Park Hills to Consider Human Rights Ordinance

Ron Newsdesk
The River City News

Credit:  https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4a/99/d9/4a99d977174b343f8d9e9393a140484f--proud-of-my-daughter-my-sister.jpg

please press:  www.rcnky.com

New Generation Of Transgender Americans Wants To Change Laws, Not Just Minds

Martha Bebinger
NPR

Credit:  http://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-it-may-be-true-that-the-law-cannot-change-the-heart-but-it-can-restrain-the-heartless-martin-luther-king-86-80-37.jpg

please press:  www.npr.org

(video) Cass Sunstein - Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOq2s7_8K3o

At a Navajo veterans' event, Trump makes 'Pocahontas' crack

Dan Merica
CNN

Credit:  http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoons/CurryT/2016/CurryT20160531_low.jpg

please press:  www.cnn.com

ezs note:  If you happen to be in Holyoke, Massachusetts on November 9, perhaps you should be here.

China - China has published its first study of transgender people and it’s exactly as worrying as you’d expect

Josh Milton
Pink News

Credit:  http://www.chinadiscovery.com/assets/images/travel-guide/maps/china-river-map.jpg

please press:  www.pinknews.co.uk

The many ways Alliance Defending Freedom is fighting against transgender student equality

Rebecca Damante, Brennan Suen
Media Matters for America

Credit:  http://www.womenofgrace.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/70124305_s.jpg

please press:  www.mediamatters.org 

Kentucky Baptists threaten to kick out churches that think it's OK to hire 'practicing homosexuals'

Grace Schneider
courier journal

Credit:  http://rmnetwork.typepad.com/.a/6a00e550255d3c8833017eeb04ad29970d-pi

please press:  www.courier-journal.com

Study: Atheists, More Than Any Religious Group, Accept Transgender Identities

Hemant Mehta
Patheos

Credit:  https://image.spreadshirtmedia.com/image-server/v1/compositions/1025052619/views/1,width=300,height=300,appearanceId=2,backgroundColor=fff,version=1503002519/atheist-acronym-mens-t-shirt.jpg

please press:  www.patheos.com

Donald Trump is 'furious' with Ivanka for Roy Moore comment (New Zealand)

Valerie Edwards
New Zealand Herald

Credit:  http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sextoon091.jpg?w=620

please press:  www.nzherald.co.nz

ezs note: If you plan on being in Washington DC anytime between December 6 through the 9th, perhaps it would be a good idea to be here.

Colombia - Mystery on a Colombian mountain: the story of Señorita María

Richard Emblin
The City Paper Bogota

Boavita, Colombia

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Foto_de_la_iglesia_de_Boavita.jpg/250px-Foto_de_la_iglesia_de_Boavita.jpg

please press:  thecitypaperbogota.com

How a Colorado cake shop could erode civil rights for LGBTQ Americans

Lucia Graves
The Guardian

Credit:  https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b9df1cbe6594678ddee022/t/58ef4cd13e00beca82fa5594/1504177243780/Charity+Maurer+Photographysoho63.jpg?format=500w

please press:  www.theguardian.com

Portland school officials craft transgender policy

Noel K. Gallagher
Portland Press Herald

Portland, ME

Credit:  http://c8.alamy.com/comp/CWX80B/bar-at-waterfront-lobster-restaurant-on-long-wharf-portland-maine-CWX80B.jpg

please press:  www.pressherald.com

UK transgender rights row intensifies as book fair is cancelled (UK)

Ben Quinn, Dulcie Lee
The Guardian

Credit:  http://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/STRUGGLE.png

please press:  www.theguardian.com

ROCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY PLANS NEW PROGRAMMING FOR TRANSGENDER FAMILIES

Calyn Thompson
KIMT

Rochester, MN public library

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Rochester%2C_Minnesota_Public_Library.jpg

please press:  www.kimt.com

Drexel University starts medical fellowship for transgender surgery training

Isiah Denby
Washington Examiner

Credit:  https://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/health_tools/preparing_for_sugery_asa_slideshow/getty_rf_photo_of_surgery_in_progress.jpg

please press:  www.washingtonexaminer.com

Bridgewater Township, NJ

estimated transgender population:  261*
(rounded up)

Credit:  https://cdn20.patch.com/getty/22871539/20171122/025400/styles/T600x450/public/processed_images/gettyimages-107540963-1510763464-2361-1511379373-5913.jpg

ezs note:  Ho, ho, ho!  So, where you gonna get a tree?  Well, Bridgewater Township, New Jersey always has some on sale this time of year!

*Credit:  http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf

Bombshell report reveals new details about Trump's Oval Office meeting with Russians after he fired Comey

Eliza Relman
Business Insider

Credit:  https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b8/29/42/b8294223c9bb18d0c01912409d3ccc9f--us-politics-us-government.jpg

please press:  www.businessinsider.com

ezs note:  Do you plan on being in Middletown, Connecticut on December 5? Then you might want to plan on this. 

TRANSGENDER VOLLEYBALL PLAYER MAKES DEBUT FOR SPANISH CLUB

Braden Keith
Volley Mob

Credit:  http://www.camelvolleyballcamps.com/images/resSlider16-1.jpg

please press:  volleymob.com

Are trans service members winning?

Karen Ocamb
Los Angeles Blade

Credit:  http://i.quoteaddicts.com/media/q1/830332.png

please press:  www.losangelesblade.com

AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin and the Fight Against HIV

John Jahn
Shepherd Express

Credit:  https://st2.depositphotos.com/4082775/8319/v/950/depositphotos_83196980-stock-illustration-hiv-aids-ribbon.jpg

please press:  shepherdexpress.com 

ezs note:  This is a scholarly, well-written article, including the origins of the AIDS virus from SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus).  This is far more than the stock AIDS article, even though it is written for a general audience.  Please read it if you can.

MILITARY UPDATE: In halting transgender ban, judges hint U.S. has fool for client

Tom Philpott
nwfdailynews.com

We remember those Egyptian friends who died...

Credit:  https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2395/2541905328_ef997169f1_b.jpg

To all my US friends, happy belated Turkey/Tofurkey Day!

Credit:  http://www.cartoonaday.com/images/cartoons/2015/11/thanksgiving-cartoon-turkey-598.jpg

Italy - Gay rights under the spotlight at LBGTI meet in Rome

IANS
The Statesman

Rome, Italy

Credit:  https://www.rome.info/metro/rome_metro.gif

please press:  www.thestatesman.com

Walk remembers transgender victims of violence

Angie Holland
The Oskaloosa Herald

Oskaloosa, IA

Credit:  http://sjcook.com/trains/cbq/depots/IAoskaloosa/cbq0001.jpg

please press:  www.oskaloosa.com

Battenfeld: In 3rd District, a run at history

Joe Battenfeld
Boston Herald

Credit:  http://www.townsendgop.org/images/MA-3-cong-district.gif

please press:  www.bostonherald.com

In transgender ruling, another judge finds Trump credibility gap

Derek Hawkins
The Washington Post

  

Credit:  http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170427182543-09-100-day-trump-cartoon-super-169.jpg

please press:  www.washingtonpost.com