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22 January 2021

Australia - Margaret Court's Order of Australia award sparks anger

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Press BBC News Perth, Australia Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Perth_Town_Hall_%28North_West_corner_faces%29....

Colorado - Transgender pastor from Colorado takes part in the Inaugural Prayer Ceremony

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Deborah Takahara FOX 31 Longmont, CO Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Longmont%2C_CO%2C_Safety_and_Justice_Cent...

lead story - Biden order may mean trouble for Idaho transgender sports law

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Sally Krutig Post Register Arco, ID Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/DSC01126_-_Arco%2C_Idaho.jpg please press:...

Joe Biden - Biden wants to remove this controversial word from US laws

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Catherine E. Shoichet CNN  Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Two-people-talking-logo.jpg please press:   www.cnn...
21 January 2021

New Hampshire - BOSC Policy Committee recommends new transgender policy

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Andrew Sylvia Manchester Ink Link Manchester, NH Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/DowntownManch.JPG please pres...

lead story - Biden issues executive order expanding LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections

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Jo Yurcaba NBC News Elementary classroom Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Elementary_classroom_in_Alaska.jpg pl...

Joe Biden - 'Welcome Back America': Newspapers around the world react to Biden's inauguration

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Rob Picheta CNN Business Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Old_man_reading_news_paper_early_in_the_morning_at_Ba...
20 January 2021

Maryland - Maryland bill would ease requirements for trans people to legally change their name

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Bil Browning LGBTQ Nation Elkton, MD Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/US_40_WB_past_MD_781.jpeg please press:  ...

lead story - Biden to reverse transgender military ban imminently, White House says

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Jo Yurcaba NBC News Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Live_firing_150223-A-CR907-007.jpg   please press:   www.nb...

Joe Biden - Joe Biden is now president, but Trump has changed the US for a generation

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Martin Kettle The Guardian Aerial view of Capitol Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Aerial_view_of_the_Capitol_H...

DING DONG, THE WITCH IS DEAD! (live coverage of Pres. Joe Biden inaugural speech)

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  Credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwvbQR887W0
19 January 2021

A Reporter’s Footage from Inside the Capitol Siege | The New Yorker (video)

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  Credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=270F8s5TEKY

Nebraska - Bethel Church breaks away from U.C.C., citing left-leaning activism

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Dan Swanson News Channel Nebraska Nebraska City, NE Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Arbor_Lodge.jpg please pre...

lead story - Biden picks transgender physician Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary

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Press NBC News Dr. Rachel Levine Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Dr._Levine_State_Portrait.jpg please press:  ...

Donald Trump - Mitch McConnell: Capitol Hill mob was 'provoked' by Trump

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Alex Rogers, Clare Foran CNN Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-TN) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Mitch_McConnell_2016_...
18 January 2021

New York - North Brooklyn Residents Plead With Gov. Cuomo To Keep Marsha P. Johnson State Park Open

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Anna Conkling Bklyner. Brooklyn, NY (1900) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/The_World_almanac_and_encyclopedia_...

lead story - Montana Republican targets transgender youth with 2 new bills

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Dan Avery NBC News Kalispell, MT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Kalispell_Main_Street_Historic_District_sign_...

Donald Trump - Capitol rioter plotted to sell stolen Pelosi laptop to Russian intelligence

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Tom Winter, Corky Siemaszko NBC News Moscow, Russia FIS headquarters Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Some_Mosc...
17 January 2021

Delaware - LGBTQ Social Group In Delaware Brings Community Together

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Press TechnoCodex Wilmington, DE Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Old_Town_Hall_Wilmington.JPG please press:  

lead story - For some transgender people, pandemic paves path to transition

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Carol Leonetti Dannhauser CT Mirror South Windsor, CT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/FormerMemorialLibrarySou...

Joe Biden - Washington, D.C., locks down as inauguration events kick off

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Sarah Baldwin, Audrey McNamara, Caroline Linton CBS News Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Barbed_Wire_Roll.jpg ...
16 January 2021

Idaho - Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe and Candace Parker Support Brief Against Idaho Anti-Transgender Law

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Jenna West Sports Illustrated   Boise, ID Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Idaho_Historical_Museum.JPG please p...

lead story - Judge: Alabama transgender license policy unconstitutional

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Kim Chandler ABC News Montgomery, AL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Carolyn_Blount_Theatre.jpg please press: ...

Donald Trump - As Trump leaves the stage, Republicans grapple with new conspiracy caucus

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Michael Warren CNN Eeeek! It's a  conspiracy ! Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Dollarnote_siegel_hq.jpg pl...
15 January 2021

NOTE - "American Reckoning", PBS

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  Credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7-iEx3yOsw ezs note:  "American Reckoning" will be shown at 9 pm Eastern Time. 

