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09 July 2018

Donald Trump - Will Trump Be Meeting With His Counterpart — Or His Handler?

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Jonathan Chait New York Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b3/12/2b/b3122b49428399f4271327b3befe1db2.jpg please press: n...

Ireland - Hundreds march for better transgender healthcare

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Elaine Edwards The Irish Times Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Dublin_%28city_centre%29.JPG please ...

civil rights - MATTERS OF FAITH: The Jewish case for supporting transgender rights in November

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Elias Lieberman Cape Cod Times Cape Cod (part of Massachusetts) Credit: https://wikitravel.org/upload/shared//2/2c/CapeCodTown...

Texas - Texas Transgender Summit to Mark 10 Years at the University of Houston Next Week

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Laura Gillespie OutSmart Magazine Credit: http://www.alku.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/houston.png please press: www.outsm...

lead story - Transgender Protections, Other Ballot Questions Certified

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08 July 2018

Donald Trump - NYT: US threatened nations over breastfeeding resolution

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Eli Watkins CNN Breastfeeding. Oh, the horror. Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Breastfeeding_infa...

Lithuania - This cute guy's powerful story of being trans in Lithuania will surprise you

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Jamie Tabberer Gay Star News Ukmerge, Lithuania Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/1_autobusas_Ukmerg...

07 July 2018

Donald Trump - In The World According To Trump, NATO Allies Are Bad And Putin Is Good

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S.V. Date HuffPost Credit: https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/vbulahtin/9232037/3110385/3110385_original.jpg please press: www....

Guyana - Transgender Guyanese women ask CCJ to strike down colonial law

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Press St. Lucia News Online Georgetown, Guyana (Stabroek Market) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/S...

civil rights - Weekend Read: ‘The Rosa Parks of the transgender movement’

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Press Southern Poverty Law Center Sylvia Rae Rivera Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Sylvia_Rae_Rivera.j...

Oregon - Oregon to allow students to identify as neither male nor female

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Bethany Barnes The Oregonian Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/TransPrideFlagSF.png please press: ...

lead story - Teddy Geiger realized she was transgender in therapy

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Jessica Sager Page Six Teddy Geiger Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Anderson_teddy-3.jpg pleas...

06 July 2018

Middletown, New Jersey

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estimated transgender population: 380* (rounded up) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Middletownclown.j...

Donald Trump - Trump’s Mar-a-Lago asks to hire 61 additional foreign workers using visa program

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Shannon K. Crawford, Soo Rin Kim ABC Credit: https://anticap.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/185398_600.jpg please press: abcnew...

Croatia - Transgender people have a right to be issued new diplomas

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Vedran Pavlik Total Croatia News Ŝibenik, Croatia Credit: https://wikitravel.org/upload/en/d/dd/594px-Sibenik_Croatia_Cathedra...

civil rights - Inside the Fight to Save LGBT Rights at an All-New Supreme Court

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Samantha Allen The Daily Beast Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Oblique_facade_2%2C_US_Supreme_Court.jp...

Idaho - At Boise's first Pridefest, people had to hide behind masks. Now thousands celebrate.

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Michael Katz Idaho Statesman Boise, ID Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Boise%2C_idaho.jpg plea...

lead story - I'm a surgeon who helps transgender people live the way they feel inside

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Jonathan Keith USA Today Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Surgeon.jpg please press: www.usatoday....

05 July 2018

Donald Trump - Michael Cohen tells friends he doesn't think Trump would pardon him

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MJ Lee CNN Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ad/81/3f/ad813f362c8f3bb3764150d7aa41ab77.jpg please press: www.cnn.com

Ghana - UN Expert Spotlights LGBT Poverty in Ghana

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Wendy Issack AllAfrica Independence of Ghana Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Ghana_Independence_ove...

civil rights - Military retirees support lawsuit against Trump’s military transgender ban

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Press Dayton Daily News Credit: https://i1.wp.com/altoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/military-veterans.png?fit=1200%2C600 ...

Oregon - Corvallis woman runs drag performance and transgender advocacy organization

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Lillian Schrock Corvallis Gazette-Times Corvallis, OR Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Benton_Count...

lead story - Barely any transgender recruits have made it into the military since Trump's ban ended

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Kathryn Krawczyk The Week Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Three_norwegian_soldiers_w_respirators.jpg ...

