14 June 2020

Florida - Florida observes Pulse Remembrance Day on the fourth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting

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Scottie Andrew CNN Pulse nightclub (2016) Orlando, FL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Secretary...

lead story - Doctor Who to introduce first-ever transgender companion

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George Griffiths Metro Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Tardis_BBC_Television_Center.jpg please pr...

Donald Trump - Trump loses 2 pivotal allies in his anti-kneeling crusade: NASCAR and the NFL

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Meridith McGraw Politico Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Patrio...
13 June 2020

civil rights - Transgender rights: There is still no smooth path

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Ellen J. Kennedy MinnPost Minneapolis, MN Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Loaders-Pillsbury-Minne...

New Hampshire - New Hampshire’s LGBTQ+ community finds new ways to celebrate pride

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Jordyn Haime Concord Monitor North Conway, NH Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/North_Conway_Main_St...

lead story - New calls to confront transphobia after murders of two black transgender women

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Erin Donaghue CBS News Liberty Township, OH (Butler County) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Lib...

Donald Trump - Trump has trouble lifting glass of water and walking down stairs at West Point graduation

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Dave Goldinger Daily News Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Glass-of-water.jpg please press:  www.n...
11 June 2020

Colorado - Brianna Titone Wants To Revive A Bill That Would Ban The ‘Gay Panic Defense’ In Colorado

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Bente Birkeland, Andrew Kenney CPR News Arvada, CO Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Cable-stayed_b...

lead story - Vermont could elect first transgender legislator

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Christina Guessferd WCAX Winooski, VT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Winooski_Block_1867_VT.jpg p...

Donald Trump - Top general apologizes for appearing in photo-op with Trump after forceful removal of protesters

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Ryan Browne, Barbara Starr, Zachary Cohen CNN Sir Jackass Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Presi...
10 June 2020

civil rights - Rights groups, athletes ask NCAA to move tournament from Idaho over transgender law

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Arkansas - LGBTQ stand with BLM

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Max Bryan Arkansas Times Fort Smith, AR Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Fort_Smith%2C_AR_002.jpg ...

West Virginia - West Virginia just elected its first openly transgender official

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Leah Asmelash CNN Wheeling, WV please press:   www.cnn.com

Donald Trump - ‘Blood in the water’: Dems get unexpected opening against Trump in Iowa

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David Siders Politico Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/White_shark.jpg please press:   www.poli...
09 June 2020

Donald Trump - ‘Ugh’: Republicans cringe after Trump's attack on 75-year-old protester

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Marianne Levine, Burgess Everett Politico Credit:   https://survivingabuseblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/ugh-charlie-brown.jpg ...
08 June 2020

lead story - YouTuber, former ‘X Factor’ contestant comes out as transgender

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George Olivera Daily News Poway, CA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/LakePowayByPhilKonstantin.JPG...

Donald Trump - Here's a number that should terrify every Republican on the ballot this fall

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07 June 2020

Connecticut - Connecticut’s LGBTQ Pride Month celebrations go online, with entertainment, workshops, panel discussions

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Susan Dunne Hartford Courant Hartford, CT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/NovaBUS_LFX.jpg ple...

lead story - COVID-19 and the Transgender Community in India

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Sonal Rawat Jurist Delhi, India Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Delhi_Red_fort.jpg please pres...

Donald Trump - Donald Trump's most self-defeating move

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Richard Galant CNN Credit:   https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e1/22/58/e12258eab1d5e863a4cd0e55f0b69871.jpg please press:  www....
06 June 2020

lead story - Protesters in The Grove march against injustice for black transgender people

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Corey Miller, Savannah Loule KSDK St. Louis, MO Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Lafayette_Square_...

