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09 February 2018

Walgreens to make bathrooms at all 8100 stores transgender-inclusive

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Chelsea Ritschel The Independent Credit: https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/westhartfordnews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3...

04 February 2018

Practicing Law as Transgender Trailblazer

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Scott Graham Texas Lawyer Texas lawyers Credit: https://drwzpk38qkpfb.cloudfront.net/www.birthlaw.com/uploaded/images/Cerebral...

Transgender bathroom policy debate returns to S.D. Legislature

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Dana Ferguson Argus Leader State Capitol, Pierre, South Dakota Credit: https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/09/a4/4...

03 February 2018

Donald Trump said 4 things that aren't true in a single 47-word tweet

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Chris Cillizza CNN Credit: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUa0YSP2V2J_hMFitO8CoIX7VpU_MidnBTr18z6OnUim...

Ukraine - Ukrainian TV Station Forced To Apologize For Gay-Bashing 'Pinocchio' Parody

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Pete Baumgartner RadioFreeEurope / RadioLiberty "Buratino" (in Cyrillic) Credit: http://www.willembrouwer.it/vida/fo...

Tributes, celebration, and next steps for LGBTQ civil rights to mark 2018 Equality Illinois Gala

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Press ChicagoPride.com Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Chicago_Theatre_blend.jpg please press: c...

Oklahoma - Minister has message for some lawmakers: 'Stop obsessing over bathrooms and weddings'

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Barbara Hoberock Tulsa World Oklahoma City, OK Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Skydance_Bridge_OKC.jpg ...

Ives ad targets transgender community, immigrants and women who get abortions

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Tina Stondeles Chicago Sun-Times Credit: http://yowzers.com/ccdata/images/smallMain_58_860.jpg please press: chicago.suntime...

Wellsville, New York

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The Pink House estimated transgender population: 41* (rounded down) Credit: https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3589/3320272615_1c3a4...

02 February 2018

01 February 2018

Donald Trump - DC Divorce Lawyers Weigh In: What Would Happen if Melania and Donald Trump Split?

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Marisa M. Kashino Washingtonian Credit: https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/17/174460/2642338-4266061320-offic.jpg ...

Australia - Calls For State Premiers To Scrap ‘Forced Transgender Divorce’ Laws

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Jordan Hirst QNews

Transgender civil rights bill draws crowd at State House

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Dave Solomon Union Leader Concord, New Hampshire Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Downtown_Concord%...

Louisiana - Kyle Duncan's nomination to 5th Circuit advances out of U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

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Elizabeth Crisp The Advocate Credit: http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201505/410047118.jpg please press: www...

'A Fantastic Woman': The Story Behind the Oscar-Nominated Transgender Drama

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Tim Grierson Rolling Stone 'A Fantastic Woman' Credit: https://thefilmstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/A-Fantastic...

Donald Trump - Trumpocracy - ENTIRE - David Frum

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

31 January 2018

Donald Trump - FBI has 'grave concerns' about Trump plan to release controversial memo

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Tom McCarthy The Guardian Credit: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf2KZjUWwAEVE68.jpg please press: www.theguardian.com

Pakistan - CONSERVATIVE PAKISTAN'S TRANSGENDER RISING

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Sonya Rehman Ozy Credit: https://www.newspakistan.tv/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/trans.jpg please press: www.ozy.com

JFK's grand-nephew Joe Kennedy says 'bullies' never win in Democrat response to Donald Trump's speech

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Press The Telegraph Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA) Credit: http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/weigel/2013/04/29/how_rep_joe...

Alaska - Proposition One: gender-related bathroom use debate

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Press KTUU Credit: http://christthetruth.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Angry-Preacher.gif please press: www.ktuu.com ...

Texas' First Transgender Mayor Seeks Re-election

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Christian McPhate Dallas Observer Jess Herbst Credit: https://cdn20.patchcdn.com/users/22910461/20170201/065114/styles/T800x60...

30 January 2018

6 people who have accused Donald Trump of cheating at golf

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Charles Curtis For The Win

LGBT Cubans seek asylum in the Netherlands

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Michael K. Lavers Washington Blade Credit: https://massgblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/pic-seeing-asylum-is-a-human-right.png ...