04 July 2018

Donald Trump - Trump Repeatedly Questioned Why the United States Couldn’t Simply Invade Venezuela

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Daniel Politi Slate Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/30/53/e3/3053e308857d19c4af6e0907084a2123.png please press: slate...

Poland - Poland’s Supreme Court Stands Up for LGBT Equality

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Boris Dittrich Human Rights Watch Supreme Court of Poland Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Polishsu...

civil rights - Military Officers, Organizations Urge Ninth Circuit to Maintain Block on Trans Troops Ban

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Press HRC legal brief Credit: https://www.musicgoal.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/example-case-brief-legal-brief-format-of-examp...

Louisiana - Book Remembers Devastating 1973 Fire at Gay New Orleans Bar

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Rebecca Santana US News & World Report Up Stairs Lounge, after fire (1973) Credit: http://weekinweird.com/wp-content/uploa...

lead story - New Jersey Gov. Signs Bills Giving Transgender Residents More Rights

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Alanna Vagianos HuffPost Gov. Phil Murphy Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Governor_Phil_Murphy.jpg...

03 July 2018

Donald Trump - Hold the champagne on North Korea, President Trump

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Editorial Board The Washington Post Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e3/26/ef/e326ef2fc666fc1aec75fff5997b9034.jpg pleas...

Israel - TRANS BY CHOICE, TRANS BY FORCE

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Hen Mazzig The Jerusalem Post Jaffa train station, Tel Aviv, Israel Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f...

civil rights - She Says She Lost Her Job For Coming Out as Transgender. But Her Biggest Battle Could Come at the Supreme Court Without Kennedy

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Jennifer Calafas Time Credit: http://papeersupportcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/signposts.png please press: time.co...

South Carolina - Family of SC transgender woman killed in Florida: 'We want everyone to be comfortable with who they are'

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Tanita Gaither wistv Bishopville, SC Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Bishopville_Water_Tower.JPG ...

lead story - For this transgender men's team in Brazil, soccer is a path toward self-acceptance

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Jill Langlois Los Angeles Times map of Brazil Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/BrazilMap.png p...

02 July 2018

Donald Trump - Perhaps the least surprising news you'll read all day: Trump's FART Act stinks to high heaven

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Jon Healey Los Angeles Times Credit: http://blog.theregularguynyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/meme-meme-generator-i-don-t-alway...

Bermuda - Bermuda Supreme Court reverses law repealing marriage equality

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John Riley MetroWeekly Hamilton, Bermuda Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Bermudabusterminal.JPG ...

civil rights - Cuomo directs agencies to expand, affirm transgender health protections

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Bethany Bump timesunion Andrew Cuomo (center, brown jacket) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Andrew...

Tennessee - Thousands walk for Nashville Pride as festival celebrates 30 years

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Mike Reicher Tennesseean. Nashville, Tennessee Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Nashville_Downtown...

lead story - Wearing the Pants

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Alex Myers Slate Joan of Arc (1412-1431) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Joan_of_Arc_miniature_gra...

01 July 2018

Donald Trump - Anti-Trump populist poised to clinch Mexican presidency

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Sabrina Rodriguez Politico Andrés Manuel López Obrador https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Len%C3%ADn_Moreno_co...

Taiwan - For Taiwan, a Year to Go to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

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Boris Dittrich Human Rights Campaign Taipei, Taiwan Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Shilin_night_m...

civil rights - We Made A List Of All The Anti-LGBT Stuff Trump Has Done As President

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Dominic Holden BuzzFeed News Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKFsdw5FfqY please press: www.buzzfeed.com

Texas - Texas trans community applauds Starbucks' health insurance plans

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Press Spectrum News Austin, TX Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/360Condos-Dec2008.JPG please pr...

lead story - BBC left STUNNED after secret survey reveals 417 of its staff are TRANSGENDER

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Paul Withers Sunday Express Credit: http://thinkmarketingmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/BBC-Logo-drsign-Evolution-Story-mar...

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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David Choi Business Insider Credit: http://www.churchoftherock.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/donald-duck-trump1-3.jpg please pre...

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...

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