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21 November 2018
VIDEO - Bill Press - THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP
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Labels:
Bill Press,
THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP
Location:
San Francisco, CA, USA
20 November 2018
Donald Trump - Trump Fans Sink Savings Into ‘Iraqi Dinar’ Scam
Will Sommer
Daily Beast
Daily Beast
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please press: www.thedailybeast.com
New Zealand - Should New Zealand drop gender for birth certificates, licences?
Zane Small
Newshub (NZ)
Newshub (NZ)
Wellington, New Zealand
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please press: www.newshub.co.nz
civil rights - AG Healey Demands Civil Rights Protections for Transgender People
Staff
Cape Cod Times
Cape Cod Times
AG Maura Healey
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please press: capecodtoday.com
Wyoming/DC - What Matthew Shepard’s interment taught us about religion
Brett Krutzsch
OUPblog
OUPblog
Laramie, WY
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please press: blog.oup.com
lead story - Transgender pride flag flies over Yellowknife city hall for first time
Press
CBC News
CBC News
Yellowknife, NWT (Canada)
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please press: www.cbc.ca
19 November 2018
Donald Trump - Ex-White House Aide Details Trump’s ‘Team Of Vipers’ In Tell-All Book: ‘We Were Ruthless’
Hayley Miller
HuffPost
HuffPost
Bamboo pit viper (sadly, not the book)
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please press: www.huffingtonpost.com
Kenya/UK - Gay rugby player Kenneth Macharia in deportation persecution fear
Press
BBC News
BBC News
Bristol Rovers
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please press: www.bbc.com
Labels:
asylum,
deportation,
fear,
gay,
Kenneth Macharia,
persecution,
rugby player,
violence
Location:
Bristol, UK
civil rights - Boyertown (PA) students ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of transgender bathroom challenge
Peter Hall
The Morning Call
The Morning Call
Boyertown, PA
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please press: www.mcall.com
Labels:
appeal,
bathroom,
Boyertown,
challenge,
hear,
Peter Hall,
students,
transgender,
U.S. Supreme Court
Location:
Boyertown, PA 19512, USA
California - ‘This or suicide.’ Lacking options in the Valley, trans people travel hours for surgery
Mackenzie Mays
Bristol Herald-Courier (originally in The Fresno Bee)
Bristol Herald-Courier (originally in The Fresno Bee)
Fresno, CA
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please press: www.heraldcourier.com
Labels:
hours,
lacking,
Mackenzie Mays,
options,
San Joaquin Valley,
suicide,
surgery,
trans people,
travel
Location:
Fresno, CA, USA
lead story - ‘We Have Targets on Our Backs’: How Jacksonville Became America’s Transgender Murder Capital
Samantha Allen
Daily Beast
Daily Beast
Jacksonville, FL
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please press: www.thedailybeast.com
18 November 2018
Donald Trump - Trump blasts 'little Adam Schitt' on Twitter
Quint Forgey
Politico
Politico
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please press: www.politico.com
ezs note: Oooo, good one, Donald. I'm sure Beavis and Butt-Head would be quite impressed.
Guam - Historic Wave of Women Candidates Sweep to Power on Guam
Jon Letman
Truthout
Truthout
Hagåtña, Guam
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please press: truthout.org
Labels:
gay,
Guam,
historic,
Jon Letman,
lieutenant governor,
openly,
Power,
sweep,
wave,
women candidates
Location:
Hagåtña, Guam
civil rights - EXCLUSIVE: How Trump administration pressure to dump 4-H's LGBT policy led to Iowa leader's firing
Courtney Crowder, Jason Clayworth
Des Moines Register
Des Moines Register
4-H girl and her bunny
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please press: www.desmoinesregister.com
Rhode Island - Hundreds rally at State House against Trump’s efforts to “erase” transgender people
Linda Borg
Providence Journal
Providence Journal
Rhode Island State House
Providence, RI
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please press: www.providencejournal.com
Labels:
against,
Donald Trump,
efforts,
erase,
hundreds,
Linda Borg,
rally,
state house,
transgender people
Location:
Providence, RI, USA
lead story - How the Catholic 'alt-right' aims to purge LGBTQ members from the church
Corky Siemaszko
NBC News
NBC News
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please press: www.nbcnews.com
17 November 2018
Donald Trump - Trump denies questioning VP's allegiance, says Pence is '100% loyal'
Sarah Westwood, Veronica Stracqualursi, Kevin Liptak
CNN
CNN
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please press: www.cnn.com
ezs note: Yuh, huh. Yeah, Pence is toast...
Ghana - Ghana’s Laws Protect All Including LGBTs
Press
Peace FM Radio
Peace FM Radio
Accra, Ghana
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please press: peacefmonline.com
civil rights - Betsy DeVos Wants to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections For Students Filing Complaints of Sexual Harassment or Assault
Emma J Roth
ACLU
ACLU
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please press: www.aclu.org
ezs note: Also of note, Dennis Prager, 'president' of PragerU, spouts the same crap to colleges and universities. Whether you are gay, lesbian, transgender, or straight, it's really imperative that you nip this in the bud, the sooner the better.
