Man pleads not guilty in transgender pepper-spray attack in Asbury Park

Kathleen Jenkins, Jean Mikle
app.

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ezs poetry

dewflorescent
dewdrop.

dewfinger
dewtouch.

dewmist
dewroads.

dewbaby
dewdeath.

dewhere
dewgone.

©2017

George W. Bush blasts Donald Trump: “Bigotry seems emboldened”

Jarrett Lyons
Salon

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In Africa, LGBT rights activists worry about Trump’s impact

Carley Petesch
Pittsburgh Courier

Goree, Senegal

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How Long Island's former 'Tupperware queen' came out as her true self

Meghan Kelly, Adam Rivera
ABC

Bay Shore, NY

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Jersey City recieves a perfect 100 on 2017 HRC equality index

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Out In Jersey

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Transgender woman not allowed to enter Busch Gardens theme park

Brian Lisi
New York Daily News

Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VA

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ezs poetry

with the late October sky
the black man enjoys a siesta
and the sun tags along

©2017

Trump, Dem congresswoman feud over his remarks to widow of fallen soldier

Maegan Vazquez
CNN

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Greece passes gender-change law opposed by Orthodox church (UK)

Helena Smith
The Guardian

Greek capitol (interior)

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Inside The Fight For Transgender Americans In The Mountains Of North Carolina

James Michael Nichols
HuffPost

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ezs note:  Please also note the podcast, "I'm Still Here".  It lasts a little than 40 minutes.

Rural LGBTQ community comes together for two-day summit

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The Commons Online

Brattleboro, VT

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CT Transgender Activist Fran Fried Loses On 'Jeopardy!'

Susan Dunne
Hartford Courant

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ezs poetry

driving an overtopped van
beneath the strain of traffic
the men and women sit, some placidly
some wheelchaired

one sits
gazing at cracked
bare branches
and he traces
the tree
meeting
the sky

©2017

One Nation After Trump - Norman J. Ornstein, E.J. Dionne, Thomas Mann

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C-SPAN/Politics And Prose

Transgender footballer told she cannot play for Australia's national women's team sparking uproar (UK)

Ian Ransom
Mirror

Sydney,  Australia

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State of South Dakota sued over transgender health policy

Jonathan Ellis
Argus Leader

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Macklemore Slams Trump At Arizona Concert

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Noise11

Phoenix, AZ

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‘Govt clinics not transgender-friendly’ (India)

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The Hindu

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ezs poetry

she slips
into the coral kimono
and steps into the whitened sand

© 2017

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Keith Olbermann - The Resistance - Donald Trump Is The Harvey Weinstein Of Washington

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Gay pride party next weekend (Botswana)

Keamogetse Motone
weekendpost

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CT Transgender Activist To Be On 'Jeopardy!'

Susan Dunne
Hartford Courant

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Queer Community at CC Celebrates LGBTQIA+ History Month

Logan Coleman
The Catalyst

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Connecticut Joins Legal Battle Over Trump's Ban On Transgender Troops

Russell Blair
Hartford Courant

Connecticut state capitol

(interior)

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ezs poetry

The sky, a mullet gray
whips my face as I ride along
not too cool
the weatherman says
but  I feel it
I feel it

finally I enter
as I go to my favored seat
I pick up a book
Ginsberg, some twenty years' dead
whispers into my ear

He speaks to me of Paterson
ruined citystate
where his mother died
alone
poor tattered madwoman

and he sat there
not knowing how to reach her.

©2017

Trump re-election campaign raised $10 million in third quarter, spent $1.1 million on legal fees

Reuters
CNBC

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