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29 January 2021

Tennessee - Discrimination Against LGBT People Grows in Tennessee

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Peter Minkoff Out And About Nashville Jackson, TN Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Caseyjonesgrave.jpg please p...

lead story - Army chaplain under investigation for calling transgender soldiers 'mentally unfit' to serve

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Wilson Wong NBC News Killeen, TX Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/1st_Cavalry_Museum%2C_Ft._Hood.jpg please pre...

Joe Biden - Biden Refusing to Give Marjorie Taylor Greene the Attention She Craves

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Sam Brodey, Scott Bixby The Daily Beast Marjorie Taylor Greene Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Crying-girl.jpg...

AMEN!!!

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I really don't care whether you are a believer or not.  Pastor Gino Jennings RIPS 'prophetess' Paula White a new one - as well a...
27 January 2021

EU - European Human Rights Court Fines Romania For Transgender Rights Violations

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Press RFE/RL Bucharest, Romania Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Mihai_Viteazul_statue.jpg please press:   www.r...

Kentucky - With Transgender Military Ban Lifted, Kentucky Native Eager to Enlist

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Adam K. Raymond Spectrum News Glasgow, KY Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/South_Green_Street_Glasgow_Kentucky_...

lead story - With ban lifted, transgender service members free to figure out what comes next

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Jo Yurcaba NBC News Fort Bliss, TX Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Iron_Focus_120426-A-QP483-027.jpg please pr...

Joe Biden - Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Set Modern Record For Executive Orders in His First Week?

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Darragh Roche Newsweek World record! Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Ludovic_and_Lauren_%288425515069%29.jpg p...
25 January 2021

Massachusetts - 'It's still hard to think about' : Jacob Lemay shares what living under Trump has felt like for transgender youth

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Dialynn Dwyer Boston.com Boston, MA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Dorchester_Heights_Monument_-_DSC00770.JPG...

lead story - Biden lifts Pentagon's ban on transgender people serving in military

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Luis Martinez ABC News cold weather training Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/USRAK_soldiers_attend_Finnish_arm...

Joe Biden - Biden attends first Sunday Mass as President

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Arlette Saenz, Allie Malloy, Jasmine Wright, Chandelis Duster CNN Holy Trinity Catholic Church Washington DC Credit:   https://upload.wikime...
24 January 2021

India - Standing on a precipice: A peep into the plight of Northeast India's transgender community

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Pritisha Borthakur EastMojo.com Kohima, India Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Kohima_War_Cemetery%2C_Kohima%2C...

Maine - OUT Maine releases free guidebook ‘Best practices for LGBTQ+ inclusive youth programming’

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Press Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Gun_recovered_from_the_USS_Maine.jpg please...

lead story - Biden Moves to Reverse DeVos on Transgender Students’ Treatment

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Andrew Kreighbaum Bloomberg Government Department of Education Washington DC Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/U...

Joe Biden - Here are the executive actions Biden will take this week

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Brett Samuels The Hill Climate Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/ShipTracks_MODIS_2005may11.jpg please press:   ...
23 January 2021

India - Transgenders To Collect Parking Fees In Bhubaneshwar

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ANI Business World Bhubaneshwar, India Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Sisupalagada_Bhubaneswar.jpg

New York - New York Democrats finally ready to repeal ‘walking while trans’ loitering law

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Denis Slattery New York Daily News Yonkers, NY Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Philipse_Manor_Hall.jpg

lead story - Pennsylvania state representative mocks Dr. Rachel Levine on Facebook, apologizes

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AP ABC 6 Ford City, PA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Ford_City_High_School.jpg please press:   6abc.com

Joe Biden - Psaki announces new White House effort to combat domestic extremism in wake of Capitol riot

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Brittany Shepherd Yahoo! News Press Secretary Jen Psaki Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Jen_Psaki_during_first...
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...
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