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21 February 2021

Canada - Aaron Devor reappointed as Chair in Transgender Studies

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Anne MacLaurin University of Victoria Transgender archives at University of Victoria Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/common...

Oklahoma - Senate bill would prohibit gender confirmation surgery before 21

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Brett Skarky KFOR McCurtain, OK Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Idabel_August_2018_03_%28McCurtain_County_Cour...

lead story - Federal judge dismisses discrimination lawsuit by transgender fire chief in Georgia

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AP NBC News Byron, GA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Peach_Shops_Outlet_Byron_ga.JPG please press:   www.nbcn...

Anthony Fauci - Fauci: 'Possible' Americans will be wearing masks in 2022 to protect against Covid-19

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Devan Cole CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Anthony_Fauci_2020.jpg please press:   www.cn...
20 February 2021

Maryland - Opinion: The LGBTQ+ ‘Panic’ Defense Needs to Go in Md.

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Riley Grace Roshong Maryland Matters Rockville, MD Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Rockville_Cornerstone.jpg p...

lead story - HRC Mourns Chyna Carrillo, Latinx Transgender Woman Killed in Pennsylvania

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Jose Soto HRC New Wilmington, PA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/New_Wilmington%2C_Pennsylvania.jpg please pre...

budget bill - Here's what's in the House Democrats' stimulus relief plan

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Tami Luhby, Katie Lobosco CNN  Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/US_one_dollar_bill%2C_obverse%2C_series_2009.jpg...
17 February 2021

Arkansas - Arkansas Senate OKs Health Care Religious Objections Bill

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  Andrew DeMillo US News and World Report Harrison, AR Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Harrison_AR_downtown.jp...

lead story - State anti-transgender bills represent coordinated attack, advocates say

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Dan Avery NBC News West Fargo, ND https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/state-anti-transgender-bills-represent-coordinated-attack-advocate...

Joe Biden - Biden says he's uncomfortable with how much he's waited on in the White House. Trump had bragged about the opulence at a similar point in his presidency.

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SinĂ©ad Baker Insider  White House (interior) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/White-house-floor1-cross-Hall.jpg...
16 February 2021

Michigan - Transgender Michigan National Guard member to drop lawsuit in light of new Biden policy

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Paul Egan Detroit Free Press Roscommon, MI Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Roscommon_downtown_2018.jpg please ...

lead story - Transgender Woman Killed in ‘Violent, Vicious' Attack in Miami-Dade: Police

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Press 6 South Florida (NBC) Miami, FL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Miamisummershower.png please press:   ww...

Bennie Thompson - House Democrat Sues Trump, Giuliani And 2 Far-Right Groups Over Capitol Riot

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Ryan Lucas NPR Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Bennie_Thompson_official_photo.jpg ...
15 February 2021

Pennsylvania - 5 issues that drove John Fetterman to another U.S. Senate run

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Molly Bilinski The Morning Call Braddock, PA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/BCL_1024x768.jpg please press:   ...

lead story - What To Do When The News About Trans Americans Is Traumatizing

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Dawn Ennis Forbes Jonesboro, GA (Clayton County) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Clayton_County%2C_Georgia_Cou...

Joe Biden - The end of Trump's trial lifts an oppressive cloud from Washington

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Stephen Collinson CNN Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Black_Clouds_on_Deccan_Plateau.jpg please press:   www.c...
14 February 2021

Ohio - Cincinnati adds gender identity, expression to hate crime ordinance

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Walter Smith-Randolph WKRC-TV Cincinnati, OH Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/The_Belle_of_Louisville_docks_next_to_...

lead story - Flurry of bills aim to set limits on transgender kids – and their doctors

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Cindy Loose Herald-Mail Media Stanford, MT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Stanford%2C_MT_Downtown.jpg please ...

Lindsey Graham - Lindsey Graham says Mitch McConnell speech slamming Trump could haunt Republicans in 2022

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Bart Jansen USA Today Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/U.S._Senator_Lindsey_Graham%2C...
13 February 2021

Illinois - DCFS performance lacking for LGBTQ youth according to audit of Illinois agency

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Raymon Troncoso Belleville News-Democrat Belleville, IL Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Belleville_St._Peter%2...

lead story - School Pulls Book About Transgender Boy After Complaints

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  Press US News and World Report Murray, UT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Murray_City_Hall.JPG please press:...

Donald Trump - Opinion - Trump Is Guilty

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Editorial Board The New York Times Ah, were it so... Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Jugendstrafvollzug.jpg pl...

