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05 June 2018

Netherlands - Dutch court rules third gender should be recognised

Staff
Independent

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civil rights - Despite Recent Gavin Grimm Court Ruling, Trump Administration Unlikely to Change Course on Transgender Rights...

Mark Keierleber
T74

Gavin Grimm

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Wyoming - Jackson Town Council moves forward with non-discrimination ordinance

Meg Daly
Planet Jackson Hole

Jackson, WY (colloquially Jackson Hole)

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lead story - Ind. Teacher Challenges District Transgender Name Policy

Press
NBC News

scene in Brownsburg, IN

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please press: www.nbcchicago.com

This is the end... (of Manafort?)

Robert Mueller
US District Court of Washington DC

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ezs note: You can read the document here.

PS - Although the individuals are unnamed, they can be found here:

Although the indictment documents did not name the leaders, the former Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi stated in an interview on Saturday that he and former Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer were the leaders mentioned.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/former-european-leaders-manafort-hapsburg-group-2018-2?r=UK&IR=T

04 June 2018

Donald Trump - Mueller has waited long enough. It’s subpoena time.

Ruth Marcus
The Washington Post

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please press: www.washingtonpost.com

Japan - Social security for transgender people expands; obstacles remain in old age

Press
Japan Today

Japan, Takezaki Suenaga, 1293 CE

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please press: japantoday.com

civil rights - Mineola marchers press fight for transgender rights, laws

Christine Chung
Newsday

dirigible landing in Mineola, NY

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please press: www.newsday.com

New York - How one Democrat stopped New York from passing transgender job protections

Alex Bollinger
LGBTQ Nation

Simcha Felder

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please press: www.lgbtqnation.com

ezs note: I don't know if you are too late, but if not, please challenge Mr. Felder. If you are too late, run as an independent. Hell, you may not win (maybe!) but at least you'll get a real Republican rather than a fake, backstabbing 'Democrat'. (a DINO if there ever was one)

lead story - Six People Told Us Their Favorite Things About Being Transgender

Anna Goldfarb
Vice

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please press: www.vice.com

VIDEO - Michael Isikoff and David Corn - "Russian Roulette"

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03 June 2018

Donald Trump - President Trump Thinks He Is a King

Harry Litman
The New York Times

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please press: www.nytimes.com

Canada - Bisexual Canadians more likely to experience violence: Statistics Canada report

Beth Macdonell
CTV

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please press: winnipeg.ctvnews.ca

civil rights - 'This is a civil rights issue'

Michael Romain
OakPark.com

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Minnesota - Human Rights Campaign Endorses Dan Feehan for Congress

Ianthe Metzger
HRC

Dan Feehan and family

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please press: www.hrc.org

lead story - FX’s ‘Pose’ puts transgender and gay actors front and center — and all Utahns can relate

Scott D. Pierce
The Salt Lake Tribune \

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please press: www.sltrib.com

02 June 2018

Donald Trump - The Equal Rights Amendment Was Just Ratified by Illinois. What Does That Mean?

Matthew Haag
The New York Times

Illinois State Capitol

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please press: www.nytimes.com

ezs note: Whoa... this could be interesting. After reading The New York Times article, it still remains murky whether it will pass or not. On the off chance that it would, Virginia seems most likely to pass it. Virginia, please call your state senator and your House of Delegates member and ask them to vote YES on the Equal Rights Amendment. If nothing else, it'll put your thumb into Herr Trump's eye.

Russia - Russian football hooligans threaten to stab gay and transgender England fans at the World Cup

Khaleda Rahman
Daily Mail

Oh, yeah. Russia's so civil. Yeah...

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please press: www.dailymail.co.uk

civil rights - Virginia school district vows to fight on despite losing transgender bathroom ruling

Casey Quinlan
ThinkProgress

Or the Board of Education. Take your pick.

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Alaska - Alaskan recognized by NPR for 'Tiny Desk Contest' submission

Jack Carney
KTUU

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lead story - Crowdfunding platform suspends campaign to distribute 'deceitful' school resources on transgender young people

Yas Necati
Independent

London, UK

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please press: www.independent.co.uk

VIDEO - How Democracies Die - Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

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01 June 2018

Zanesville, Ohio

estimated transgender population: 148*
(rounded up)

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ezs note: Well, do you like bridges? In particular, old bridges? Zanesville, Ohio has the only Y-bridge extant from its original building at the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum rivers. Come on... it's worth at least a crossing!

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

Donald Trump - Trump applying 19th-century remedies to 21st-century problems

Menzie Chinn
The Hill

Doctor Trump's excellent medicine

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please press: thehill.com

Hong Kong - In Hong Kong, Gay People Prescribed Prayers And No Sex As ‘Cure’

Beh Leh Yi
HuffPost

"doctors" working hard on a "cure"

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civil rights - ACLU: Some R.I. school districts slow in implementing transgender protection policies

Linda Borg
Providence Journal

Westerly, RI

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please press: www.providencejournal.com

Alabama - Alabama's 'political punching bags': Campaign rhetoric concerns LGBTQ community

Brian Lyman
Montgomery Advertiser

Uh... need I say more?

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lead story - Repeal of transgender protections unlikely

Maeve Duggan
CommonWealth

eastern end of Mass Pike

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please press: commonwealthmagazine.org

31 May 2018

Donald Trump - LISTEN: How Michael Cohen Protects Trump By Making Legal Threats

Tim Mak
NPR

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please press: www.npr.org

Germany - Celebrating Magnus Hirschfeld, the Einstein of Sex

Paul Masterson
Shepherd Express

Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935)

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civil rights - To transgender high school graduates, a note of hope and gratitude

Rex Huppke
Chicago Tribune

Chicago, IL

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please press: www.chicagotribune.com

Rhode Island - Rev. Anderson of RI State Council of Churches Is Transgender

Scott Mackay
RI NPR

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please press: ripr.org

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?

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

Ruki Fernando
Groundviews

Buddha of Avukana, Sri Lanka

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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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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

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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.