander at the title, 'University of Vermont Medical Center'. This means we treat all comers who have a medical need, within the laws of the state of Vermont. We ain't choosy. Despite what Ms. Kristian says in her article, a Gordian knot this ain't.
lead story - 3 Transgender Women Thrown Out Of Downtown LA Bar Speak Out
Staff
CBS Los Angeles
CBS Los Angeles
Woodland Hills, CA
(section of Los Angeles)
please press: losangeles.cbslocal.com
Donald Trump - Trump Cringingly Courts Latino Vote: “Who Do You Like More, the Country or the Hispanics?”
Elliot Hannon
Slate
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Slate
ezs note: Oh, Donald, you devil...
(no, I really mean it, 'you devil'.)
15 September 2019
Barbados - Deal with transgender issue, urges Hoffman
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Arkansas - Bellamy Brooks Named Global Campus Employee of the Quarter
Staff
University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas Law School
Fayetteville, AR
please press: news.uark.edu
lead story - Transgender College Students More Likely to Struggle with Mental Health
Donald Trump - Brett Kavanaugh Fit In With the Privileged Kids. She Did Not.
Robin Pogrebin, Kate Kelly
The New York Times
The New York Times
'Justice' Brett Kavanaugh
please press: www.nytimes.com
ezs note: To read the entire book, see "The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation".
14 September 2019
lead story - New study reveals risks of transgender ‘conversion therapy’
13 September 2019
Alabama - Selling Kids: Being LGBTQ in the Bible Belt
lead story - 'That was my child': Transgender deaths devastate families
Martha Waggoner
WLOS
Lumber Bridge, NC
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please press: abcnews.go.com
WLOS
Lumber Bridge, NC
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Lumber_Bridge_Presbyterian.jpg
please press: abcnews.go.com
12 September 2019
civil rights - Civil rights activists celebrate new policy protecting transgender students in Stafford
Florida - Florida education news: Charter schools, transgender rights, public comment and more
Jeffrey S. Solochek
Tampa Bay Times
Tampa Bay Times
Sen. Samuel Pasco
Pasco County
please press: www.tampabay.com
ezs note: If you live within Pasco County, Florida, and you're pissed off about a scrapping of 'best practices' guide, write an email, or better yet, go to a board meeting and talk there. Hey, conservative folks have a hearing - but they don't have a right to a monopoly. Let your voice be heard.
lead story - Transgender Lyft driver quits after alleged attack
08 September 2019
review of Oneechan ga Mamotte Ageru!
Artist - Yoshino Sora
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Delegates_of_3rd_Asian_Cartoon_Exhibition.JPG
(note: I tried - really tried to find the picture 'Oneechan ga Mamotte Ageru!' All to no avail. Sorry.)
To those who follow Japan and Japanese transgender culture, yeah, there are flaws, but Japan does seem to be making an effort. One of the really bright spots is an article entitled 'Transgender granted long-term residency in Japan'. It is in this mix that Yoshino Sora is drawing her manga. Unfortunately, Ms. Yoshino isn't doing her best work.
Mind you, her work is a far cry from the 'work' done by the Jack Chick tracts. But this is a hornet's nest from the outset. Anri goes to the studio to do a tryout. And who does her mother pick to get some 'papers'? Kairi, her younger brother. Of course, her daft mother doesn't dream of going to the studio herself. And let us consider the appellation 'Kairi'. When I thumbed Japanese names, one listed 'Kairi' as female/unisex, the other as strictly female. Where does it fit in the universe?
Towards the end, a more proper 'Kairi' is found, a transgender female. But geez, their mother is in a virtual loony bin. The proper way to go is not to rush into things, nor to refuse forever into decades. In other words, it's somewhat of a balancing act. Am I telling you that you must never make a mistake? Of course not. But find the right road, and stay the course as best you can.
Aesthetically, Ms. Yoshino does a decent job. I just wish she would do better with words.
Mind you, her work is a far cry from the 'work' done by the Jack Chick tracts. But this is a hornet's nest from the outset. Anri goes to the studio to do a tryout. And who does her mother pick to get some 'papers'? Kairi, her younger brother. Of course, her daft mother doesn't dream of going to the studio herself. And let us consider the appellation 'Kairi'. When I thumbed Japanese names, one listed 'Kairi' as female/unisex, the other as strictly female. Where does it fit in the universe?