Lambda Legal, Joined By Several National Civil Rights Organizations, Delivers First Resistance “Pre-buttal” To Trump’s State of the Union Address

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Shin Inouye The Leadership Conference Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/NCTE-logo.png please press: civ...

Utah - Imagine Dragons Front Man Advocates for LGBT Mormons in Film

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Brady McCombs, Ryan Pearson U.S. News and World Report Park City, Utah Credit: https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s...

Transgender prisoner suffers horrific head wound in attack at all-male jail (UK)

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Andy Gardner The Sun Credit: https://pre00.deviantart.net/b84c/th/pre/i/2006/192/0/7/__natalie__s___head_wound_closeup_by_bathory_...

Collusion - ENTIRE - Luke Harding

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29 January 2018

Donald Trump - Trump’s gripes against McCabe included wife’s politics, Comey’s ride home

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Carol E. Lee NBC News Credit: https://image.cagle.com/183488/1155/183488.png please press: www.nbcnews.com

Poland - OUT: LGBTQ Poland by Maciek Nabrdalik review – Poles apart

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Sean O'Hagan The Guardian

Under Betsy DeVos, the Department of Education leaves transgender protections up to the schools

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Grace Nash Muckrock Credit: http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoons/GreenS/2017/GreenS20170209_low.jpg please press: www.m...

Washington state - End gay conversion therapy in Washington

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News Tribune editorial board The News Tribune Credit: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MQDyoi-bBbQ/maxresdefault.jpg please press: www...

Indonesia: Transgender women in Aceh detained by police

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Press BBC News Credit: http://clipart-library.com/data_images/409349.jpg please press: www.bbc.com

(video) David Cay Johnston - It's Even Worse Than You Think - Politics And Prose

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Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y70q0mjujWk

28 January 2018

Donald Trump Is Mad at JAY-Z

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Jazz Monroe Pitchfork Credit: https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/574dd434130000d605383263.jpeg?cache=nhozdguzit&ops=scalefit...

Albania - ‘Nothing comes from exclusion,’ says Surrey man who fought for LGBT rights in Albania

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Bala Yogesh Surrey Now-Leader Credit: https://wikitravel.org/upload/shared//thumb/7/7c/Albania_Regions_map.png/600px-Albania_Regio...

Let’s delete sex-identity from birth certificates

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Heath Fogg-Davis Big Think Conchita Wurst, in Berlin, Germany Credit: http://assets1.bigthink.com/system/idea_thumbnails/64377...

California - Nurse With Transgender Expertise Helps People Live Authentic Lives

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Lee Nelson nurse.org Credit: https://fthmb.tqn.com/VL-V0M_67N0IrL84kcnn6ZHVmbg=/768x0/filters:no_upscale()/nurses-discussing-over-d...

Memorial service held for slain transgender woman

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Matt Caron WWLP Credit: https://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/fashion/daily/2017/07/27/27-candle-lede.w710.h473.jpg please press: ww...

27 January 2018

Donald Trump - Trump sends letter to African leaders in wake of reportedly comparing nations to a 'dirty toilet'

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Press CNBC Credit: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SPdc4D9muqM/maxresdefault.jpg please press: www.cnbc.com

Egypt - More Arrests in Egypt’s LGBT Crackdown, but No International Outcry

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Neela Ghosal Human Rights Watch Credit: http://www.ikhwanweb.com/uploads/flash/E7975WYBPNHEKKF.jpg please press: www.hrw.org...

Across U.S., LGBTQ Christians try to change hearts and minds from the pews

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Julie Compton NBC News Biola University Credit: http://media1.biola.edu/now/photos/2017/Jun/01/cache/S17_Commencement_Ceremony...

Oregon - Oregon grants transgender inmate's request to move to women's prison

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Noelle Crombie The Oregonian Coffee Creek Correctional Institution Credit: http://media.oregonlive.com/opinion_impact/photo/20...

Transgender woman in male prison ‘nightmare’ on hunger strike

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Mark Townsend The Guardian Credit: http://cf.mp-cdn.net/53/41/b7081256ac83659b1914ad6777c8-people-should-go-on-a-hunger-strike-for...

Kolno, Poland

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Credit: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kolno/images/kol900c.jpg estimated transgender population: 62*# (rounded down) ez...

26 January 2018

One special evening...

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Credit: http://www.wirsindpaten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/i-want-to-participate-960x540.jpg ezs note: Last night, I was doi...

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