lead story - Transgender men, eager to have biological kids, are freezing their eggs

Julie Compton
NBC News

sperm and ovum, human

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Donald Trump - With Sweeping Document Request, Democrats Launch Broad Trump Corruption Inquiry

Nicholas Fandos
The New York Times

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UK - Inside the Poisonous British Fight Over Transgender Acceptance

Samantha Allen
The Daily Beast

London, UK

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civil rights - Tech Cos., Verizon Tell Court to Preserve Transgender Protections

John Eggerton
B+C

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Alabama - 'A much more normal thing': The changing realities of being transgender on campus

Stephen Lanzi
The Auburn Plainsman

Auburn, AL

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lead story - First UK transgender prison unit to open

Press
BBC

Great Sutton, UK

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Of ALL the people...

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ezs note:  This one flabbergasted me.  It seems very unlikely, but, after a while, it really does make sense.   I'll leave a little space, so you can guess if you like.  First the quote:

“You start thinking you can do the things he does—try to intimidate people, do outlandish things against them—and you won’t face consequences. He might not face consequences, but you’re going to. Everyone could become a kamikaze for him."

Roger Stone

by Emily Jane Fox

"I'm Sorry For The Tweet That I Sent": Inside The Bonkers Michael Cohen-Matt Gaetz Apology

Vanity Fair

VIDEO - Andrew McCabe - "The Threat"

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Donald Trump - Warner: 'Enormous evidence' of contacts between Trump campaign and Russia

Ben Kamisar
NBC

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St. Lucia -Regional rights group urge gov’ts to denounce violence on the basis of sexual orientation

Press
St. Lucia News Online

Castries, St. Lucia

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civil rights - With praise and chants, Archie Archuleta remembered as Utah civil rights leader at a public memorial service

Nate Carlisle
The Salt Lake Tribune

Archie Archuleta (1931-2019)

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Maine - Policy for transgender students not needed, panel says

Dick Broom
Mount Desert Islander

Bar Harbor, ME

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lead story - Big gaps in transgender research: A team at UCSF is working to change that

Helen Santoro
The Mercury News

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Donald Trump - THE SECRET STORY OF THE COHEN DEPOSITION (audio)_

Nick Bilton, Emily Jane Fox
Vanity Fair

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Romania - Romanian Referendum To Ban Same-Sex Marriage Fails

Joanna Kakissis
NPR

Bucharest, Romania

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civil rights - Redefining Gender at Work: How Companies Are Evolving

Press
Hotel News Resource

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New Mexico - WATCH: Rep. Deb Haaland Tells Transgender Military Veterans...

Amelia Mavis Christnot
Second Nexus

Albuquerque, NM

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lead story - Op-Ed: Trump’s ‘failed leadership’ led to transgender ban

Alaina Kupec
Navy Times

San Francisco, CA

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Bernie!

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Home of the Whopper!

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"Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, met with the head of a Russian bank under sanctions and asked Russia’s ambassador to Washington, Sergey I. Kislyak, whether Mr. Trump’s aides could use phone lines at the Russian embassy to communicate with Moscow during the presidential transition."

Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt

The New York Times

"Moscow Skyscraper Talks Continued Through ‘the Day I Won,’ Trump Is Said to Acknowledge"

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/us/politics/trump-tower-moscow-cohen-giuliani.html

Donald Trump - The 29 most consequential lines from Michael Cohen's congressional testimony

Chris Cillizza
CNN

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ezs note:  Okaaay... there is a long list of hotlinks in Chris Cillizza's article.  If you are a casual reader, you don't need to worry about that.  However, if you are like me, an anti-Trump geek, you would do well to read part or all of them.  (Yaaaah!!)

Poland - Poland moves step closer to banning gay conversion therapy

Lydia Smith
Pink News

Slupsk, Poland

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