Thank you, President Obama!

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Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos sues Donald Trump for defamation

Rory Carroll
The Guardian

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Haters Get Flushed: Texas Town Comes Together to Fight Transgender Bathroom Regulations

John Wright
Texas Observer

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Hackensack expected to adopt transgender students policy

Rodrigo Torrejon
NorthJersey.com

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Relive Obama’s 8 Years of Pro-LGBTQ Leadership in Just 3 Minutes (Video)

Daniel Villarreal
Unicorn Booty

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What’s Anxious and Angry? The World on the Eve of Trump

Steven Erlanger
The New York Times

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Arkansas Governor Says Transgender Bathroom Bill Is Unnecessary

Beriah Baker
KSFM

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A Christian Grandmother Shows Us How To Support Trans Youth

John Shore
The Huffington Post

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Millennial women opposed to Trump take to streets, many for the first time (Kenya)

Press
The Star / Kenya

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Noor Salman, widow of Orlando massacre shooter Omar Mateen, arrested in San Francisco

Press
CBS

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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The latest reads feature LGBTQ lives (Canada)

Sarah Murdoch
The Star

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Column: Surprise! Transgender deniers blame liberals and progressives

George Padgett
The Times-News

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Infographics: How different countries feel about transgender rights (Nepal)

Press
My Repùblica

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ezs note:  Well, it's no wonder we have problems with Spain.  If we were like them, we would have to be, y'know, all nice 'n shit.  We can't have that.

In a Small Texas Town, a New Private Detention Center for Transgender Migrants Brings Jobs — and Concerns

Reynaldo Leanos Jr.
Towleroad

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Meet Gloria Allen, Trans Icon Who Led Charm School for Transgender Youth of Color

Allison Keyes
The Root

Gloria Allen

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Republican lawmaker blocks anti-transgender bill in Indiana

Erin Rook
LGBTQ Nation

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Civil rights advocates say they fear changes from a Trump presidency

Gloria Casas
Chicago Tribune

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Attorney General seeks to expand hate crime definition

Press
WTKR.com

AG Mark Herring

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Jennifer Holliday pulls out of Trump inauguration to 'stand with the LGBT community' (Canada)

Press
CBC News

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Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada

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ezs note:  And now it's time to visit Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia!  Just come on and click, click, click!

Del. Marshall should stay out of bathroom issues

Sara Queen
The Washington Post

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Hagerstown man acquitted in slaying of transgender sister of NBA player

Press
Herald-Mail Media

Mia Henderson

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Transgender veteran fears for safety if forced to use men’s bathroom

Gigi Barnett
KXAN

Sierra Davis

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Remembering Transgender Victims of Violence in the US

Ryan Thoreson
Human Rights Watch

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Mistrial Declared in Death of Transgender Woman

Deb Belt
Gaithersburg Patch

Zella Ziona

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Document Claims Russia Has Donald Trump ‘Kompromat.’ What Is That?

Olivia B. Waxman
TIME

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Justin Trudeau has promised to house trans inmates based on gender identity (UK)

Meka Beresford
Pink News

Justin Trudeau

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ACLU wants to review tapes of officer fatally shooting transgender person

Press
WPXI.com

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‘When We Rise’ star Ivory Aquino comes out as transgender

Jeff Taylor
LGBTQ Nation

Ivory Aquino

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Some of the world’s least progressive countries recognize transgender citizens. The US does not

Anaya Bhattacharya
Quartz

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ezs note:  Gee, what a surprise. (cough, cough)

Donald Trump vs. CNN. Again.

Callum Borchers
The Washington Post

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This woman is helping trans sex workers fight against discrimination in Singapore (UK)

Meka Beresford
Pink News

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Chelsea Manning Is Reportedly On Obama’s Commutation Short List

Sara Morrison
vocativ

Chelsea Manning (drawing)

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New report finds California schools remain hostile for many LGBTQ secondary students

Steve Lee
LGBT Weekly

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Transgender 'bathroom bills' are a Kafkaesque state intrusion – and Republicans should oppose them (UK)

Rachel Cunliffe
The Telegraph

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This new poll has all kinds of bad news for Donald Trump

Aaron Blake
The Washington Post

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ezs note:  Hey, Don, look at the bright side.  By the time Inauguration Day gets here, you'll have nowhere to look but up.  That's progress... uh, right?

Mass. author Rick Riordan snubs Texas over transgender bill

Amy B. Wang
The Boston Globe

Rick Riordan

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Suspect in death of transgender woman charged with murder

Press
The Daily Republic

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ezs note:  It's always terribly tragic when a transgender person is assaulted or murdered, but at least in this case the alleged murder is in jail.  Rest in peace, Jamie Lee.

Local activist plans to take on school district's transgender accommodations

Dave Fidlin
Greenfield-West Allis Now

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Transgender Health Training Lags for Endocrinologists

Scott Harris
Medpage Today

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Transgender Women Fear Abuse in Immigration Detention

Fernanda Santos
The New York Times

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Frome, Somerset, UK

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ezs note:  Time to take a visit to Frome!  

NINE WAYS TO OPPOSE DONALD TRUMP

John Cassidy
The New Yorker

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ezs note:  Last night I was looking through some sites, when I found The New Yorker article.  They really had some great ideas there.  Maybe you can't do every one, (but if you can, that's great) but, c'mon, you can do one!  To make it easier for you, go to house.gov and type in your ZIP code.  All you have to do is type in an e-letter to your Congressperson letting them know that you OPPOSE Trump's wacky - if not dangerous - ideas. Then send it off.  That's it!

Let them know you are involved - and watching.

Jeffrey Tambor Had To Overcome Serious Nerves For ‘Transparent’ Role

JamesMichael Nichols
The Huffington Post

Jeffrey Tambor

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California funds 1st US inmate sex reassignment surgery

Don Thompson
KPCC

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Transgender Community Faces 'Attacks on Humanity' in Six More States

Deidre Fulton
CommonDreams

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Coroner releases official cause of death for transgender woman killed in Madison Co.

Waverly McCarthy and Mary Grace Brantley
WDAM

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ezs note:  This is an updated blog concerning the murder of Mesha Caldwell. There is a good Google map of the location.  If you have any information, please contact the Madison County police department. Thanks.

To the Caldwell family and friends, I offer my sincere condolences.  Please know you are in my thoughts.

Donald Trump has no interest in the Fourth Amendment

Lucy Steigerwald
Rare

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Best-selling author says she is “attacked” for being straight and white

Graham Gremore
Queerty

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