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29 September 2017

Betsy DeVos Says She Did Math on Trump’s Tax Plan and It Will Save Nation Eleventy Krillion

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Andy Borowitz The New Yorker Credit:  http://image.cagle.com/188410/750/betsy-devos.png please press: www.newyorker.com  

Israel Proves Rich Pickings in Latest Season of 'Transparent,' Say Critics

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Press Haaretz Wailing Wall, Israel Credit:  http://images.wisegeek.com/morning-prayers-at-the-western-wall-in-jerusalem.jpg ...

Cornyn has doubts about nominee who said transgender rights were ‘Satan’s plan’

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Kevin Diaz San Antonio Express-News Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Credit:  https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/sites/default/files/Sen.%20C...

Transgender Naval officer’s talk moved to bigger West Texas A&M venue due to increased interest

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Robert Stein amarillo.com Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/WTAMU_seal.png please press:   amarillo.com ...

A Place to Call Home

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Susan Milligan US News & World Report Credit:  http://images.all-free-download.com/images/graphiclarge/the_salvation_army_0_729...

Thank you, John Nichols!

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John Nichols Credit:  http://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/johnnichols_small1.jpg ezs note:  A few days ago, I ...
28 September 2017

Bathroom bill is dead, but one Dallas transgender man won't stop fighting

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Lauren McGaughy Dallas News Credit:  http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kera/files/styles/x_large/public/201704/BTACC-3.jpg ...

California Is Adding Gender Category 'X' to State IDs. Good—Your Gender Isn't the Government's Business.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown Reason Credit:  https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/america.jpg please press:   reaso...

A transgender minister's 'long, painful, joyous, happy and dizzying' road to acceptance

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Monsy Alvarado NorthJersey.com Credit:  https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/9f2c77c49ee5c8c5597ec74afecf329ec1d3fc20/r=540/https/media...
27 September 2017

"Horsemen Of The Trumpocalypse" - John Nichols

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Credit:  C-Span (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFVg0AUWxGA)

The Distance Between Donald Trump and Puerto Rico

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Amy Davidson Sorkin The New Yorker Credit:  https://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/520ca2d/2147483647/resize/1200x%3E/format/png/quali...

Meet Daniela Vega, Who Could Be the First Transgender Actress Nominated For an Oscar

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Patrik Sandberg W Daniela Vega Credit:  http://s3.amazonaws.com/lahora-cl-bkt/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/30212453/daniela-vega-...

Pottsville transgender woman settles discrimination lawsuit

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Mark Gilger Jr. Republican Herald Pottsville, PA (Yuengling mansion) please press:   republicanherald.com

North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Puts Democracy on the Line

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Barry Yeoman The Nation Credit:  http://web.csulb.edu/~astevens/posc100/files/notes/nc12.jpg please press:   www.thenation....

Wichita district not buying transgender novel for elementary schools

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Suzanne Perez Tobias The Wichita Eagle Credit:  http://toonclips.com/600/cartoon-female-librarian-sitting-at-a-desk-by-toonaday-521...

Ham & AiG News - Paulogia and Amy

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Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySZANZA8erQ ezs note:  This is a YouTube piece which might be of use to you if you are a ...
26 September 2017

LeBron James Is Right. Donald Trump Is a Bum.

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Joan Walsh The Nation Credit:  https://i.pinimg.com/564x/be/a1/9b/bea19baa9120baa97b88fb18eb819312--donald-trump-donald-oconnor.jpg...

Trinidad and Tobago: A nation in the closet

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Maykel Gonzalez-Vivero Washington Blade Trinidad and Tobago Credit:  http://www.equinofunholidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/0...

Lawsuit filed in Pensacola over transgender rights

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Allie Norton WEAR-TV Credit:  https://storage.googleapis.com/idx-acnt-gs.ihouseprd.com/AR438013/file_manager/pensacola.jpg plea...

Murdered transgender teen had her genitals mutilated before she was set on fire (UK)

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Josh Jackman Pink News Ally Steinfeld  (2000-2017) Credit:  http://www.pinknews.co.uk/images/2017/09/ally-steinfeld-facebook-9_...

‘Just who I am’: In new ad, Va. Democratic candidate discusses being transgender

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Antonio Olivo The Washington Post Credit:  https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBZKY6XXUAAb3vv.jpg please press:   www.washingtonpost.c...
25 September 2017

The protesting NFL players, not Donald Trump, are the true patriots

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Suzanne Moore The Guardian Credit:  http://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.13490520.1492593087!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/d...

Human Rights Council adopts universal periodic review outcomes of Bahrain, Ecuador and Tunisia

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Press UN Human Rights Council Credit:  http://iransr.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/OHCHR-logo-White-450x300.jpeg please press:  ...

Will transgender people be denied chance to serve in the military?

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Andy Fitzpatrick Battle Creek Enquirer Battle Creek (MI) Medical Center Credit:  https://www.va.gov/directory/guide/image.asp?i...

Boyertown students to appeal transgender bathroom ruling

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Peter Hall The Morning Call two of Boyertown High's finest Credit:  http://mtv.mtvnimages.com/crop-images/2014/10/13/beavis...

