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10 January 2020

civil rights - Advocates hope LGBTQ protections pass with new Virginia leadership

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Emma Gauthier WHTV Harrisonburg, VA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Historical_marker_Harrisonbur...

Nevada - Trans Character At The Heart Of Vegas Author's Youth Novel

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Mike Prevatt Nevada Public Radio Las Vegas, NV Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Las_Vegas_from_Fre...

lead story - Illinois Medicaid now covers transgender therapy

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Peter Hancock The State Journal-Register Gov. J. B. Pritzker (IL) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64...

Donald Trump - How 'Lock Her Up!' just blew up

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Chris Cillizza CNN Credit:   https://png.pngtree.com/png-clipart/20190612/original/pngtree-orange-cartoon-boom-png-image_3432404.jp...
09 January 2020

lead story - Transgender people face NHS waiting list 'hell'

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Press BBC Bearpark, UK Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Bearpark_village_centre.jpg please pre...

Donald Trump - Trump Moves to Exempt Big Projects From Environmental Review

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Lisa Friedman The New York Times ezs note:  Coming soon to a children's playground near you... Credit:   https://upload.wik...
08 January 2020

civil rights - Michigan LGBT rights initiative launched for November ballot

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Jonathan Oosting Bridge Lansing, MI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/BojiTower.jpg please pres...

New Mexico - Stolen and Erased

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Nick Pachelli Searchlight New Mexico Albuquerque, NM Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/McCanna-Hubb...

lead story - Public weighs in on M-G transgender decision

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Grace Hooley Chronicle-Tribune Credit:   https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTISfqIY4c4_gZMVEwHEkbu5FDScDcA...

Donald Trump - Much Of The World Doesn't Trust President Trump, Pew Survey Finds

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Scott Neuman NPR Credit:   http://pocho.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/trumpdailynewescover.jpg please press:   www.npr.org
07 January 2020

Yay!!!

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Credit:   https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d4/5e/4b/d45e4b705f85579a79189cd36ac8c1b5.jpg Well, I finally got it right.  After fumbli...
30 December 2019

Maryland/DC - Missing D.C. trans woman found dead in Hyattsville apartment

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Lou Chibbaro Jr. Washington Blade Hyattsville, MD Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Ash_Hill_Nov_08...

lead story - Transgender state worker says denials of insurance coverage for gender reassignment surgery violated his rights

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Matt Miller pennlive.com Steelton, PA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/View_of_Second_Street_from_P...

Donald Trump - Explosive new revelations just weakened Trump’s impeachment defenses

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Greg Sargent The Washington Post ezs note:  Look out, Donald!  (too late... hee, hee!) Credit:   https://geekwhisperin.files.wo...
29 December 2019

Ireland - Ireland to simplify process for transgender 16- and 17-year-olds to change legal gender

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Vic Parsons Pink News Dublin, Ireland Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/The_Dubhlinn_Gardens_Dublin...

civil rights - Connecticut sports decade in review: Transgender high school athletes’ success sparks debate on fairness and inclusion, and a Title IX complaint

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Lori Riley Hartford Courant Hartford, CT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Constitution_Plaza_-_Har...

Iowa - He burned a church’s LGBTQ flag and got 16 years. They responded by advocating for him.

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Kim Bellware The Washington Post Ames, Iowa Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Power_plant_in_Ames.j...

lead story - A very LGBTQ decade: Gay marriage, trans rights and a 'rainbow wave'

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Tim Fitzsimons NBC News ezs note:  White House, in (much) better days Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/...

Donald Trump - Donald Trump says he hates New York 'even more than I should' because of investigations

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Khaleda Rahman Newsweek ezs note:  Donnie's little loft Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Maral...
28 December 2019

Gabon - Gabon passes law criminalizing gays

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Heather Cassell Bay Area Reporter Libreville, Gabon Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Beach_scene_L...

civil rights - Civil Rights Groups: The “Fairness for All” Act is an Affront to Existing Civil Rights Protections

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Lucas Acosta HRC US Capitol (interior) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/National_Statuary_Hall_Col...

South Carolina - South Carolina Republican wants to ban transition-related care for transgender youth

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John Riley MetroWeekly Laurens, SC Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/LaurensCityHall.JPG please...

lead story - Transgender in Pakistan: Maya, the woman who almost broke free

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M. Ilyas Khan BBC News Nowshera, Pakistan Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Nowshera_City.JPG p...

