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15 February 2018
Do Not Let These Three Threats to Justice Join the Federal Bench
Staff
The Leadership Conference
The Leadership Conference
Stuart Kyle Duncan, Thomas Farr, Michael Brennan
(aka The Three Stooges)
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please press: civilrights.org
ezs note: To find out who your Senators are (remember, you have two) click on www.senate.gov .
ALARMING: Colorado GOP Stoke the Flames of Discrimination Against LGBTQ People and Other Minorities
Aaron Rodriguez
HRC
HRC
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please press: www.hrc.org
Labels:
Aaron Rodriguez,
Colorado,
discrimination,
GOP,
LGBTQ people,
minorities,
stoke the flames
Location:
Denver, CO, USA
Man accused of robbing and shooting transgender woman takes a plea deal
Allie Gross
Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
Detroit, MI
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please press: www.freep.com
Labels:
accused,
Allie Gross,
Jujuan Williams,
man,
plea deal,
robbing,
shooting,
takes,
transgender woman
Location:
Detroit, MI, USA
14 February 2018
Column: Donald Trump won't stop trying to keep America white
Dana Milbank
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
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please press: www.chicagotribune.com
Chile - Chilean House of Deputies approves transgender rights bill
Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade
Washington Blade
Chilean House of Deputies
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please press: www.washingtonblade.com
Congressional Transgender Equality Task Force demands meeting with Trump civil rights officials
John Riley
Metroweekly
Metroweekly
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please press: www.metroweekly.com
Pride Fort Lauderdale celebrates second year on city's beach
Aric Chokey
SunSentinel
SunSentinel
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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please press: www.sun-sentinel.com
Transgender woman is first to be able to breastfeed her baby
Jessica Hamzelou
New Scientist
New Scientist
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please press: www.newscientist.com
13 February 2018
17 WTF Items From Donald Trump's Budget
Tim Dickinson
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
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please press: www.rollingstone.com
Labels:
budget,
Donald Trump,
financial,
items,
messaging document,
moral,
Tim Dickinson,
unveiled,
WTF
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Ecuador - Gay Men In Ecuador Are Being Beaten And Raped To ‘Cure’ Them, Activists Say
Anastasia Moloney
HuffPost
HuffPost
flag of Ecuador
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please press: www.huffingtonpost.com
Labels:
activists,
Anastasia Moloney,
beaten,
cure,
Ecuador,
gay men,
raped,
Taller de Comunicacion Mujer
Location:
Quito, Ecuador
How the Transgender Murder Rate Reveals the Ugly Lie of ‘Acceptance'
Samantha Allen
Daily Beast
Daily Beast
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please press: www.thedailybeast.com
Nevada - Being Transgender - And Religious
Kristy Totten
Nevada Public Radio
Nevada Public Radio
Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada
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please press: knpr.org
Labels:
being,
Kristy Totten,
Las Vegas,
Nevada,
religious,
transgender,
transitions,
welcoming
Location:
Mesquite, NV, USA
Parents want custody to stop transgender teen having hormone treatment
Jen Christensen
CNN
CNN
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please press: www.cnn.com
Labels:
custody,
having,
hormone treatment,
Jen Christensen,
parents,
stop,
transgender teen,
want
Location:
Cincinnati, OH, USA
12 February 2018
Donald Trump’s Extract-Everything Energy Policy Dooms Us All
Michael T. Klare
The Nation.
The Nation.
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please press: www.thenation.com
Pakistan - Transgender woman kidnapped and gang-raped by nine people in Pakistan
Toni Halford
Pink News
Pink News
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please press: www.pinknews.co.uk
Department of Education Admits to Rejecting Civil Rights Complaints From Trans Students
Aaron Rodriguez
HRC
HRC
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please press: www.hrc.org
New Mexico - Activists Post Bond for SanTana Immigrant Trans Woman Seeking Asylum
Press
OC Weekly
OC Weekly
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please press: www.ocweekly.com
ezs note: If you read the article, please read my letter to the editor.
Labels:
activists,
asylum,
immigrant,
post bond,
SanTana,
seeking,
transgender woman,
Valeria de la Luz
Location:
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Missouri must provide hormone therapy for transgender inmate, federal judge orders
Matt Campbell
The Kansas City Star.
