28 October 2018

civil rights - View from Away: Assaulting the civil rights of transgender people isn’t campaign fodder

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Press Central Maine (Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles, CA (Griffith Observatory) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...

New Jersey - LGBT advocates in New Jersey attack Trump plans to eliminate 'transgender' as option

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lead story - LGBTQ History Month: Transgender and gender-nonconforming pioneers

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Queer Advocates Standing up to Trump's Trans Attacks

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Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2hwygwYHEQ

My condolences to Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh)...

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Taylor Allderdice High School, Squirrel Hill, PA  Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Allderdice.jpg
26 October 2018

Egypt/US - Egyptian filmmaker aims to show LGBT+ people are 'not alone'

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Heba Kanso Reuters fresco of Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim Cairo, Egypt Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3...

civil rights - Administration opposes transgender civil rights shield

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Lyle Denniston Constitution Center Oh, isn't it quaint.  Let's chuck it. Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

Virginia - Virginia's transgender lawmaker blasts Trump memo on gender definition

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lead story - The Idea of a 'DNA Test' for Transgender People Is Part of a Long, Dark History

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Jeffrey Kluger Time Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/DNA_Structure%2BKey%2BLabelled.pn_NoBB.png pleas...
25 October 2018

lead story - Rolling back transgender protections would endanger patients, experts say

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Alex Keuroghlian Healio Boston, MA  (1730) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/A_south_east_view_of_th...
24 October 2018

Donald Trump - Dem leaders slam Trump's response to bomb threats: His 'words ring hollow'

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Romania - Romanian Same-Sex-Marriage Referendum Fails Amid Low Turnout

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civil rights - Read These 3 Books on Trans Rights and Gender Identity

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Nevada - Attacking LGBTQ People is Bad for Nevada and a Losing Political Strategy

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lead story - Hawes: It's time for all to rally against attacks on transgender community

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Christine Hawes Iowa City Press-Citizen Iowa City, Iowa Credit:  http://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/20...
23 October 2018

Maryland - The Baltimore Sun investigated 2 years of hate incident reports in Maryland. Here's what we found.

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lead story - Transgender people can't be defined out of existence, despite this administration's efforts

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Sam Brinton The Hill Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unt-tTY5uo0 please press:   thehill.com
22 October 2018

Donald Trump - Monty Python Icon John Cleese Has 2 Brutal Questions For Evangelical Trump Fans

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Sint Maarten - Minister Johnson calls sexual harassment accusations false

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civil rights - Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, Carmen Carrera, and More Express Outrage at Reported Removal of Transgender Civil Rights Protections

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Minnesota - Candidates for Minnesota attorney general clash over essence of job

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J. Patrick Coolican, Jessie Van Berkel Star Tribune Minneapolis, MN Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6...

lead story - Dear Mr. Trump: I’m Transgender And I Have A Few Things I Want You To Know

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21 October 2018

Idaho - Meridian approves "add the words" ordinance

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lead story - Trump admin said to refine legal definition of gender, putting transgender gains at risk: NY Times

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Trouble for Stonewall's 50th Anniversary

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Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95lkfXRLTuI
20 October 2018

Nepal - One step forward two steps back on same-sex marriage

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Gopal Gartaula Nepali Times Kavre, Nepal Credit:  https://kitfrostnepal.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-21-at-9...

civil rights - Adviser: Transgender rights should be a part of every workplace

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Alabama - Ranking Alabama Cities on LGBTQ Protections

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lead story - New transgender guide helps plan transitions, support gender affirmation

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Nancy Doolittle Cornell Chronicle Cornell University Ithaca, NY Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/...
19 October 2018

Fredericksburg, Texas

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estimated transgender population:  66* (rounded down) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Main_Street_at_Fr...

Donald Trump - Stephen Colbert Has 1 Wish For Trump After Reports Of Fighting Among White House Aides

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Malta - Malta’s First Transgender Politician Gets Hitched In Beautiful Sunset Ceremony

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Tim Diacono Lovin Malta Zurrieq, Malta Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Zurrieq_main_parish_church....

civil rights - Transgender 101 public forum slated

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Wyoming - Two decades after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ community still battles hate violence

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lead story - Massachusetts residents to vote on transgender rights

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Bob Salsberg The Christian Science Monitor Boston, MA (Christian Science Mother Church) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org...
18 October 2018

Montana - Vote tabled in Dillon on anti-discrimination ordinance

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Susan Dunlap Montana Standard Credit:  http://genevashorereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/david-borchart-we-re-tabling-the-motio...

lead story - Transgender menstruation: the men who have periods and the women who don’t

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17 October 2018

Jamaica - Pastor Blasts MoBay Pride Organisers

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civil rights - Beverly passes resolution prohibiting public accommodation discrimination

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Missouri - Harrison Massie: A transgender man's journey

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lead story - Inside The Poisonous British Fight Over Transgender Acceptance

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Samantha Allen Daily Beast London, England (map of 1593) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/London_-_...
16 October 2018

Minnesota - Inside MN's new gender X option on driver's licenses

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lead story - Academics are being harassed over their research into transgender issues

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - The Absolute Pleasure of the Rocky Horror Picture Show

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Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSgK6d8DZEc

SHORT FILM - Overture - Sedona Film School

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Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6OEKFDNYWo&list=PLWJgOlGWYKx9u6CI2qG_OlgZJjhBh0C2s&index=9
15 October 2018

Indonesia - Indonesian police stop an LGBTI pageant from happening in Bali

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civil rights - Harvard admissions lawsuit is a threat to America's diversity and strength

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Nebraska - Longtime Nebraska education board member faces conservative challenger

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lead story - Kansas birth certificate policy violates transgender individuals’ rights, lawsuit says

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Allison Kite The Wichita Eagle Wichita, KS Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Wichita_Skyline_during_...
14 October 2018

Donald Trump - A very early 2020 poll shows Democrats like Biden to take on Trump

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