25 May 2018

Winnfield, Louisiana


estimated transgender population:  28*
(rounded down)

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Stores_in_Winnfield%2C_Louisiana_%281904%29.jpg

ezs note:  Do you know what the Project Plowshare system was?  It was a system designed to turn nuclear warheads into peaceful uses - and one of the places was at Winnfield, Louisiana!  Oh well... it was a nice idea, anyway!

Donald Trump - TRUMP GOES FULL ALEX JONES AS “SPYGATE” FALLS APART

Abigail Tracy
Vanity Fair


Trump 'n Jones, together at last!

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Nigeria - 5 Nigerian films that advocate for gay rights

Chidumga Izuzu
pulse.ng


Abuja, Nigeria

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please press:  www.pulse.ng


civil rights - The Michigan Civil Rights Commission defends humanity

Jack Lessenberry
Michigan Radio


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West Virginia - How Transphobic Anti-LGBTQ Groups Hijacked a Small Town's Fight for Equality

Whitney Kimball
Jezebel


Parkersburg, WV

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lead story - Transgender woman sexually assaulted while sleeping at Cleveland homeless shelter, police say

Adam Ferrise
cleveland.com


Cleveland, OH

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please press:  www.cleveland.com  

24 May 2018

Donald Trump - Trump’s Reckoning Arrives

David Frum
The Atlantic


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please press:  www.theatlantic.com

Sudan/Israel - NGO: STATE DETAINED SUDANESE OF DARFUR UNTIL MID-MARCH DESPITE PLEDGE

Yonah Jeremy Bob
Jerusalem Post


Sudan (map)

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civil rights- Federal Court Emphatically Shoots Down Anti-Trans Lawsuit in Rare Ruling From the Bench

Mark Joseph Stern
Slate


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Washington (state) - Transgender veteran sues state, alleging sex discrimination in hiring

Camille Lemke
The News Tribune


Fife, WA

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please press:  www.thenewstribune.com


lead story - HRC Mourns Gigi Pierce, Transgender Woman Fatally Shot in Oregon

Helen Parshall
HRC


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Police_car_with_emergency_lights_on.jpg

please press:   www.hrc.org

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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please press:  www.bbc.com

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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please press:  www.thecut.com 




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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please press:  www.indystar.com

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)


Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6UBwPYdl74


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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please press:  english.vietnamnet.vn

civil rights - DeVos grilled on civil rights for students

Lydia Wheeler
The Hill


grilled chicken, House special

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please press:  thehill.com

Rhode Island - Chariho school committee to vote on transgender policy

Press
NBC 10


Bell School, Richmond, RI

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please press:  turnto10.com

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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please press:  www.newsweek.com

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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please press:  www.thelocal.no


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

Josh Israel, Danielle McLean
ThinkProgress


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please press:  thinkprogress.org

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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please press:  www.tampabay.com

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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please press:  thehill.com

Poland - Polish conservatives oppose rainbow flag at European Parliament

Press
Radio Poland


map of Poland

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please press:  www.thenews.pl

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

Press
Tampa Bay Times


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please press:  www.tampabay.com

Arizona - Phoenix will add rainbow crosswalks to celebrate LGBT community

Jessica Boehm
azcentral.


Phoenix, AZ

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please press:  www.azcentral.com

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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please press:  idahostatejournal.com 

19 May 2018

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


Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtBXhiKZjWk

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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please press:  www.yahoo.com

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

Marta Rodriguez Martinez
euronews


Muxes, Zapotec region

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please press:  www.euronews.com

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

Holly Ramer
Hastings Tribune




Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire

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please press:  www.hastingstribune.com 

California - Saddleback College continues to investigate submitted transgender student complaints

Ashley Hern
Lariat


Saddleback College

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please press:  lariatnews.com

lead story - Belgian transgender ballet film wins Cannes Queer Palme

Johnny Cotton
Reuters


Jacques Brel, Belgium

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please press:  www.reuters.com 

18 May 2018

Middletown, Delaware


estimated transgender population:  121*
(rounded down)

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Middletown_DE.jpg

 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!



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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please press:  www.washingtonpost.com

Chile - Chile LGBT Group Blasts Campaign against Transgender Actress

Press
Latin American Herald Tribune


Santiago, Chile

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please press:  www.laht.com

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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please press:  www.sunherald.com


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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please press:  www.windycitymediagroup.com

lead story - GOP Candidate Films Herself Harassing A Transgender Woman

Andrea González-Ramírez
Refinery29


Jazmina Saavedra (R-CA)

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please press:  www.refinery29.com

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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please press:  www.newyorker.com

Ukraine - Ukraine: Radical Groups Disrupt LGBTI Event

Press
Human Rights Watch


Donetsk, Ukraine

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please press:  www.hrw.org

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

Julie Moreau
NBC News


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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

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

Rachel O'Neal
ArkansasOnline


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please press:  www.arkansasonline.com


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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please press:  www.theguardian.com

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

please press:  www.judiciary.senate.gov

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