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29 August 2020

Massachusetts - Kennedy to Trump: Drop your administrative actions harming trans people

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Chris Johnson Washington Blade Newton, MA Credit; https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Newton_Public_Library%2C...

lead story - Transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson will get a monument in her New Jersey hometown

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Christina Maxouris CNN Elizabeth, NJ Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/35412Elizabethfromabove.jpg ...

Donald Trump - Trump Program to Cover Uninsured Covid-19 Patients Falls Short of Promise

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Abby Goodnough The New York Times Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/COVID-19_Nurse_%28cropped%29.jpg ...

28 August 2020

lead story - Transgender woman says she was beaten in her Point Breeze home and called slurs

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Julie Shaw The Philadelphia Inquirer Point Breeze, PA credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/FrickMansionCl...

Donald Trump - Will Jerry Falwell Jr's fall from grace end his influence over Trump voters?

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Harriet Sherwood The Guardian Jerry Falwell Jr. Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Jerry_Fal...

25 August 2020

Texas - Local Groups Condemn Proposed Ban on Trans People in Homeless Shelters

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Lourdes Zavaleta OutSmart San Antonio, TX Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/AlamoMemorial-0727.jpg ...

lead story - Andersonville’s ‘Say Their Names’ Street Art Honors Black Transgender People Lost To Violence

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Joe Ward Block Club Chicago Andersonville, IL (part of Chicago) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/A...

Donald Trump - Melania Trump taped making derogatory remarks about Donald and Ivanka – report

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Martin Pengelly The Guardian the (ex-) First Lady of the United States Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons...

23 August 2020

Vermont - Rhianna Kendrick: We cannot allow HUD to remove protections for trans people experiencing homelessness

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Rhianna Kendrick VTDigger Brattleboro, VT Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Brooks_House_from_up_Ma...

lead story - Livestreamed Hollywood Attack On 3 Transgender Women Shows How “Truly Unsafe” Being Trans Is

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Jamie Wareham Forbes Los Angeles, CA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Our_Lady_of_Angels%2C_LA%2C_...

Donald Trump - In secretly recorded audio, President Trump’s sister says he has ‘no principles’ and ‘you can’t trust him’

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Michael Kranish The Washington Post Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Cassette_Write_Protect_IV.jpg ...

22 August 2020

Scotland - Transgender and non-binary cyclist takes on first ever ‘Tour de Trans’

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Caitlin Hutchison The Herald John O' Groats, Scotland Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/John_o%...

Pennsylvania - Lawmaker mimics top health official’s call for transgender acceptance to defend not wearing a mask

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Cynthia Fernandez, Julia Shanahan Spotlight PA Annville Township, PA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/...

lead story - Los Angeles police arrest two men, seek another in attack against three transgender women

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Alexandra Meeks CNN Los Angeles, CA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Hollywood_bowl_and_sign.jpg ...

Donald Trump - The party of Trump is already a convention of ghoulish clowns

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Kathleen Parker The Washington Post The Republican Convention Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Sca...

What I believe...

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Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f0/09/1e/f0091ec9866fe44540227b6b851fb283.jpg ezs note: I've given this some thought...

21 August 2020

Donald Trump - ‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016

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Nolan McCaskill Politico ezs note: Aw, all we're doin' is havin' a little meetin'... Credit: https://upload....

20 August 2020

lead story - Disturbing images of robbery and attack on transgender women in the heart of Hollywood

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Christina Gonzalez FOX News Los Angeles, CA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Palm_tree_expo_park_c...

Donald Trump - Steve Bannon, three others charged with fraud in border wall fundraising campaign

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Erica Orden, Kara Scannell CNN ezs note: Oh, this is too rich!!! Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41...

19 August 2020

lead story - Federal judge says Idaho cannot ban transgender athletes from women's sports teams

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Madeline Holcombe, Andy Rose CNN Pocatello, ID Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Eastern_Pocatello.j...

Donald Trump - Trump, While Attacking Mail Voting, Casts Mail Ballot Again

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Miles Davis NPR Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/USPS_Mailbox.jpg please press: www.npr.org

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18 August 2020

17 August 2020

lead story - Why transgender people are ignored by modern medicine

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Zaria Gorvett BBC News University of Washington Seattle, WA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Hus...

Donald Trump - Amid outcry, postmaster general to testify before House

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Matthew Daly, Lisa Mascaro ABC News (US) Louis DeJoy Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Louisdejoy.p...

