Donald Trump - A Gangster in the White House

David Frum
The Atlantic

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Australia - Transgender clinic’s bid to operate on girls under 17

Bernard Lane
The Weekend Australian

Melbourne, Australia

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civil rights - Stories that shaped the decade: From debate over transgender athletes to LGBTQ discrimination, conversations around gender and sexual identity emerge

Amanda Blanco
Hartford Courant

Hartford, CT

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Maine - As transgender-rights organization expands into rural Maine, its members are getting priced out of Portland

Nick Schroeder
Bangor Daily News

Portland, ME

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ezs note:  If you have the bucks - even if it's only a single - you can make a difference. Contact www.mainetransnet.org/donate.

lead story - The internet made trans people visible. It also left them more vulnerable.

Katelyn Burns
Vox

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Donald Trump - Navy SEALs who turned in Gallagher: He is 'freaking evil'

Tess Bonn
The Hill

ezs note:  Well, he should fit in just fine with Donald!

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American Samoa - A gay criminal case could help bring marriage equality to American Samoa

Daniel Villarreal
LGBTQ Nation

Pago Pago, American Samoa

(pronounced PANGH-o PANGH-o)

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ezs note: Well, such shenanigans may occur in American Samoa, but we wouldn't dream of such things happening in the United States proper, right?

Right?

civil rights - Thirty years ago, gay civil rights campaign set the stage for all that followed

Stephanie Ebbert
Boston Globe

Boston, MA

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Illinois - Lambda to Illinois: Issue birth certificates affirming gender identities of trans parents

Press
Windy City Times

Chicago, IL

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lead story - Transgender children sense true gender at young age, study finds

Press
Reuters

Groton, CT

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Donald Trump - Trump claims Nancy Pelosi and impeachment offends all Americans of faith. He's wrong.

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
NBC News

ezs note:  Do we ever see it unopened?

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To all my Jewish friends, Happy Hanukkah!

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Venezuela/Brazil - Evaluation of UNHCR prevention of, and response to, SGBV in Brazil focusing on the Population of Concern from Venezuela (2017-2018) - Evaluation Report, December 2019

UNHCR
ReliefWeb

Manaus, Brazil

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civil rights - Transgender plaintiff asks 5th Circuit to review Trump appointee’s refusal to recuse

Alison Frankel
Reuters

Dallas, TX (1942)

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New Hampshire - NH schools shift focus of anti-discrimination policies to transgender students

Kimberly Houghton
New Hampshire Union-Leader

Nashua, NH

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lead story - Missing transgender teen was misidentified by KC police. Here’s why it matters.

Kaitlyn Schwers
The Kansas City Star

Kansas City, MO

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Donald Trump - Letters to the Editor: Mitch McConnell can’t defend Trump, so he’s covering up for him

Diane Welch
Los Angeles Times

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Goodbye Ray...

😔

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ezs note:  For those of you who read this blog regularly, I am sad to report that Ray Thomas died recently.  He was one of the most decent men I know of.  I will miss him terribly.

To honor Ray, or to honor someone who is struggling with Alzheimer's,  go to Alzheimer's Association.  

Thanks.

civil rights - Abortion. Transgender rights. Voting access. Polarizing issues could dominate statehouse agendas in 2020.

Tim Craig, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux
The Washington Post

  

Ohio statehouse

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Kentucky - LGBTQ platform launches workplace trans inclusivity training

Haley Cawthon
Louisville Business First

Louisville, KY

Heine Brothers' Coffee

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lead story - Transgender Woman Sues Miss United States Of America Pageant

Lulu Garcia-Navarro
NPR

Portland, OR

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Donald Trump - House counsel suggests Trump could be impeached again

Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney
Politico

ezs note:  Aw, shit, not again...

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