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13 May 2020

civil rights - UK LGBT+ group Stonewall names new CEO amid trans rights row

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Rachel Savage, Hugo Greenhalgh Reuters London, UK (I love foxes!) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/...

Oregon - A Lawsuit Against Gov. Kate Brown Reunites Old Allies From the Conservative Edge of Oregon Politics

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Tess Riski Willamette Week Baker City, OR Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Bakermainstreet.jpg ...

lead story - Transgender female health secretary snaps at reporter for calling her ‘sir’ repeatedly

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Storm Gifford Daily News Dr. Rachel Levine Credit: https://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_26/2003491/pgnamed_f3e62a5c8b0...

Donald Trump -People Are Dying, the Economy Is Collapsing and Trump Wants You to Look at This Squirrel

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Chris Cillizza CNN Credit: https://toonclips.com/600/cartoon-business-man-with-his-foot-in-his-mouth-by-toonaday-7705.jpg plea...

civil rights - Commentary: In 2 cases that await Supreme Court decision, the stakes are enormous for LGBTQ employee protection

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Philip Rotner Chicago Tribune Chicago, IL Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Greetings_From_Chicago_...

12 May 2020

Utah - Reese: The NCAA should boycott BYU

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Isaac Reese The Daily Utah Chronicle University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c...

lead story - Michigan woman at center of transgender civil rights case dies at 59

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Melissa Nann Burke The Detroit News Aimee Stephens 1961 - 2020 video credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUo3WEZ7gY ...

Donald Trump - Supreme court grills Trump lawyers over president's unreleased tax returns

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Press The Guardian Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/US_one_dollar_bill%2C_obverse%2C_series_2009....

11 May 2020

Maryland -- Name change fundraiser planned

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Philip Van Slooten Washington Blade Baltimore, MD Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Baltimore_Weath...

lead story - B.C. school trustee blasted for transgender coronavirus conspiracy theory attacking Dr. Theresa Tam

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Simon Little Global News Chilliwack, BC Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/P871_City_Hall.JPG pl...

Donald Trump - White House Orders Staff to Wear Masks as Trump Misrepresents Testing Record

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Michael D. Shear, Maggie Haberman, Linda Qiu The New York Times Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/08/2f/50/082f507774c37c93d...

10 May 2020

civil rights - DeVos Guts Title IX Protections, Angering Trans Advocates

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Matt Tracy Gcn Department of Education Washington DC Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Usdepartmen...

Pennsylvania - Braddock Restaurant Owner Makes ‘Bullying’ Comments About Pa. Secretary Of Health Dr. Rachel Levine

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Charlie Deitch Pittsburgh Current Braddock, PA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Condemned_houses_i...

lead story - LGBTQ Americans are getting coronavirus, losing jobs. Anti-gay bias is making it worse for them.

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Petruce Jean-Charles USA Today New York City, NY Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/220_CPS_fr_9th_A...

Donald Trump - Trump charges Obama with 'biggest political crime in American history'

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Martin Pengelly The Guardian ezs note: Y'know, Donald isn't even funny anymore. He's just a tired old husk of a '...

09 May 2020

civil rights - Nat’l Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund endorses Biden

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Chris Johnson Washington Blade National Center for Transgender Equality Washington DC Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/...

Connecticut - Democratic View: A Kinder Connecticut

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Alisa Trachtenberg The Ridgefield Press Ridgefield, CT Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Schoolhous...

lead story - Reproductive concerns among transgender adolescents may manifest as ‘disinterest’ in future parenthood

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Morrison A. Healio Yale University New Haven, CT Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Pierson_Colleg...

Donald Trump - Trump fumes as White House staffers test positive and death toll nears 80,000 – as it happened

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Bryan Armen Graham, Tom Lutz, Martin Pengelly, Edward Helmore The Guardian video credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeNyVN-rVL...

08 May 2020

civil rights - Aimee Stephens brought the first major trans rights case to the Supreme Court. She may not live to see the decision.

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Katelyn Burns Vox Shelby Twp., MI Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Welcome_to_Shelby.jpg please...

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07 May 2020

civil rights - HRC Mourns Nina Pop, Black Trans Woman Killed in Missouri

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Elliott Kozuch HRC Sikeston, MO Harold E. Comstock (born in Sikeston) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f...

Virginia - ‘Virginia Is For Lovers.’ Now That Slogan Includes The LGBTQ

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Dawn Ennis Forbes Richmond, VA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/City_of_Richmond_Business_District...

lead story - Clinicians and autistic transgender youth partner to create first community-built care model

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Press Medical Xpress Children's National Hospital Washington DC Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/...

