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07 July 2019

Nevada - IN TRANSITION

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Jessica Santina N (originally from Synapse) Reno, NV Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Reno_skyline...

lead story - Marvel’s First Openly Transgender Actor Wants To See More Of His Experience Onscreen

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AP HuffPost Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Web_of_Spider-Man_Vol_1_129-1.png please press: www.huff...

Donald Trump - Jeffrey Epstein: Trump once praised billionaire charged with sex trafficking minors for liking women 'on the younger side'

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Kat Tenbarge Business Insider ezs note: Girls! Girls! Girls! (no, I mean real girls...) Credit: http://photos1.blogger.com...

06 July 2019

civil rights - THE CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER WHO HISTORY FORGOT

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Sean Braswell OZY Montgomery, AL (Taylor Field) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Taylor_Field_191...

Florida - Ask Orlando: Was a ‘woman’ named Hiram the first female to vote in Florida?

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David Whitley Orlando Sentinel Orlando, CA (ca. 1920s) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Downtown_M...

lead story - Should an Asian transgender woman say she's 'passing?' Food for thought at KUOW's Queeriosity Club

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Ginger Chien KUOW Seattle, WA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Amazon_Spheres_05.jpg please pr...

05 July 2019

Maryland/Virginia - Police In Va. Searching For Person Of Interest In Md. In Connection To Murder Of Transgender Teen

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Mike Hellgren CBS News Joppa, MD (CDP) (or Joppatown) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/OLD_JOPPA...

lead story - Venezuela’s transgender community fears hormone shortages

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Guillermo Olmo BBC News Caracas, Venezuela Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Edificio_BVC.jpg p...

04 July 2019

Donald Trump - NRA meltdown has Trump campaign sweating

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Alex Isenstadt Politico Wayne LaPierre Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e9/67/e6/e967e69958c5e7f17d81944b23ecc5e9.jpg ...

Ethiopia - Ethiopia tour for gay, lesbian travelers in jeopardy amid backlash from faith groups

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Emily McFarlan RNS Addis Ababa, Ethiopia please press: religionnews.com

civil rights - Transgender woman arrested after bathroom dispute escalates in NC Denny's

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AP News Channel 12 Shelby, NC Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Old_Cleveland_County_Courthouse_200...

Wisconsin - AG Kaul joins states against federal proposal preventing transgender people from homeless shelters

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Press WMTV Madison, WI (1865 woodcut) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Madison_WI_Barber_1865p439c...

lead story - Transgender YouTube star says she was kicked out of Jake Paul’s house

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Courtney Brogle Page Six Calabasas, CA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Calabasas_California_Calab...

03 July 2019

Donald Trump - Trump administration reverses course on census citizenship question

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Ariane de Vogue, Gregory Wallace, Jeremy Diamond CNN Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2b/32/41/2b324100eb126d36a88ac0d1bf14...

02 July 2019

lead story - Advocates Mourn An 'Epidemic' Of Violence Against Black Transgender Women

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Chris Bentley WBUR Credit: https://advancedreportingtimes.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/transgender-health.jpg please press: ...

Donald Trump - Trump Administration Drops Effort to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census

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Michael Wines The New York Times Credit: http://www.epiphanylifecoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/happy-african-man-small-1...

01 July 2019

Donald Trump - The hugely inappropriate weekend of Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.

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Chris Cillizza CNN Credit: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/273/934/f5d.jpg please press: www.cnn.com

Trinidad and Tobago - Pride shown at Parliament

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Sean Douglas Newsday Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/QRCClockT...

civil rights - When discrimination becomes the norm

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J.L. Gaynor Out in Jersey Credit: https://decaturlegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/employment-discrimination.jpg please pres...

Ohio - How family support, Children's Hospital helped transgender teen Allison Kurtz save her own life

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Tanya O'Rourke WCPO Liberty Township, OH Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Liberty_Township%2C_B...

lead story - Illinois Governor Signs Order Protecting Transgender Students

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Nick Visser HuffPost Springfield, IL Illinois State Capitol Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Dow...

