lead story - Police determining if assault on transgender woman a hate crime

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CNN

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Mississippi - Woman sues McDonald's, alleges discrimination because she's transgender

Sarah Fowler
Clarion-Ledger

'friendly' Jackson, MS

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lead story - Everything you need to know about the transgender military ban

Orion Rummler
Axios

The Pentagon

Arlington, VA

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Paraguay - Paraguay's LGBT community feels outcast amid conservative shift: 'We are forgotten'

Daniela Desantis
Reuters

Asuncíon, Paraguay

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civil rights - BETSY DEVOS SAYS SHE KNEW OF POTENTIAL HARMS—LIKE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, LOWER TEST SCORES—WHEN SHE RESCINDED OBAMA-ERA PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS

Alexandra Hutzler
Newsweek

'Secretary' of Education Betsy DeVos

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Maryland - Baltimore City schools board passes policy protecting transgender students

Colin Campbell
The Baltimore Sun

Baltimore, MD

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lead story - Stop pretending the transgender ban isn’t a ban

Diane H. Mazur
Politico

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Donald Trump - Trump’s sister quietly retired in February, and it’s actually a really big deal

Matthew Yglesias
Vox

Maryanne Trump Barry

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Italy - WCF Verona: Where the 'Wind of Change' Marked a Sea Change in Hate Group's Strategy

Staff
Southern Poverty Law Center

Verona, Italy

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civil rights - Attorneys: Honduran transgender migrant unlawfully detained

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San Francisco Chronicle

Albuquerque, NM

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New Hampshire - HB 446: Allow trans, non-binary people to correct birth records

Palana Belken
Fosters.com

Dover, NH

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lead story - Trump’s Transgender Ban Brings Chaos and ‘a Lot of Fear’ to Troops’ Families

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

San Antonio, TX

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LIVE - Donald Trump's brain!

(ummmm... or a black hole)

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Donald Trump - Trump’s ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon

Eliana Johnson, Daniel Lippman
Politico

Bizzarro

ezs note:  Can Connecticut go to another country?  Please? We'll be good...

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Cuba - Cuba begins distributing PrEP through pilot program

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade

Havana, Cuba

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civil rights - DeVos defends controversial guidance on transgender students

Avery Anapol
The Hill

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Rhode Island - Vella-Wilkinson bill would extend benefits to gay, transgender veterans without honorable discharges

Rob Borkowski
Warwick Post

Warwick, RI

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lead story - 'Very Important Precedent:' Russian Court Rules Transgender Woman Was Fired Illegally

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RFE/RL

St. Petersburg, Russia

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ezs note:  In North America and Western Europe, this is somewhat routine, but in Russia this is HUGE. Congratulations, Ms. Grigoryeva!

Brunei - Brunei’s death by stoning, anti-LGBTQ law sparks outrage, boycotts

Lucy Martirosyan
PRI

The Stoning Of An Adulteress

Abu'l Hassan Ghaffari (abt. 1853-1857)

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ezs note:  If you have any heart at all, you'll email http://www.bruneiembassy.org/contact-us.html and contact the Ambassador and send a polite but FIRM message.  If you have no heart, please pick one up on the way out.

civil rights - HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow to Testify at Congressional Hearing on the Bipartisan Equality Act

Stephen Peters
HRC

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Maryland - Md. House Speaker Michael Busch dies

James Wellemeyer
Washington Blade

Annapolis, MD

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ezs note:  Maryland, we mourn with you...

lead story - Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban Marks the Dark Return of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

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