23 February 2020

How to vote!

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Zambia - Intersex Activist in Zambia Sheds Light on Misunderstood Group

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Prudence Phiri Global Press Journal Lukasa, Zimbabwe Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/University_of...

civil rights - 'Cruel, Inexcusable': Bloomberg 2019 Comments on Trans Rights Come Under Fire

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Eoin Higgins Common Dreams Mike Bloomberg (right) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/US_Navy_110526-...

Mississippi - Center for LGBT community opens in Tupelo

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lead story - Bridging Divides: A transgender lawyer brings her message to Sioux Falls

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Donald Trump - Justice Sotomayor warns the Supreme Court is doing special favors for the Trump administration

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Ian Millhiser Vox Justice Sonia Sotomayor Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Sonia_Sotomayor_in_SCOT...
22 February 2020

Switzerland - Two Swiss cities to introduce transgender toilets in schools

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Press thelocal.ch Aigle, Switzerland Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Aigle_-_Monthey_-_Dents_du_M...

civil rights - Trans 101 breaks down transgender stereotypes

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New Jersey - LGBTQ education is now mandatory in New Jersey schools. Here's how teachers are preparing

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Melanie Burney Post-Bulletin Hinchman-Lippincott House Haddon Heights, NJ Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

lead story - Teenage transgender row splits Sweden as dysphoria diagnoses soar by 1,500%

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Donald Trump - America's Parasite

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Maureen Dowd The New York Times ...Washington is burning. Maureen Dowd Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commo...
21 February 2020

How to vote!

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Poland/France - French Saint-Jean De Braye breaks town twinning with Polish Tuchów over homophobia

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Aseniya Dimitrova The Mayor.eu Tuchów, Poland Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Ratusz_na_tuchowski...

civil rights - Human Rights Campaign says Bloomberg should apologize for comments about transgender people

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Rebecca Klar The Hill Human Rights Campaign Washington DC Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Human...

Rhode Island - Israeli transgender activist, Michael Alroy to Speak at URI

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Dave Lavallee URI Today Kingston, RI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Kings_County_Courthouse_%28K...

lead story - Garland man accused of killing transgender woman now faces enhanced capital murder charge

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Donald Trump - Donald Trump's fundamentally un-American 'Parasite' critique

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Chris Cillizza CNN Parasite (revised Romanization: Gisaengchung ) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Pa...
20 February 2020

How to vote!

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Pakistan - In a first: Transgender woman represents Pakistan at UN

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civil rights - Letters To The Editor (transgender rights)

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Joshua Hayes-Fugal Idaho Statesman Boise, ID Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/LibraryExclamationPo...

New York - The Walking While Trans Ban Is ‘Stop and Frisk 2.0’

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Karina Piser The Nation. Riverside Church New York City, NY (Manhattan) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commo...

lead story - Bloomberg referred to transgender people as 'some guy wearing a dress' in 2019 remarks

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Paul LeBlanc CNN Uh, goodbye Mike... Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Michael_Bloomberg_%284860388...

Donald Trump - Roger Stone Is Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Prison

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Sharon LaFraniere The New York Times E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse Washington DC Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wik...
19 February 2020

Nepal - LGBTQ people to be counted in Nepal's census for the first time

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Gopal Sharma, Annie Banerji The Christian Science Monitor Kathmandu, Nepal Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/com...

civil rights - The battle over gender in Flagler Schools

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Alabama - Alabama Democrat calls for mandatory genetic testing of all public school student-athletes

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lead story - LDS Church publishes new handbook with changes to discipline, transgender policy

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Peggy Fletcher Stack, David Noyce The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, UT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c...

Donald Trump - Trump Offered Assange Pardon if He Covered Up Russian Hack, WikiLeaks Founder’s Lawyer Claims

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Nico Hines Daily Beast Julian Assange Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/RUEDA_DE_PRENSA_CONJUNTA_EN...
18 February 2020

Kosovo - ‘Une jam vete grua’ puts trans reality center stage

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Eve-Anne Travers Prishtina Insight Prishtina, Kosovo Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Monument_of_...

civil rights - In Connecticut, Do Transgender Women Have the Right to Play?

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Colorado - Colorado Democrats block effort to ban transgender girls from participating in female sports

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lead story - Parents Sue Madison Schools Over Transgender Policy

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Todd Richmond US News and World Report Madison, WI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Gates_of_Heave...

Donald Trump - John Bolton breaks his silence after Trump impeachment: 'I knew what I was getting into'

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Miranda Bryant The Guardian John Bolton Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/John_R._Bolton_official_p...
17 February 2020

lead story - LGBTQ safety concerns trigger plan to change bathroom locks at Santa Paula High School

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Donald Trump - Pelosi warns Democrats 'must be unified' to ensure Trump isn't reelected

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Clare Foran CNN Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Official...
16 February 2020

Hungary - Gays in Hungary facing increased government hostility, rights group says

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Press NBC News Budapest, Hungary Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/G%C3%BCl_Babab_T%C3%BCrbe.JPG ...

civil rights - Black History Month: 17 LGBTQ black pioneers who made history

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Gwen Aviles, Ariel Jao NBC News US Rep. Barbara Jordan (D-TX) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Rep...

Vermont - Letters to the Editor (TERF battle)

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Christian Herrick Seven Days Vermont South Burlington, VT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/South_B...

lead story - Teen Beats Transgender Competitor Amid Sports Participation Lawsuit

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Donald Trump - Former Justice Dept. Lawyers Press for Barr to Step Down

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Katie Benner The New York Times Department of Justice Washington DC Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/...
15 February 2020

Greece - Homicide at Moria refugee camp sparks riots

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Benjamin Bathke InfoMigrants island of Lesbos, Greece Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/%CE%A1%CF%8...

civil rights - Transgender athletics bill clears its first legislative hurdle

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California - Megan Youngren to Become First Openly Transgender Athlete to Compete at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials

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lead story - Girls sue to block participation of transgender athletes

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Donald Trump - Can we stop tiptoeing around the fact that Trump is behaving like a dictator?

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Lucian K. Truscott IV Salon Donald Trump Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg...
14 February 2020

Ecuador - Ecuador's LGBT+ community seen suffering deadliest year in a decade

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civil rights - Tennesseans Agree that Anti-LGBTQ Legislation is a Waste of Time

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Kentucky - As doctors, we’re distressed by KY bills that threaten the lives of transgender children

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Keisa Fallin-Bennett, Joanne Brown, Joyce Crawford et. al. Lexington Herald-Leader Lexington, KY Credit:   https://upload.wikim...

lead story - Transgender woman poised to make Argentine soccer history

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Debora Ray ABC News Buenos Aires, Argentina Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Microcentro%2C_Buenos...

Donald Trump - William Barr must go

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Editorial Board The Boston Globe  AG William Barr Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/William_Barr.jp...