VIDEO - Matt Baume - Designing Women Goes Looking for a Lesbian

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Lebanon - Lebanon: Time to savor success, then face new challenges

Press
Erasing 76 Crimes

Lebanon

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civil rights - LGBT North Carolinians can challenge ban on cities’ pro-transgender bathroom laws

Paul A. Specht, Will Doran
The Herald-Sun

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Washington state - A Young Transgender Dreams to Enter Olympia Competition

Erryn Deane
JBH News

Olympia, WA

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lead story - This is how you stop violence against LGBTQ people, according to a prominent activist

Press
USA Today

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Donald Trump - Kanye West delivered a pro-Trump rant on SNL. The audience booed, but he earned Trump’s praise.

Emily Stewart
Vox

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Jordan - Transgender community in Jordan faces abuse, discrimination

Staff
Global News

Petra, Jordan

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civil rights - Founders Brewing reverses itself on business group's Schuette endorsement

Paul Egan
Detroit Free Press

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California - High school in California crowns its first-ever transgender queen

Laura Acevedo
News 5 Cleveland

National City, CA

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lead story - From “Hate State” to Jared Polis: How Colorado led the way for gay, transgender candidates to run for office — and win

Nic Garcia
The Denver Post

Denver, CO

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civil rights - Texas governor says 'bathroom bill' no longer on his agenda

Jon Herskovitz
Reuters

Big Bend National Park (Texas)

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Louisiana - HRC Mourns the Loss of Vontashia Bell, a Trans Woman Killed in Louisiana

Brian McBride
HRC

Shreveport, LA

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ezs note:  It's been about a month, but Vontashia Bell's murderer is still at large.  If you live in the greater Shreveport area, you can still be a hero.  Just call the police at 318-673-6955.  Thanks.

lead story - New policy allows Canadian trans student-athletes on teams consistent with gender identity

Nick Eagland
Vancouver Sun

Vancouver, BC

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Starbuck, Minnesota

estimated transgender population: 7*
(rounded down)

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ezs note:  Is Starbuck, Minnesota home to Starbucks?  Sadly, no.  (I am outraged!)  However, it is named after Stabekk, Norway.  If you have time, come on down and have a look!

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

Donald Trump - Graham on Kavanaugh confirmation snag: ‘Somebody has got to explain this to Trump’

Ramsen Shamon
Politico

Lindsey Graham

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Georgia - Georgia: UN expert to assess human rights of LGBT persons

UNHCR
Scoop

Tbilisi, Georgia

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civil rights - Gender-Based Dress Codes: Human Resources, Diversity And Legal Impact

Mirande Valbrune
Forbes

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Arkansas - New group a welcome, safe place for LGBT Catholics, allies

Aprille Hanson
Arkansas Catholic

William J. Clinton Presidential Library

Little Rock, AR

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lead story - For 20 Years, Law & Order: SVU Has Given a Voice to a Silenced Transgender Community

Lake Schatz
Consequence Of Sound

Law & Order:  SVU

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civil rights - N.J. Transgender Students Get Rules on Restroom, Name Preference

Elise Young
Bloomberg

Jersey City, New Jersey

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Kansas - Did Prairie Village council pull disappearing act to avoid debate on LGBTQ ordinance?

Editorial Board
The Kansas City Star

Prairie Village, KS

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lead story - 'Epidemic of violence': 2018 is worst for deadly assaults against transgender Americans

Marina Pitofsky
USA Today

Rio Grande, TX

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Donald Trump - Letters: ‘We Don’t Need a Misogynist on the Supreme Court. We Have One in the White House.’

