Donald Trump - Monty Python Icon John Cleese Has 2 Brutal Questions For Evangelical Trump Fans

Ed Mazza
HuffPost

John Cleese

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Sint Maarten - Minister Johnson calls sexual harassment accusations false

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The Daily Herald

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

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civil rights - Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, Carmen Carrera, and More Express Outrage at Reported Removal of Transgender Civil Rights Protections

Ilana Kaplan
W Magazine

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ezs note: Once again, VOTE.

Minnesota - Candidates for Minnesota attorney general clash over essence of job

J. Patrick Coolican, Jessie Van Berkel
Star Tribune

Minneapolis, MN

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ezs note:  It's down a bit, but Keith Ellison accuses his opponent of belonging to Alliance Defending Freedom.  

lead story - Dear Mr. Trump: I’m Transgender And I Have A Few Things I Want You To Know

Alexandra Billings
HuffPost

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ezs note:  Umm... if you haven't figured it out yet...

GO VOTE!!!

Election Day is November 6.

Idaho - Meridian approves "add the words" ordinance

Patty Bowen
Meridien Press

Meridian, ID

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lead story - Trump admin said to refine legal definition of gender, putting transgender gains at risk: NY Times

Michael Nigro
CNBC

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Trouble for Stonewall's 50th Anniversary

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Nepal - One step forward two steps back on same-sex marriage

Gopal Gartaula
Nepali Times

Kavre, Nepal

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civil rights - Adviser: Transgender rights should be a part of every workplace

Sarah J. Moore
Crain's Cleveland Business

Cleveland, OH 

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Alabama - Ranking Alabama Cities on LGBTQ Protections

Tim Lennox
Alabama News Network

Auburn, AL

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lead story - New transgender guide helps plan transitions, support gender affirmation

Nancy Doolittle
Cornell Chronicle

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

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Fredericksburg, Texas

estimated transgender population:  66*
(rounded down)

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ezs note:  When we hear of treaties being broken time after time with Native Americans, it is indeed sad.  Not so with the town of Fredericksburg, Texas.  John O. Meusebach (formerly Baron Otfried Hans von Meusebach) arranged a treaty between his people and the Penateka Native Americans in 1847 - and it has lasted to this day.

Peace.  Gee, what an amazing concept.  We ought to try it sometime.

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Donald Trump - Stephen Colbert Has 1 Wish For Trump After Reports Of Fighting Among White House Aides

Ed Mazza
HuffPost

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Malta - Malta’s First Transgender Politician Gets Hitched In Beautiful Sunset Ceremony

Tim Diacono
Lovin Malta

Zurrieq, Malta

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civil rights - Transgender 101 public forum slated

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Observer

Jamestown, NY

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Wyoming - Two decades after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ community still battles hate violence

Julie Compton
NBC News

Laramie, WY

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lead story - Massachusetts residents to vote on transgender rights

Bob Salsberg
The Christian Science Monitor

Boston, MA

(Christian Science Mother Church)

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ezs note:  To my friends in Massachusetts - please vote YES on Question 3!

Montana - Vote tabled in Dillon on anti-discrimination ordinance

Susan Dunlap
Montana Standard

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lead story - Transgender menstruation: the men who have periods and the women who don’t

Rhea Mogul
South China Morning News

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Jamaica - Pastor Blasts MoBay Pride Organisers

Albert Ferguson
Jamaica Gleaner

Montego Bay, Jamaica

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ezs note:  Just a little note to the 'pastors' - contrary to those who believe MoBay Pride is a 'devious' attempt to 'get more people involved', maybe, just maybe, it might allow queer folk to walk down the street without being accosted by cretinous vermin - like you.  

civil rights - Beverly passes resolution prohibiting public accommodation discrimination

Jennie Oemig
Wicked Local Beverly

Beverly, MA

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