30 October 2018

Bhutan - Amid Widespread Stigma and Harassment, Bhutan's LGBT Community Seeks Acceptance

Chencho Dema, Peky Samal
The Wire


Thimbu, Bhutan

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please press:  thewire.in

civil rights - 1500 parents of transgender children blast proposal to eliminate civil rights proposals

John Riley
MetroWeekly


March on Washington (1963)

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please press:  www.metroweekly.com

ezs note:  One... more... time... VOTE.

Colorado - “When does it end?”: Colorado transgender community reeling from Trump administration attempt to redefine “sex” in federal law

Elise Schmelzer
The Denver Post


Denver, CO

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please press:  www.denverpost.com

ezs note:  Once again, VOTE.

lead story - ‘Denying our very humanity:’ Trump proposal wounds Bay Area transgender community

Erin Allday
San Francisco Chronicle


San Francisco, CA

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please press:  www.sfchronicle.com  

ezs note:  Wherever you are, VOTE.

29 October 2018

civil rights - Transgender rights group unfurls massive flag in front of Lincoln Memorial

Emily Birnbaum
The Hill


Lincoln Memorial (interior)

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please press:  thehill.com  

New Mexico - First Christian Church, focused on community outreach, marks 85th anniversary

Olivia Harlow
Santa Fe New Mexican


Santa Fe, NM

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please press:  www.santafenewmexican.com

ezs note:  Just so you know, First Christian Church is an LGBTQ-friendly church.

lead story - What Transgender Means to Me

Sara Rimer
BU Today


Boston University, Boston, MA

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please press:  www.bu.edu

28 October 2018

civil rights - View from Away: Assaulting the civil rights of transgender people isn’t campaign fodder

Press
Central Maine (Los Angeles Times)


Los Angeles, CA (Griffith Observatory)

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please press:  www.centralmaine.com  


New Jersey - LGBT advocates in New Jersey attack Trump plans to eliminate 'transgender' as option

Hannan Adely
northjersey.com


Trenton, NJ

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please press:  www.northjersey.com 

lead story - LGBTQ History Month: Transgender and gender-nonconforming pioneers

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News


Sylvia Rivera

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

VIDEO - Matt Baume - Queer Advocates Standing up to Trump's Trans Attacks


Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2hwygwYHEQ

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.

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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


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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.

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, TexasJohn 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.

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

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.