DAY 5 - IMPEACHMENT SENATE TRIAL

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  Credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRN70Sb7l50
12 February 2021

DAY 4 - SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

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  Credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHdL3pDfrf0

Montana - Montana Republican targets transgender youth with 2 new bills

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Dan Avery NBC News  Whitefish, MT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Whitefish_Depot.jpg please press:   www.nbcn...

lead story - Arizona legislator compares transgender, non-binary kids to barnyard animals

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Josh Sanders 12News.com Apache Junction, AZ Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Apache_Junction-Superstition_Mount...

Joe Biden - The Chamber embraces Biden. And Republicans are livid.

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Theodoric Meyer, Caitlin Oprysko Politico Charles Nagel (1849-1940) US Chamber of Commerce Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...
11 February 2021

DAY 3 - SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

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  Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0XaIWES2Ik

Massachusetts - Senate President Karen Spilka Unveils HERstory: Volume II

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Press HCAM Television Hopkinton, MA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Hopkinton_MA_Town_Hall_1.jpg please press:...

lead story - 'Mandalorian' star Pedro Pascal celebrates sister after she comes out transgender

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Alexander Kacala Today Santiago, Chile Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/WLMCL_-_Municipalidad_de_Santiago.JPG p...

Republican party - Former Republican officials float possibility of forming 'center-right' party

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Veronica Stracqualursi, Mary Kay Mallonee CNN Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Split_%282017_film%29.jpg please pres...

DAY 2 - SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

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  Credit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sym8zo9MM9E
10 February 2021

Ohio - OHIO LGBT Center co-hosts virtual Rural Voices conference on caring for gender diverse and trans communities in rural America

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Press Ohio University McArthur, OH Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Trinity_Episcopal_Church%2C_McArthur.jpg pl...

lead story - Stony Brook Medicine Transgender Health Conference, Feb. 19

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Press Stony Brook News Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Coe_Hall_-_PFA%3...

Donald Trump - Trump hid his calls with Putin. Now, Biden has access to them.

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Natasha Bertrand, Daniel Lippman Politico Oval Office (1934) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/FDR_Oval_Office_i...
09 February 2021

LIVE - SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

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  Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asAjozV-7Qg
08 February 2021

Hawaii - Exclusive: Animated short ‘Kapaemahu’ could be the first-ever Hawaiian film to be nominated for Oscars

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Sharmindrila Paul Animation Xpress Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Hinaleimoana_Wong-Ka...

lead story - 'Incredible courage': 3 who fought the military transgender ban took stands that opened eyes, shaped lives

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Susan Miller USA Today University of New Haven New Haven, CT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Henry_C._Lee_Institute...

Kamala Harris - Biden Wants Harris to Have a Major Role. What It Is Hasn’t Been Defined.

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Katie Rogers, Michael D. Shear The New York Times VP Kamala Harris Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Kamala_Harr...
06 February 2021

UK - LGBT+ history month: forgotten figures who challenged gender expression and identity centuries ago

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Catherine Armstrong The Conversation  Loughborough University Loughborough, UK Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2...

North Carolina - The history of LGBT protection efforts in North Carolina

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Ben Thompson WCNC Cornelius, NC (part of Mecklenburg county) Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Corneliusbranchli...

lead story - Former WWE superstar Gabbi Tuft comes out as transgender

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Jo Yurcaba NBC News WWE headquarters Stamford, CT Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/WWE_Corporate_HQ%2C_Stamford...

Joe Biden - Biden says Trump should not receive intelligence briefings due to his 'erratic behavior'

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Dartunorro Clark NBC News The facts. Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/2017-_Donald_Trump_veracity_-_composite_g...
05 February 2021

Spain - SEAT joins the REDI Board of Directors and reaffirms its commitment to inclusion and diversity

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Press AutoMobilSport.com Santiago de Compostela, Spain Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/065_Santiago_%28da_Comp...

Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania should model Philly’s inclusive health care

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Allison Nikles Temple News Temple University Philadelphia, PA Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/WTP_B10_Audrey_2...

lead story - What Mitt Romney thinks about transgender girls competing in girls sports

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Dennis Romboy Deseret News Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Mitt_Romney_official_US_Senat...

Joe Biden - Live Updates: Biden Sees New Urgency for $1.9 Trillion Stimulus

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Jim Tankersly The New York Times NYSE building New York City, NY Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/New_York_Stock...
04 February 2021

Northern Ireland - Transgender Healthcare Is at Breaking Point In This Corner of Europe

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Michele Theil, Laura Kelly VICE Belfast, Northern Ireland Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Cavehill%2C_Belfast....

Texas - The strong case for transgender inclusion in athletics

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George B. Cunningham The Eagle Bryan, TX Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Bryan%2C_TX_welcome_sign_IMG_4444.JPG...

lead story - Kansas measure would criminalize care for transgender youth

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John Hanna ABC News Sabetha, KS Credit:   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/US_Post_Office_Sabetha_Kansas_5-6-2014.jpg ple...
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