Oregon - Oregon to allow students to identify as neither male nor female

Bethany Barnes
The Oregonian

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lead story - Teddy Geiger realized she was transgender in therapy

Jessica Sager
Page Six

Teddy Geiger

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Middletown, New Jersey

estimated transgender population: 380*
(rounded up)

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ezs note:  The Evil Clown of Middletown!  Where is it?  Why,  in Middletown, New Jersey, of course!

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

Donald Trump - Trump’s Mar-a-Lago asks to hire 61 additional foreign workers using visa program

Shannon K. Crawford, Soo Rin Kim
ABC

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Croatia - Transgender people have a right to be issued new diplomas

Vedran Pavlik
Total Croatia News

Ŝibenik, Croatia

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civil rights - Inside the Fight to Save LGBT Rights at an All-New Supreme Court

Samantha Allen
The Daily Beast

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Idaho - At Boise's first Pridefest, people had to hide behind masks. Now thousands celebrate.

Michael Katz
Idaho Statesman

Boise, ID

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lead story - I'm a surgeon who helps transgender people live the way they feel inside

Jonathan Keith
USA Today

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Donald Trump - Michael Cohen tells friends he doesn't think Trump would pardon him

MJ Lee
CNN

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Ghana - UN Expert Spotlights LGBT Poverty in Ghana

Wendy Issack
AllAfrica

Independence of Ghana

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civil rights - Military retirees support lawsuit against Trump’s military transgender ban

Press
Dayton Daily News

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Oregon - Corvallis woman runs drag performance and transgender advocacy organization

Lillian Schrock
Corvallis Gazette-Times

Corvallis, OR

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lead story - Barely any transgender recruits have made it into the military since Trump's ban ended

Kathryn Krawczyk
The Week

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Donald Trump - Trump Repeatedly Questioned Why the United States Couldn’t Simply Invade Venezuela

Daniel Politi
Slate

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Poland - Poland’s Supreme Court Stands Up for LGBT Equality

Boris Dittrich
Human Rights Watch

Supreme Court of Poland

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civil rights - Military Officers, Organizations Urge Ninth Circuit to Maintain Block on Trans Troops Ban

Press
HRC

legal brief

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Louisiana - Book Remembers Devastating 1973 Fire at Gay New Orleans Bar

Rebecca Santana
US News & World Report

Up Stairs Lounge, after fire (1973)

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lead story - New Jersey Gov. Signs Bills Giving Transgender Residents More Rights

Alanna Vagianos
HuffPost

Gov. Phil Murphy

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Donald Trump - Hold the champagne on North Korea, President Trump

Editorial Board
The Washington Post

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Israel - TRANS BY CHOICE, TRANS BY FORCE

Hen Mazzig
The Jerusalem Post

Jaffa train station, Tel Aviv, Israel

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civil rights - She Says She Lost Her Job For Coming Out as Transgender. But Her Biggest Battle Could Come at the Supreme Court Without Kennedy

Jennifer Calafas
Time

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South Carolina - Family of SC transgender woman killed in Florida: 'We want everyone to be comfortable with who they are'

Tanita Gaither
wistv

Bishopville, SC

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ezs note:  As of this time, the suspect who killed Cathalina Christina James is still at large.  If you have any information, please call the Jacksonville, FL police at 904-630-6300.  Thanks.

lead story - For this transgender men's team in Brazil, soccer is a path toward self-acceptance

Jill Langlois
Los Angeles Times

map of Brazil

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Donald Trump - Perhaps the least surprising news you'll read all day: Trump's FART Act stinks to high heaven

Jon Healey
Los Angeles Times

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Bermuda - Bermuda Supreme Court reverses law repealing marriage equality

John Riley
MetroWeekly

Hamilton, Bermuda

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civil rights - Cuomo directs agencies to expand, affirm transgender health protections

Bethany Bump
timesunion

Andrew Cuomo (center, brown jacket)

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Tennessee - Thousands walk for Nashville Pride as festival celebrates 30 years

Mike Reicher

Tennesseean.