30 June 2019

Donald Trump - Tim Ryan savages Trump on North Korea, Huawei

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David Cohen Politico Credit: https://mynewsla.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MyNewsLA-Trump-cover.jpg please press: www.pol...

Vietnam - LGBT rights: Vietnam recognises transgender people, but there's a flaw in the law

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Sen Nguyen South China Morning Post Hanoi, Vietnam Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Ao_dai_APEC.jp...

civil rights - Debate: Gabbard's LGBTQ Record Criticized, Booker Defends Trans Women

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Jacob Ogles The Advocate Miami, FL Adrienne Arsht Center Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Knight...

New Hampshire - Letter: Cornerstone gets it wrong on transgender bills

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Darlene Olivio Concord Monitor Concord, NH (1790 engraving) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Old...

lead story - Pakistan's police arrest father for killing transgender son

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AP ABC News Nowshera, Pakistan Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Nowshera_City.JPG please press...

29 June 2019

New Jersey - Even a small New Jersey city can share in the power of Pride

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Kevin Riordan The Philadelphia Inquirer Woodbury, NJ Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/WOODBURY_FRI...

lead story - Transgender advocacy group celebrates Stonewall with Birmingham gala

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Jonece Starr Dunigan AL.com Birmingham, AL Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Center_Court_of_the_Ri...

28 June 2019

Delaware - How Delaware Explains What's Wrong With Joe Biden

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Paul Blest Splinter Credit: https://toonclips.com/600/cartoon-business-man-with-his-foot-in-his-mouth-by-toonaday-7705.jpg pl...

lead story - Police investigate 11th murder of a black transgender woman this year

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Doha Madani NBC News Kansas City, MO Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/BridgeTownofKansas.jpg p...

Night 2 - Democratic presidential debate

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Three stars (in alphabetical order) Kirsten Gillibrand https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Kirsten_Gillibrand%...

27 June 2019

lead story - White Nationalist Threats Against Transgender People Are Escalating

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Cassie Miller SPLC Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Charlottesville_%27Unite_the_Right%27_Rally_%28357...

Night 1 - Democratic presidential debate (my choices)

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Three stars (in alphabetical order) Cory Booker https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Cory_Booker%2C_official_po...

26 June 2019

Donald Trump - What Trump May Be Missing In Those Polls He Calls Fake

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Ron Elving NPR Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ff/55/2e/ff552ed1675841842ec51a27973a8560.png please press: www.npr.o...

Northern Mariana Islands - Guam, CNMI have ‘low’ LGBTQ policy tally

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Louella Losinio PNC News Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Entranc...

civil rights - LGBT, transgender flags vandalized at Wicker Park church

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Tom Negovan WGN Chicago (Wicker Park), IL Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Wicker_Park%2C_Chicago....

New Mexico - Transgender group in NM defends work with ICE

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Michael K. Lavers Washington Blade Milan, NM Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Village_Hall%2C_M...

lead story - Philly police unveil updated policy for interacting with transgender, nonbinary people

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Chris Palmer The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, PA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Thirty_St...

25 June 2019

Vermont - Vermont: Insurers can't deny care for transgender youth

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AP NCPR Montpelier, VT (1884) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Montpelier%2C_1884.png please p...

lead story - Through therapy, transgender women find their voice

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Jon Collins MPRNews Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/16/10/ef/1610ef70f0dcba82d0377f0998c50806.png please press: www....

24 June 2019

California - California man gets maximum sentence for fatally stabbing transgender woman

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Brianna Calix Fresno Bee Fresno, CA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Fresno_Water_Tower.JPG pl...

lead story - Historic day for the transgender community in KC

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Leslie Aguilar, Maggie Holmes KCTV Kansas City, MO Community Christian Church designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Credit: htt...

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