New Zealand - Should New Zealand drop gender for birth certificates, licences?

Zane Small
Newshub (NZ)

Wellington, New Zealand

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civil rights - AG Healey Demands Civil Rights Protections for Transgender People

Staff
Cape Cod Times

AG Maura Healey

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Wyoming/DC - What Matthew Shepard’s interment taught us about religion

Brett Krutzsch
OUPblog

Laramie, WY

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lead story - Transgender pride flag flies over Yellowknife city hall for first time

Press
CBC News

Yellowknife, NWT (Canada)

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Donald Trump - Ex-White House Aide Details Trump’s ‘Team Of Vipers’ In Tell-All Book: ‘We Were Ruthless’

Hayley Miller
HuffPost

Bamboo pit viper (sadly, not the book)

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Kenya/UK - Gay rugby player Kenneth Macharia in deportation persecution fear

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BBC News

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civil rights - Boyertown (PA) students ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of transgender bathroom challenge

Peter Hall
The Morning Call

Boyertown, PA

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California - ‘This or suicide.’ Lacking options in the Valley, trans people travel hours for surgery

Mackenzie Mays
Bristol Herald-Courier (originally in The Fresno Bee)

Fresno, CA

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lead story - ‘We Have Targets on Our Backs’: How Jacksonville Became America’s Transgender Murder Capital

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Jacksonville, FL

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Donald Trump - Trump blasts 'little Adam Schitt' on Twitter

Quint Forgey
Politico

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ezs note:  Oooo, good one, Donald.  I'm sure Beavis and Butt-Head would be quite impressed.

Guam - Historic Wave of Women Candidates Sweep to Power on Guam

Jon Letman
Truthout

Hagåtña, Guam

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civil rights - EXCLUSIVE: How Trump administration pressure to dump 4-H's LGBT policy led to Iowa leader's firing

Courtney Crowder, Jason Clayworth
Des Moines Register

4-H girl and her bunny

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Rhode Island - Hundreds rally at State House against Trump’s efforts to “erase” transgender people

Linda Borg
Providence Journal

Rhode Island State House

Providence, RI

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lead story - How the Catholic 'alt-right' aims to purge LGBTQ members from the church

Corky Siemaszko
NBC News

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Donald Trump - Trump denies questioning VP's allegiance, says Pence is '100% loyal'

Sarah Westwood, Veronica Stracqualursi, Kevin Liptak
CNN

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ezs note: Yuh, huh.  Yeah, Pence is toast...

Ghana - Ghana’s Laws Protect All Including LGBTs

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Peace FM Radio

Accra, Ghana

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civil rights - Betsy DeVos Wants to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections For Students Filing Complaints of Sexual Harassment or Assault

Emma J Roth
ACLU

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ezs note:  Also of note, Dennis Prager, 'president' of PragerU, spouts the same crap to colleges and universities.   Whether you are gay, lesbian, transgender, or straight, it's really imperative that you nip this in the bud, the sooner the better.

Iowa - Tealight vigil helps students mourn loss of transgender individuals

Logan Metzger
Iowa State Daily

Catt Hall, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

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lead story - Four Reminders This Transgender Awareness Week

Helen Parshall
HRC

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Donald Trump - Trump speaks on Jim Acosta, and also says he has answered written questions from special counsel

Grace Segers
CBS News

Jim Acosta

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Czech Republic - CZECH WOMEN’S LOBBY: SOCIETAL VIEW ON RAPE UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF “ISTANBUL CONVENTION”

Brian Kenety
Radio Praha (English - Prague)

coat of arms

Prague, Czech Republic

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civil rights - Community feature: Transgender Day of Remembrance returns amid fight for civil rights

Erica Thompson
Alive

Columbus, OH

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