civil rights - HRC Opposes Kavanaugh, Trump’s Pick to Undermine LGBTQ Rights, Reproductive Rights and Health Care

Charlotte Clymer
HRC

Brett Kavanaugh

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Iowa - Meet the people who helped change gender identity in Iowa's Democratic Party

Christine Hawes
Iowa City Press-Citizen

Lone Tree, Iowa

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lead story - Study finds health risks for transgender women on hormone therapy

Avichai Scher
NBC News

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ezs note:  A few tips are in order here:  Read the entire article, including hotlinks.  Don't just give it a quick skim.  Next, see an American Medical Association (AMA) accredited physician to discuss the benefits and risks you are taking.  It's your decision - make it an informed one. 

Donald Trump - Will Trump Be Meeting With His Counterpart — Or His Handler?

Jonathan Chait
New York

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ezs note:  Holy... freaking... crap.  This may very well be Trump's smoking gun.  Read it.  Read it again.  

♩This is the end... my only friend, the end... ♬

Ireland - Hundreds march for better transgender healthcare

Elaine Edwards
The Irish Times

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civil rights - MATTERS OF FAITH: The Jewish case for supporting transgender rights in November

Elias Lieberman
Cape Cod Times

Cape Cod (part of Massachusetts)

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Texas - Texas Transgender Summit to Mark 10 Years at the University of Houston Next Week

Laura Gillespie
OutSmart Magazine

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lead story - Transgender Protections, Other Ballot Questions Certified

Press
US News & World Report

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Donald Trump - NYT: US threatened nations over breastfeeding resolution

Eli Watkins
CNN

Breastfeeding.  Oh, the horror.

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Lithuania - This cute guy's powerful story of being trans in Lithuania will surprise you

Jamie Tabberer
Gay Star News

Ukmerge, Lithuania

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civil rights - These Five Court Cases Could Change the Future of LGBT Rights

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

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Kansas - Kansas teen sentenced in death of transgender woman

Press
WKYT

Wichita, KS

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lead story - INDIA: NO COUNTRY FOR TRANSGENDER WOMEN

Puja Changoiwala
South China Morning Post

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ezs note:  USA - Uh, before we get all proud 'n shit, here's a sobering fact for you:  according to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, we are the 10th worst and the only first-world country to be shamed by the danger to women (cis and trans).  Please, let's go to our town and city halls and speak up.

Donald Trump - In The World According To Trump, NATO Allies Are Bad And Putin Is Good

S.V. Date
HuffPost

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Guyana - Transgender Guyanese women ask CCJ to strike down colonial law

Press
St. Lucia News Online

Georgetown, Guyana (Stabroek Market)

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civil rights - Weekend Read: ‘The Rosa Parks of the transgender movement’

Press
Southern Poverty Law Center

Sylvia Rae Rivera

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Oregon - Oregon to allow students to identify as neither male nor female

Bethany Barnes
The Oregonian

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lead story - Teddy Geiger realized she was transgender in therapy

Jessica Sager
Page Six

Teddy Geiger

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Middletown, New Jersey

estimated transgender population: 380*
(rounded up)

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ezs note:  The Evil Clown of Middletown!  Where is it?  Why,  in Middletown, New Jersey, of course!

*Credit:  http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf

Donald Trump - Trump’s Mar-a-Lago asks to hire 61 additional foreign workers using visa program

Shannon K. Crawford, Soo Rin Kim
ABC

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Croatia - Transgender people have a right to be issued new diplomas

Vedran Pavlik
Total Croatia News

Ŝibenik, Croatia

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civil rights - Inside the Fight to Save LGBT Rights at an All-New Supreme Court

Samantha Allen
The Daily Beast

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