24 February 2019

Donald Trump - McCabe responds to Trump's 'poor man's J. Edgar Hoover' slam: 'I don't even know what that means'

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Central African Republic (among others) - Gendered Security and the Right to Life: Analysis of UN Human Rights Committee’s General Comment

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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Just Security Bangui, Central African Republic Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab...

civil rights - ‘We refuse to hide’: Sarah DePalma, transgender ‘firebrand,’ dead at 67

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Lisa Gray Houston Chronicle her scrapbook Credit:  https://www.transadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/571351474.040864.png pl...

Missouri - Gay Methodist woman makes 600-mile prayer journey before denomination vote on LGBTQ issues

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Amy McRary knox news. St. Louis, MO Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/FromLacledesLanding.JPG pl...

lead story - Connecticut runners part of debate over transgender athletes

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Pat Eaton-Robb StarTribune Cromwell, CT Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/CromwellCTseal.gif please p...
23 February 2019

Donald Trump - 'His criminal actions were bold': Prosecutors urge harsh sentence for Paul Manafort in court memo

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Bart Jansen USA Today Paul Manafort, 'mugging' for the camera Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f...

Cambodia - Village where 'love the same' is embraced

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Tabitha Payne Khmer Times Koh Province, Cambodia (not necessarily Angkrong) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c...

civil rights - Trans woman killed in El Salvador after U.S. deportation, rights group says

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Gwen Aviles NBC News Santa Ana, El Salvador Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Templo_tazumal.jpg ...

Rhode Island - US Senator leading effort to overturn transgender military ban

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Morgan Wright wdtn.com Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Senator_Jack_Reed_off...

lead story - India's Kumbh Mela festival features 1st ever transgender congregation

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22 February 2019

North Dakota - Grand Forks council shows support for antidiscrimination efforts

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lead story - Transgender Deputy: Sex Surgery Not Covered by Health Plan

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21 February 2019

VIDEO - The Rachel Maddow Show (special report)

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Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwkzrSIs3lE

Donald Trump - Mueller's Russia investigation: Trump's legal team braces for report, hasn't talked with special counsel in 'weeks'

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Kevin Johnson USA Today ezs note:  Well, what have you been up to, Donald? Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...

Ukraine - Volunteer-driven website aims to revolutionize sex ed in Ukraine

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Matthew Kupfer Kyiv Post Zelenodolsk, Ukraine Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80...

civil rights - How to Fight the Latest Attempts to Erase ‘Transgender’

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New Hampshire - Pappas Knocks Court Decision on Transgender Restrictions for U.S. Service Members

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Press NHPR Chris Pappas (D-NH) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Chris_Pappas%2C_official_portrait%2...

lead story - Virginia district split over ending transgender bathroom ban

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Ben Finley fredericksburg.com Abingdon, VA (part of Gloucester County) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/common...

Donald Trump - AP source: FBI had backup plan to save Russia probe evidence

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20 February 2019

lead story - LGBT group drops Martina Navratilova over transgender comments

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Press The Guardian Martina Navratilova Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Navratilova-PragueOpen2006-...

interview with NYT Maggie Haberman

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Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNn0dprcS5Y
19 February 2019

Donald Trump - Intimidation, Pressure and Humiliation: Inside Trump’s Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling Him

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Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman, Nicholas Fandos, Michael S. Schmidt The New York Times Credit:  https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images...

Peru - The impact and cost-effectiveness of combined HIV prevention scenarios among transgender women sex-workers in Lima, Peru: a mathematical modelling study

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Annick Bórquez et. al. The Lancet Lima, Peru Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Edificio_en_el_cruce_...

civil rights - All school districts would need policy to protect transgender students under bill debated in Washington Senate

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Ryan Blake The Spokesman-Review Olympia, WA Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Oly_WA_Capitol_Theater...

Maine - New congressman, a Marine, opposes transgender military ban

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lead story - Inside Monica Roberts’ Mission to Identify Transgender Murder Victims

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AUDIO - Lying - Sam Harris

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Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UHjjGcCNUg
18 February 2019

Donald Trump - Trump lashes out at 'treasonous' officials after McCabe interview

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Press BBC Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA2EOt9pqMU please press:   www.bbc.com

Nigeria - Police Warn Homosexuals To Leave Nigeria

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Jesuwale Stephen Concise Abuja, Nigeria Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Nigeriahouseofreps.jpg ...

civil rights - Fact-Checking Common Myths on Transition-Related Care for Trans People

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Ria Tabacco ACLU Credit:  http://freedom-articles.toolsforfreedom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/International-Fact-Checking-Netwo...

West Virginia - West Virginia delegate draws ire for anti-LGBTQ comments

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Steven Allen Adams The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Princeton, WV (Mercer County) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki...

lead story - Transgender recruit tries to join military before ban takes effect

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Danae King The Columbus Dispatch Worthington, OH Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Downtown_Worthing...
17 February 2019

Donald Trump - Trump rages against ‘SNL’ after latest Alec Baldwin skit

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Malta - Trailblazing LGBTIQ+ icon and model Katia passes away

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Kurt Sansone Malta Today Qrendi, Malta Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Qrendi_Pfarrkirche_Front_2....

civil rights - Indiana moving up, but still behind in LGBTQ laws and policies

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Indiana - LETTER: Column on transgender ban by IDS opinion editor worse than actual ban

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lead story - Transgender bathroom ban may end, but transcript irks teen

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Ben Finley WTOL Gloucester Courthouse, VA Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/GL-CH-square.jpg ple...
16 February 2019

Wisconsin - Report: Wisconsin Ranks 'Top Middle Of Class' In Nation For Laws Protecting LGBTQ Community

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Mary Kate McCoy WPR Neillsville, WI Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Neillsville_Downtown.jpg p...

lead story - Transgender YouTube star 'Furry Potato' shot while filming outside synagogue

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Republicans Claim Marriage Equality is Religious, Somehow

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Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFG2sa5atMI
15 February 2019

Donald Trump - Trump's disgraceful 'national emergency' was inevitabile

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Malaysia/India - Indian transgender activist told to change stated gender for Malaysian visa application

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Press The Star Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Kuala_Lumpur_Malaysia_Dewan-...

civil rights - COLUMN: Billy Barr — more of the same, if not worse

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Nebraska - LGBTQ People in Nebraska Were Alone for Decades. No Longer.

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Abbi Swatsworth Advocate Lincoln, NE Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Government_Square%2C_Lincoln%...

lead story - Thai Transgender Candidate Runs for ‘Next Generation’

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14 February 2019

Donald Trump - McCabe Says Justice Dept. Officials Had Discussions About Pushing Trump Out

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Germany - German insurer must pay for transgender beard removal

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Alistair Walsh Deutsche Welle Hanover, Germany  Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Hannover_Synagogen...

civil rights - Tennessee becomes first state in the South with hate crime law protecting transgender people

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Natalie Allison Tennesseean. Nashville, TN Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Bellevue_TN_Don_Johnson...

Arkansas - Arkansas veteran says transgender ban is insult to his sacrifice

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Melissa Zygowicz THV 11 (CBS) Little Rock, AR Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Pulaski_County_Court...

lead story - Andover Public Library will keep transgender children’s books in the kids section

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