House speaker: Gay marriage ban bill going nowhere

Laura Leslie and Matthew Burns
WRAL.com

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'Survivor' Castoff Says He Lost His Job for Outing Transgender Contestant

Jackie Strause
The Hollywood Reporter

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Littleton, Colorado

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ezs note:  Next on the route - Littleton, Colorado!  Come on over (real or virtual)!

Mike Tyson to Chris Christie: Tell Donald Trump I'm waiting on my pardon

Marissa Payne
Chron

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ezs note:  Gee, Donald, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't still be good friends with Mike.  You two have so much... ahem ... in common.

Transgender activist Gapka has 'saved the lives of countless people' (Canada)

Gabriele Roy
Ottawa Citizen

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17 history-making moments in pop culture for trans acceptance

AP
Mic

Renée Richards (1977)

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Are You Ready for Transgender Patients?

Joshua Safer
Medscape

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Outing Transgender People Isn’t Just Wrong... It’s Potentially Deadly

Noah Michelson
The Huffington Post

Congratulations, Jeff.  

You're the Asswipe of the Year.

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Opinion: Donald Trump the warmonger could spark WWIII (New Zealand)

Tony Wright
Newshub

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ezs note: Why did he drop a 22,000 pound bomb?  To show off those itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, microscopic balls.  Yee-hah.

Parents group drops lawsuit over Minn. transgender student's locker room use

Karen Zamora
StarTribune

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Court dismisses lawsuit by student ‘distressed’ over schools’ transgender policy

Moriah Balingit
The Washington Post

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Transgender candidate Misty Snow announces House bid in Utah

John Bowden
TheHill.com

Misty Snow

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Transgender Patients 'Are Like Everyone Else'

Rachel Levine
Medscape

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Ex-MI6 chief accuses Donald Trump of secretly borrowing from Russia... (UK)

Tom Newton Dunn
The Sun

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North Carolina Introduces A Bill Banning Same-Sex Marriage Again

Lauren Holter

Refinery 29

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A Day Just for Us: A Conversation With Keiva Lei Cadena

Sarah Hashmall
The Body

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TRANSGENDER RIGHTS THREATENED IN PUERTO RICO

Raquel Reichard
Latina

Puerto Rico

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European Court Strikes Down Required Sterilization for Transgender People

Liam Stack
The New York Times

European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg, France)

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Censure the President

Kevin D. Williamson
National Review

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Transgender artists to express defiance, display range of talents

Joel Patenaude
Madison magazine

Artist:  Kaci Sullivan (untitled)

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Students protest racism, transgender policies, dorm conditions at Salem College

Joe Killian
The Progressive Pulse

Charlotte transgender activist tells national magazine HB2 bargain made things worse

Mark Price
Reading Eagle

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Beyond the bathroom: Report shows laws' harm for transgender students

Susan Miller
USA Today

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America Needs the World

Tavis Jules
U.S. News and World Report

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An Open Letter To YouTube About Censoring Its Transgender Creators

Declan Lawson
The Huffington Post

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Arkansas’ 11 ‘bathroom bills’ worry LGBTQ rights groups

Tafi Mukunyadzi
Times Record

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US Marine's fervor for killing transgender Filipina upheld (Kuwait)

Press
Kuwait Times

Joseph Scott Pemberton

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What Does It Mean to “Pass” in the Transgender Community?

Jae Alexis Lee
Slate

Jenna Tackalova (model)

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Trump’s Presidency Damages His Endorsement Power, NBC Poll Shows

Jeremy Fuster
The Wrap

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Alabama Law Still Requires Schools To Teach That Homosexuality Is A “Criminal Offense”

Brandon Voss
Logo

Teacher of the Year - Alabama

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Homicide Survivors Support Group hosts LGBTQIA+ vigil

Beatriz Alvarado
Corpus Christi Caller-Times

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Hawaii LGBT couples seek equal access to fertility treatment

Cathy Bussewitz
Houston Chronicle

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Single sex schools ‘failing in their legal duties to accommodate transgender pupils’ (UK)

Miles Dilworth

Independent

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Do you have EVIDENCE on Trump and/or friends?

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ezs note:  Okay - I know it's a long shot - really long - but if you have solid - rock solid - couldn't-cut-it-with-a-diamond solid evidence, then you should look over Strongbox.  Do not contact me.  This is between you and Strongbox - no one else.

Trump just made it legal to shoot bears while they’re hibernating (UK)

Ashitha Nagesh
Metro

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Michele Bachmann: Trump's Election Is A Divine 'Reprieve' From Transgender Rights

Carlos Santoscoy
On Top

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Hannah Is a Girl. Doctors Finally Treat Her Like One.

Jack Turban
The New York Times

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Judge compares transgender teen Gavin Grimm to civil rights icons

Alanna Durkin Richer
LGBTQ Nation

Rosa Parks (1955)

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This Law Firm Is Linked to Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bills Across the Country

Mary Emily O'Hara
NBC News

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Ripon, UK

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ezs note: Next we head on over to the little city of Ripon, UK!  Click on over!

Donald Trump supporters exploit Stockholm attack to claim he was right all along about Sweden (UK)

Adam Lusher
Independent

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Historian spotlights 19th century transgender relative

Jessica Reynolds
Falls Valley Democrat

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Comings & Goings

Peter Rosenstein
Washington Blade

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At Cromwell High, Transgender Athlete Competes With Girls For First Time

Matthew Conyers
Hartford Courant

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Trump’s Expected Pick To Lead The Army Believes Being Transgender Is A Disease

Amanda Terkel
The Huffington Post

Sen. Mark Green

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ezs note:  Please remember to urge your Senators to vote NO on the nomination of Mark Green's position as Secretary of the Army. You can find their phone numbers at www.senate.gov.

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo of the Stanford Prison Experiment: Donald Trump is an “unconstrained, unbridled present hedonist”

Chauncey DeVega
Salon

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County reports on the health of Inland Empire transgender community

Press
Idyllwild Town Crier

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HRC releases new ‘Coming Home’ faith guide for LGBTQ Mormons

Steve Lee
LGBT Weekly

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Transgender Student Gavin Grimm: 'This Case Is Bigger Than Me'

Evie Blad
Education Week

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Long shadow cast by psychiatrist on transgender issues finally recedes at Johns Hopkins

Amy Ellis Nutt
The Washington Post

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ezs note:  Goodbye, Dr. McHugh.  And good riddance to you and your brand of quack psychiatry.