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05 January 2021

Indonesia - Breaking the silence on gender identity in Asia Pacific

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Stevie Emilia The Jakarta Post Jakarta, Indonesia Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Jakarta_Indonesia_Jakarta-Hi...

Oklahoma - O'HANLON: Remembering some good things from 2020

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Adrian O'Hanlon III McAlester News-Capital McAlester, OK Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Pine_tree%2C_McAl...

lead story - Trans women retain athletic edge after a year of hormone therapy, study finds

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Dan Avery NBC News Dora Ratjen Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-C10379%2C_Hermann_Ratjen_...

Joe Biden - Georgia deciding US Senate control in election’s final day

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Steve Peoples, Bill Barrow, Russ Bynum AP Atlanta, GA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Georgia_snow_IMG_5076_%2...
04 January 2021

Colombia - Prominent Transgender Activist in Colombia Dies

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Michael K. Lavers South Florida Gay News Bogotá, Colombia Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Estaci%C3%B3n_de_la_...

New Jersey - Borgata, Garden State Equality help NJ transgender residents with name changes

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Alex Biese app. Atlantic City, NJ Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/The_Quarter_at_Tropicana_in_Atlantic_City.jp...

lead story - Northam’s budget would guarantee transgender health services for Medicaid enrollees

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Ned Allen Fauquier Times Warrenton, VA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Fauquier_County_Courthouse_2020a.jpg pl...

Donald Trump - Trump's bid to steal Georgia exposes GOP election ruse

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Stephen Collinson CNN Trump's downfall Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Consolidated_Telephone_Co._ad_1886....
03 January 2021

India - Transgender Woman Starts Cafe In Noida, Hopes To Inspire Others From 'Community'

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Press  Business World Noida, India Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Noida_roads1.jpg please press:   www.busine...

Michigan - Nessel to appeal case involving companies that refused same-sex, transgender individuals

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Beth LeBlanc The Detroit News Sturgis, MI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/DepotSturgisMI.jpg please press:   www.de...

lead story - US transgender soldiers waiting to be allowed to serve their country again

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Becky Cotterill Sky News The Pentagon Alexandria, VA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/The_Pentagon%2C_cropped_s...

Mike Pence - Pence Welcomes Futile Bid by G.O.P. Lawmakers to Overturn Election

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Luke Broadwater The New York Times US Capitol Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/US_Capitol_west_side.JPG please ...
02 January 2021

UK - After years of denial, I've finally accepted that I'm a trans woman

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"Sophie" The Guardian Appleby-in-Westmorland, UK Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Appleby_Market_Squa...

Washington (state) - In for a renewed fight? Why Seattle-area LGBTQ+ rights advocates are nervous about the new Supreme Court

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Crystal Paul Seattle Times Tacoma, WA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Tacoma_skyline_from_McKinley_Way_%282015...

lead story - A calendar showcasing the successes of transgender people

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Vivek Narayanan The Hindu Dispur, India Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Assam_Secretariat%2C_Dispur%2C_August%...

Joe Biden - Texas judge dismisses Gohmert suit against Pence aimed at overturning election

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Press NBC News Tyler, TX Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Cathedral_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_-_Tyler%2C_Tex...
01 January 2021

Virginia - Pam Northam participates in town hall on Va. transgender students

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Parker Purifoy Washington Blade Richmond, VA (Shockoe Bottom) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/17th_Street%2C_R...

lead story - Fresno man remembered for work for transgender community

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Justin Sacher yourcentralvalley.com Fresno, CA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Fresno_Art_Museum.JPG please pr...

Joe Biden - Pence asks judge to toss GOP lawmaker's bid to overturn election results

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John Kruzel The Hill Louie! Louie! Louie! (Yes, the man has lost his marbles) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/...
31 December 2020

North Carolina - LGBTQ people can finally get domestic violence protections in NC, court rules

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Will Doran The Charlotte Observer Raleigh, NC Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Cathedral.jpg...

lead story - Germany's Transgender Law seen as 'archaic, degrading'

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Elliot Douglas DW Berlin, Germany Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Hackesche_%283815336822%29.jpg please press:...

Joe Biden - GOP Sen. Ben Sasse slams Republicans who plan to delay certification of Joe Biden's win

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Morgan Rimmer, Rachel Janfaza CNN Ben Sasse (R-NE) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Ben_Sasse_official_portrait...
30 December 2020

Maryland - During Maryland rent moratorium, more landlords using legal ‘loophole’ as means to evict

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Hallie Miller The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, MD Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Hippodrome_2004.jpg please press...

lead story - Transgender woman's Christmas Day shooting death called possible hate crime by family and friends

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Press CBS News Chicago, IL (East Chatham) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Lenart_Regional_Gifted_Center%2C_Chi...

