ezs poetry

with the late October sky
the black man enjoys a siesta
and the sun tags along

©2017

Trump, Dem congresswoman feud over his remarks to widow of fallen soldier

Maegan Vazquez
CNN

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Greece passes gender-change law opposed by Orthodox church (UK)

Helena Smith
The Guardian

Greek capitol (interior)

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please press:  www.theguardian.com

Inside The Fight For Transgender Americans In The Mountains Of North Carolina

James Michael Nichols
HuffPost

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ezs note:  Please also note the podcast, "I'm Still Here".  It lasts a little than 40 minutes.

Rural LGBTQ community comes together for two-day summit

Press
The Commons Online

Brattleboro, VT

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CT Transgender Activist Fran Fried Loses On 'Jeopardy!'

Susan Dunne
Hartford Courant

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ezs poetry

driving an overtopped van
beneath the strain of traffic
the men and women sit, some placidly
some wheelchaired

one sits
gazing at cracked
bare branches
and he traces
the tree
meeting
the sky

©2017

One Nation After Trump - Norman J. Ornstein, E.J. Dionne, Thomas Mann

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C-SPAN/Politics And Prose

Transgender footballer told she cannot play for Australia's national women's team sparking uproar (UK)

Ian Ransom
Mirror

Sydney,  Australia

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State of South Dakota sued over transgender health policy

Jonathan Ellis
Argus Leader

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Macklemore Slams Trump At Arizona Concert

Press
Noise11

Phoenix, AZ

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‘Govt clinics not transgender-friendly’ (India)

Press
The Hindu

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ezs poetry

she slips
into the coral kimono
and steps into the whitened sand

© 2017

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Keith Olbermann - The Resistance - Donald Trump Is The Harvey Weinstein Of Washington

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Gay pride party next weekend (Botswana)

Keamogetse Motone
weekendpost

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CT Transgender Activist To Be On 'Jeopardy!'

Susan Dunne
Hartford Courant

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Queer Community at CC Celebrates LGBTQIA+ History Month

Logan Coleman
The Catalyst

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Connecticut Joins Legal Battle Over Trump's Ban On Transgender Troops

Russell Blair
Hartford Courant

Connecticut state capitol

(interior)

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ezs poetry

The sky, a mullet gray
whips my face as I ride along
not too cool
the weatherman says
but  I feel it
I feel it

finally I enter
as I go to my favored seat
I pick up a book
Ginsberg, some twenty years' dead
whispers into my ear

He speaks to me of Paterson
ruined citystate
where his mother died
alone
poor tattered madwoman

and he sat there
not knowing how to reach her.

©2017

Trump re-election campaign raised $10 million in third quarter, spent $1.1 million on legal fees

Reuters
CNBC

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Patients risk being left behind as foreign donors pull the plug on HIV/AIDS in Vietnam (Vietnam)

Lam Le
VN Express International

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ezs note:  This is, by far, the most fascinating story about Vietnam has reported.  Y'see, it's not entirely Vietnam's fault.  A certain agency, PEPFAR, has, until recently, provided a large sum of the funds necessary to combat HIV/AIDS.  PEPFAR stands for U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.  And guess who's in charge of that after January 20?

I don't even want to say it...

Please, call your Representative and both Senators and ask that PEPFAR be fully funded.

www.house.gov

www.senate.gov

Sessions sending top DOJ lawyer to prosecute transgender murder case: report

Brandon Carter
The Hill

Jeff Sessions

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please press:  thehill.com

19 years after Matthew Shepard's death, his family is still fighting for LGBTI rights

Rafella Gunz
Gay Star News

murder site of Matthew Shepard

(Laramie, WY)

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please press:  www.gaystarnews.com

Christian printer 'refused to make business cards' for transgender woman (UK)

Jeff Farrell
Independent

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please press:  www.independent.co.uk

To Quote A Queer - ed. John Lessard

Jesse Monteagudo

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"If there was anything that characterized the men and women of the 'Rubyfruit Generation,' it was our innocence and our idealism.  We really believed that we could make things better, for ourselves and for our brothers and sisters." 

