Emily's virtual rocket

20 September 2016

Homeless shelters facing new transgender rules

Tim Devaney
The Hill

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History professor: Gender identity issues, prejudice go way back in U.S. history

Rob Schofield
the progressive pulse

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19 September 2016

Transgender 8-Year-Old Walks in Dallas Pride Parade

Alice Barr
NBC 10

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Tippecanoe Co. adds transgender antidiscrimination law

Associated Press
The Dispatch

Lafayette, Indiana

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18 September 2016

Trans teen finds 'family' in football team (Canada)

Aly Thompson
The Sachem and Glanbrook Gazette

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Police Searching for Killer of Transgender Woman

George Solis
CBS Baltimore

Crystal Edmonds

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ezs note: Please, if you have any information regarding the murder of Crystal Edmonds, call 443-263-2220.

Rest in peace, Crystal...

Happy birthday to, well, me!

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17 September 2016

Trustees hear about transgender rights

Sean Yoder
The Indiana Gazette

Indiana (town), Pennsylvania

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Police arrest man for murder of transgender woman Deeniquia Dodds (UK)

Meka Beresford
Pink News

Deeniquia Dodds

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Army chiefs applaud 'courage' of Britain’s first female infantry soldier who revealed she was born a boy (UK)

Lexi Finnigan
The Telegraph

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Fuentealbilla, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

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15 September 2016

In a First, Openly Transgender Service Member Promoted

Fiona Dawson
NBC News

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Blake Dremann, center

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I rest my case. Period.

Ron Dicker
The Huffington Post

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ezs note: Please click the area just above, and the video Keith Olbermann wrote. If you like it, send it along to your friends. Let's start a Donald Trump weenie roast!

14 September 2016

Police arrest soldier in transgender woman's death

Staff
El Paso Times

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Indiana won't let transgender man change name

Stephanie Wang
IndyStar

Gee, is this the judge?

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13 September 2016

A Close Reading of the North Carolina GOP’s Deranged Response to the NCAA

Mark Joseph Stern
Slate

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ezs note: Aw, don't be too hard on them. I love it when North Carolinians act like batshit fools! (Are you listening, Hartford Whalers?)

Why a transgender woman robbed a bank, threw cash in the air and waited for police

Kristine Guerra
The Washington Post

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12 September 2016

Transgender woman found slain on Chicago's West Side

Gretchen Rachel Hammond
Windy City Times

Chicago, Garfield Park (portion) Chicago

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ezs note: If you live or visit Chicago - particularly in the Garfield Park area - and you have any information about the murder of T.T., please call the Chicago Police Department at 312-746-6000. Thanks.