Donald Trump - A Gangster in the White House

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David Frum The Atlantic Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Vito_Genovese_1958.jpg please press:   www.the...
27 December 2019

Australia - Transgender clinic’s bid to operate on girls under 17

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Bernard Lane The Weekend Australian Melbourne, Australia Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Port_of_...

civil rights - Stories that shaped the decade: From debate over transgender athletes to LGBTQ discrimination, conversations around gender and sexual identity emerge

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Amanda Blanco Hartford Courant Hartford, CT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Main_Street%2C_Hartfo...

Maine - As transgender-rights organization expands into rural Maine, its members are getting priced out of Portland

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Nick Schroeder Bangor Daily News Portland, ME Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Monument-Square-1.J...

lead story - The internet made trans people visible. It also left them more vulnerable.

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Katelyn Burns Vox Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Internet_map_1024_-_transparent%2C_inverted.png ...

Donald Trump - Navy SEALs who turned in Gallagher: He is 'freaking evil'

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Tess Bonn The Hill ezs note:  Well, he should fit in just fine with Donald! Credit:   https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/spirit...
26 December 2019

American Samoa - A gay criminal case could help bring marriage equality to American Samoa

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Daniel Villarreal LGBTQ Nation Pago Pago, American Samoa (pronounced PANGH-o PANGH-o) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...

civil rights - Thirty years ago, gay civil rights campaign set the stage for all that followed

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Stephanie Ebbert Boston Globe Boston, MA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Boston_Back_Bay_reflecti...

Illinois - Lambda to Illinois: Issue birth certificates affirming gender identities of trans parents

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Press Windy City Times Chicago, IL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/New_National_Hellenic_Museum_d...

lead story - Transgender children sense true gender at young age, study finds

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Press Reuters Groton, CT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/GrotonMemorial.jpg please press:   w...

Donald Trump - Trump claims Nancy Pelosi and impeachment offends all Americans of faith. He's wrong.

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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove NBC News ezs note:  Do we ever see it un opened? Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/com...
24 December 2019

To all my Jewish friends, Happy Hanukkah!

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Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/%D7%97%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94.jpg

Venezuela/Brazil - Evaluation of UNHCR prevention of, and response to, SGBV in Brazil focusing on the Population of Concern from Venezuela (2017-2018) - Evaluation Report, December 2019

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UNHCR ReliefWeb Manaus, Brazil Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Manaus_aerial_view.jpg please p...

civil rights - Transgender plaintiff asks 5th Circuit to review Trump appointee’s refusal to recuse

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Alison Frankel Reuters Dallas, TX (1942) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Night_view%2C_downtown_s...

New Hampshire - NH schools shift focus of anti-discrimination policies to transgender students

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Kimberly Houghton New Hampshire Union-Leader Nashua, NH Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Nashuacit...

lead story - Missing transgender teen was misidentified by KC police. Here’s why it matters.

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Kaitlyn Schwers The Kansas City Star Kansas City, MO Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Nelson-Atkin...

Donald Trump - Letters to the Editor: Mitch McConnell can’t defend Trump, so he’s covering up for him

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Diane Welch Los Angeles Times Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Kate_Hepburn_Letter.jpg please press:   ...
23 December 2019

Goodbye Ray...

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😔 Credit:   https://www.therandomvibez.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Depressing-Sad-Quotes-1.jpg ezs note:  For those of you w...

civil rights - Abortion. Transgender rights. Voting access. Polarizing issues could dominate statehouse agendas in 2020.

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Tim Craig, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux The Washington Post    Ohio statehouse Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons...

Kentucky - LGBTQ platform launches workplace trans inclusivity training

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Haley Cawthon Louisville Business First Louisville, KY Heine Brothers' Coffee Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki...

lead story - Transgender Woman Sues Miss United States Of America Pageant

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Lulu Garcia-Navarro NPR Portland, OR Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/HawthorneBridge-Pano.jpg ...

Donald Trump - House counsel suggests Trump could be impeached again

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Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney Politico ezs note:  Aw, shit, not again... Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/...
22 December 2019

Mississippi - Observing Transgender Day of Remembrance in Mississippi

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Staff HRC Jackson, MS Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Jatran_bus.jpg please press:   www.hrc....

lead story - In the state that passed HB2, two transgender candidates running for legislative seats

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Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan The News & Observer Wendell, NC Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Bank...

Donald Trump - White House official directed hold on Ukraine aid shortly after Trump’s July 25 call with Zelensky

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Toluse Olorunnipa The Washington Post Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine (roughly center, 1804) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki...
21 December 2019

Now let me see...

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Credit:   https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/bf/87/d1bf87aeee2f56beb76f12683c9744b3.jpg As you might know,  Emily's Virtual Roc...

Trinidad and Tobago - Sexual harassment case in Trinidad & Tobago highlights need for better policies

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Press Global Voices Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago please press:   globalvoices.org
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