Emily's virtual rocket

31 May 2018

lead story - Chile transgender: 'Growing up here is torture'

Jane Chambers
BBC News

Santiago, Chile (bicentennial celebration)

please press: www.bbc.com

30 May 2018

Donald Trump - Trump’s not a liar. He’s a madman.

Dana Milbank
The Washington Post

Any questions?

Credit: http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/baloney2.jpg

and

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg

please press: www.washingtonpost.com

Italy - Italian Parliament deputy speaker meets LGBT delegation

Press
Business Standard

Palazzo Parlamento, Rome

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please press: www.business-standard.com

civil rights - WSW: Director Of National Transgender Rights Group Says "The Law Is On Our Side"

Gordon Evans
WMUK

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please press: wmuk.org

Wyoming - EWC kills transgender policy proposals

Andrew D. Brosig
Gillette News Record

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please press: www.gillettenewsrecord.com

lead story - Transgender migrant from Honduras dies in U.S. custody

Annie Rose Ramos
NBC

BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS, DONALD.

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please press: www.nbcnews.com

29 May 2018

Donald Trump - RETIRED GENERAL SLAMS TRUMP: THERE'S NOTHING 'HAPPY' ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY

Shane Croucher
Newsweek

Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington, VA

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please press: www.newsweek.com

Sri Lanka - Freedom of Expression on the decline in Sri Lanka

Ruki Fernando
Groundviews

Buddha of Avukana, Sri Lanka

please press: groundviews.org

civil rights - MCRC: Discrimination against LGBTQ people is prohibited under Elliott-Larson

Tracy Samilton
Michigan Radio

Dwarf lake iris (Michigan state flower)

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please press: michiganradio.org

Oklahoma - Oklahoma City LGBTQ had warned cops about restaurant shooter

Jason Rhode
Georgia Voice

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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please press: thegavoice.com

lead story - HOUSTON ADDS TRANSGENDER HEALTH BENEFITS

Lourdes Zavaleta
OutSmart

Houston, Texas

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please press: www.outsmartmagazine.com

28 May 2018

What do you have in common with the Vegas Golden Knights?

Vegas Golden Knights, Marc-André Fleury

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Marc-Andre_Fleury_2018-02-06_1.jpg

ezs note: Later on tonight, I'll be seeing the impossible of impossibilities start to happen - the Vegas Golden Knights have just one team to conquer to win the Stanley Cup. (Sorry, Washington Capitals fans - but this is the best example!) Back in early October, no one would have predicted this. Hell, I wouldn't have predicted this. But here they are, your Vegas Golden Knights. And no one is calling the Washington Capitals a cakewalk.

So, how are you similar?

All of the 'experts' are pooh-poohing the results on Election Day. An impossibility, they say. Well, what are you going to do? Go with the sheep, or with the wolves? Hell, I know what I'm going to do. And I won't be on the stands - I'll be out on the ice.

Donald Trump - DONALD TRUMP TURNED THE U.S. INTO AN 'EVIL EMPIRE' IN JUST 500 DAYS, JIM CARREY SAYS

Maria Perez
Newsweek

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please press: www.newsweek.com

New Zealand - 'I'm myself and I'm here' - Kiwi transgender model makes her mark at Dunedin Fashion Week

Press
newsnow

Dunedin, New Zealand

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please press: www.tvnz.co.nz

civil rights - New Jersey Lawmakers Send Transgender Rights Bills to Phil Murphy

Christian Hetrick
Observer

New Jersey governor's mansion

(Drumthwacket)

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please press: observer.com

Minnesota - CLE credit revoked

Barbara L. Jones
Minnesota Lawyer

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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please press: minnlawyer.com

lead story - Indian mob kills transgender woman over fake rumors spread on WhatsApp

Manveena Suri
CNN

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please press: www.cnn.com

27 May 2018

Donald Trump - More than 60 Dem lawmakers demand ethics investigation into Trump's relationship with China

Mary Tyler March
The Hill

ZTE Tower, Shenzhen, China

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please press: thehill.com

Georgia (country) - LGBT Supporters Rally In Tbilisi, Despite Fears Of Violence

Press
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Tbilisi, Georgia

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please press: www.rferl.org

civil rights - ACLU praises Connecticut for passing ‘most protective transgender policy and law in the country’

Josh Delk
The Hill

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please press: thehill.com

ezs note: Yeah, yeah, we've got problems (who doesn't?) but Connecticut has the MOST progressive laws in the country! Yay! 👧

Hawaii - Hawaii Enacts Legislation Protecting LGBTQ Youth from Abusive Conversion Therapy

Press
Windy City Times

Honolulu, Hawaii

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please press: www.windycitymediagroup.com

lead story - Transgender people withdrawing from society due to lack of gender-neutral toilets

Alexandra Treloar
ABC (Australia)

Sydney, Australia

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please press: www.abc.net.au

26 May 2018

Donald Trump - Trump Claims Aide Who Gave Official White House Briefing Does Not Exist

Chas Danner
New York

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please press: nymag.com

Bermuda - The campaign for equality

Monica Jones
The Royal Gazette

Hamilton, Bermuda

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please press: mobile.royalgazette.com

civil rights - Here's how N.J. could soon give a big boost to transgender rights

Susan K. Livio
nj.com

North Bergen, NJ

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please press: www.nj.com

Ohio - Gender dysphoria: Ohio bill protects parental rights

Kiley Crossland
Baptist Press

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please press: bpnews.net

ezs note: Oh, great. A man sticks his schlong into his wife/girlfriend's vagina, and suddenly they're "experts'. Listen, there's a world of difference between advice from great aunt Gertrude and someone who's actually studied six to eight years. There's also a difference between consent and informed consent. Ohioans, urge your state representative and state senator to vote NO on this stupid bill.

lead story - Transgender people encouraged to become priests in Church of England diversity drive

Olivia Rudgard
The Telegraph

Canterbury Cathedral

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please press: www.telegraph.co.uk

25 May 2018

Winnfield, Louisiana

estimated transgender population: 28*
(rounded down)

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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!

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

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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please press: www.vanityfair.com

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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please press: michiganradio.org

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

Whitney Kimball
Jezebel

Parkersburg, WV

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please press: jezebel.com

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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please press: www.jpost.com

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

Mark Joseph Stern
Slate

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please press: slate.com

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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please press: www.hongkongfp.com

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.