03 April 2020

civil rights - The Transgender Community Needs More than Visibility

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Connecticut - Trans high school athlete Andraya Yearwood: ‘We will all overcome this together, in spirit’

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lead story - Hungary Seeks to Ban Legal Gender Recognition for Transgender People

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Donald Trump - ‘It's a sh-- sandwich': Republicans rage as Florida becomes a nightmare for Trump

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02 April 2020

civil rights - Idaho’s New Anti-Transgender Laws Are a Trans Day of Visibility Disgrace

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Mississippi - Mississippi lawmakers considering transgender athlete policy

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lead story - City councilman praises Idaho transgender legislation, calls Yakima Pride leader "an idiot"

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Donald Trump - Trump campaign sends letter to Sessions demanding he stop invoking Trump

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More Covid-19 (coronavirus) information

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01 April 2020

civil rights - Over the objections of religious groups, Virginia is poised to mandate nondiscriminatory care for transgender patients

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Tennessee - Lesbian couple in Tennessee claim gym teacher forced their son to attend anti-gay Bible study sessions

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lead story - Idaho governor signs into law anti-transgender legislation

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Donald Trump - Pence seeks to blame CDC and China for any delay in US coronavirus response -- not Trump's initial failure to face reality

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30 March 2020

civil rights - Lorena Borjas, Pioneering Transgender Latina Activist in NYC, Dies From COVID-19

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Rhode Island - Student Advocacy Spurs New Queer Studies Minor

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lead story - Being Visible on International Transgender Day of Visibility

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Donald Trump - Fact check: Trump falsely denies saying two things he said last week

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29 March 2020

civil rights - Lawmakers end session with much unsettled

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Delaware - A conversation on gender equity in the workplace with Sarah McBride

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lead story - Four Major Employers Join 40 Others Opposing State-Based Anti-Transgender Legislation

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Donald Trump - This Anti-Trump Ad Made Him Cry (video)

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28 March 2020

civil rights - Drive on to protect transgender rights

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Oregon - Advocates, families and transgender students push for progress in Oregon schools

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lead story - Transgender woman fatally stabbed in the neck in Harlem

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Donald Trump - The missing six weeks: how Trump failed the biggest test of his life

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27 March 2020

Donald Trump - Trump's narcissism has taken a new twist. And now he has American blood on his hands

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26 March 2020

civil rights - Republicans are using the pandemic to push anti-abortion and anti-trans agendas

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Delaware - Underwear as empowerment: Delaware design student aims to fill a need for trans women

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lead story - Pakistan Official Supports Transgender Community Amid COVID-19

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Donald Trump - Trump Wants to ‘Reopen America.’ Here’s What Happens if We Do.

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25 March 2020

lead story - Trans surgeries postponed indefinitely amid coronavirus pandemic

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Donald Trump - ‘I am so happy I can barely speak’: Trump whacks Romney after negative coronavirus test

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24 March 2020

civil rights - Ohio LGBTQ civil rights bill could finally pass

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Wyoming - Transgender worries threaten female genital mutilation ban

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lead story - Transgender people with IDs that match their gender have better mental health, Drexel study finds

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Donald Trump - Man Dies, Wife Critical From Chloroquine After Hearing Trump Tout Unproven Covid-19 Treatment

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23 March 2020

civil rights - OUR ATTENTION MAY BE ELSEWHERE, BUT THE TRANSPHOBES NEVER SLEEP

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Alabama - Human Rights Watch Letter Re: House Bill 303 and Health Care for Transgender and Intersex Children

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lead story - THE UNEXPECTED WAY THE CORONAVIRUS IS HURTING SOME MEMBERS OF THE TRANS COMMUNITY

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Donald Trump - Trump Refused to Order Coronavirus Supplies Because Big Business Complained

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22 March 2020

More COVID-19 (coronavirus) quackery

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21 March 2020

civil rights - Appellate court affirms dismissal of transgender Watertown woman’s human rights complaint

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Hawaii - Gabbard ignores LGBTQ survey questions from Human Rights Campaign

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lead story - Transgender woman shot to death in ambulance while being treated in south Charlotte

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Donald Trump - Washington Post: US intelligence warned Trump in January and February as he dismissed coronavirus threat

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20 March 2020

civil rights - Idaho House adjourns for year in close vote

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Massachusetts - Naval officer stationed in Massachusetts sues over military transgender ban

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lead story - Transgender woman housed with men repeatedly raped in Brooklyn federal lockup: lawsuit

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Donald Trump - Trump throws tantrum over question about coronavirus fears: 'You're a terrible reporter'

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18 March 2020

civil rights - While the country deals with the coronavirus, Idaho state legislators prioritize banning trans athletes

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