Susan Seligson (among others)
The Atlantic

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Taiwan - Taiwan's transgender minister Audrey Tang seeks to break barriers

Press
The Straits Times

Presidential Office Building

Taipei, Taiwan

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civil rights - A Transgender Software Engineer Alleges Nike Failed to Stand Up for the Values It Advertises

Nigel Jaquiss
Willamette Week

Willamette (part of West Linn), OR

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Tennessee - A transgender priest finds a new life helping others on the margins

Press
Religion News Service

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lead story - Transgender Guide leaders are no more of a risk to girls than other volunteers, say bosses

Press
The Telegraph

Girl Guides (1918)

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AUDIO - Bob Woodward - FEAR - Trump In The White House (part 3)

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Sri Lanka - The battle against homophobia in Sri Lanka

Aanya Wipulasena
Sunday Observer

Sri Lanka

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civil rights - Sharice Davids to fund-raise in New York at iconic gay rights bar

Hunter Woodall, Bryan Lowry
The Kansas City Star

Stonewall Inn

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ezs note:  If you'd like to donate to Sharice Davids, but you can't make it to The Stonewall Inn, you can make it here. 

Colorado - Gender ID removed at Colorado children’s hospital to make kids ‘feel comfortable’

Lisa Gutierrez
The Bellingham Herald

Aurora, CO 

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lead story - Portrait of Humanity: Celebrating São Paulo’s transgender community

Sarah Roberts
British Journal of Photography

British Journal of Photography

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AUDIO - Bob Woodward - FEAR - Trump in the White House (part 2)

U

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Cambodia - Cambodia’s LGBTIQ Community Adrift in the Divide

Sheila Yuan Jiahuan
Khmer Times

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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civil rights - Gavel Drop: Evangelicals Claim Religious Objections to Serving Transgender Homeless

Brie Shea
Rewire News

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Kansas - Transgender Dad Inspired To Transition By Step-Daughter Who Came Out As A Boy

Rachael Grealish
LAD Bible

Kansas City, KS

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lead story - A Longtime LGBT Rights' Leader Becomes a Transgender Battleground State

Candice Norwood
Governing

Massachusetts State House

Boston, MA

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ezs note:  Massachusetts residents:  Please remember - first, register to vote, and second, be sure to vote YES on Question 3. 

AUDIO - Bob Woodward - FEAR - Trump In The White House (Part 1)

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civil rights - Tribune editorial: Reyes doesn’t help Utah with entry into Michigan transgender case

Editorial
The Salt Lake City Tribune

Salt Lake City, UT  (1850) 

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Connecticut - Jeff Jacobs: State champion Botelho questions fairness of transgender rule

Jeff Jacobs
ct post

Quinnipiac University

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lead story - Mix of setbacks, gains unsettles many transgender Americans

David Crary
ABC

Christine Hallquist (D-VT)

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Long Prairie, Minnesota

estimated transgender population:  19*
(rounded down)

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ezs note:  Long Prairie, Minnesota is a small city where the government placed the Indian agency.  Originally, the Sioux/Dakota and Anishinaabe/Ojibwe tribes were there.

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

Donald Trump - FORMER TRUMP AIDE JASON MILLER ACCUSED OF SECRETLY ADMINISTERING ABORTION PILL

Alexandra Hutzler
Newsweek

Another fine, upstanding person working for Donald Trump!

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Singapore - First center for Transgender youth to open in Singapore

Rik Glauert
Gay Star News

Singapore

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civil rights - No link between trans-inclusive policies and bathroom safety, study finds

Julie Moreau
NBC

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Oklahoma - Norman (celebrated) first LGBTQ Pride festival, parade

Siali Siaosi
newsok

Norman, OK

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lead story - NHS sued for failure to help transgender patients with fertility

Jamie Doward
The Guardian

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Donald Trump - Kavanaugh Bears the Burden of Proof

Benjamin Wittes
The Atlantic

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Kenya - Meet the activists fighting for transgender rights in Kenya

Amy Ashenden
PinkNews

Nairobi, Kenya

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civil rights - Statewide ballot question proposes repeal of transgender rights

Mary Whitfill
The Patriot Ledger

Scituate, MA

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ezs note: Massachusetts residents - Please, vote YES on Question 3.  This keeps transgender rights as-is.