The Kansas City Star.
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please press: www.kansascity.com
11 February 2018
Donald Trump - (video) 'On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The 20th Century' - Timothy Snyder
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19IhRaWZUl4
Donald Trump - The RNC Asked Tweeters To Take A Donald Trump Approval Poll. They Did So With Glee.
Lee Moran
HuffPost
HuffPost
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please press: www.huffingtonpost.com
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
South Africa - No laws to protect SA's vulnerable groups
Vuyo Mkize
news 24
news 24
Johannesburg, South Africa
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please press: www.news24.com
please press: www.news24.com
Dollars, data support record number of transgender U.S. election candidates
Daniel Trotta
Reuters
Reuters
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please press: www.reuters.com
Mom says Riverview church tried to pray the 'demon' from her transgender son
Aleanna Siacon
Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
Satan!
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please press: www.freep.com
Labels:
Aleanna Siacon,
church,
demon,
Kim Tooley,
Metro City Church,
mom,
pray,
Riverview,
transgender son
Location:
Riverview, MI, USA
10 February 2018
Donald Trump - FORMER WIVES OF TOP WHITE HOUSE AIDE ROB PORTER BOTH TOLD FBI HE ABUSED THEM
Ryan Grim, Alleen Brown
The Intercept
The Intercept
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please press: theintercept.com
Labels:
abused,
aide,
Alleen Brown,
FBI,
former,
physically assaulted,
Rob Porter,
Ryan Grim,
top,
White House,
wives
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
El Salvador - Sent home to a deadly nightmare by Trump’s America
Josefina Salomon
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
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please press: www.washingtonpost.com
Parents of transgender students give education secretary an 'F' in defending civil rights
Caitlyn Jones
Denton Record-Chronicle
Denton Record-Chronicle
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please press: www.dentonrc.com
Vermont - VT Electric chief considers run for governor
Andrew Martin
News & Citizen
News & Citizen
Topsham, VT
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please press: www.stowetoday.com
Tonya Harvey Is 3rd Transgender Woman Killed in US in 2018
Monique Judge
The Root
The Root
Tonya Harvey (1983-2018)
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please press: www.theroot.com
ezs note: Buffalo, NY area residents - please, if you have any information regarding the murder of Tonya Harvey, contact the Buffalo police at 716-851-4466. Thanks.
Labels:
2018,
hate crime,
investigated,
killed,
Monique Judge,
third,
Tonya Harvey,
transgender woman,
U.S.
Location:
Buffalo, NY, USA
Waterbury, Connecticut
estimated transgender population: 628*
(rounded up)
Union Station Clocktower, Waterbury, CT
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ezs note: Welcome to Waterbury, Connecticut! Home of Frankie's Hot Dogs! Home of John G. Rowland, former governor of Connecticut! (now, sadly, in the pokey...) Well, ya gotta have something to view!
Labels:
Connecticut,
Waterbury
Location:
Waterbury, CT, USA
09 February 2018
Walgreens to make bathrooms at all 8100 stores transgender-inclusive
Chelsea Ritschel
The Independent
The Independent
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please press: www.independent.co.uk
04 February 2018
Practicing Law as Transgender Trailblazer
Scott Graham
Texas Lawyer
Texas Lawyer
Texas lawyers
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please press: www.law.com
Transgender bathroom policy debate returns to S.D. Legislature
Dana Ferguson
Argus Leader
Argus Leader
State Capitol, Pierre, South Dakota
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please press: www.argusleader.com
03 February 2018
Donald Trump said 4 things that aren't true in a single 47-word tweet
Chris Cillizza
CNN
CNN
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please press: www.cnn.com
Ukraine - Ukrainian TV Station Forced To Apologize For Gay-Bashing 'Pinocchio' Parody
Pete Baumgartner
RadioFreeEurope / RadioLiberty
RadioFreeEurope / RadioLiberty
"Buratino" (in Cyrillic)
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please press: www.rferl.org
Labels:
apologize,
forced,
gay-bashing,
parody,
Pete Baumgartner,
Pinocchio,
TV Station,
Ukraine,
Ukrainian
Location:
Kyiv, Ukraine, 02000
Tributes, celebration, and next steps for LGBTQ civil rights to mark 2018 Equality Illinois Gala
Press
ChicagoPride.com
ChicagoPride.com
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please press: chicago.gopride.com
Oklahoma - Minister has message for some lawmakers: 'Stop obsessing over bathrooms and weddings'
Barbara Hoberock
Tulsa World
Tulsa World
Oklahoma City, OK
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please press: www.tulsaworld.com
Labels:
Barbara Hoberock,
bathrooms,
lawmakers,
Lori Walke,
message,
minister,
obsessing,
Oklahoma,
stop,
weddings
Location:
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Ives ad targets transgender community, immigrants and women who get abortions
Tina Stondeles
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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please press: chicago.suntimes.com
Labels:
abortions,
ad,
immigrants,
Jeanne Ives,
targets,
Tina Stondeles,
transgender community,
women
Location:
Wheaton, IL, USA
Wellsville, New York
The Pink House
(rounded down)
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ezs note: Wellsville, New York may be a tiny town, but architecture lovers who make it to The Pink House will definitely have their breath taken away by its beauty. See it first, and then enjoy the friendliness this town has to offer!
