Emily's virtual rocket

28 October 2018

My condolences to Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh)...

Taylor Allderdice High School, Squirrel Hill, PA

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26 October 2018

Egypt/US - Egyptian filmmaker aims to show LGBT+ people are 'not alone'

Heba Kanso
Reuters

fresco of Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim

Cairo, Egypt

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please press: www.reuters.com

civil rights - Administration opposes transgender civil rights shield

Lyle Denniston
Constitution Center

Oh, isn't it quaint. Let's chuck it.

Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Constitution_signatures.jpg

please press: constitutioncenter.org

Virginia - Virginia's transgender lawmaker blasts Trump memo on gender definition

Peggy Fox
WUSA

Manassas, VA

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please press: www.wusa9.com

lead story - The Idea of a 'DNA Test' for Transgender People Is Part of a Long, Dark History

Jeffrey Kluger
Time

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please press: time.com

25 October 2018

lead story - Rolling back transgender protections would endanger patients, experts say

Alex Keuroghlian
Healio

Boston, MA (1730)

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please press: www.healio.com

24 October 2018

Donald Trump - Dem leaders slam Trump's response to bomb threats: His 'words ring hollow'

Jordain Carney
The Hill

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please press: thehill.com

Romania - Romanian Same-Sex-Marriage Referendum Fails Amid Low Turnout

Press
RFE/RL

Bucharest, Romania

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please press: www.rferl.org

civil rights - Read These 3 Books on Trans Rights and Gender Identity

Concepción de León
The New York Times

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please press: www.nytimes.com

Nevada - Attacking LGBTQ People is Bad for Nevada and a Losing Political Strategy

Ianthe Metzger
HRC

Carson City, NV

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please press: www.hrc.org

ezs note: Um... how about we make a voting plan?

lead story - Hawes: It's time for all to rally against attacks on transgender community

Christine Hawes
Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa City, Iowa

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please press: www.press-citizen.com

23 October 2018

Maryland - The Baltimore Sun investigated 2 years of hate incident reports in Maryland. Here's what we found.

Press
The Baltimore Sun

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please press: www.baltimoresun.com

ezs note: Ugh... this article saddens, angers and disgusts me. But I think this article is really important too. If you see ugly hate speech (or worse) REPORT IT.

lead story - Transgender people can't be defined out of existence, despite this administration's efforts

Sam Brinton
The Hill

Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unt-tTY5uo0

please press: thehill.com

22 October 2018

Donald Trump - Monty Python Icon John Cleese Has 2 Brutal Questions For Evangelical Trump Fans

Ed Mazza
HuffPost

John Cleese

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please press: www.huffingtonpost.com

Sint Maarten - Minister Johnson calls sexual harassment accusations false

Press
The Daily Herald

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

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please press: www.thedailyherald.sx

civil rights - Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, Carmen Carrera, and More Express Outrage at Reported Removal of Transgender Civil Rights Protections

Ilana Kaplan
W Magazine

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please press: www.wmagazine.com

ezs note: Once again, VOTE.

Minnesota - Candidates for Minnesota attorney general clash over essence of job

J. Patrick Coolican, Jessie Van Berkel
Star Tribune

Minneapolis, MN

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please press: www.startribune.com

ezs note: It's down a bit, but Keith Ellison accuses his opponent of belonging to Alliance Defending Freedom.

lead story - Dear Mr. Trump: I’m Transgender And I Have A Few Things I Want You To Know

Alexandra Billings
HuffPost

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please press: www.huffingtonpost.com

ezs note: Umm... if you haven't figured it out yet...

GO VOTE!!!

Election Day is November 6.