India - Gender Should Never Be A Barrier In Life: Transmodel Archie Singh

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Arshi Khanam Outlook Itangar, India Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Entrance_-_Jawaharlal_Nehru_Museum.JPG ple...

Florida - Trump Judges Distort Precedent to Rule Against Transgender Inmate in Florida: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears

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Paul Gordon People For The American Way Panama City, FL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Rock-Tenn_Facility_Pan...

lead story - Body of missing transgender woman, 37, found in SUV on Detroit's west side

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Miriam Marini Detroit Free Press  Detroit, MI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Detroit_Downtown_Trolley_on_Jeff...

Joe Biden - Biden wrests control of Trump's spotlight and makes first big bet of presidency

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Stephen Collinson, Maeve Reston CNN Hint - it ain't on Trump. Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/David_%26_Ki...
14 January 2021

Washington (state) - WSU announces Visiting Writers Schedule for Spring 2021

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Staff WSU Insider Pullman, WA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/WSU_BryanTower.jpg please press:   news.wsu.edu

lead story - Transgender man fatally shot in Puerto Rico

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Dan Avery   NBC News Trujillo Alto, PR (section of San Juan) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Trujillo_Alto_mar...

Donald Trump - Trump Struggles to Find Lawyers as Impeachment Trial Nears

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Tom Schoenberg, Jennifer Jacobs, Jordan Fabian Bloomberg law office Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/LaidleyTow...
13 January 2021

IMPEACHMENT, AGAIN

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  Credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjoOoCgubLY ezs note:  To see the final vote, go to 6:52:04.  Thanks.

Pennsylvania - Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania now offers hormone therapy for transgender and non-binary patients

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Amanda Waltz Pittsburgh City Paper Pittsburgh, PA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Muralof300SixthStreetBuilding.jpg...

lead story - HRC Mourns Tyianna Alexander, Black Transgender Woman Killed in Chicago

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Madeleine Roberts HRC Chicago, IL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/2004-09-07_1800x2400_chicago_picasso.jpg ple...

Donald Trump - Trump's 5-year campaign of lies led to the Capitol attack. And we just let it happen.

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Cindy L. Otis USA Today Uh... we told ya so... Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Donald_Trump_speaking_at_CPAC_2...
12 January 2021

UK - British trans clinic appeals puberty blockers judgment

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Rachel Savage Thomson Reuters Foundation News London, UK Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Trafalgar_Square_by_C...

Michigan - Prosecutors won't proceed with charges against Michigan woman arrested during Capitol insurrection

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Riley Beggin The Detroit News Grand Rapids, MI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Grand_River%2C_Grand_Rapids.jpg...

lead story - Sydney women-only ocean pool under fire over transgender policy

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Helen Sullivan The Guardian  Sydney, Australia Credit:   ttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Sydney_Opera_House_and_Harbour_B...

Donald Trump - Early warning signs emerge for GOP after US Capitol riots

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Mark Levy, Thomas Beaumont, Nicholas Riccardi AP A "friendly" little meet-up Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...
11 January 2021

FLASH - Armed protests being planned at all 50 state capitols, FBI bulletin says

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Aaron Katersky, Celia Darrough ABC News Connecticut State Capitol Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Connecticut_...

Alabama - Alabama lawmakers again seek to ban transgender treatments for minors

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Mike Cason AL.com Troy, AL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Johnson_Center_for_the_Arts.jpg please press:   www...

lead story - How transgender protection laws differ by state

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Alexander Raeburn Napa Valley Register Napa, CA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Napa_aerial.jpg please press: ...

Donald Trump - House Democrats plan to vote Wednesday to impeach Trump

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Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Phil Mattingly CNN Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Senate_in_session.jpg p...
10 January 2021

ATTENTION

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The following raw footage of the breach of the Capitol is over 6 hours long.  It is courtesy of globalnews.ca.  As I've said, the footag...

World - Activists around the world react to Capitol siege

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Michael K. Lavers Los Angeles Blade The Earth Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jp...

Iowa - Iowa Safe Schools will work to ban conversion therapy in new lawmaking session

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Zach Sommers We Are Iowa Des Moines, IA (1907) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Des_Moines_c1907_LOC_pan_6a0508...

lead story - Advocacy Group, Lawmakers Team Up to Support Transgender Chicagoans

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Blair Paddock WTTW Chicago, IL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/The_Magnificent_Mile%2C_Michigan_Avenue%2C_Chic...

Mike Pence - Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment, source says

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Jim Acosta, Pamela Brown CNN Vice President's residence Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/1OC2003.jpg please...
09 January 2021

An Air Force Combat Veteran Breached the Senate

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Ronan Farrow The New Yorker J Larry Rendall Brock Jr. Turn him in to the police. Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/...
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