16 August 2020

New Zealand - New Zealand rugby grapples with transgender debate

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Greg Stutchbury Reuters Wellington, New Zealand Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Old_High_Court_bu...

Kansas - Human Rights Campaign on Kansas Republican Primary Results

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Lucas Acosta HRC El Dorado, KS Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/El_Dorado_Kansas_Pine_Main_Interse...

lead story - Ancient Viking warrior given a hero’s burial may have actually been ‘transgender, non-binary or gender fluid’, researchers say

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Patrick Kelleher Pink News Birka, Sweden Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Birka_Boot_2008.JPG ...

Donald Trump - Trump's finger-pointing on USPS is latest attempt to rewrite history in real time

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Maeve Reston CNN USPS truck Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/United_States_Postal_Service_Truck.jp...

15 August 2020

Indonesia - Meet Hendrika Kelan: Indonesia’s First Ever Transgender Public Officer

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Jamie worldofbuzz.com Indonesia Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Jakarta_Panorama.jpg please p...

Georgia - Timothy Graves (J.D. ’20) strives for inclusivity Timothy Graves (J.D. ’20) strives for inclusivity

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Press Georgia State University Georgia State University College of Law Atlanta, GA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki...

lead story - Bronx Man Arrested for Fatally Stabbing Transgender Woman

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Press Spectrum News The Bronx, NY Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Melrosebx1.JPG please press...

Donald Trump - Trump administration to withdraw controversial nominee for Bureau of Land Management

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Jason Hoffman CNN William Perry Pendley Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/William_Perry_Pendley.jpg...

14 August 2020

South Dakota - Trump Denies Asking To Add A President’s Face To Mount Rushmore. OK!

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Asia Ewart Refinery29 Mount Rushmore Keystone, SD Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Mount_Rushmor...

lead story - Two transgender women arrested at rights rally call treatment at Miami jail ‘dehumanizing’

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Haley Lerner Miami Herald Miami, FL Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Bayfront_Park_-_panoramio_%28...

Donald Trump - Marge Simpson responds to Trump adviser's Kamala Harris comparison

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Lisa Remers France CNN Marge Simpson (voiced by Julie Kavner) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Marge_Si...

13 August 2020

Oklahoma - Oklahoma ScissorTales: Array of talent on OKC police reform panel

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Editorial Board Oklahoma News Oklahoma City, OK Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Sonic_Drive-In_co...

lead story - Employers reject transgender people

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Linköping University EurekAlert Linköping University Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Link%C3%B6pi...

Donald Trump - Judge orders Trump campaign to produce evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania

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Katelyn Polantz CNN The Evidence (2006) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/The_Evidence_%28TV_series%...

12 August 2020

Donald Trump - The Republican Party just took another step toward a dangerous conspiracy theory

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Chris Cillizza CNN Conspiracy Theory (1997) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Conspiracy_theory_poster.j...

11 August 2020

Kansas - Kansas could elect its first openly transgender lawmaker this fall

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Katie Shepard The Washington Post Wichita, KS Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Sedgwick_co_hist...

lead story - New center in Santa Ana helps hard-hit transgender people during coronavirus pandemic

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Deepa Bharath The Orange County Register Anaheim, CA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/AnaheimPanor...

Donald Trump - Lincoln Project expands GOP target list, winning Trump ire

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Jonathan Easley, Max Greenwood The Hill Abraham Lincoln Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Abraham_L...

10 August 2020

lead story - Florida teen wins transgender rights suit in federal court

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Tim Fitzsimons NBC News Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/TPC_Sawgrass_17.jpg...

Donald Trump - 'Unconstitutional slop:' Donald Trump spars with Ben Sasse, the GOP senator who attacked his executive order

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David Jackson USA Today Trump signs his order Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/TuskIII.jpg ple...

09 August 2020

Mississippi - Hattiesburg clinic offers hormones for transgender community

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Sarah Fowler Clarion Ledger Hattiesburg, MS (April 1968) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/March%2C...

lead story - The Matrix is a 'trans metaphor', Lilly Wachowski says

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Press BBC News The Matrix (1999) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/The_Matrix_Poster.jpg please pres...

Donald Trump - Pelosi calls Trump's coronavirus relief executive actions 'absurdly unconstitutional'

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Chandelis Duster CNN Sisyphus, Franz Stuck (Absurdist art) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Sisy...

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