Towards the end, a more proper 'Kairi' is found, a transgender female. But geez, their mother is in a virtual loony bin. The proper way to go is not to rush into things, nor to refuse forever into decades. In other words, it's somewhat of a balancing act. Am I telling you that you must never make a mistake? Of course not. But find the right road, and stay the course as best you can.
Aesthetically, Ms. Yoshino does a decent job. I just wish she would do better with words.
07 September 2019
lead story - Second black transgender women believed to be violently killed in 2 days
Muri Assunção
New York Daily News
New York Daily News
Clewiston, FL
(Hendry County)
please press: www.nydailynews.com
ezs note: In such a sparsely county, two such murders are truly frightening. If you know of either Keisha Whittaker or Bee Love's killings, please turn it over to the police. Their number is 863-674-5600. Above all, don't be a hero - I don't want to be writing a third statistic. Thanks.
06 September 2019
lead story - Transgender woman in Hendry County may have died in targeted attack
Michael Mora
WINK
WINK
LaBelle, FL
(Hendry County)
please press: www.winknews.com
ezs note: Sheesh - if anyone deserves what happened to Keisha Whittaker, it's this cretin. Please, if anyone knows what happened, call Hendry County police (southern Florida) at 863-674-5600. Thanks.
05 September 2019
lead story - Cool Runnings Actor Malik Yoba Says He Is Attracted to Transgender Women: 'It's Time to Speak'
04 September 2019
lead story - Transgender woman granted long-term residency in Japan
North Dakota - NORTH DAKOTA IS FAILING OUR QUEER YOUTH
Faye Seidel
High Plains Reader
High Plains Reader
Bismarck, ND
North Dakota State Capitol
03 September 2019
lead story - Lebanon: End Systemic Violence Against Transgender Women
Press
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Beirut, Lebanon
Canaanean javelin (7000-5000 BCE)
please press: www.hrw.org
VOTE!!!
ezs note: Here in Connecticut, we have the luxury of waiting to register to vote until the very last day. So I can relax.
But there are 49 other states. And some of them have very, very early dates to register.
Unfair? Yup, sure is. But until they change their date, not a damn thing we can do about it.
That is, unless you register today.
Voting Day is November 5.
02 September 2019
Connecticut - Middlesex Health, seven other Connecticut health care providers named LGBTQ health care equality leaders
Kathleen McWilliams
Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant
Middletown, CT
Middlesex Hospital
please press: www.courant.com
lead story - For Trans Women, Silicone 'Pumping' Can Be A Blessing And A Curse
Danny Nett
NPR
NPR
Washington DC
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please press: www.npr.org
01 September 2019
Serbia - Lesbian PM Or Not, Serbia Blocks Gays' Path To Parenthood
civil rights - TERFs Have Taught the Trump Administration Well
Esther Wang
Jezebel
Jezebel
SCOTUS, 1937
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please press: theslot.jezebel.com
Louisiana - A sign to remember Vontashia Bell and a sign to find her killer
Emily Enfinger
Shreveport Times
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Shreveport Times
Shreveport/Bossier City, LA
Allen Bridge
please press: www.shreveporttimes.com
ezs note: It's been a little over a year old, and Vontashia's case is getting cold. But it's never too cold. Make her friends happy and put this cretin in jail. Call Crimestoppers at 318-673-7373. Thanks.
lead story - Mum arrested in front of her kids for calling transgender woman a man is hauled to court for trolling
Ellie Cambridge, Mark Hodge
The Sun
The Sun
Hitchin, UK
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please press: www.thesun.co.uk
31 August 2019
lead story - Juniper Eastwood to Become First Transgender Runner to Compete in DI Cross Country
30 August 2019
Russia - Russian Authorities Drop Charges Against First Suspect, Detain Second In Killing Of Rights Activist Grigoryeva
civil rights - Civil Rights Turned Topsy-Turvy
Linda Greenhouse
The New York Times
The New York Times
former Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Anthony_Kennedy_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg
please press: www.nytimes.com
Iowa - Title X rules hurt transgender people
lead story - Transgender woman beaten in Newport, man charged
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29 August 2019
lead story - N.J. kept a transgender woman in men’s prisons for over a year. She says she was harassed and beaten.
28 August 2019
Ohio - Ohio GOP Lawmaker Blames Mass Shootings On Trans People, Gay Marriage And More
lead story - Boyfriend charged in death of 22-year-old transgender woman found in Houston parking lot
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27 August 2019
Donald Trump - Trump privately clashed with G7 leaders over reinviting Putin
Poland - Polish Court Rebukes “LGBT-Free Zone” Stickers
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