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25 January 2018

Donald Trump is an embarrassment to most Americans, who don't want him as a role model to their children: poll

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Ryan Sit Newsweek Credit: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9XFIvswc62s/Vqg2umdA5YI/AAAAAAAAAno/yUTmXzcpJRk/s1600/CJgxC5wUAAED55j%2B%25281...

Germany - Germany's Federal Court of Justice declares transgender woman legal father of child

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Press Deutsche Welle Berlin, Germany (Reichstag) Credit: http://www.nationsonline.org/gallery/Germany/Reichstag-Parliament-B...

Trump’s anti-LGBT 1st year

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MSU named most LGBTQ-friendly college in Montana

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Staff KTVM/NBC Montana State University Credit: http://www.montana.edu/admissions/visit/images/2014/banner.jpg please pre...

Huff to Bring Transgender Veteran to State of the Union in Protest of Military Ban

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Thadeus Greenson North Coast Journal Credit: http://scene7.zumiez.com/is/image/zumiez/pdp_hero/VidaKush-Middle-Finger-Sticker-_289...

24 January 2018

Uganda's President says he loves Donald Trump because he's frank about Africa

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Faith Karimi, Briana Duggan CNN The Two Stooges Credit: http://www.monitor.co.ug/image/view/-/3446690/highRes/1483751/-/maxw/6...

Kuwait - Kuwait: Reform Laws that Restrict Free Speech Rights

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Press Human Rights Watch scene in Kuwait Credit: https://cdn.forbesmiddleeast.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/06/shutte...

Dallas County Sued After Jailing Trans Woman In Solitary For Days Over Misdemeanor Arrest

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Nick Wing HuffPost Credit: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_main_wide_580x384/public/field_image/web15-blog-ju...

More LGBTQ Texans than ever are running for office, magazine says

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Rishika Dugyala The Texas Tribune Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Texas_flag_map.svg/2000px-Texa...

Yance Ford is first transgender director to earn Oscar nomination

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Nicole Bitette Daily News Yance Ford Credit: https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/yance-ford.jpg?w=2000 please...

23 January 2018

(video) ENTIRE - It's Even Worse Than You Think - David Cay Johnston

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Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE97M7ECObY ezs note: This is David Cay Johnston's ENTIRE work. If you have some tim...

Donald Trump's assault on law enforcement just keeps coming

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Chris Cillizza CNN Credit: https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/comeytoon131.jpg?w=620 please press: www.c...

Tanzania - Tanzania: Country Summary for Tanzania and Zanzibar in HRW's World Report 2018

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Human Rights Campaign Will Honor Audra McDonald in February

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Andrew Gans Playbill Credit: https://www.colorlines.com/sites/default/files/styles/embedded_image/public/images/articles/2016/09/a...

Vermont newspaper editor fired for tweeting that state offering a third gender choice on driving licenses was 'one step closer to the apocalypse' (UK)

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Extended family wonders how to embrace transgender member

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(video) “It’s Even Worse Than You Think”: David Cay Johnston on Trump’s First Year in Office

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

22 January 2018

Alliance Defending Freedom continues to attack transgender students in its drive to undermine nondiscrimination protections

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Erin Fitzgerald Southern Poverty Law Center Credit: https://claytoonz.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/cjones09092015.jpg please pr...

21 January 2018

Drop out of the race, Chelsea

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Credit: https://www.garybarker.co.uk/images/Chelsea-Bradley-Manning-Cartoon.jpg Dear Chelsea: Hello. I came to speak to you t...

Tammy Duckworth Scorches Donald Trump As ‘Five-Deferment Draft Dodger’

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China - China’s media watchdog in legal challenge over censorship of gay content

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Phila Siu South China Morning Post Credit: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBFYOppV4A1ymVO_71qVE3EVN0H...

U.S. School District to Pay $800,000 to Settle Transgender Student’s Discrimination Lawsuit

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University Learns a New Lesson: Transgender Discrimination Landmark Verdict in Oklahoma

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Clarence Webster III Lexology Credit: http://public.esquireempire.com/file/view/washita-district-court-in-cordell-oklahoma-county-...

How a Hong Kong transgender bodybuilder is fighting discrimination – with compassion

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Laurie Chen South China Morning Post Law Siu-Fung Credit: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MdMy4zuZdok/maxresdefault.jpg please pres...

20 January 2018

Donald Trump Owns This Shutdown

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John Nichols The Nation. Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/36/4c/34/364c34e616915e4a6d27d47a1cae840d--political-articles-us-electi...

Bangladesh - Bangladesh: Transgender Men Fear for Their Safety

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Staff Human Rights Watch scene in Bangladesh Credit: http://www.observerbd.com/2017/11/03/1509681599.jpg please press: w...

One Year After Joining the Women’s March in Atlanta, Transgender Woman Works as City Council Member

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Transgender inmate's request poses quandary for Cass County, ND, officials

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Tu-Uyen Tran Duluth News Tribune Credit: http://theinfluence.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/jail-cell.jpg please press: www....

Transgender woman sues over ordeal in male prison (UK)

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Mark Townsend The Guardian Tara Hudson Credit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/women/2016/01/14/tara_h1_trans_NvBQzQNjv...

Rocky Mount, North Carolina

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estimated transgender population: 322* (rounded up) Credit: http://c8.alamy.com/comp/BMDBNN/downtown-rocky-mount-north-carolina-BM...

19 January 2018

Stormy Daniels Once Claimed She Spanked Donald Trump With a Forbes Magazine

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Chile - Will Chile Be the First Nation to Win Marriage Equality in 2018?

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Stuart Gaffney, John Lewis San Francisco Bay Times Credit: http://ontheworldmap.com/chile/chile-location-on-the-south-america-map.j...

President Trump's First Year Was an Affront to Civil Rights

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Sherrilyn Ifill Time Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/35/27/a53527c5b533d19b5875d54dfc2a9304.jpg please press: time...

Scottsdale calls on Arizona to handle LGBT non-discrimination protections

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How Grey's Anatomy Introduced Its First Major Transgender Character

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18 January 2018

Donald Trump Gets His Sanity Grades

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Gail Collins The New York Times Credit: https://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/a76c34b/2147483647/resize/1200x%3E/quality/85/?url=htt...

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Russia - Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik mocks US ‘Tranny troops’

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Commentary: ‘Religious Liberty’ Is Not an Excuse to Deny Transgender People Medical Care

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Steve Sanders Fortune Credit: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLXN3i9WldzPY9jWfxbmA_PfmqClnbpWj82yMGrI...

This LGBTQ office is first of its kind in N.J.

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Suspect arrested in transgender drag queen sex assault case

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17 January 2018

DONALD TRUMP’S MUELLER NIGHTMARE IS COMING TRUE

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Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia police arrest men over 'gay wedding' video

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2018: Stand Up

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Gwendolyn Ann Smith PrideSource Credit: http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/7.2/images/marley_fig01b.jpg please pr...

Editorial: Ernst owes Iowans answers

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Delaware's transgender students: Separate but equal?

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Margie Fishman delaware online State Rep. Rich Collins (R-DE) (oh, gawd, please let him be kicked out of office soon...) Cred...

16 January 2018

Donald Trump - Golf, three TVs and Big Macs in bed: my week in the life of Donald Trump

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