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30 July 2019

lead story - Alabama sued in transgender driver's license case

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Kim Chandler StarTribune Montgomery, AL   Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Carolyn_Blount_Theatre....
29 July 2019

Illinois - Illinois Passes Gender-Neutral Bathroom Bill

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Casey Leins US News & World Report Springfield, IL Lincoln statue in front; state capitol in back Credit:   https://uploa...

lead story - Rally Supporting Transgender Health Care Rights Set For Boston City Hall

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AP Boston CBS Boston City Hall Boston, MA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Boston_City_Hall_-_Bo...

FLASH - Two children killed in shooting that left gunman dead at Gilroy Garlic Festival in San Francisco Bay Area

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Staff CBS News Gilroy, CA video credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJmtgap-N3A please press:   www.cbsnews.com
28 July 2019

lead story - 2 transgender women tortured, killed in Pakistan

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AP ABC News Punjab, Pakistan Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Mahmud_and_Ayaz_and_Shah_Abbas_I.jpg...
27 July 2019

civil rights - Eureka hospital files motion to quash lawsuit filed by transgender man denied surgery

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Ruth Schneider Times-Standard Eureka, CA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Carson_Mansion_Eureka_Ca...

Hawaii - Hawaii set to include gender X on state driver’s licenses

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Steven Adams Trib Live Honolulu, HI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Honolulu-Hale-frontcornerview...

lead story - Transgender woman testifies at human rights tribunal after being refused Brazilian wax

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Eva Uguen-Csenge CBC News Surrey, BC Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/City_of_Surrey_Museum_2010a.j...
26 July 2019

Massachusetts - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will allow transgender people to serve in national guard

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John Riley MetroWeekly Swampscott, MA (governor's residence) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/...

lead story - A Transgender Buddhist Trailblazer 20+ Years Later

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Emily DeMaioNewton Tricycle video credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpJi1WwPseA please press:   tricycle.org
24 July 2019

Donald Trump - Trump Must Face Suit Over Alleged Multilevel Marketing Fraud

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Bob Van Voris Bloomberg News Credit:   http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/tr57d48ddb.jpg please press:   www.bloomberg.com...

Gibraltar - Video commemorating Stonewall and celebrating Gibraltar's LGBTQ+ community launched by Government

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Press GBC Gibraltar (governor's residence) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/The_convent_in_Gib...

civil rights - Virginia Schools' Lawyer Says Transgender Student Is Still Female, Despite Birth Certificate

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AP Education Week Credit:   https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/247/362/d30.png please press:   www.edweek.org ...

Delaware - Commentary: Community relations key for Cheswold police

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Christopher Workman Delaware State News Cheswold, DE Credit:   https://cheswold.delaware.gov/files/2015/03/Bike-Patrol.jpg ...

lead story - A Black Transgender Woman Was Found Fatally Shot In South Carolina

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Lauren Strapagiel BuzzFeed Charleston, SC  (1733) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/CharlestonSC173...
23 July 2019

China - Helping communities to end AIDS epidemic

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Gunilla Carlsson China Daily Beijing, China Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Jingshan.JPG plea...

civil rights - Phyllis Frye: The Grandmother of the Transgender Rights Movement

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Joe Forward State Bar of Wisconsin Wisconsin Dells, WI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/WisconsinDe...

Florida - Alachua County conversion therapy ban meets resistance from Florida ministry

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Ashley Lazarski The Independent Florida Alligator Credit:   https://pixy.org/src/53/539809.png please press:   www.alligator.or...

lead story - N.C. settlement affirms transgender people’s right to use restrooms matching their gender identity

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Jonathan Drew CPTV Old Fort, NC Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Catawba_Avenue%2C_Old_Fort%2C_NC_...
22 July 2019

Illinois - Veterans, Lawmakers Push to Overturn Transgender Service Ban

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Alexandra Silets WTTW Pritzker Military Museum & Library Chicago, IL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/com...

lead story - How can we end the current impasse over transgender athletes?

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Sean Ingle The Guardian Ofu Beach (Samoa) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Ofu_Beach_NPS.jpg p...
21 July 2019

lead story - Baltimore man charged in D.C.-area killing of transgender woman

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Janelle Griffith NBC News Elkton, MD (Cecil County)   Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Elkton-Main...
20 July 2019

Belgium - Rapists of transgender woman get five years after attacking her during first night out

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Press The Brussels Times Antwerp, Belgium Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Grote_Markt_%28Antwerpe...

civil rights - In 26 States, You Can Still Get Fired for Being Trans

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Diana Tourjèe Vice Credit:   https://vecto.rs/1024/vector-line-drawing-of-a-shocked-cartoon-guy-with-youre-fired-memo-stabbed-in-hi...

