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13 November 2020

Connecticut - Fed Trans Athletes Fight Officially Over

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Emily Hays New Haven Independent New Haven, CT Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Front_Street_in_New_Haven_CT.jp...

lead story - As Transgender Awareness Week rolls out, young trans people have a powerful message: We are thriving

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Susan Miller USA Today Washington DC Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/The_Cairo_-_Washington%2C_DC_-_DSC09749.j...

Joe Biden - Trump campaign drops Arizona lawsuit requesting review of ballots

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Kara Scannell CNN Saguaro cactus flowers ( Carnegiea gigantea ) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Carnegiea_giga...

12 November 2020

Rhode Island - House LGBTQ Caucus endorses Cicilline for assistant speaker

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Patrick Anderson Providence Journal US Rep. David Cicilline Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/David_Cicilline_of...

lead story - Egyptian Transgender Woman Faces Uphill Battle Against Stigma

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Hanaa Habib US News & World Report Cairo, Egypt Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A9_%...

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Joe Biden - Top Senate Republicans say Biden should get presidential intel briefings

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Marianne Levine, Andrew Desiderio Politico US Senate Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/110th_US_Senate_class_pho...

11 November 2020

Montana - Snapshots of UM’s first virtual DiverseU

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Andy Tallman, Hanna Campbell, Jacob Owens, and more Montana Kaiman Missoula, MT Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/...

lead story - Fugitive arrested in grisly slaying of Philadelphia transgender woman

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Dan Avery NBC News Philadelphia, PA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/1752_%28_1850_%29_Scull_%5E_Heap_Map_of_P...

Joe Biden - Joe Biden's win grows more decisive each day as votes are counted

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Harry Enten CNN Landslide! Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Ferguson-slide.jpg please press: www.cnn.com

10 November 2020

lead news - Lawsuit challenging arrest of NYC transgender woman settled

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Tom Hays ABC News New York City, NY Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Long_Island_City_from_One_World_Observator...

Joe Biden - Op-Ed: Good luck, President-elect Biden. You’ll need it.

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Al Franken Los Angeles Times Al Franken Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Al_Franken%2C_official_portrait%2C_114...

09 November 2020

08 November 2020

Montana - 'Equal' docuseries on HBO: Who was Jack Starr? Transgender man held multiple times for offending 1920s 'gender code'

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lead story - Biden could take swift action on transgender ban, nuclear weapons

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Joe Biden - World leaders congratulate Joe Biden on his victory

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Zamira Rahim, Martin Goillandeau CNN The Earth, much happier Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/The_Earth_seen_fr...

07 November 2020

lead story - Transgender representation to nearly double in state legislatures

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Joe Biden - Biden's defeat of Trump is the most important win since FDR

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Paul Bledsoe The Hill Franklin Delano Roosevelt Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Roosevelt_in_a_wheelchair.jpg p...

06 November 2020

Missouri - Diversity pushed to the forefront in Kansas, Missouri after 2020 election results 'break barriers'

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Gabriela Pagán KSHB Kansas City, MO Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Kansas_City_Skyline_2.JPG please press: ...

lead story - Transgender in Bangladesh: First school opens for trans students

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Sanjana Chowdhury BBC Naogaon, Bangladesh Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE...

Joe Biden - US election 2020 results live: Joe Biden narrowly ahead of Donald Trump as count continues

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05 November 2020

Washington (state) - OPINION: WHY I WILL VOTE TO APPROVE REFERENDUM 90

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Aisha Hauser South Seattle Emerald Seattle, WA (South Seattle) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Aerial_of_Rain...

lead story - Kansas makes history, elects retired Wichita teacher as its first transgender legislato

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Denise Neil, Jaime Green Wichita Eagle Wichita, KS Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Wichita_Skyline_during_the_w...

Joe Biden - Even if Biden wins, the world will pay the price for the Democrats' failures

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Owen Jones The Guardian President-elect Joe Biden Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Joe_Biden_official_portrait_...

Donald Trump - Stick a fork in em'... HE'S DONE!!!

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04 November 2020

Maine - Progressives running for school boards across Maine focus on racial equity

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Dan Neumann Beacon Deering, ME Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Deering_High_School%2C_Deering_ME.jpg please pr...

lead story - Sarah McBride to become first transgender state senator in U.S. history

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Dan Avery NBC News State Sen.-elect Sarah McBride Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Sarah_McBride_portrait_photog...

Donald Trump - Republicans have condemned Trump's false claim to have already won the election

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03 November 2020

Maryland - With few specialists nationwide, Baltimore is becoming a destination for transgender surgeries

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Meredith Cohn The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, MD (Druid Hill) please press: www.baltimoresun.com

lead story - Organizations release poll worker tips for respecting transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming people

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Donald Trump - Donald Trump just admitted what everyone else already knows about the 2020 election

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This is your last chance.... VOTE!!!

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02 November 2020

Mississippi - ACLU of Mississippi wants to ensure fair voting for transgender community

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Thao Ta WJTV Jackson, MS Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Standard_Life_Building_Jackson_MS.jpg please press: ...

lead story - For transgender people in the military, much hinges on presidential election

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Sean D. Naylor Yahoo! news Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/141113-A-QS211-509_-_Soldiers_of_the_1st_Brigade_C...

Donald Trump - Federal judge rejects GOP challenge to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Democratic-leaning Houston

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Kara Scannell, Brian Todd, Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, Devan Cole CNN Lady Justice (Memphis, TN) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/...

01 November 2020

Connecticut - ‘Legally and Medically Trans’ discussed transgender health and identity

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Ian Ward The Daily Campus Storrs, CT University of Connecticut Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Laurel_Hall_-_...

lead story -- Trans News launched

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Press The Hindu New Delhi, India Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Laxminarayan_Temple_in_New_Delhi_03-2016.jpg ...

Donald Trump - Election at Hand, Biden Leads Trump in Four Key States, Poll Shows

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Alexander Burns, Jonathan Martin The New York Times The New York Times (1914) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/...

31 October 2020

Maine - Orono man accused of defacing LGBTQ flag barriers pleads not guilty

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Eesha Pendharker Bangor Daily News Orono, ME Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/OronoMillStreet.JPG please press:...

lead news - Friends, family of transgender woman murdered last Sunday hold vigil in her memory

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Annette Peagler localmemphis.com Whitehaven, TN (part of Memphis) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Elvis_Presel...

Donald Trump - 'Red mirage': the 'insidious' scenario if Trump declares an early victory

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Tom McCarthy The Guardian Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Farallon_Islands_at_inferior_mirage_no_mirage_and_su...

30 October 2020

In case you're STILL struggling... (video)

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Delaware - Delawareans support mask wearing and transgender rights, UD study finds

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Holly Quinn Technical.ly Delaware Newark, DE University of Delaware Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/UDel_Memo...

lead story - Transgender woman sues Whitmer to keep job in Michigan National Guard

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Donald Trump - Marc Anthony slams Trump in new Lincoln Project ad: 'Vote him out'

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Nicole Acevedo NBC News San Juan, PR Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/EAGLE_Old_San_Juan_2014.jpg please press:...

29 October 2020

Idaho - Two months later, no appeal against transgender birth certificate ruling

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Nathan Brown Idaho Press Pocatello, ID (1954) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/-IDAHO-A-0053-_American_Falls_D...

lead story - Kept out of traditional jobs, transgender people see hope in tech world

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Oscar Lopez Thomson Reuters News Buenos Aires, Argentina Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Microcentro%2C_Bueno...

Donald Trump - New audio tapes show how Trump bet against science

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28 October 2020

Florida - For transgender activists, election stokes hopes and fears

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