lead story - Trump’s transgender military service ban is based in ‘prejudice and bigotry’

Erwin Chemerinsky
The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento, CA

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Donald Trump - Warren calls on House to begin impeachment proceedings against Trump

Rebecca Shabad
NBC News

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Myanmar - Toilets with threatening auras

Nyo Ma
Myanmar Times

Naypyidaw, Myanmar

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civil rights - Queer-owned consulting firm wants to help your workplace support transgender employees

Caitlin Whyte
WXXI

Rochester, NY

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Kentucky - Kentucky BBQ truck grilled for changing 'LGBTQ' meaning on Trump T-shirts

Lucas Aulbach
Courier-Journal

Williamstown, KY

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lead story - Charlize Theron confirms daughter Jackson is transgender

Francesca Bacardi
Page Six

Charlize Theron

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Read and search the full Mueller report

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lead story - Naval Academy to ban transgender students beginning in 2020

Kristin Lam
USA Today

Annapolis, MD

United States Naval Academy

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Donald Trump - Stephen Colbert Applauds France’s Response To Donald Trump’s Notre Dame Cathedral Fire Fighting Advice

Lisa de Moraes
Deadline

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Brazil - A Transgender Volleyball Star Stirs ‘Unfounded’ Criticism In Brazil

Andrêa Martinelli
HuffPost

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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civil rights - Illinois parents drop lawsuit challenging transgender bathroom access

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KMOV

Oh, shazam...

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ezs note:  It's nice that the parents had the sense to drop the suit.  It would have been nicer if they had put it in the trash to begin with...

Kentucky - Bowling Green rejects anti-discrimination ordinance protecting LGBTQ residents

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Courier-Journal

Bowling Green, KY

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lead story - The biggest thing critics continually get wrong about transgender athletes competing in women's sports

Alan Dawson
Insider

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civil rights - Examining Transgender Civil Rights

Kyle Kellams
KUAF

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New York - Five harsh facts of transgender life in New York City

Zach Williams
New York Nonprofit Media

New York City, NY

Rockefeller Center

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lead story - Man was offered $200 to beat transgender woman: cops

Joshua Rhett Miller
New York Post

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Aftermath of Notre-Dame (VIDEO)

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Notre-Dame, Paris

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Donald Trump - Could Bernie Sanders really be elected president? There's a narrow but plausible pathway

Matthew Rozsa
Salon

ezs note:  Sure, Bernie's a bit of a longshot... but Trump does something colossally stupid every... single... day.  I have great faith in his oafishness. 

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Zimbabwe - LEAD Reclaims People’s Revolution

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ZimEye

Harare, Zimbabwe

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ezs note:  Things may be too early to tell... but it looks like life will be a little better...

civil rights - Transgender Rights Activist Sarah McBride to Give Talk at Rutgers–Camden

Stefanie Charles
Rutgers-Camden News Now

Camden, NJ

Rutgers-Camden University

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Virginia - Transgender Bathrooms: A Local Matter?

Dan Brendel
Alexandria Gazette-Packet

Alexandria, VA

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