A Trump judicial pick said transgender children are proof that ‘Satan’s plan is working’

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Kristine Philipps The Washington Post Credit:  http://byebyepie.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f9367fb8834017d4178c5da970c-pi please press...
24 September 2017

"Unbelievable" - Katy Tur and Jake Sherman

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Credit:  C-SPAN

The Fragile, Toxic Masculinity of Donald Trump

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Dave Zirin The Nation Credit:  https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b5/de/6f/b5de6f8af9635bbd78cefd2b6b33c9f1--trump-jokes-trump-train.jpg ...

Thousands protest ruling to overturn ban on 'conversion therapy' for gays and lesbians in Brazil

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Jill Langlois Los Angeles Times Credit:  http://www.yegdeals.com/img/ul/x44jmy76qnj2bivk.jpg please press:  www.latimes.com

5 films you have to see from this Austin’s gay and lesbian film fest

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Matt Shiverdecker Statesman Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992)  Credit:  https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/marsha-p-joh...

Forced from an abusive home at 16, she knows what it’s like to be a homeless teenager

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Laura Bauer The Kansas City Star Credit:   http://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/styles/issues_270x170/public/images/...

Violence has no place in transgender debate (UK)

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Linda Bellos, Lucy Masoud etc. The Guardian Credit:  https://pitakwatimes.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/say-no-to-violence.jpg  p...
23 September 2017

Donald Trump Can’t Stop Attacking Black Sports Figures

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Travis Waldron HuffPost Credit: http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bantoon06.jpg?w=620 please press:   www.h...

Greek parliament to pass new laws on gender identity (Greece)

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Press Neos Kosmos Athens, Greece (Greek parliament) Credit:  https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/07/gree...

Transgender military couple from Colorado Springs share their story

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Rachael Wardwell KOAA Credithttps://www.usafa.edu/app/uploads/Chapel-7655-8x10.jpg please press:   www.koaa.com

United Church of Christ speaks out for social justice, acceptance

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Erin Bamer Idaho Press Nampa, Idaho Credit:  http://id-nampa.civicplus.com/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=5289 please ...

Transgender high school students kicked off school bus

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Maggie Gilroy USA Today Glens Falls, NY Credit:  http://www.lakegeorgervpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/glens-falls.jpg ...

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

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estimated transgender population:  122*(rounded up) Credit:  https://i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/e6/5a/aae65a3b407f4a5d56dda6c0032d05d3...
22 September 2017

DONALD TRUMP UNFOLLOWED REINCE PRIEBUS, THE ULTIMATE INSULT FROM A TWITTER-OBSESSED PRESIDENT

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Tim Marcin Newsweek Credit:  https://www.awesomelyluvvie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Donald-Trump-Whiny-Babyhands.jpg please...

Court delays gender case as Newfoundland drafts non-binary birth certificate legislation (Canada)

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Press thestar.com valley in Newfoundland Credit:  https://cdn.narcity.com/uploads/223798_757d49e1df17bd75045dcd369925c63a08d5d9...

TRUMP AND DEVOS ARE PREPARING A HISTORIC ROLLBACK ON DISCRIMINATION LAW

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Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza Pacific Standard Credit:  https://claytoonz.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/cjones02082017.jpg?w=620 please...

How Visible Are Bisexuals in South Florida?

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Jason Parsley SFGN Credit:  http://www.hawaiireporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Invisible.jpg please press:   southflorida...

Lawsuit: Iowa Medicaid ban on sex-reassignment surgery is 'unconstitutional'

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Courtney Crowder The Des Moines Register Credit:  https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7301/26682691294_385a8a19c4_b.jpg please press:...
21 September 2017

Can transgender students go to women's colleges? Across the country, the answer is evolving.

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Anna North Vox Credit:  https://ctcl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ASC.SmartWomen-810x222.jpg please press:   www.vox.com
20 September 2017

LaVare’s House Is a Much-Needed Durham Haven for LGBTQIA People in Addiction Recovery

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Sam Peterson Indy Week (NC) Credit:  http://www.raleighrealtyhomes.com/uploads/Durham-NC-OGI.jpg please press:   www.indyweek.c...

Trump judicial nominee said transgender children are part of 'Satan's plan', defended 'conversion therapy'

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Chris Massie, Andrew Kaczynski CNN Credit:  http://cdn1.gomoviesgo.com/episodes/1230121955-south-park-season-10-episode-11.jpg p...
19 September 2017

The Madness of Donald Trump

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Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone Credit:  https://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/acdbd85/2147483647/resize/1200x%3E/quality/85/?url=http%3A%2...

Civil Rights Commission tables request to include LGBT community in anti-discrimination law

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Lauren Gibbons MLive Credithttps://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/naughty-statues-huta-stupidity-head-up-their-ass-people.jpeg ...

Charlotte police release shocking details about the murder of transgender woman

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Bil Browning LGBTQ Nation Derricka Banner Credit:  http://cdn-img.essence.com/sites/default/files/1505492590/derricka-banner-59...

When football players join in to mock transgender people, Kansas high school students protest with a sit-in

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Cindy Boren The Washington Post Credit:  https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a7/81/18/a78118c65d7c1353f2464e6010c1ebe6--congratulations-card-...
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