21 October 2018

Idaho - Meridian approves "add the words" ordinance

Patty Bowen
Meridien Press

Meridian, ID

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please press: www.idahopress.com

lead story - Trump admin said to refine legal definition of gender, putting transgender gains at risk: NY Times

Michael Nigro
CNBC

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please press: www.cnbc.com

VIDEO - Matt Baume - Trouble for Stonewall's 50th Anniversary

Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95lkfXRLTuI

20 October 2018

Nepal - One step forward two steps back on same-sex marriage

Gopal Gartaula
Nepali Times

Kavre, Nepal

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please press: www.nepalitimes.com

civil rights - Adviser: Transgender rights should be a part of every workplace

Sarah J. Moore
Crain's Cleveland Business

Cleveland, OH

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please press: www.crainscleveland.com

Alabama - Ranking Alabama Cities on LGBTQ Protections

Tim Lennox
Alabama News Network

Auburn, AL

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please press: www.alabamanews.net

lead story - New transgender guide helps plan transitions, support gender affirmation

Nancy Doolittle
Cornell Chronicle

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

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please press: news.cornell.edu

19 October 2018

Fredericksburg, Texas

estimated transgender population: 66*
(rounded down)

Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Main_Street_at_Fredericksburg.JPG

ezs note: When we hear of treaties being broken time after time with Native Americans, it is indeed sad. Not so with the town of Fredericksburg, Texas. John O. Meusebach (formerly Baron Otfried Hans von Meusebach) arranged a treaty between his people and the Penateka Native Americans in 1847 - and it has lasted to this day.

Peace. Gee, what an amazing concept. We ought to try it sometime.

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

Donald Trump - Stephen Colbert Has 1 Wish For Trump After Reports Of Fighting Among White House Aides

Ed Mazza
HuffPost

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please press: www.huffingtonpost.com

Malta - Malta’s First Transgender Politician Gets Hitched In Beautiful Sunset Ceremony

Tim Diacono
Lovin Malta

Zurrieq, Malta

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please press: lovinmalta.com

civil rights - Transgender 101 public forum slated

Press
Observer

Jamestown, NY

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please press: www.observertoday.com

Wyoming - Two decades after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ community still battles hate violence

Julie Compton
NBC News

Laramie, WY

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please press: www.nbcnews.com

lead story - Massachusetts residents to vote on transgender rights

Bob Salsberg
The Christian Science Monitor

Boston, MA

(Christian Science Mother Church)

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please press: www.csmonitor.com

ezs note: To my friends in Massachusetts - please vote YES on Question 3!

18 October 2018

Montana - Vote tabled in Dillon on anti-discrimination ordinance

Susan Dunlap
Montana Standard

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please press: mtstandard.com

lead story - Transgender menstruation: the men who have periods and the women who don’t

Rhea Mogul
South China Morning News

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please press: www.scmp.com

17 October 2018

Jamaica - Pastor Blasts MoBay Pride Organisers

Albert Ferguson
Jamaica Gleaner

Montego Bay, Jamaica

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please press: jamaica-gleaner.com

ezs note: Just a little note to the 'pastors' - contrary to those who believe MoBay Pride is a 'devious' attempt to 'get more people involved', maybe, just maybe, it might allow queer folk to walk down the street without being accosted by cretinous vermin - like you.

civil rights - Beverly passes resolution prohibiting public accommodation discrimination

Jennie Oemig
Wicked Local Beverly

Beverly, MA

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please press: beverly.wickedlocal.com

Missouri - Harrison Massie: A transgender man's journey

Reuters
ABC News

St. Louis, Missouri (1904)

St. Louis World's Fair

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please press: abcnews.go.com

lead story - Inside The Poisonous British Fight Over Transgender Acceptance

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

London, England (map of 1593)

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please press: www.thedailybeast.com

16 October 2018

Minnesota - Inside MN's new gender X option on driver's licenses

Lindsey Seavert
KARE

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please press: www.kare11.com

lead story - Academics are being harassed over their research into transgender issues

Kathleen Stock (and others)
The Guardian

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please press: www.theguardian.com

ezs note: Wow... I must say, I'm certainly impressed. All these PhDs and shit. Well, let's take a closer look at Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne's body of work:

...the Global Warming Policy Foundation (a climate skeptic think funded primarily by multiple anonymous donors) http://www.thegwpf.org/who-we-are/board-of-trustees

And if we look down the list a bit, we find this esteemed gentleman:

Sian Hindle, Senior Lecturer, School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University

(emphasis mine)

It's breathtaking, really. He goes straight from making pretty earrings to mulling the nature of transgender persons.

Right.