Joe Biden - Democrats battle for soul of party as Biden win masks alarming failures

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Tom McCarthy The Guardian Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Marching_to_Raate-road.jpg please press:   www.thegu...
29 December 2020

Oregon - Supreme Court rejects Oregon parents’ effort to limit transgender students

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Staff OPB Dallas, OR Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Polk_County_Courthouse_-_Oregon.png please press:   www.o...

lead story - Transgender people in China turning to grey market for hormones

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Tom Cheshire SKY News Shanghai, China Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Former_Shanghai_Library.jpg please press...

Joe Biden - 5 Lessons Democrats Can Learn From The 2020 Elections

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Mara Liasson NPR The Difficult Lesson William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1884) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Willia...
28 December 2020

Idaho - Athletes, women's and civil rights groups support Idaho transgender athlete's lawsuit

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John Riley MetroWeekly Boise, ID Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Historical_Home_on_Boise%27s_Basque_Block.jpg...

lead story - FROM THE FIELD: Misunderstood and mistreated; transgender women in Mexico

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Gabriela Ramirez UN News Mexico City, Mexico Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Concepcion_cuepopan.jpg please pr...

Mike Pence - Republicans sue Mike Pence in 'desperate' last-ditch effort to overturn election

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Tim O'Donnell Yahoo! news Uh, Donald... Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Lear_and_the_Fool_III.ii.jpg pleas...
27 December 2020

Rhode Island - Councilor Resigns From Leadership Over Transgender Remarks

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Press US News & World Report Providence, RI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Burnside_Park_on_snowy_day.jpg...

lead story - Opinion: Texas isn't on my son's list of safe states. Congress should change that.

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Lauren Rodriguez Austin American-Statesman Austin, TX Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/9162018.Moon.Light.tower...

Joe Biden - Waiting for Joe Biden: How to make it through the final, awful days of Donald Trump

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Jill Lawrence USA Today Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/2018.11.07_Protect_Muller_at_the_White_House%2C_Washin...
26 December 2020

Happy Kwanzaa!

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Happy Boxing Day!

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Minnesota - USA Powerlifting’s new ‘MX’ category raises big hopes and bigger questions

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Karleigh Webb SBNation Marshall, MN Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Marshall_MN_1.jpg please press:   www.outs...

lead news - Isolation and hopes of India's transgender people

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George Kannanthanam UCA News Bangalore, India Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Naganatheshvara_Temple_%289th_ce...

Donald Trump - Trump continues to block pandemic relief package as shutdown looms

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Miranda Bryant The Guardian Trump's plan of action Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Death_Valley_Pupfish_sp...
25 December 2020

Arizona - Fillmore bills target Arizona transgender community

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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy AZ Mirror Apache Junction, AZ Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Apache_Junction-welcome_to_...

lead story - French teens protest after transgender classmate’s suicide

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Michael Spingler, Angela Charlton AP News Lille, France Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Lille_bourse_profil.jp...

Joe Biden - In very different Christmas Day messages, Biden discusses Covid and Trump barely makes reference

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Adam Edelman Yahoo! News Wilmington, DE Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Wilmington_Station_from_parking:_garag...

Merry Christmas!

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24 December 2020

New Jersey - New Jersey transgender community praises state Supreme Court name change ruling

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Sammy Gibbons northjersey.com Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex Trenton, NJ Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Hu...

lead story - Empty salons: Indonesia’s transgender women count cost of COVID

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Aisyah Llewellyn Aljazeerah Medan, Indonesia Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Al-Osmani_Mosque%2C_Medan%2C_Indo...

Joe Biden - The Trump appointee Biden needs to get rid of on day one

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  Marisa Fox CNN Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/1909_Tyee_-_Faculty_Foot.jpg please press:   www.cnn.com
23 December 2020

New Hampshire - Letter: Making history in New Hampshire

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Rep. Gerri Cannon Concord Monitor Somersworth, NH Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Main_St.%2C_Somersworth%2C_N...

lead story - Feelings of isolation during Covid is what transgender people live every day

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Simone Kraus The Photo News Vernon, CT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/The_Tower_on_Fox_Hill%2C_Vernon_Connect...

Joe Biden - Biden Picks Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary

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Erica L. Green, Eliza Shapiro The New York Times Israel Putnam School (now residences) Meriden, CT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...
22 December 2020

Nevada - UNLV Art Virtual Exhibition #Justice Now Live

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  Staff UNLV NewsCemter Las Vegas, NV (UNLV) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/StripFromUNLV.jpg please press:   www....
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