Donald Trump - Flash bangs and fury: Behind the fortress walls in a defining week for Trump and the country

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Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins CNN video credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAH7ZUUzH9g please press:   www.cnn.com
05 June 2020

lead story - 'No criminality' found in the death of transgender inmate on Rikers Island: Prosecutor

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Donald Trump - Poll: Two-Thirds Think Trump Made Racial Tensions Worse After Floyd Was Killed

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04 June 2020

Donald Trump - Trump’s Bible photo op splits white evangelical loyalists into two camps

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Matthew Teague The Guardian Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Large_swing_set%2C_City_Park_%28Griffin%2...
03 June 2020

Michigan - Transgender Michigan Helpline Continues to Take Calls Amid Pandemic

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Ellen Shanna Knoppow Between The Lines Ferndale, MI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Ferndale_City_...

lead story - A Black Trans Woman Named Iyanna Dior Was Beaten by a Mob In Minneapolis

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Donald Trump - James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution

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Jeffrey Goldberg The Atlantic James Mattis (!) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/James_Mattis_offic...
02 June 2020

Hawaii - Why Donald Trump can't grasp this moment

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Michael D'Antonio KITV Honolulu, HI Honolulu Museum Of Art Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/...

lead story - Judge: Idaho Still Cannot Automatically Bar Transgender People Changing Birth Certificates

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Donald Trump - George W. Bush on George Floyd protests: 'It is time for America to examine our tragic failures'

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Devan Cole CNN Indianapolis, IN (among many others) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/George_Floyd_...

New Hampshire - Pro-LGBT advocacy group Human Rights Campaign endorses Pappas, Shaheen for reelection

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John DiStaso WMUR Manchester, NH Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/ManchesterNH_WestonObservatory.j...
01 June 2020

lead story - Bills seek to limit puberty blockers, other medical treatment for transgender youth

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Donald Trump - Live Updates on George Floyd Protests: Asphyxia Caused Floyd’s Death, Private Autopsy Finds (multiple stories)

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30 May 2020

civil rights - HRC Mourns Tony McDade, Black Trans Man Killed in Florida

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Elliott Kozuch HRC Tallahassee, FL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Old_and_New_Florida_State_Capi...

Indiana - REVIEW: Kim Petras’ latest single is the summer bop we need in quarantine

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Jaden Amos IDS Kim Petras Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Kim_Petras_%2842743719761%29.jpg pl...

lead story - J.K. Rowling threatens legal action against Coquitlam transgender activist over tweets

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Megan Lalonde Tri-City News Port Coquitlam, BC (Canada) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/Port_Coquitlam...

Donald Trump - Policing in the US is not about enforcing law. It’s about enforcing white supremacy

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Paul Butler The Guardian Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Ku_Klux_Klan_ceremony_in_London%2C_Ontario.j...
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29 May 2020

Donald Trump - 'Trump knows nothing of Minneapolis': mayor hits back at president's tweets

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Laura Aratani The Guardian ezs note:  Trump's "solution" to everything Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wik...
28 May 2020

Arizona - The brave lives of transgender students

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Javaughn Gray El Inde Uden, Netherlands Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Uden-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg ...

lead story - 7 transgender musicians changing the music industry

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Frank Otto Insider Cologne, Germany (Köln) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Severinstorburg_K%C3%B...

Donald Trump - Stung By Twitter, Trump Signs Executive Order To Weaken Social Media Companies

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Ascension of Baha'u'llah

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27 May 2020

civil rights - Transgender funeral director's widow takes over SCOTUS Title VII case

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Daniel Wiessner Reuters SCOTUS Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Supreme_Court_Pano.jpg . please pre...

Arkansas - A big loss for LGBTQ kids: Closure of Lucie’s Place

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lead story - Anti-transgender bill advances in Tennessee as lawmakers return to work

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Donald Trump - Trump news - live: President arrives in Florida to watch Nasa SpaceX rocket launch as US coronavirus death tolls 'hits 100,000'

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Joe Sommerlad, Danielle Zoellner Independent ezs note:  Sorry for the delay - now it's 100,940 dead. (courtesy  ncov2019.live )...
26 May 2020

civil rights - Virginia school board defends transgender bathroom ban

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Kentucky - ‘Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.’ Ky GOP has only itself to blame for effigy disgrace.

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Linda Blackford Lexington Herald-Leader Harrodsburg, KY Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Downtown_...

lead story - High Point BOE approves transgender policy

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Eric Obernauer New Jersey Herald Wantage, NJ Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/2018-07-26_08_33_51_...