Donald Trump - George Conway: Trump went ballistic at me on Twitter. Here’s why he reacts with such rage.

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George T. Conway III Washington Post George T. Conway III video credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYxnSdQ6R2w pleas...

05 May 2020

civil rights - Transgender woman's death in SE Missouri under investigation

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Press St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sikeston, MO Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Sikeston_Memorial_Muni...

Indiana - Highest ranked Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player in Indiana doesn't let transphobia hold her back

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Declan McLaughlin IDS Pittsboro, IN Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Main_Street_%28looking_west%2...

lead story - Transgender People Face Discrimination, Violence Amid Latin American Quarantines

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Julia Symmes Cobb US News & World Report Bogotá, Colombia Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Cen...

Donald Trump - A leaderless nation adrift in a crisis

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Scot Lehigh Boston Globe Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Empty_Podium_%281562506441%29.jpg please...

04 May 2020

civil rights - Top Egyptian actor goes public about trans son

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Ban Barkawi Reuters Cairo, Egypt Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Cairotower.jpg please press:...

Ohio - Ohio lawmaker who blamed mass shootings on gay marriage and drag queens loses GOP primary

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John Riley MetroWeekly Middletown, OH Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Main_and_Central%2C_central...

lead story - Belfast senior will graduate as Maine’s first transgender valedictorian

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Abigail Curtis Bangor Daily News Belfast, ME Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Belfast%2C_Maine.jpg...

Donald Trump - Trump’s latest coronavirus spin unmasks his extreme narcissism

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Greg Sargent Washington Post Credit: https://nelsnewday.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/trump-what-have-you-got-to-lose.jpg pleas...

03 May 2020

civil rights - Transgender rights are not under lockdown!

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Cristian Galicia Washington Blade Bogotá, Colombia Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Andino%2C_entr...

North Carolina - Loving and adapting amid coronavirus, NC LGBTQ church gives back to community

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Hannah McClellan The News & Observer Raleigh, NC Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Dorton_Arena...

lead story - Transgender man loses appeal court battle to be registered as father

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Robert Booth The Guardian London, UK Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Natural_History_Museum_Main_...

Donald Trump - Trump rips George W. Bush after he calls for unity amid coronavirus outbreak

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Justin Wise The Hill George W. Bush ezs note: Damn... I never thought I'd say it, but in this one area, he' s a REAL h...

02 May 2020

civil rights - New Lawsuit Demands Release of All Transgender ICE Detainees

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Shani Saxon Colorlines Brandeis University Waltham, MA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Brandeis...

Minnesota - Counterpoint: Founders believed all people are created equal

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Loren Schumacher Star News Elk River, MN Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Elk_River_Tower.jpg ...

lead story - Trans woman sets herself on fire to protest government’s poor COVID-19 response

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Alex Bollinger LGBTQ Nation Tbilisi, Georgia (country) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/2015_UEFA_S...

Donald Trump - Op-Ed: Biden should play up his expertise, since it’s something Trump lacks

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Jim Newton Los Angeles Times Our Leader. Credit: https://collegian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Idiot-Donald-Trump-American...

01 May 2020

My choice is Panera

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Chicago, IL ezs note: I don't have to say it...but I will. In January 2020, things were pretty good. Sure, there were some r...

civil rights - Zara reaches settlement with transgender shopper over alleged discrimination

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Nico Lang NBC News Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Guilderland_Town_Hall.JPG please press: www....

New Mexico - Lt. Gov. Morales says FDA should drop blood donor waiting period on gay, bisexual, queer and transgender men

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Matthew Reichbach NMPoliticalReport Lt. Gov. Ernie Morales Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Howie_...

lead story - 2 men detained for allegedly burning 2 transgender women to death in Puerto Rico

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Christopher Brito CBS News Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Busted_-_a_present_for_everyone.jpg please ...

Donald Trump - Why the Trump Ploy Stopped Working

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David Brooks The New York Times Credit: https://www.gishgallop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Good-Night-Moron-Donald-Trump.jpg ...

30 April 2020

civil rights - Equality California hosts mega virtual fundraiser

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Press Los Angeles Blade San Francisco, CA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Castro_Rainbow_Flag.jpg...

Florida - Florida Transgender Icon Henrietta Robinson Dead at 79

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Donald Padgett Advocate South Beach, FL Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/South_beach_miami_at_nig...

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