30 June 2018

Largo, Florida

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estimated transgender population:  482* (rounded up) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Largo_Library_2005...

Donald Trump - US reportedly has 'unequivocal evidence' that North Korea is 'trying to deceive' Trump with secret sites and nuclear-fuel production

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Uruguay - Transmasculinidad: Uruguay

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Carmen Graterol, Sarah Barrett Into Uruguay River (borders with Brazil) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons...

civil rights - Transgender bathroom initiative about 15K signatures short of qualifying for Montana ballot

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Tom Lutey Independent Record Credit:  https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKpqYDL8j4YNuCijLikhsXIXHpiOLbz7D...

North Dakota - GOP Senate hopeful Kevin Cramer sought, received support of extreme anti-gay group, CNN reports

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lead story - 2 Transgender Veterans Find Courage — And Sisterhood — Off The Battlefield

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29 June 2018

Donald Trump - GIANT DONALD TRUMP BALLOON IN KKK ROBE WELCOMES MELANIA TO PHOENIX IMMIGRATION SHELTER

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New Zealand - The impossibility of being transgender in New Zealand

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Felix Desmarais stuff Wellington, New Zealand Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Parliament_House_and...

civil rights - Where do LGBT workplace rights stand after Kennedy's departure?

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Minnesota - WCCO Viewers’ Choice For Best LGBTQ Bar In Minnesota

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lead story - Derick Dillard (Once Again) Slams Transgender Community With Rude Comment About Jazz Jennings

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28 June 2018

Donald Trump - Planning for Trump's military parade finally getting underway

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Belgium - Insurer condemned for discriminating against transgender person

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Christopher Vincent The Brussels Times Brussels, Belgium Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Bruxelles...

civil rights - Massachusetts Senate OKs bill to allow gender "X" option

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Idaho - Transgender health care in Pocatello

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lead story - Proposed Ohio law would force teachers to 'out' transgender youth

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27 June 2018

Donald Trump - Chris Matthews: Dems must do to Trump on Supreme Court what McConnell did to Obama

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Czech Republic - Czech Government Backs Marriage Equality Bill

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Samantha Manzella newnownext Prague, Czech Republic Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Vltava_in_Prag...

civil rights - HRC Opposes Dangerous Changes to Proposed Regulation Protecting Delaware Students

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Wyoming - Local GOP endorses ban on discrimination

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lead story - Starbucks’ Healthcare Plan For Transgender Employees Is Now Fully Comprehensive & It’s A Game Changer

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26 June 2018

Donald Trump - Schmidt: Trump's 'only affinity for reading anything were the Adolf Hitler speeches he kept on his nightstand'

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Rwanda - An African strongman meeting with the world’s most famous lesbian TV host isn’t just a photo-op

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civil rights - SPLC seeks documents detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison

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Oregon - Chief promotes first transgender officer to rank of Portland police captain

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Maxine Bernstein The Oregonian Portland, OR Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Portland%2C_OR_and_Mou...

lead story - 3rd Jacksonville Transgender Homicide Sparks Pushback For Answers

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25 June 2018

Donald Trump - Special counsel obtains Trump ally Erik Prince's phones, computer

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Puerto Rico - Make Sure Everyone You Know Is Talking About Puerto Rico

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civil rights - Ohio Republicans Introduce Bill That Would Allow Parents to Deny Transgender Children the Right to Transition

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North Dakota - Fargo gender reassignment surgery is believed to be a first in N.D.

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lead story - As transgender people seek change, hospital doors open

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VIDEO - Our Damaged Democracy - Joseph A. Califano Jr.

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24 June 2018

Donald Trump - Trump's visit to Britain faces mass protest marches — and a giant baby blimp

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Maldives - ‘Serious deterioration’ of human rights in Maldives

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civil rights - Transgender rights battle returning to North Carolina court

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Jonathan L. Drew Tampa Bay Times Federal Building, Raleigh, NC Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Fed...

Alaska - Transgender Juneau woman files suit over Alaska health policy

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Becky Bohrer KTOO Juneau, AK Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Juneau_AK_-_street_scenery.jpg pl...

lead story - Transgender woman says she was harassed, kicked out over bathroom use at D.C. restaurant

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23 June 2018

Raleigh, North Carolina

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estimated transgender population:  2696* (rounded up) Raleigh, NC Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/R...

Donald Trump - Sarah Sanders says she was kicked out of restaurant because she works for Trump

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Venezuela - Unearthing José Pachini: 1940’s Venezuela’s Lost, Legendary Transgender Man

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civil rights - Over 100 Civil Rights Groups Warn of Trump’s New Trans Inmate Policy

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Kansas - ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ finds signs of quiet progress for Kansas’ LGBT citizens

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Steve Wieberg The Kansas City Star Lawrence, KS Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Massachusetts_Stre...

lead story - Cynthia Nixon Reveals Her Son Is Transgender On Trans Day Of Action

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22 June 2018

Donald Trump - Young Trump staffers are complaining they can't date in DC because everyone hates them

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Eliza Relman Business Insider Aw, it can't be that bad - can it?  (hee hee!) Credit:  https://contraryperspective.files.w...

Bulgaria- Bulgaria: Momentum for Sofia’s Lesbians and Gays

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civil rights - Why we still need Pride in Lexington

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Valerie Overton Wicked Pride Buckman Tavern, Lexington, MA Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Buckman...

California - Attacker Sought in Stabbing of Transgender Woman in Hollywood

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Jonathan Lloyd, Toni Guinyard NBC Los Angeles Credit:  https://scottsdale.dpethotels.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/04/d-pet-h...

lead story - Federal Courts Are Standing Up for the Sanctity of Transgender Lives

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21 June 2018

Donald Trump - Report: National Enquirer Sent Stories About Trump to Michael Cohen Before Publishing

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Sri Lanka - Testimony of John Sifton on Human Rights Concerns in Sri Lanka to House Foreign Affairs Committee

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