Editorial roundup: Religious freedom act not worth risk

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ezs note:  Michiganders - please, take five minutes and tell your state senators to say NO to the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" (HB 5958).  Thanks!

Seoul's Mayor Apologizes for Nixing Gay Rights Charter

THOM SENZEE

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Parts of Montana lack legal protections while acceptance grows for LGBT community

Briana Wipf

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BATGIRL CREATIVE TEAM APOLOGIZES FOR TRANS-GRESSION

Jude Terror
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Human Rights Film Festival — 6 films screened (Pakistan)

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"I Can't Breathe": The Personal is the Political - Part I

South Side Sports Chick

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Franklin students to choose color for grad robes

Matt Tota
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Transgender Green candidate: There’s a woeful lack of trans politicians (UK)

Nick Duffy
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Harwich, Massachusetts

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Transgender student’s family files harassment suit against several area school districts

Dave Herndon, Jim Kasuba & Laura Zoochi
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Austin to Offer Trans -Inclusive Health Benefits for City Employees

Maureen McCarty
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The World According to Jo Clifford, Queen of Theatre, Part III (UK)

Cathleen Lauder
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Michiganders Repulsed By Rep. Olumba’s ‘Bigoted’ Farewell Speech Attacking Transgender, Special Needs, Asian, And Chaldean Communities [Video]

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Hate group want to amend US Constitution to ‘outlaw’ trans people (UK)

Naith Payton
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The semester that was in state news

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Amazon picks up first Golden Globes nominations

Brian Stelter
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The Political Folk Song Of The Year

Ann Powers
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Why Cities Should Be at the Forefront of Transgender Rights

• KRISTON CAPPS
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Sen. Merkley doubles down on LGBT nondiscrimination law

Anna Staver
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Air Force secretary supports lifting transgender ban

Susan Page
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LGBT Judge To Speak At Ann Arbor Interfaith Service

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Desert transgender residents face a quiet revolution

Will Dean
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Asheville LGBTQ groups organizing counter protest

Beth Walton

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FBI: One in five hate crimes motivated by anti-gay bias

Patrick Saunders

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OUT AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE TARGETED BY ANTI-GAY OPPONENT WHO LINKED HOMOSEXUALITY TO PEDOPHILIA

John Wright
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LeAnn Rimes On Country Music's LGBT Stance And Gay Stars Ty Herndon And Billy Gilman

Curtis M. Wong

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Turning the Page: Chelsea Manning not a spokesperson for transgender community (Canada)

Jillian Page

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Report ranks Clarksville among worst for LGBT equality

Stephanie Ingersoll

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GOP leader takes aim at high school league

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Invisible people, hidden realities (India)

Frank Krishner
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Police fire tear gas at hundreds of protesters, demonstration disperses at about 3 a.m.

JESSIE LAU AND MELISSA WEN
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Gays make gains in China: survey (China)

Zhang Hui
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Discrimination rife (Fiji)

Shayal Devi
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Fairfield, California

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See me as my true self: Powerful photos capture transgender men and women as they undergo sex changes amid fierce discrimination in Cuba (UK)

Annabel Fenwick Elliott
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A vile myth reemerges: How the New York Times fumbled an important LGBT story

LUKE BRINKER
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Pastor calls for killing gays to end AIDS

Tram Mai
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A time for Salem to speak up

Carolyn McMillan

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Transgender Woman Shot, Killed While Pounding on Door of South L.A. Home for Help

Kennedy Ryan and Kimberly Cheng
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ezs note:  Sigh... another one... sadly, Deshawnda Sanchez was gunned down.  If you live in southern LA, please, don't be silent!  Call the LAPD immediately!!!

Rainbow Chorale to present “Dashing Through the Snow” concert Dec. 13

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Cathedral official is lone ‘no’ on transgender policy

Mark Sommerhauser

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U.K.'s Liberal Judaism to host first interfaith transgender project (Israel)

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Jennifer Knapp Feels a Gay Christian will Never be Accepted Because that 'Ideology will Never be Eradicated'

Justin Sarachik
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House Republicans Urge Boehner to Allow ENDA Vote

Justin Snow
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Ohio: Toledo adds transgender protections to law after vicious attack

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ezs note:  Ohioans - take just a minute to urge the state legislature to pass HB 300.  Candice asks you - and I ask you!

Gay Americana Returns

ARMOND WHITE

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What's it like to play an aging Jewish transgender woman? (Israel)

 Ruta Kupfer
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Mich. House committee doesn’t vote on LGBT legislation

Chad Livengood
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Dept. of Labor Announces Final Rule Banning LGBT Discrimination in Federal Contracting and Employment

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ACLU: Army to recognize legal names of transgender veterans

Bruce Shipkowski
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