Happy birthday to, well, me!

  

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China - Thousands of Chinese activists renew push for same-sex marriage

Press
NBC

Beijing, China

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Thousands of Chinese activists renew push for same-sex marriage

Thousands of Chinese activists renew push for same-sex marriage

civil rights - Laverne Cox & Angelica Ross React To Cardi B's Transphobic Meme Controversy: 'Black Trans Women Are Being Killed'

Patrick Crowley
Billboard

Cardi B

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Kansas - What’s Right with Kansas

Sarah Kaplan
Stanford Social Innovation Review

Kalvesta, KS

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lead story - Drawing on her own experience, Nagoya doctor offers transgender counseling

Chunichi Shimbun
The Japan Times

Nagoya, Japan

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Why your vote matters - now, more than ever

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ezs note:  By now, just about all of the hopeful candidates have been winnowed away for the final vote on November 6.  Many of you are pleased.  But many of you are not pleased.  So, what do we do?  

In virtually every race, I would have said that you should vote your conscience.  Hell, in some races I voted for the Green Party.  I had the luxury of a near-certain win by Barack Obama, but if he lost, I would have grumbled a bit, but life would have gone on.

Not this time. Not with Donald Trump.  Others would have simply been wrongheaded.  Donald Trump is evil, pure evil.  I know, I know, it sounds overly dramatic.  But look at the entries headed over 'Donald Trump'.  Yeah, some of these are 'the usual suspects'.  But George Will? George Conway?  Come on, please.

It's so simple, really.  First, make sure you can vote.  Second, on Election Day, make sure you do vote. 

Let's send this cretin bawling.

Donald Trump - George Conway rips Trump over tweet about Obama's '57 states' gaffe

John Bowden
The Hill

Kellyanne Conway 

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Uganda - Why Uganda hates homosexuality so much that it wants to ban a popular festival

Mildred Europa Taylor
Face 2 Face Africa

Kampala, Uganda

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civil rights - 'A Bully and a Bigot.' Trump Draws Fire From Democrats at Annual LGBT Dinner

Abby Vesoulis
Time

HRC headquarters

Washington DC

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California - Gov. Brown Signs Landmark Bill Ensuring Medical Care, Counseling, Surgery For Transgender Youth In Foster Care

Press
CBS Los Angeles

California State Capitol

Sacramento, CA

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lead story - The Gender Guardian is giving Lahore’s transgender community the skills to pay their bills

Humna Iqbal
Samaa

Lahore, Pakistan

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Frasier's Coded Gay References in "The Matchmaker"

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Donald Trump - Trump launches first broadside at Mueller after Manafort plea deal

Quint Forgey
Politico

ezs note:  I saw an infant today, less than a week old. Too bad Trump isn't as thoughtful and intelligent...

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Trinidad and Tobago - Does conversion therapy work?

Press
Newsday

Trinidad and Tobago

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civil rights - Transgender Ex-Student Sues Alabama School Over Mistreatment

Press
US News & World Report

Huntsville, AL

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New Mexico - Protesters Block Albuquerque Streets Over Transgender Death

Press
US News & World Report

Albuquerque, NM

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lead story - Unique Alberta transgender clinic is saving lives but says funding help is critical

Jill Croteau
Global News

Calgary, AB (Canada)

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ezs note:  You can help our friends in Alberta by giving to the Skipping Stone Foundation! 

Donald Trump - Eric Trump Gets Humiliatingly Fact-Checked By Fox News Podcast Over Economy Lie

Lee Moran
HuffPost

 

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ezs note:  Eric Trump lied. On FOX News.  Incredible...

Vietnam - The loneliness of Vietnam’s LGBT community

Sen
VN Express

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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civil rights - Women’s shelter challenges Anchorage’s non-discrimination law

Jill Burke
KTUU

Anchorage, AK

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Michigan - LGBT Aging Initiative begins in region

Press
Midland Daily News

Midland Center For The Arts

Midland, MI

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lead story - Suicide Attempts Among Transgender Teenage Boys Happen At An Alarming Rate, A New Study Says

Mehreen Kasana
Bustle

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, The Suicide  (ca. 1836)

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ezs note

National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1-800-273-8255

VIDEO - Matt Baume - Major US Election is Just Weeks Away

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Donald Trump - House GOP 'screwed' as bad political numbers pile on Trump

Jonathan Allen
NBC

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Timor-Leste - A Luta Continua: LGBTI Rights in Timor-Leste

Bardia Rahman
The Diplomat

Dili, Timor-Leste

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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.