North Carolina signals reversal on transgender bathroom law

Letitia Stein
Reuters

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Now you can fact-check Trump’s tweets — in the tweets themselves

Philip Bump
The Washington Post

 

Wah!  Waaaaaah!

please press:  https://www.washingtonpost.com

16 Inspirational Voices for LGBTQ Equality in 2016: North Carolina Advocates for Change

Hayley Miller
HRC

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Tony Perkins Calls On Trump To 'Ferret Out' State Department's Pro-LGBT Officials

Carlos Santoscoy
On Top Magazine

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Comic Book Publisher Puts The Call Out For Transgender Artists

Nico Lang
newnownext

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Journos awarded for transgender issue reporting (Bangladesh)

Press
Dhaka News

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Corona, Queens, New York

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ezs note: Hey, take a trip down to Corona, Queens, New York!  It's just a click away!

Donald Trump’s Israel Ambassador Pick Is Hazardous to Peace

Daniel J. Kurzner
The New York Times

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Documents confirm Republicans will try to overturn Obama’s LGBT rights protections (UK)

Nick Duffy
Pink News

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ezs note:  Especially if your representative is a Republican, please go to house.gov and urge that transgender rights are fully maintained.  If you are uncertain who your representative is, go to the upper right corner and enter your ZIP code.

Why Loretta Lynch Told Transgender Americans “We See You”

Dominic Holden
BuzzFeed News

Loretta Lynch

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National Geographic features transgender girl on cover

Mariah Cooper
Washington Blade

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Striking photos of transgender life in New York's most famous LGBT neighborhood

Tiq Milan
CNN

Tiq Milan

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KING: Here’s why I will never call Donald Trump ‘Mr. President’

Shaun King
Daily News

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ezs note:  Well said, Mr. King.

Transmissions: Doing It for Ourselves

Gwendolyn Ann Smith

PrideSource

Gwendolyn Ann Smith

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Gender Outlaw Kate Bornstein Explains Why LGBT Demands the ‘Q’

Tom Blunt
Signature

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ezs note:  Kate Bornstein, arguably the grande dame of transgender thought and praxis, gives an excellent with Tom Blunt here.  Please read and enjoy!

LifesiteNews polemicist confuses gender identity with sexual orientation

Press
The Slowly Boiled Frog

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ezs note:  Thank you, Slowly Boiled Frog, for poking a needle into that gasbag LifeSiteNews!

John Bel Edwards' LGBT protections declared unlawful

Julia O'Donoghue
The Times-Picayune

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Source: Donald Trump’s campaign is threatening “political reprisal” for defecting Republican electors

Matthew Rozsa
Salon

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ezs note:  C'mon, Hamilton electors!  Show some balls to the crybaby!

5 Best and Worst Trans Moments of 2016

Samantha Allen and Nico Lang
Rolling Stone

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Boston: 4 Churches Drop Lawsuit Challenging State’s Transgender Law

Press
WATD

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Inside Singapore's Only Shelter For Trans Sex Workers

Morganna Magee
Broadly.

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Here’s a Huge New Survey of Transgender Americans

Jesse Singal
New York Magazine

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Donald Trump vs. the C.I.A. on Russia

Lewis M. Simons
The New York Times

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Juvenile Detention Centers Ill-Equipped to Safely House Transgender Inmates

Marina Villanueve
NBCDFW

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San Francisco Symphony Cancels North Carolina Concerts, Citing Anti-Gay-Rights Law

Michael Cooper
The New York Times

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To Fight Hate Crimes, Philanthropist George Soros’s Organization Begins by Tracking Them

Caitlyn Abber
Towleroad

George Soros

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20 Worst Moments for Women in 2016

Prachi Gupta
Cosmopolitan

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ezs note:  It's at the end of the end of the article, (number 20) but transgender women should pay particular attention.