civil rights - Pittsfield Council Voices Support For Transgender Community

Andy McKeever
iBerkshires.com

Pittsfield, MA

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New Hampshire - NH Cub Scouts officially opens doors to girls, but individual dens will be single gender

Mark Hayward
New Hampshire Union Leader

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lead story - Trump State Department Just Made an Ominous Passport Change for Transgender Americans

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

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VIDEO - Beto O'Rourke | Can Small-Donor Progressives Win Local Elections?

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civil rights - Hey, President Trump, ‘Getting Clipped’ Is the Worst Description For My Life-Giving Trans Surgery

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

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New York - This Stunning New York Fashion Week Show Featured 34 Transgender Models

Curtis M. Wong
HuffPost

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lead story - Springfield transgender woman speaks out about knife attack from man she met on dating app

Gregory J. Holman
Springfield News-Leader

Springfield, MO

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Donald Trump - Donald Trump Falsely Boasted About Having Tallest Building In 9/11 Aftermath

Lee Moran
HuffPost

Aw, don't feel too bad, Donald.  I'm sure you and Kim Il-Sung are friends. (I think...)

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Montserrat - Police investigate killing in Potters

Theresa Goodwin
The Montserrat Reporter

Plymouth, Montserrat

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civil rights - Kansas Attorney General Says Transgender Case Is About 'Reducing Cost'

Dan Margolies
NPR

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ezs note:  Let's do a little math for you.  In 2014, the United States spent 581.0 billion dollars on defense spending.  In China, during the same period, they spent 129.4 billion dollars. What this means is even if we spent the equivalent of the entire Chinese amount on transgender operations rather than defense spending,  we would still have almost double what the Chinese spend. (451.6)

Nebraska - Kelly: Lynne Bacon and transgender spouse Meredith Bacon shared 50 years of 'mutual devotion'

Michael Kelly
Omaha World-Herald

Omaha, NE

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lead story - DONALD TRUMP CALLED TRANSGENDER SURGERY ‘GETTING CLIPPED’ TO STEVE BANNON, ACCORDING TO WOODWARD BOOK

Greg Price
Newsweek

Hint:  Uh, if you don't know what this is, you're the a&&hole...

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Nigeria - She Called Me Woman: Nigerian queer women speak

Sabo Kpade
The Guardian Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

(Victoria Island)

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civil rights - Transgender rights groups outspend opponents in Massachusetts ballot question fight

Shira Schoenberg
MassLive

Adams, MA

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Wisconsin - In A Reversal, Wisconsin To Cover State Workers Seeking Transgender Treatment

Emmarie Huetteman
NPR

Madison, WI

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lead story - Schools warned over new ‘harmful’ Transgender Trend stickers

Alix Robertson
Schools Week

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Overland Park, Kansas

estimated transgender population:  1096*
(rounded down)

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Overland Park, Kansas is a mushrooming city - it went from a mere 21,110 in 1960 to a gigantic 188,966 in 2016  - and it's still growing!

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Donald Trump - Fear review: Bob Woodward's dragnet descends on Donald Trump

Lloyd Green
The Guardian

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Japan - LGBT hospitality house to be established for 2020 Tokyo Games

Sarah Suk
The Japan Times

Tokyo, Japan

(site of 2020 Tokyo Olympics)

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civil rights - If Democrats Take the House, Here's What Awaits Betsy DeVos, Civil Rights, and ESSA

Andrew Ujifusa
Education Week

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Indiana - Bangert: 'Why not Indiana?' Lafayette Sen. Ron Alting will carry hate crime bill

Dave Bangert
Journal & Courier

Cloverdale, IN

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ezs note:  Indiana residents -  You have to look hard for it, but the original bill (SB 418) would have included gender identification or sexual orientation.  Whether that remains in the final bill (if it passes) remains to be seen.

lead story - Transgender in Pakistan Set on Fire, Killed by Four Men for Resisting Sexual Assault

Press
News18

Lahore, Pakistan

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - New Gender Option on Drivers Licenses

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civil rights - Lawsuit accuses MSU of favoring transgender students over straight men

Gail Schontzler
Idaho State Journal

Montana State University

Bozeman, MT

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ezs note:  This is a fairly lengthy piece, but you gotta check this paragraph out:

Instructor Kujawa told Sletten she had asked the male student in their private office conversation what he would do if the transgender student in class tried to talk to him. Kujawa said he told her that if the transgender student persisted, he would “break her face,” and added, “I’ve done it before, I’m not kidding.” He also mentioned that he kept three loaded guns in his truck. (Gail Schontzler)

I rest my case.

