Emily's virtual rocket

23 May 2018

Donald Trump - Trump lawyer 'paid by Ukraine' to arrange White House talks

Paul Wood
BBC

gettin' ready for the next big payoff, uh, talks

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Hong Kong - Event: 2nd 1905 International Human Rights Film Festival launches in Hong Kong

Press
Hong Kong Free Press

Hong Kong at night

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civil rights - Federal Court Rules Civil-Rights Law Protects Transgender Students

Amanda Arnold
The Cut

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Indiana - Lyft driver in Indianapolis orders gay couple out of his car after they kiss

Mark Alesia
IndyStar.

Wow - it's the same driver!

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lead story - Sephora launches makeup classes for transgender population

Chelsea Ritschel
Independent

Sephora, Champs Élysées, Paris

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please press: www.independent.co.uk

ezs note: Hey, everybody! There's a Sephora store in my town of West Hartford, Connecticut! Come on down, and just maybe you'll see me congratulating the owner!

22 May 2018

VIDEO - How Do We Abolish the Electoral College? (Robert Reich)

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Donald Trump - Hey, Look: More Evidence That Broidy May Have Been Covering for Trump in That Playmate Affair

Paul Campos
New York

Elliott Broidy, in happier seconds

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please press: nymag.com

ezs note: When I was reading this article, I did a Wikipedia on George Nader (the businessman, not the actor) to find out if they were related. (as far as I could, they either weren't, or were distantly related) But I'll let you discover the, uh, 'fun'. (barf bag, please)

Oh, yeah. Fine, upstanding men, these.

Vietnam - LGBT community in Vietnam’s path to recognition

Press
vietnamnet bridge

sidewalk in Hanoi, Vietnam

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civil rights - DeVos grilled on civil rights for students

Lydia Wheeler
The Hill

grilled chicken, House special

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Rhode Island - Chariho school committee to vote on transgender policy

Press
NBC 10

Bell School, Richmond, RI

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lead story - TRANSGENDER PEOPLE'S BRAINS ARE WIRED LIKE THOSE OF GENDER THEY IDENTIFY WITH, NEW STUDY SHOWS

Kashmira Gander
Newsweek

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21 May 2018

Norway - Is it difficult to be gay in the Norwegian workplace?

Nancy Bazilchuk
The Local No

Linköping University, Linköping, Norway

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civil rights - Here’s why psychiatric hospitals are so bad at helping transgender patients

Josh Israel, Danielle McLean
ThinkProgress

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ezs note: If you are as moved as I was, do as I did and call your state Senator and State Representative and ask for more, better beds for those who desperately need them. Thanks.

Florida - Transgender Political Candidates Monica DePaul and Wendy Ella May Explain Their Positions on Universal Health Care

Danielle Bernstein
teenVogue

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ezs note: It's a ways off (Tuesday, November 6) but whether you are in Florida, North Carolina - or anywhere - VOTE!

lead story - Despite fatwa, transgender people in Iran face harassment

Press
Tampa Bay Times

Tehran, Iran

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VIDEO - Joshua Green, "The Devil's Bargain"

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20 May 2018

Donald Trump - Warner: Why doesn't Trump understand that it's illegal for other countries to interfere in US elections?

Jacqueline Thomsen
The Hill

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Poland - Polish conservatives oppose rainbow flag at European Parliament

Press
Radio Poland

map of Poland

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civil rights - American bishop brings human rights focus to royal wedding

Press
Tampa Bay Times

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Arizona - Phoenix will add rainbow crosswalks to celebrate LGBT community

Jessica Boehm
azcentral.

Phoenix, AZ

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lead story - Idaho agrees to pay transgender women's attorney fees

Betsy Z. Russell
Idado State Journal

Idaho state capitol (interior)

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19 May 2018

VIDEO - David Cay Johnston & Greg Palast: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America

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Donald Trump - Bill Maher: Congress ‘Wouldn’t Turn on Trump If They Found Out He Was Using the Eternal Flame to Light Farts’ (Video)

Tony Maglio
Yahoo!

JFK eternal flame

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Mexico - Mexico bans 17 'false' transgender women running in local elections

Marta Rodriguez Martinez
euronews

Muxes, Zapotec region

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civil rights - 'Live Free or Die' motto often invoked, with mixed results

Holly Ramer
Hastings Tribune

Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire

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California - Saddleback College continues to investigate submitted transgender student complaints

Ashley Hern
Lariat

Saddleback College

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lead story - Belgian transgender ballet film wins Cannes Queer Palme

Johnny Cotton
Reuters

Jacques Brel, Belgium

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18 May 2018

Middletown, Delaware

estimated transgender population: 121*
(rounded down)

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ezs note: Wow! So that's where Dead Poets Society was filmed! Middletown, Delaware is home to St. Andrews School, a private co-ed boarding school. In the movies, boarding schools are starchy, stuffy places, (especially in the fifties) but St. Andrews is fortunately different. They have a Gender and Sexuality Alliance - good for them!

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Donald Trump - Trump personally pushed postmaster general to double rates on Amazon, other firms

Damian Patella, Josh Dawsey
The Washington Post

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Chile - Chile LGBT Group Blasts Campaign against Transgender Actress

Press
Latin American Herald Tribune

Santiago, Chile

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civil rights - This transgender graduate will make history at Pass High. And he's only 16.

Jeff Clark
SunHerald

Pass Christian, Mississippi

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Illinois - Pride Action Tank report and project address issues concerning LGBT older adults

Press
Windy City Times

Chicago, IL (Wicker Park)

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lead story - GOP Candidate Films Herself Harassing A Transgender Woman

Andrea González-Ramírez
Refinery29

Jazmina Saavedra (R-CA)

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17 May 2018

Donald Trump - Senate Transcripts Suggest Trump, Jr., Was Willing to Collude with Russians

John Cassidy
The New Yorker

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Ukraine - Ukraine: Radical Groups Disrupt LGBTI Event

Press
Human Rights Watch

Donetsk, Ukraine

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civil rights - Longtime gay-rights opponent Tony Perkins named to U.S. religious freedom panel

Julie Moreau
NBC News

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Arkansas - Arkansas middle school student, 12, donates money from sales to charity

Rachel O'Neal
ArkansasOnline

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lead story - The gay, transgender and bisexual men on Manus are forced into silence

Behrouz Boochani
The Guardian

Manus Island regional processing center

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16 May 2018

Donald Trump - TESTIMONY - Donald Trump Jr. testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Donald Trump Jr. (testifying)
Senate Judiciary Committee

Senate Judiciary Committee

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ezs note: Yeah, yeah, I know. This is a L-O-N-G piece. Read the whole thing - you'll be rewarded.

Turkey: Banned Pride march must be allowed to take place in peace

Press
Amnesty International

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ezs note: Hey, if it can take place in São Paulo, it can place in Ankara. PERIOD.

civil rights - LGBTQ teens face widespread feelings of fear and rejection, survey finds

Amy Ellis Nutt
Chicago Tribune
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Guido Reni, Massacre of the Innocents

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Illinois - Experts say large health disparities exist between Chicago LGBTQs

Jesse Arnholz
Windy City Times

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lead story - 2 transgender women have turned up dead in Dallas in the last week

Matthew Martinez
The Sacramento Bee

Vincent van Gogh, Sorrow

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ezs note: Unfortunately, two transgender women have been found murdered in Dallas, TX in a short period of time. The first, mentioned previously, was Carla Patricia Flores-Pavon. The second is unidentified. She was a black transgender woman, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 130 pounds. If you have information about either one of these murders, please call the Dallas police at 214-283-4856. Thanks.