Arizona - UA professor sues state over denial of health-care coverage to transgender employees

Lurissa Carbajal
Cronkite News

Tucson, AZ

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lead story - Family Fun Weekend puts focus on transgender people

Kimberly Drelich (The Day)
San Francisco Chronicle

Groton, CT

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Donald Trump - McCabe responds to Trump's 'poor man's J. Edgar Hoover' slam: 'I don't even know what that means'

Allan Smith

NBC News

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Central African Republic (among others) - Gendered Security and the Right to Life: Analysis of UN Human Rights Committee’s General Comment

Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Just Security

Bangui, Central African Republic

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civil rights - ‘We refuse to hide’: Sarah DePalma, transgender ‘firebrand,’ dead at 67

Lisa Gray
Houston Chronicle

her scrapbook

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ezs note:  I remember the very last words in her scrapbook - '...and we vote'.  Remember that in November. 

Missouri - Gay Methodist woman makes 600-mile prayer journey before denomination vote on LGBTQ issues

Amy McRary
knox news.

St. Louis, MO

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lead story - Connecticut runners part of debate over transgender athletes

Pat Eaton-Robb
StarTribune

Cromwell, CT

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Donald Trump - 'His criminal actions were bold': Prosecutors urge harsh sentence for Paul Manafort in court memo

Bart Jansen
USA Today

Paul Manafort, 'mugging' for the camera

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ezs note:  At the bottom of the article, there is also a 25 page (redacted in part)  document of the prosecutor's version of the court memo.

Cambodia - Village where 'love the same' is embraced

Tabitha Payne
Khmer Times

Koh Province, Cambodia

(not necessarily Angkrong)

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civil rights - Trans woman killed in El Salvador after U.S. deportation, rights group says

Gwen Aviles
NBC News

Santa Ana, El Salvador

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Rhode Island - US Senator leading effort to overturn transgender military ban

Morgan Wright
wdtn.com

Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)

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lead story - India's Kumbh Mela festival features 1st ever transgender congregation

Press
CBC News

Prayagraj, India

(formerly Allahabad)

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North Dakota - Grand Forks council shows support for antidiscrimination efforts

Emily Allen
Grand Forks Herald

Grand Forks, ND

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lead story - Transgender Deputy: Sex Surgery Not Covered by Health Plan

Press
US News & World Report

Warner Robins, GA

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VIDEO - The Rachel Maddow Show (special report)

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Donald Trump - Mueller's Russia investigation: Trump's legal team braces for report, hasn't talked with special counsel in 'weeks'

Kevin Johnson
USA Today

ezs note:  Well, what have you been up to, Donald?

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Ukraine - Volunteer-driven website aims to revolutionize sex ed in Ukraine

Matthew Kupfer
Kyiv Post

Zelenodolsk, Ukraine

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civil rights - How to Fight the Latest Attempts to Erase ‘Transgender’

Alex Myers
The Good Men Project

(alternate)

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New Hampshire - Pappas Knocks Court Decision on Transgender Restrictions for U.S. Service Members

Press
NHPR

Chris Pappas (D-NH)

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lead story - Virginia district split over ending transgender bathroom ban

Ben Finley
fredericksburg.com

Abingdon, VA

(part of Gloucester County)

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Donald Trump - AP source: FBI had backup plan to save Russia probe evidence

Eric Tucker/AP
The Free Press

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lead story - LGBT group drops Martina Navratilova over transgender comments

Press
The Guardian

Martina Navratilova

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