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27 November 2020

Georgia (state) - Georgia, Tennessee elect first known LGBTQ members to state legislatures

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Jordan Williams The Hill Stone Mountain, GA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Freedom_Bell%2C_Stone_Mountain%2C_...

lead story - Indonesian police move transgender celebrity to private cell

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Edna Tarigan ABC News Jakarta, Indonesia Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Replica_of_the_Luso-Sundanese_Padr%C3...

Joe Biden - Trump says for first time he'll leave office if Electoral College votes for Biden

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Paul LeBlanc CNN White House Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Aerial_view_of_the_White_House.jpg please press: ...

25 November 2020

South Carolina - North Charleston vigil honors transgender lives lost and those who still ‘need your love’

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Stephen Hobbs The Post And Courier North Charleston, SC Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Montague_Avenue%2C_Nor...

lead story - Transgender Pakistanis find solace in a church of their own

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Zarar Khan Spectrum News Karachi, Pakistan Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/HawkesBay.jpg please press: www.b...

Joe Biden - Biden eyes New Mexico governor, Obama surgeon general for health secretary

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Adam Cancryn, Alice Miranda Ollstein Politico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Vivek Murthy Credits: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

24 November 2020

Alaska - ‘We can’t turn this down’: New Xbox game brings Tlingit voices to the forefront

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Erin McKinstry alaskapublic.org Hoonah, AK Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Aerial_photo_of_Hoonah%2C_Alaska.jp...

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lead story - A transgender woman sues the Georgia Department of Corrections over allegations of sexual assault by inmates and staff

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Madeline Holcombe CNN State Offices South Forsyth, GA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Tift_College_Forsyth_3.J...

Joe Biden - Pennsylvania and Nevada certify election results for Biden

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Kelly Mena CNN Kittanning, PA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Kittanning_Citizen%27s_Bridge.JPG please press: ...

23 November 2020

Nevada - Nevada makes history as the first US state to protect gay marriage in the constitution

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Samara Louise Happy Goldfield, NV (1903) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Main_Street%2C_Goldfield%2C_Nevada%2C...

lead story - Transgender woman identified as homicide victim in SW Houston

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Roxie Bustamente ABC News Houston Houston, TX Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/MidtownHoustonscene001.jpg pleas...

Joe Biden - Trump friend and adviser Steve Schwarzman recognizes Biden as President-elect

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Jeremy Diamond CNN Steve Schwarzman Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/StephenSchwarzman.jpg please press: www....

22 November 2020

21 November 2020

lead story - Funeral home could be ordered to pay in Michigan transgender bias case

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Mark Hicks The Detroit News Garden City, MI Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Garden_City_Michigan_City_Hall.JP...

Joe Biden - Biden's margin of victory widens as Trump's subversion efforts grow more frantic

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Zachary B. Wolf CNN \ 'President' Donald John Trump Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Scream_and_shout.j...

20 November 2020

Delaware - Biden marks Transgender Day of Remembrance

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Julia Manchester The Hill Wilmington, DE (Joe Biden's home) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Old_Town_Hall_...

lead story - Deadly year for trans community as Transgender Day of Remembrance marked

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Erin Donaghue CBS News Butler County, OH (Hamilton) (Riah Milton's murder site) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons...

Donald Trump - Donald Trump is still busy trying to bulldoze democracy

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Austin Sarat, Dennis Aftergut The Guardian Donald the bulldozer Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/First_Tractor_...

19 November 2020

Wyoming - Meet the gay Republican who helped defeat every anti-LGBTQ bill in Wyoming

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Julie Compton NBC News Laramie, WY Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Laramie_City_Hall.jpg please press: www.n...

lead story - Man confesses to fatally stabbing wife, a well-known Miami transgender woman

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Muri Assuncão Daily News Miami, FL Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Mouth_of_Miami_River_20100211.jpg please pr...

Joe Biden - Biden tells governors he’ll help states overcome coronavirus

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Steve Peoples, Will Weissert AP Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (for one) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Governor...

18 November 2020

Massachusetts - Community to remember transgender lives lost to violence

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Josh Janney The Winchester Star Winchester, MA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Winchesterma-townhall.jpg pleas...

lead story - Anti-transgender hate crimes soared 20 percent in 2019

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Dan Avery NBC News Sikeston, MO Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Sikeston-downtown-area-mo.jpg please press: ...

Joe Biden - Michigan's largest county certifies election results after Republicans earlier blocked certification

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Annie Grayer, Marshall Cohen CNN Lansing, MI Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/BojiTower.jpg please press: www...

17 November 2020

Minnesota - These Exhibit Portraits Honor the Visibility of Transgender Adults

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Kevyn Burger nextavenue Minneapolis Institute of Art Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Minneapolis_Institute_of_...

lead story - Transgender struggle: 'I had to keep who I was secret'

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Ivana Davidovic BBC News UK fighter jet (conception) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Team_tempest.jpg please pres...

Joe Biden - Unions disagree over Biden's Labor secretary pick

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Eleanor Mueller, Megan Cassella Politico Marriott hotel strike Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/One_job_should...

15 November 2020

California - 'We all heard him': Bay Area transgender community reacts after being acknowledged in Joe Biden's victory speech

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Press ABC7 San Francisco, CA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/San_Francisco_aerial.jpg please press: abc7new...

lead story - Transgender people to gain inheritance rights in Bangladesh

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Press Yahoo! News Dhaka, Bangladesh Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Dhaka_Krishnachura_Blossoms.jpg please pr...

Joe Biden - Trump says for the first time Biden won the election but later insists he's not conceding

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Maegan Vazquez, Sarah Westwood, Alison Main CNN the blowhard speaks (finally) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/...

14 November 2020

Vermont - Taylor Small wins House seat to become first openly transgender member of Vermont Legislature

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Brent Hallenbeck Burlington Free Press Winooski, VT Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Winooski_United_Methodist_...

lead story - West Virginia sued over transgender discrimination

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Jessica Patterson WOWK Charleston, WV Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Charleston_City_Hall_Apr_09.JPG please p...

Joe Biden - Biden considers Angus King for top intelligence post

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Natasha Bertrand, Lara Seligman Politico Sen. Angus King (I-ME) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Angus_King%2C_...

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

North Carolina - The Transparency Project amplifies transgender artists

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Katie Murawski Yes Weekly Greensboro, NC Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/BlandwoodMansion.jpg please press: ...

lead story - Biden name-checks gay and transgender Americans in victory speech

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Chris Johnson Washington Blade Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Camille_Cabral_pour_les_Trans.JPG please press:...

Joe Biden - Betting on the best of America

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Maria Cardona The Hill Las Vegas, NV Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Las_Vegas_sportsbook.jpg please press: ...

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