Labels:
New York,
Wellsville
Location:
Wellsville, NY 14895, USA
02 February 2018
Donald Trump - An Article of Impeachment Against Donald J. Trump
David Leonhardt
The New York Times
The New York Times
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please press: www.nytimes.com
ezs note: Are you pissed enough at Donald enough to have him impeached? YOU can get the ball rolling. Call or hand-write your Representative and let him/her know that you would like to see him be impeached. (Don't e-write - 95% of these just get tossed) Don't know who your Representative is? Click www.house.gov to find out who your Representative is.
Jamaica - Jamaica bars anti-gay preacher Steven Anderson
Press
BBC
BBC
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please press: www.bbc.com
ezs note: Now if we could figure out how to get him out of the United States...
Transgender ‘bathroom bill’ introduced in Iowa House, though support lags
Brianne Pfannenstiel, Courtney Crowder
Des Moines Register
Des Moines Register
Conservatives make their voices heard...
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please press: www.desmoinesregister.com
West Virginia - Editorial: Extending hate-crime protections to all is overdue
Editorial Board
Herald-Dispatch
Herald-Dispatch
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please press: www.herald-dispatch.com
RNC sides with Trump on transgender military ban
Thomas Beaumont
The Mercury News
The Mercury News
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please press: www.mercurynews.com
ezs note: Liberal/moderate Republicans - Hello... can we talk? I know, I know, you think you're talking to a bleeding heart liberal Democrat. As for me, I plead (happily) guilty. But as for my family history, things get a bit muddled. My mother, her brother, my niece and nephew, as well as both my grandparents (now deceased) are staunch Republicans. (Where did I go wrong?)
Now, some of you may have voted for Trump. I understand that. But when you go into a store, shop, or office owned by an African-American - a good, decent, scrupulous man or woman - don't you feel a little twinge? When you see a transgender boy or girl - a child of God if there ever was one - being harassed, doesn't it make you feel just a bit angry?
Donald Trump doesn't think so. The RNC doesn't think so. They can go to hell (quite literally) as far as they are concerned.
I'm not saying "come to us". You have your own views, and I respect that. But when Trump and the RNC go so off the board, isn't it time to leave???
Just sayin'...
Donald Trump - The Case For Impeachment - ENTIRE - Allan J. Lichtman
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrJv_n9OmVk&t=2913s
01 February 2018
Donald Trump - DC Divorce Lawyers Weigh In: What Would Happen if Melania and Donald Trump Split?
Marisa M. Kashino
Washingtonian
Washingtonian
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please press: www.washingtonian.com
Transgender civil rights bill draws crowd at State House
Dave Solomon
Union Leader
Union Leader
Concord, New Hampshire
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please press: www.unionleader.com
Louisiana - Kyle Duncan's nomination to 5th Circuit advances out of U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
Elizabeth Crisp
The Advocate
The Advocate
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please press: www.theadvocate.com
ezs note: You can help stop some of the worst justice nominations - but only if you let your voice be heard! You can find out who your two Senators are (remember, every state has two) by clicking www.senate.gov.
By the way, I did! You can too.
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