VIDEO - MATT BAUME - White House Staffer Reveals Trump's LGBTQ-Rights Trick

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Donald Trump - Mike Pence’s Damning Indictment of Donald Trump

Conor Friedersdorf
The Atlantic

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India - Indian state takes a step forward for transgender rights

Swati Gupta
CNN

High Court of Kerala, Kochi

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civil rights - State ordered to pay for 2 transgender surgeries

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Madison, WI (off Lake Mendota)

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Vermont - Transgender candidate wants to bring Vt. together

Melanie Plenda
Reformer

Brattleboro, VT

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lead story - Dublin barber fined €5,000 in transgender discrimination case

Gordon Deegan
The Irish Times

Walkinstown, Ireland (part of Dublin)

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Donald Trump - Federal Lawsuit Against President Trump's Business Interests Allowed To Proceed

Peter Overby
NPR

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Kenya - Transgender Kenyans fear WHO re-classification will cause confusion

Rhoda Odhiambo
The Star

Nairobi, Kenya

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civil rights - Judge's Ruling Supports Oregon School's Transgender Policy

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US News & World Report

Dallas, OR

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Connecticut - Connecticut launches campaign to end new HIV infections

Clarice Silber
CT Mirror

New Haven, CT

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ezs note:  A few tips for you:

1)  Get tested now.  You need not wait any longer, I promise you.

2)  If your partner balks at wearing a condom, say NO.  If he still refuses, the jerk's not worth it.

3)  If you test positive, see what options are available.  In Connecticut (and all around New England, really) there are options available.

lead story - Was she denied Communion because she’d been chewing gum — or because she’s transgender?

Tim Funk
The Herald

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Kansas - YouTube star Tyler Oakley challenges Kansas principal on LGBTQ issues

Suzanne Perez Tobias
The Wichita Eagle

Cheney, KS

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lead story - Transgender victim shot at 7 Mile gas station

James David Dickson
The Detroit News

Detroit, MI

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ezs note:  If you have any information on the shooting that took place, please call the Detroit Police Department at 313-267-2600.  Thanks.

Donald Trump - VIDEO: 'LOCK HIM UP,' PROTESTERS CHANT AS TRUMP ARRIVES AT WHITE HOUSE

Chantal Da Silva
Newsweek

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Bangladesh - Small factory offers big changes for transgender people

Bilkis Irani
Dhaka Tribune

Dhaka, Bangladesh

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civil rights - Transgender inmate sues IDOC, alleges mistreatment in Southern Illinois men’s facility

Mary Cooley
Belleville News-Democrat

Dixon, IL

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Georgia - LGBTQ researcher named Georgia Psychiatrist of the Year

Jason Rhode
Georgia Voice

Kennesaw, GA

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ezs note:  Congratulations, Dr. Graham!

lead story - Once ostracised, now Pakistani transgender people are running for parliament

Memphis Barker
The Guardian

Islamabad, Pakistan

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VIDEO - MATT BAUME - Soccer Could Protect LGBT Rights in the Middle East

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Donald Trump - Audience bursts out laughing after GOP Senate candidate says Trump is ‘standing up’ to Russia

Morgan Gstalter
The Hill

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Peru - Former HRC Global Innovator Announces Results of Major LGBTQ Workplace Inclusion Survey in Peru

Milagros Chirinos
HRC

Lima, Peru

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civil rights - Transgender equality battle front line moves to Ohio

Hugo Greenhalgh
Reuters

London, OH

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