Costa Rica - Vocal Marriage Opponent Loses Costa Rica Presidential Election

Michael Lavers
Pride Source

Iglesia Immaculata Concepciòn, Costa Rica

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Transgender Woman Shot Dead in Motel Is 7th Killed in U.S. This Year, Rights Advocates Say

Christine Hauser
The New York Times

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Iowa - Transgender Iowa teen will be allowed to attend Boys State

Linh Ta
Des Moines Register

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Prosecutors seek death penalty in killing of transgender teen

Staff
Crimesider

Texas County Administrative Center, Houston, MO

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Not good enough, Ms. Esty

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ezs note:  Consider the following quote from The Virginian-Pilot:

Up until this week, (Tony) Baker was employed by Sandy Hook Promise in an advocacy role for the gun control group, a job he landed with a favorable recommendation from (Elizabeth) Esty.  (italics mine)

Somehow,  Ms. Esty thinks that this ending of her term will assuage people.  Not this time, Liz, not this time.  You need to get your ass out of there.  NOW.

Donald Trump isn’t Winston Churchill. He’s Neville Chamberlain.

Christian Caryl
The Washington Post

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Iraq - 'The world is changing': Iraqi LGBT group takes campaign to streets

Alex MacDonald
Middle East Eye

Sulemaniyah, Iraq

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/rasan-1330280220

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civil rights - Transgender people one step closer to equal protection

Linds Jakows
Fosters.com

Concord, NH

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Arizona - A year after snub at Pride Parade, Trans Queer Pueblo launches week of action

Maria Poletta
azcentral.

Pueblo, Arizona

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Jennifer Williams Is Transgender, Republican, and Not Giving Up

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

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Donald Trump - An ‘angry and disgusted’ Charles Barkley unloads on Trump and his supporters

Cindy Boren
The Washington Post

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Switzerland - Swiss transgender group launches campaign against workplace discrimination

Press
swissinfo.ch

Swiss Alps, Switzerland

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civil rights - Fayetteville residents gather for Transgender Day of Visibility

Ashton Eley
ArkansasOnline

Fayetteville, AR

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New Jersey - Transgender people may soon get new birth, death certificates | Feedback

Joan Quigley
nj.com

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TRANSGENDER WOMAN DEBUNKS TRANSPHOBIC MYTHS IN VIDEO ON TWITTER

Sabrina Barr
Independent

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Donald Trump - Trump lashes out after California Gov. Jerry Brown pardons 5 immigrants under threat of deportation

Jennifer Hansler
CNN

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Malawi - Chief declares Nkhatabay free LGBTI zone

Luke Bisani
Malawi 24

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ezs note:  When it comes to choosing Donald Trump or Senior Chief Mkumbira, I'll take the chief, anywhere, anytime. Got a room in the White House for you.  Rent's free. (but the blubber must be removed)

civil rights- Top Justice Dept lawyer leaving for LGBT rights group

Jacqueline Thomsen
The Hill

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Michigan - Author discusses intersection between race and transgender identities

Rachel Cunningham
The Michigan Daily

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Summit County’s SWAT leader to be first transgender woman sent to prestigious FBI National Academy

Jack Queen
The Denver Post

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Miami, Florida

estimated transgender population:  2631*
(rounded up)

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ezs note:  Miami, Florida! Home of the Dolphins!  Home of the Marlins! Where, considering where they came from, the Panthers are just too damn hot!  Anyways, if you like the warmer weather, Miami may be the place for you!  

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

Resign, Ms. Esty

Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT)

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ezs note:  Crap, this is no fun.  Personally, I like you, Elizabeth.  However, there are bigger fish to fry here.  Donald Trump sits today in a perilous state, which is good.  Elizabeth, you may have little or nothing to do with Tony Baker's delayed firing -  but, boy, does it smell in here.  And nothing would make Donald Trump happier.

Really, would that make you happier?

Resign, Ms. Esty.  Immediately.

(for more information, press ctmirror.org...)

Donald Trump jumps on anti-tech bandwagon, gets everything wrong

Kieren McCarthy
The Register

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Colombia - Transgender, Queer Candidates Backed in Runs for Colombia's Senate

Ariel Sobel
Advocate

flag of Colombia 

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civil rights - Transgender Ohioans Sue for Right to Change Birth Certificates

Matt Reynolds
Courthouse News Service

Ohio

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Georgia - Trans People See No Equality in Rural Georgia

Victor Sledge
The Signal

Edge Hill, Georgia

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The Latest: Pulse gunman widow sobs with joy after acquittal

Press
ABC

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South Africa - How to report hate crime anonymously in SA

Petru Saal
Times Live

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civil rights - Wiener bill expands civil rights for trans prisoners

Alex Madison
The Bay Area Reporter

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Alaska - Proposition 1 is discriminatory and would hurt Alaska tourism

Suzanne Rust
Anchorage Daily News

Anchorage, AK

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Is Massachusetts the next transgender rights battleground?

Lauren Dezenski
Politico

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Forget Facebook—Donald Trump is “obsessed” with Amazon

Alison Griswold
Quartz

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El Salvador - Transgender activist runs in El Salvador national elections

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade

The torogoz, El Salvador's national bird

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civil rights - ACLU Indiana plans transgender rights Facebook Live event

Rob Burgess
Indiana Lawyer.com

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Vermont - April 12 deadline for LGBTQ grants

Press
Stowe Reporter

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‘It felt so good’: On Day of Visibility, older transgender women look back

Nancy Fowler
St. Louis Public Radio

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These farmers voted for Donald Trump. But now they fear a trade war with China will ruin them

Andrew Buncombe
Independent

Soybean crop, Abbeville Co., SC

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Sweden - Sweden to pay compensation to trans victims of forced sterilisation

Matt Moore
Gay Times

Malmö, Sweden

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civil rights - Trump's transgender military ban 'worse than don't ask, don't tell,' advocates say

Julie Moreau
NBC

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Iowa - Republican senator opposes Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military

Zack Ford
ThinkProgress

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)

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Transgender Air Force Officer On Trump's Ban And His Supportive Fellow Troops

Ari Shapiro, Noah Caldwell
NPR

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Donald Trump - Stormy Daniels's Oh-So-Familiar Story

Sophie Gilbert
The Atlantic

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UK - Miss Transgender UK hoping to inspire and support LGBT people in the community

Simon Leonard
Scunthorpe Telegraph

Scunthorpe, UK

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civil rights -- Lambda Legal, OutServe-SLDN Urge District Court to Block Transgender Military Ban

Press
Windy City Times

US Federal District Court, Seattle

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Georgia - Legal experts: Hate crimes bill under consideration will cover transgender people

Patrick Saunders
Georgia Voice

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'The Mermaid Hour' explores ups and downs of parenting a transgender child

Ben Waterhouse
The Oregonian

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Donald Trump - Stormy Daniels to tell her story of Trump 'affair' on CBS

Press
BBC

♬ Ev'ryone knows it's Stormy... ♪

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Kenya - Kenyan court rules forced anal exams unlawful

Tom Odula
The Philadelphia Tribune

Statue of Dedan Kimathi (Nairobi, Kenya)

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civil rights - DeVos Finally Agrees Federal Dollars Shouldn’t Fund LGBTQ Discrimination In Schools

Rebecca Klein
HuffPost

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New Jersey - PFLAG in NJ celebrates 45 years uniting LGBTQ, families and allies

Cheryl Makin
myCentralJersey.com

Shrewsbury, New Jersey

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