03 February 2019

Malta - Being transgender is not a mental disorder - MEP Roberta Metsola

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civil rights - New Jersey to require schools to teach LGBT history

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Hannan Adely USA Today Woodland, NJ Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Savoy_Boulevard_Woodland_Twp%2...

Mississippi - Mississippi lawmakers propose ‘license to harass’ for transphobic teachers

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Zack Ford ThinkProgress ezs note:  If you haven't heard of this yet,  HB1176   is an absolutely repulsive bill that allows ...

lead story - Transgender LA LEO is among many living 'their truth' on force

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02 February 2019

VIDEO - Matt Baume - Jussie Smollett and Others Attacked

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Donald Trump - What Do You Learn About Trump in an 85-Minute Interview?

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Kenya/Uganda - Ugandan Trans Refugees Seek Farming Opportunity in Kenya

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civil rights - Transgender military ban is about discrimination

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Nebraska - Midlands Voices: Physician expresses support for gender legislation

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lead story - Prominent transgender advocate harassed by anti-trans feminists, video shows

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01 February 2019

crazy batshit - Rep. Louie Gohmert is Steve King’s ally in white nationalism

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Jamaica - J-FLAG seeking funds to rebuild office destroyed by fire

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Press Jamaica Observer Kingston, Jamaica Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Emancipation_Park-Statues...

civil rights - What Pakistan gets right and the US gets wrong on trans rights

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New York - What New York Employers Should Know Regarding the Rights of Transgender Employees

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lead story - Hong Kong: Court ruling a setback in fight for equality for transgender people

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31 January 2019

Donald Trump - Michael Bloomberg’s Secret Plans to Take Down Trump

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France/Israel - ‘Arab in a Wig’: France Sends Barrier-breaking Provocateur to Israel's Eurovision

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civil rights - The next frontier

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Rhode Island - Women of the cloth: R.I. clergywomen serve as role models while serving their flocks

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lead story - Parents of Transgender Children Call on Congress to Pass the Equality Act

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30 January 2019

VIDEO - The Donald Trump Cell Block Tango - Randy Rainbow

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Donald Trump - Foxconn may not build $10B Wisconsin plant Trump touted

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Taiwan - Taiwan’s transgender cabinet minister Audrey Tang among top 100 Global Thinkers

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civil rights - Commentary: Military ‘transgender ban’ disregards science, humanity

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Connecticut - Leader seeks to end “gay and transgender panic” defense

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lead story - High school could have been hell for my transgender son. Don't make it hell for the next kid.

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batshit crazy - Audio: Yep, Ben Cline Is Just As Bat*** Crazy As We Thought He’d Be.

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29 January 2019

Donald Trump - Trump met Putin without staff or note takers present — again

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Armenia - Armenia: Human Rights Challenges for New Leadership

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civil rights - Conservative group hosts anti-transgender panel of feminists 'from the left'

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Colorado - New Bill Would Simplify Process for Changing Gender on Birth Certificates

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lead story - San Francisco's Storied Transgender Community Now Has An Official Home

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28 January 2019

Donald Trump - Chuck and Nancy Have Only Just Begun Kicking Trump’s Behind

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Argentina - Transgender Hiring Quota Passes in Argentina, but Discrimination Continues

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civil rights - CA Civil Rights Community Hopeful Admin. Will Implement Policies To Protect Transgender Prisoners

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Ohio - Ohio’s new GOP guv signs order against anti-LGBT discrimination

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lead story - Another View: Ban on transgender troops demeans true patriots

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Letter to the editor!

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27 January 2019

Donald Trump - Roger Stone, ahead of arraignment, won’t categorically rule out cooperation agreement with special counsel

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Algeria/Germany - Kader Attia on why we need art to overcome ‘the dark times we live in’

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civil rights - UA transgender policy hits home; worker presses system on health care as Texas case resumes

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Alabama - Transgender Alabama veterans criticize Trump’s military ban

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lead story - Japan's Supreme Court upholds transgender sterilization requirement

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26 January 2019

civil rights - NYPD arrested transgender woman for 'false personation' over name, lawsuit says

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Oregon - SOUTHERN OREGON PRIDE COMMUNITY OUTRAGED BY MILITARY TRANSGENDER BAN

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lead story - Transgender community facing dangers in Suncoast community

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25 January 2019

Donald Trump - Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort in court hours after his ex-business partner Roger Stone is busted in Mueller case

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Zimbabwe/Ireland - Zimbabwe born gay migrant in Ireland

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civil rights - Should Medicaid cover gender-reassignment surgery? Transgender case argued before Iowa Supreme Court

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Nebraska - Nebraska Supreme Court tosses lawsuit over death penalty referendum, says inmates have other options to challenge sentences

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