Connecticut - Rainbow Wave In Connecticut: GOP Fields 6 LGBTQ Candidates For Legislature In General Election

Daniela Altimari
Hartford Courant

Groton, CT

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ezs note:  Umm... okay... Please, don't get me wrong.  Even though I'm a Democrat, there are some areas which I tend to be a bit conservative.  But, dude, you've got a President who is an ever-psychotic and a Congress which, at best, is mostly complacent and, at worst, is a complete suckup.  Before the election I would say follow your conscience.  But this ain't no ordinary time.

lead story - Will attacks on transgender South Carolinians lead to a state hate-crime law?

Bristow Marchant
The State

Orangeburg, SC

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ezs note:  South Carolinians - State Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter's bill is a damn fine one, and it deserves to be passed.  Please, do your part and call your state rep and state Senate and urge that it be passed.

VIDEO - Matt Baume - India Decriminalizes Homosexuality

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VIDEO - Full remarks of President Barack Obama

Donald Trump - Obama slams Republicans: Trump is 'capitalizing on resentment'

Dan Merica

CNN

the last REAL president

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Denmark - Young LGBTQ people should have better mental-health conditions in Denmark

Press
MySoCalledGayLife.co.uk

Skagen, Denmark

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civil rights - Nebraska sides with Michigan funeral home that fired transgender woman

Martha Stoddard
Omaha World-Herald

Lincoln, NE

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ezs note:  Nebraskans - one thing you can do is upend Attorney General Doug Peterson in favor of Evangelos Argyrakis.  It's a stretch, you say.  But it's not an impossibility.  Just look at your sister state, Texas!

Indiana - Indiana judge sides with transgender student over restroom

Jessie Higgins
UPI

Evansville, IN

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lead story - Melrose Gets Ahead Of Question 3, Affirms Transgender Protections

Mike Carraggi
Melrose Patch

Melrose, MA

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Donald Trump - Read the stolen letter from Trump's desk reported in Bob Woodward's book

Marshall Cohen, Jamie Gangel
CNN

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Chile/US - Chilean Film in LGBTQ Film Series

Press
The Gabber

Santiago, Chile

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civil rights - Gov. Bryant: Transgender People Do Not Deserve Hiring Protections

Ashton Pittman
Jackson Free Press

Jackson, MS

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ezs note:  Mississippians - Gov. Phil Bryant is term-limited, so he cannot run for another term.  What you can do is hook up with your state legislator and let him/her know that you are against Bryant's cockamamie idea, and he should rescind it.

Maryland - Swastika, anti-LGBTQ comments found in dorms at University of Maryland: Police

Emily Shapiro
ABC News

University of Maryland

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lead story - Charleston police connect with community after arrest in attack of transgender woman

Kia Morgan-Smith
The Grio

Charleston, SC

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ezs note:  Happily, Christopher Lamar Price was captured!

Myanmar - Myanmar's LGBT community find freedom at spirit festival

Grace Brown
CNN

Taung Byone, Myanmar

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civil rights - ACLU sues Missouri Commission on Human Rights over transgender man’s complaint

Autumn Callan
Jurist

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ezs note:  There was an article on this topic a few days ago, but the Jurist article is much more complete.

Alaska - Commissioner of Labor Drygas protests Fairbanks City Hall

Suzanne Downing
Must Read Alaska

Fairbanks, AK

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lead story - Transgender woman’s bank account frozen because she ‘sounded like a man’ on phone

Georgia Diebellius
Metro News

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Donald Trump - Twitter says Trump not immune from getting kicked off

Nancy Scola, Ashley Gold
Politico

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Belgium - ‘Girl’ to Represent Belgium in Foreign-Language Oscar Race

Elsa Keslassy
Variety

Girl (film)

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civil rights - Missouri human rights panel sued over transgender case

Press
San Francisco Chronicle

Jefferson City, MO

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Oklahoma - Frontier Airlines pilot suspended for threatening transgender Oklahoma student: report

Associated Press
FOX News

Frontier Airlines

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lead story - Greek chapters should welcome transgender community

Kade Russom
The Daily Evergreen

Washington State University

Pullman, WA

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Arizona - Arizona Great Hearts Academies Charter School Removes Controversial Transgender Policy

Will Stone
KJZZ

Great Hearts Academy

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lead story - Suspect in Charleston attack on transgender woman has record of drug, assault arrests

Andrew Knapp Aknapp
The Post And Courier

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ezs note:  Fortunately, Christopher Lamar Smith has an excellent mug shot taken of him.  There are two distinct scars, one of which goes from the hairline to the inner left eyebrow, the other just below right eye to just above the right lip - kind of a reverse half-moon pattern.  If you see him, do NOT approach him - find a safe place and call the police - thanks.

civil rights - LePage joins court brief seeking to allow companies to legally fire gay or transgender employees

Dennis Hoey
Press-Herald

Augusta, ME

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ezs note:  Maine residents - Thankfully, that troglodyte Paul LePage is term-limited.  In the meantime, please volunteer for Janet Mills.  You'll have a happier (much happier) state in which to live.