Mnuchin Says Estate Tax Repeal Will Help ‘Rich People’ Most

Alan Rappeport
The New York Times

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Kim Davis, Once Jailed in America, Campaigns Against Gay Marriage in Romania

Liam Stack, Kit Gillet
The New York Times

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LGBTQ Life celebrates National Coming Out Day

Taylor Jade Powell
Hub

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Brogan-Kator discusses transgender rights at Gender Colloquium

Candice Clark
DailyToreador.com

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Lawmakers launch legislation to protect transgender troops

Carl Prine
The San Diego Union-Tribune

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Tazewell, Virginia

estimated transgender population: 27* (rounded up)

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ezs note:  For such a tiny town, its National Register of Historic Places is quite impressive.  And one of these - the Tazewell Historic District is open to the public!  Come on down - visit Tazewell, Virginia today!

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

Trump’s Iran Derangement

Roger Cohen
The New York Times

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Priscilla soars, HK Ballet dives into dark themes (Hong Kong)

Kevin Ng
ejinsight

Hong Kong Ballet Company

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We Cannot Remain Silent

David J. Johns
Los Angeles Blade

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Harford County private school loses state vouchers over discriminatory policies outlined in handbook

Liz Bowie
The Baltimore Sun

Trinity Lutheran Christian School - Joppa, MD

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Former Army Secretary: Donald Trump’s Transgender Troops Ban Weakens the Military

Eric K. Fanning
Time

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To Quote A Queer - ed. John Lessard

Bruce Hayes

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"It is always exciting when a gay person of accomplishment comes out.  But in our haste to turn these people into role models, we frequently expect them to drop what they're doing and become activists overnight.  We forget what made them newsworthy in the first place."

Donald Trump just issued a direct threat to the free and independent media

Chris Cillizza
CNN

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LGBT people in Egypt targeted in wave of arrests and violence (UK)

Ruth Michaelson
The Guardian

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How Trump Uses “Religious Liberty” to Attack L.G.B.T. Rights

Masha Gessen
The New Yorker

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BRUMMETT ONLINE: A job for the Marines

John Brummett
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

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Why the Boy Scouts are finally willing to welcome girl Scouts

Abby Hamblin
The San Diego Union-Tribune

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ezs note:  Well, now, let me see.  Do girls belong in the Boy Scouts?

in 1909:  no
in 2000:  well... no... not really...
But this is 2017, pal.  If they feel that strongly, they do belong.  Unless Donald Trump is your Scout leader.  In that case, maybe boys and girls should stay out of the troop.  It would be so much better that way.

To Quote A Queer - ed. John Lessard

Tom Ford

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"When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.  College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity.  Students in the '60s were responsible for great changes, politically and socially.  The youth movement launched and defined what we've become since the '60. I would like to see that happen again."  

David Cay Johnston - Q&A

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DONALD TRUMP CHALLENGES REX TILLERSON TO AN IQ TEST: ‘I CAN TELL YOU WHO IS GOING TO WIN’

Graham Lanktree
Newsweek

Graham Lanktre

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Bosnian LGBTs Remain in Closet to Stay Safe (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Mladen Lakic
Balkan Insight

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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THE RISE OF TRANSGENDER POLITICAL CANDIDATES

Joseph Darius Jaafari
Nation Swell

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ezs note:  It's one of those little hotlinks that you can easily pass over - but you definitely shouldn't. I read that 0.3 percent made up the transgender population - but I was wrong.  It's 0.58 percent - almost double the amount. (In the initial report, the authors of The Williams Institute [UCLA] listed the data as 0.6 percent - but I felt it was more scientifically sound to list the data at 0.58 percent.)  To get the full documentation from The Williams Institute, press http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf.

Information is scarce about parents opposed to City Schools of Decatur’s transgender policy

Dan Whisenhunt
Decaturish

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Greek Transgender Community Hopes New Law Will Improve Lives

Elena Becatoros
US News & World Report

Santorini, Greece

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To Quote A Queer - ed. John Lessard

John Amaechi

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I am gay, black, British, smart, dumb, patronizing, all these other things - flawed in many ways - and I am now asserting my activism. -  John Amaechi