Nebraska - Transgender woman sues state over refusal to cover gender reassignment surgery

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JoAnne Young Hastings Tribune Hastings, NE Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Hastings%2C_Nebraska_2...

lead story - Police: Transgender woman sexually assaulted in Lakeview; felon facing charges

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Rosemary Sobol Chicago Tribune Lakeview, Illinois (part of Chicago) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Ge...
19 July 2019

Montana - Dating (or usually not) as trans & Two Spirit

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Adrian Jawort Indian Country Today Billings, MT (1915) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/MT_Panoram...

lead story - Transgender man's mastectomy surgery dubbed 'mutilation'

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Jared Lawthorn BBC Cardiff, UK Caerdiffe Castle Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Cardiff-Castle....
18 July 2019

lead story - "I'm proud of who I am, but I'm more than one identity": The fight for transgender voices in 2020

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Emily Tillett CBS News Wilmington, DE Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Old_Town_Hall_Wilmington.JP...
17 July 2019

Austria - Austria champions diversity, inclusivity

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Press BusinessMirror Vienna, Austria Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Wien-1683%281686%29-Allen.jp...

civil rights - The LGBTQ civil rights fight is far from over

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Katelyn Burns Vox Credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkDX8D2YUeE please press:   www.vox.com

Connecticut - Connecticut governor signs bill banning 'gay panic defense'

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AP ctpost Connecticut State Capitol (interior) Hartford, CT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Gen...

lead story - Being Uninsured Poses Unique Health Care Challenges For The Transgender Community

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Deepa Bharath JPR Jefferson, OR Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Jefferson_Oregon_NRHP_Store.JPG ...
16 July 2019

Wisconsin - LGBTQ Activists, Gov. Tony Evers Call For State Law Changes

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Laurel Evers NPR Plymouth, WI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/PlymouthWisconsinDowntown.jpg p...

lead story - Researcher explores links between transgender brain and gender identity

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Eric Lindberg USC Credit:   https://alvinalexander.com/sites/default/files/photos/brain-and-brain-what-is-brain-star-trek.jpg p...
15 July 2019

Donald Trump - Trump weighs ousting Commerce chief Wilbur Ross after census defeat

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Hans Nichols, Kayla Tausche, Hallie Jackson NBC News ezs note:  Now, let's not forget Wilbur!   Credit:   https://upload.wi...

Tunisia - Gay lawyer and activist running for President of Tunisia, where being gay is illegal

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John Riley Metro Weekly Tunis, Tunisia ruins of Carthage Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Dame_Ca...

civil rights - Military spends more on Viagra than on transgender recruits. So why ban trans?

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Benjamin Carlton Miami Herald Miami, FL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Miamihighpoint.jpg pl...

Colorado - Colorado's Comedy Community Unites in Mourning Ailis Kennedy

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Byron Graham Westword Fort Collins, CO Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Downtown_Fort_Collins_Color...

lead story - 'It's A Career Ender': 2 LGBTQ Former Dell Workers Share Their Stories

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Jasmine Garsd NPR Dell HQ Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/RR1-_Dell_Campus.jpg please press: ...
14 July 2019

Donald Trump - Trump tweets racist attacks at progressive Democratic congresswomen

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Devan Cole CNN Credit:   https://i.pinimg.com/originals/05/f5/4c/05f54c216ce1ca96f987f3d7f8255915.jpg please press:   www.cnn.c...

Spain - Rainbow flag on Madrid City Hall displaced by Spanish standard

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Pablo León El País Madrid, Spain Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Madrid_muralla_musulmana.jpg p...

civil rights - Public opinion data offers insights into transgender issues

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Press Indiana University Bloomington, IN Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Bloomington_IN_Kirkwood.j...

Nebraska - Transgender inmate sues Nebraska over sexual assault during 2015 prison riot at Tecumseh

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Martha Stoddard Omaha World-Herald Tecumseh, NE Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Tecumseh%2C_Nebra...

lead story - Freed transgender inmate to fight for trans prisoner rights

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AP Houston Chronicle Lincoln, IL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Lincoln%2C_Illinois_%282015%29.jp...
13 July 2019

Donald Trump - Jeffrey Epstein is Donald Trump's idea of the perfect man

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Lucian K. Truscott IV Salon Source: Der Spiegel Credit:   https://www.cips-cepi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Trump-and-Liberty...

Rwanda - Rwandan LGBT Community Steps Out of Shadows

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Hamada Elrasam VOA Kigali, Rwanda Kigali Tower Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Kigali_Tower_-_D...

civil rights - Transgender fire chief harassed by Byron city officials after transition, EEOC filing alleges

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Becky Purser The Telegraph Byron, GA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Byron_Municipal_Complex.JPG ...

North Carolina - Speech therapy helps transgender individuals find their voice

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Sayaka Matsuoka Triad City Beat Greensboro, NC Blandwood Mansion Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13...

lead story - Five Coming-of-Age Trans Movies That Changed My life

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Diana Tourjée Vice News Ma Vie e n Rose (1997) Alain Berliner, dir. Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/...
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