15 April 2018

civil rights - Gay rights advocates want Illinois schools to be required to teach LGBT history

Bill Lukitsch
Chicago Tribune


Springfield, IL (State Capitol)

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Minnesota - OutFront Minnesota announces LGBTQ winners

Press
Insight News


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lead story - In 'protest suicide,' lawyer famed for gay rights cases burns himself to death in New York

Michael Livingston, Steve Padilla
Los Angeles Times


Thích Quang Ðuc, earlier

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14 April 2018

Donald Trump - President Trump denounces James Comey as 'untruthful slime ball' in response to book

David Jackson, Gregory Korte
USA Today


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Singapore - Singapore couple's marriage annulled after sex change

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SBS News


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civil rights - Iowa 4-H is reaching out to LGBTQ kids, and it's causing an uproar among conservatives

Courtney Crowder
Des Moines Register


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Idaho - Idaho Begins Allowing Transgender People To Change Their Birth Certificate

James Dawson
Boise State Public Radio


Boise, Idaho

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lead story - Federal judge keeps hold on Trump transgender troop ban

Jacqueline Thomsen
The Hill


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13 April 2018

Hartford, Connecticut


estimated transgender population:  715*
(rounded up)

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ezs note - What the... it's my favorite city on planet earth, Hartford, Connecticut!  (I didn't plan this...honest! ) Yeah, yeah, Hartford has its grumblers.  I don't freakin' care... I love this city!

Donald Trump - I’m a Peeliever and You Should Be, Too

Jonathan Chait
New York


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Spain - Book documents challenges of undefined gender in 1700s Spain

George Diepenbrock
The University of Kansas


Jusepe de Ribera, La Mujer Barbuda

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civil rights - These parents are pushing against a rollback of transgender rights

Bella English
The Boston Globe


Bridgewater (MA) Town Hall

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Tennessee - Opinion | I am a transgender Tennessean, and I am concerned that I am unwelcome at home

Henry Seaton
Tennessean


Tennesseans

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lead story - Defense chief says he is 'prepared to defend' new transgender military policy

Claudia Grisales
Stars and Stripes


Sec. Jim Mattis

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12 April 2018

Donald Trump - The National Enquirer, a Trump Rumor, and Another Secret Payment to Buy Silence

Ronan Farrow
The New Yorker


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Trinidad and Tobago - Human rights groups to meet outside Parliament against 'buggery laws'

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looptt


Trinidad and Tobago

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civil rights - Judith Light Talks LGBTQ Activism and Civil Rights at Jeffrey Fashion Cares Charity Soiree

Nia Groce
Footwear News


Judith Light

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Indiana - Mike Pence's hometown to host its first gay pride festival, with high school senior at helm

Maureen Groppe
IndyStar


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main headline - Website Designed To Help Transgender People In Florida Change Name And Gender Marker

William Daffron
WUFT


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ezs note:  If you are presently living in the state of Florida (you must have lived there at least six [6] months) this guide may be of help.  It's good to be of use, anyway.  Please let me know how good this guide actually is. You will find the guide at this hotlink.

11 April 2018

Donald Trump - Will Michael Cohen Snitch on Trump?

Eric Levitz
New York


Michael Cohen, singing

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Argentina - This Book Shines a Light on Argentina's Transgender Community

Michael Love Michael
Paper


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civil rights - Town Losing Time to Appeal Trans Rights Ruling Against Funeral Home

Jason A. Michael
Pridesource


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Arizona - Why parents are losing custody of trans and gender non-conforming kids

Maria Poletta
azcentral.


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lead story - To live openly as a transgender woman, she had to flee (...)

Khushbu Shah, Emanuella Grinberg
CNN


Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

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10 April 2018

Donald Trump - F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen; Trump Calls It ‘Disgraceful’

Matt Apuzzo
The New York Times


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Japan - Fukuoka begins official recognition of LGBT partnerships

Press
The Japan Times


Fukuoka, Japan

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civil rights - LGBT workers are protected from workplace discrimination, Texas judge says in 'earth-shattering' new ruling

Lauren McGaughy
The Dallas Morning News


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