Nashville, Tennessee

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lead story - Wearing the Pants

Alex Myers
Slate

Joan of Arc (1412-1431)

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Donald Trump - Anti-Trump populist poised to clinch Mexican presidency

Sabrina Rodriguez
Politico

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

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Taiwan - For Taiwan, a Year to Go to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

Boris Dittrich
Human Rights Campaign

Taipei, Taiwan

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civil rights - We Made A List Of All The Anti-LGBT Stuff Trump Has Done As President

Dominic Holden
BuzzFeed News

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Texas - Texas trans community applauds Starbucks' health insurance plans

Press
Spectrum News

Austin, TX

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lead story - BBC left STUNNED after secret survey reveals 417 of its staff are TRANSGENDER

Paul Withers
Sunday Express

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ezs note:  Oh, I'm shocked, shocked.

Largo, Florida

estimated transgender population:  482*
(rounded up)

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ezs note:  Largo, Florida is one of the stops of the Orange Line Railway.  If you are a railroad buff, come on down and see it!

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

Donald Trump - US reportedly has 'unequivocal evidence' that North Korea is 'trying to deceive' Trump with secret sites and nuclear-fuel production

David Choi
Business Insider

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Uruguay - Transmasculinidad: Uruguay

Carmen Graterol, Sarah Barrett
Into

Uruguay River (borders with Brazil)

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civil rights - Transgender bathroom initiative about 15K signatures short of qualifying for Montana ballot

Tom Lutey
Independent Record

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ezs note:  Montanans - thank you!

North Dakota - GOP Senate hopeful Kevin Cramer sought, received support of extreme anti-gay group, CNN reports

Ross Torgerson
West Fargo Pioneer

State Rep. Kevin Cramer

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ezs note:  North Dakotans - please, when November rolls around, vote AGAINST Kevin Cramer.  He is, after all, a nut.

lead story - 2 Transgender Veterans Find Courage — And Sisterhood — Off The Battlefield

Liyna Anwar
NPR

Tucson, AZ

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Donald Trump - GIANT DONALD TRUMP BALLOON IN KKK ROBE WELCOMES MELANIA TO PHOENIX IMMIGRATION SHELTER

Christina Zhao
Newsweek

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New Zealand - The impossibility of being transgender in New Zealand

Felix Desmarais
stuff

Wellington, New Zealand

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civil rights - Where do LGBT workplace rights stand after Kennedy's departure?

Erin Mulvaney
Benefits Pro

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Minnesota - WCCO Viewers’ Choice For Best LGBTQ Bar In Minnesota

Amelia Santaniello
WCCO

Gay 90's (old sign)

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lead story - Derick Dillard (Once Again) Slams Transgender Community With Rude Comment About Jazz Jennings

Samantha Faragalli
In Touch

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ezs note:  Sure, Derick Dillweed - uh, Dillard - belongs to an ultra-fringe psychotic cult who has less a wife than a baby-making machine, whose wife obeys his every whim no matter how freakish or bizarre - or else.  But I digress.  He must be a fine man...

Donald Trump - Planning for Trump's military parade finally getting underway

Courtney Kube
NBC News

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Belgium - Insurer condemned for discriminating against transgender person

Christopher Vincent
The Brussels Times

Brussels, Belgium

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civil rights - Massachusetts Senate OKs bill to allow gender "X" option

Steve LeBlanc
Western Mass News

scene in Boston, MA

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Idaho - Transgender health care in Pocatello

Madeline Coles
Idaho State Journal

Pocatello, Idaho

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lead story - Proposed Ohio law would force teachers to 'out' transgender youth

Briana Harper
NewsChannel5

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ezs note:  "My God, what a dick..."  Yeah, I hear you.  Well, if you live near Cincinnati or Mason, you can do something.  If you live near Tom Brinkman  (District 27) or Paul Zeltwanger (District 54) you can help by volunteering for their opponent.  Let's help by circumcising the dick. 

Donald Trump - Chris Matthews: Dems must do to Trump on Supreme Court what McConnell did to Obama

Julia Manchester
The Hill

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