03 June 2019

Donald Trump - 2 epically cringeworthy moments from Jared Kushner’s Axios interview

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Aaron Rupar Vox ezs note:  Jared Kushner, being all intrepid n' shit. Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b...

Estonia - Estonia’s five best Eurovision finalists – chosen by the LGBT community

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civil rights - The Catastrophist, or: On coming out as trans at 37

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New Hampshire - A Conversation With Transgender Granite Staters

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lead story - Transgender asylum seeker dies after six weeks in ICE custody

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02 June 2019

civil rights - ACLU again sues state over transgender-related services

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Washington (state) - Bainbridge to consider 'all gender' bathroom sign ordinance

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lead story - Biden: Fastest way to end transgender violence 'is to end the Trump administration'

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01 June 2019

lead story - TRUMP PRAISES ‘LGBT’ PRIDE MONTH, BUT IS CRITICIZED FOR ADMINISTRATION'S TREATMENT OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE

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31 May 2019

North Carolina - The man in the maternity ward

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lead story - LBGTQ icons will be the first transgender people to get statues in the US

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30 May 2019

civil rights - Yes, the Civil Rights Act does protect gay and trans Americans

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Alabama - LGBTQ Visibility Isn’t Just Educational, It Is Vital Education

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civil rights - Three transgender women challenge portion of Pennsylvania’s name-change law

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29 May 2019

Donald Trump - Mueller speaks about the Russia investigation (among many, many others)

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Romania/US - U.S. Embassy awards seven Women of Courage in Romania

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civil rights - The Democrats’ Neglect of Transgender Rights

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Maine - Maine officially bans gay conversion therapy

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lead story - New Gillette ad shows dad teaching transgender son how to shave

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28 May 2019

lead story - The World Health Organization Will Stop Classifying Transgender People as Having a 'Mental Disorder'

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27 May 2019

Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Activists Criticize Religious Freedom, Conversion Therapy Bills

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civil rights - Donald Trump Campaigned as a President for LGBTQ Americans. But He Keeps Rolling Back Protections for Them

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Arizona - How a transgender character changed when a trans actor was hired for the role

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lead story - These transgender soldiers are still allowed to serve. They want to prove their detractors wrong

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26 May 2019

Coming Out The LGBT Cultural Revolution before Stonewall (video)

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Credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qcddyFHmFw ezs note:  Short, but very good. See it if you can.

Donald Trump - Why Trump’s Stonewalling Legal Strategy Will Keep Failing

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Liberia/Costa Rica - From the Street to the Classroom: How Two Trans Women Relaunched Their Studies

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civil rights - Thousands of immigrants suffer in solitary confinement in U.S. detention centers

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Hawaii - Hawaii's Remarkable Women: Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong

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lead story - Why violence against transgender Americans is a crisis that’s under reported

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25 May 2019

Donald Trump - Trump’s Public Enemies List Is an Impeachable Offense

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Kenya - Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws

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civil rights - Cuomo Blasts Trump Admin’s Rollback Of Transgender Health Care Protections

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Kentucky - Kentucky City Rejects Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

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lead story - Protesters demand end to killings of transgender women, Trump rollbacks

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24 May 2019

Rhode Island - Safe Zones In Rhode Island Helping LGBTQ Community

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lead story - ‘Henry Danger’ Actor Reveals He’s Transgender, Transitioned 20 Years Ago

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23 May 2019

Donald Trump - Trump talks 'Crazy Nancy' Pelosi and treason at wild press conference

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civil rights - While the Trump administration backtracks, Colorado is plowing forward on transgender rights

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Oregon - Parents sue Woodburn schools after teacher educates son about being transgender

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lead story - HUD proposes rule critics say would roll back protections for transgender homeless

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22 May 2019

civil rights - Remembering a transgender activist who taught Iowans to live authentically without fear

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Montana - Political commissioner ends year-old complaint against Montana Family Foundation

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lead story - Dallas police looking into similarities in cases of 2 transgender women fatally shot, third stabbed

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21 May 2019

Florida - Miami Springs Now Has Florida's First Transgender Lutheran Pastor

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lead story - Two transgender women of color killed in same weekend, one arrest made

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20 May 2019

Algeria/UK - The Artist Kader Attia Mocks Colonial History, then Heals Its Effects

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civil rights - Transgender girl grows advocacy efforts

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New Jersey - Newark police offer protections for transgender suspects

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lead story - Transgender woman assaulted by 'mob' last month killed in Texas

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