20 April 2018

lead story - No reports of transgender troops affecting unit cohesion, Marine Corps and Navy leaders say

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VIDEO - Religion and Faith in the Age of Trump (Union Theological Seminary)

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19 April 2018

Donald Trump - Ted Cruz Loses Last Scrap of Dignity, Writes Time Tribute to His Bully, Donald Trump

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Hong Kong - How This Hong Kong Heiress Became An Unexpected LGBTQ Icon

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civil rights - LGBTQ students face discrimination while Education Department walks back oversight

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South Dakota - Novotny to speak at Dems meeting

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lead story - Transgender woman says employer, Spectrum Health, insurer, discriminate

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18 April 2018

Donald Trump - Transcript: James Comey's interview with ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos

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Australia - Israel Folau’s comments remind us homophobia and transphobia are ever present in Australian sport

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civil rights - Push anti-LGBTQ legislation and we will come for you on Election Day

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Oklahoma - New Oklahoma City medical practice targets LGBT patients

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lead story - Transgender Woman Booked Into Male Section Of Jail During Protest

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17 April 2018

Canada - Chilliwack school trustee facing human rights complaint for LGBTQ comments

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civil rights - Army Chief of Staff Undermines DOD Report Against Transgender Service

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Washington state - UW’s Kristina Olson wins NSF Waterman Award for studies of ‘how children see themselves and the world’

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lead story - Coast Guard won’t ban transgender members unless compelled

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16 April 2018

Brazil - Five Sentenced in Killing of Brazilian Transgender Woman

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Trudy Ring Advocate Maarten van Heemskerk, Justitia Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Iustitia_van_H...

civil rights - Leaders and Advocates: Duncan and Vitter Are Unfit to Serve as Judges in Louisiana

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Shin Inouye The Leadership Conference Credit:  https://oaapn.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bigstock-Act-Now-words-in-red-grunge-st-...

Florida - National Trans HIV Testing Day is Wednesday, April 18

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lead story - Transgender Kids Face High Risk of Mental Health Woes

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To my Massachusetts friends, happy Patriots' Day!

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15 April 2018

Do you have information about Donald Trump and/or his Cabinet?

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Donald Trump - Syrian refugees don't 'want to go to US', envoy says in defense of Trump ban

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Senegal - Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Senegal (see esp. 'Education')

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civil rights - Gay rights advocates want Illinois schools to be required to teach LGBT history

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Minnesota - OutFront Minnesota announces LGBTQ winners

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lead story - In 'protest suicide,' lawyer famed for gay rights cases burns himself to death in New York

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14 April 2018

Donald Trump - President Trump denounces James Comey as 'untruthful slime ball' in response to book

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Singapore - Singapore couple's marriage annulled after sex change

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civil rights - Iowa 4-H is reaching out to LGBTQ kids, and it's causing an uproar among conservatives

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Idaho - Idaho Begins Allowing Transgender People To Change Their Birth Certificate

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lead story - Federal judge keeps hold on Trump transgender troop ban

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13 April 2018

Hartford, Connecticut

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estimated transgender population:  715* (rounded up) Credit:  http://www.leagueittous.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/howe-whalers.jp...

Donald Trump - I’m a Peeliever and You Should Be, Too

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Spain - Book documents challenges of undefined gender in 1700s Spain

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George Diepenbrock The University of Kansas Jusepe de Ribera, La Mujer Barbuda Credit:  https://enlacresta2.files.wordpress.com...

civil rights - These parents are pushing against a rollback of transgender rights

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Tennessee - Opinion | I am a transgender Tennessean, and I am concerned that I am unwelcome at home

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lead story - Defense chief says he is 'prepared to defend' new transgender military policy

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12 April 2018

Donald Trump - The National Enquirer, a Trump Rumor, and Another Secret Payment to Buy Silence

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Trinidad and Tobago - Human rights groups to meet outside Parliament against 'buggery laws'

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civil rights - Judith Light Talks LGBTQ Activism and Civil Rights at Jeffrey Fashion Cares Charity Soiree

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Indiana - Mike Pence's hometown to host its first gay pride festival, with high school senior at helm

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main headline - Website Designed To Help Transgender People In Florida Change Name And Gender Marker

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11 April 2018

Donald Trump - Will Michael Cohen Snitch on Trump?

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Argentina - This Book Shines a Light on Argentina's Transgender Community

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civil rights - Town Losing Time to Appeal Trans Rights Ruling Against Funeral Home

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Arizona - Why parents are losing custody of trans and gender non-conforming kids

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lead story - To live openly as a transgender woman, she had to flee (...)

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10 April 2018

Donald Trump - F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen; Trump Calls It ‘Disgraceful’

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Japan - Fukuoka begins official recognition of LGBT partnerships

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