civil rights - Yes, the Civil Rights Act does protect gay and trans Americans

Evan Wolfson
The Hill

US Capitol (interior)

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Alabama - LGBTQ Visibility Isn’t Just Educational, It Is Vital Education

Gary Wright II
BamaPolitics

Montgomery, AL

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civil rights - Three transgender women challenge portion of Pennsylvania’s name-change law

Valerie Russ
The Inquirer

Harrisburg, PA

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Donald Trump - Mueller speaks about the Russia investigation (among many, many others)

Meg Wagner, Amanda Wills, Brian Ries
CNN

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Romania/US - U.S. Embassy awards seven Women of Courage in Romania

Press
Romania-Insider.com

Bucharest, Romania

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civil rights - The Democrats’ Neglect of Transgender Rights

Casey Quinlan
The New Republic

Mahoning County Courthouse

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Maine - Maine officially bans gay conversion therapy

Aris Folley
The Hill

Farmington, ME

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ezs note:  ♩Another one bites the dust... ♬ (Yay!)

lead story - New Gillette ad shows dad teaching transgender son how to shave

Aimee Picchi
CBS News

Gillette ad, 1953

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lead story - The World Health Organization Will Stop Classifying Transgender People as Having a 'Mental Disorder'

Suyin Haynes
Time

WHO smallpox eradication (1980)

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Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Activists Criticize Religious Freedom, Conversion Therapy Bills

Michael Lavers
PrideSource

San Juan, PR

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civil rights - Donald Trump Campaigned as a President for LGBTQ Americans. But He Keeps Rolling Back Protections for Them

Abby Vesoulis
Time

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Arizona - How a transgender character changed when a trans actor was hired for the role

Kerry Lengel
AZcentral

Phoenix, AZ

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lead story - These transgender soldiers are still allowed to serve. They want to prove their detractors wrong

Emanuella Grinberg
CNN

Colorado Springs, CO

Peterson AFB

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Coming Out The LGBT Cultural Revolution before Stonewall (video)

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ezs note:  Short, but very good. See it if you can.

Donald Trump - Why Trump’s Stonewalling Legal Strategy Will Keep Failing

Renato Mariotti
Politico

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Liberia/Costa Rica - From the Street to the Classroom: How Two Trans Women Relaunched Their Studies

Noelia Esquivel
Voice Of Guanacaste

Monrovia, Liberia

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civil rights - Thousands of immigrants suffer in solitary confinement in U.S. detention centers

Hannah Rappleye etc.
NBC News

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ezs note:  Oh, loverly.  It seems that Donald Trump and Barack Obama have bloody hands on this one.  (Though to his credit, Obama did ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles)  But it's not damned enough.  I think that there so many abuses, it's time to abolish solitary confinement altogether. Please, if you agree with me on this, send an e-letter to your Congressperson and both of your Senators.  (Remember, on the federal level, you have two.)  

Hawaii - Hawaii's Remarkable Women: Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong

Robert Kekaula
KITV

Honolulu, HI

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lead story - Why violence against transgender Americans is a crisis that’s under reported

Anna Nawaz
PBS News

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Donald Trump - Trump’s Public Enemies List Is an Impeachable Offense

David R. Lurie
The Daily Beast

ezs note:  Deja vu, all over again...

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Kenya - Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws

Press
Human Rights Watch

Nairobi, Kenya

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civil rights - Cuomo Blasts Trump Admin’s Rollback Of Transgender Health Care Protections

Nick Reisman
Spectrum News

Albany, NY

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