Iowa - Tealight vigil helps students mourn loss of transgender individuals
Logan Metzger
Iowa State Daily
Iowa State Daily
Catt Hall, Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
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please press: www.iowastatedaily.com
Labels:
community members,
helps,
Logan Metzger,
loss,
mourn,
students,
tealight vigil,
transgender individuals
Location:
Ames, IA, USA
lead story - Four Reminders This Transgender Awareness Week
Helen Parshall
HRC
HRC
transgender flag (alternate)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/TransPrideFlagSF.png
please press: www.hrc.org
16 November 2018
Donald Trump - Trump speaks on Jim Acosta, and also says he has answered written questions from special counsel
Grace Segers
CBS News
CBS News
Jim Acosta
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please press: www.cbsnews.com
Czech Republic - CZECH WOMEN’S LOBBY: SOCIETAL VIEW ON RAPE UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF “ISTANBUL CONVENTION”
Brian Kenety
Radio Praha (English - Prague)
Radio Praha (English - Prague)
coat of arms
Prague, Czech Republic
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please press: www.radio.cz
civil rights - Community feature: Transgender Day of Remembrance returns amid fight for civil rights
Erica Thompson
Alive
Alive
Columbus, OH
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please press: www.columbusalive.com
New York - Transgender Day of Remembrance
Kelly Metzgar
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Saranac Lake, NY
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please press: www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com
lead story - Transgender Americans still face workplace discrimination despite some progress and support of companies like Apple
George B. Cunningham
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, CA
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please press: www.sfchronicle.com
VIDEO - Matt Baume - Even More Good News from the Election
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5P2dHA5UVU
14 November 2018
lead story - Recommendations to reduce recidivism in transgender women
Press
Medical Xpress
Medical Xpress
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please press: medicalxpress.com
13 November 2018
Donald Trump - Trump, stung by midterms and nervous about Mueller, retreats from traditional presidential duties
Eli Stokols
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Hitler, thinking fondly of a future thug...
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please press: www.latimes.com
Labels:
Donald Trump,
duties,
Eli Stokols,
midterms,
nervous,
presidential,
retreats,
Robert Mueller,
stung,
traditional
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Egypt/US - "The Wedding" Director Sam Abbas on What It’s Like to Screen an LGBTQ Film in the Middle East
Noor Bhara
Vogue
Vogue
The Wedding (movie)
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please press: www.vogue.com
civil rights - 176 Companies Sign on to Statement Opposing Trump's Efforts to Limit Transgender Rights
Emily Gillespie
Fortune
Fortune
San Jose, CA
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please press: fortune.com
Labels:
companies,
Donald Trump,
efforts,
Emily Gillespie,
limit,
opposing,
sign on,
statement,
transgender rights
Location:
San Jose, CA, USA
Alaska - No Quick Resolution Expected in Transgender Shelter Case
Press
US News & World Report
US News & World Report
Anchorage, AK
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
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please press: www.usnews.com
lead story - A Perilous Moment for Transgender People in the United States
Sebastian Kohn
Open Society Foundations
Open Society Foundations
In Time Of Peril, Edmund Blair Leighton (1897)
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please press: www.opensocietyfoundations.org
12 November 2018
VIDEO - Chris Hedges - American Anomie
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV0cS1TGve4
Labels:
American Anomie,
Chris Hedges
Location:
Troy, NY, USA
Donald Trump - Trump makes baseless claim that the stock market is plunging because of the prospect of Democrats investigating him
Bob Bryan
Aol.
Aol.
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please press: www.aol.com
Labels:
baseless,
because,
Bob Bryan,
claim,
Democrats,
Donald Trump,
investigating,
makes,
plunging,
prospect,
stock market
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Vietnam - Activists call for movement on transgender rights law in Vietnam
Press
VN Express
VN Express
Hanoi, Vietnam
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please press: e.vnexpress.net
civil rights - The Transgender Bathroom Debate And A New Vision For Inclusive Public Spaces
Diane Orson
WNPR
WNPR
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please press: www.wnpr.org
Labels:
bathroom,
civil rights law,
debate,
Diane Orson,
inclusive,
public spaces,
transgender,
vision
Location:
Hartford, CT, USA
Washington (state) - We are fellow humans: Respect transgender rights
Chris Davis
The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
Renton, WA
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please press: www.seattletimes.com
lead story - 12 simple ways to make your workplace more inclusive of transgender people
Meera Jagannathan
MarketWatch
MarketWatch
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please press: www.marketwatch.com
Labels:
make,
Meera Jagannathan,
more inclusive,
simple,
transgender people,
ways,
workplace
Location:
New York, NY, USA
11 November 2018
Pakistan - Transgender people’s rights
Meher Nigar Ashraf
The Express-Tribune
The Express-Tribune
Meeran Dam
Turbat, Pakistan
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please press: tribune.com.pk
civil rights - Fordham Allies Demand Improved Rights for Transgender Students
Courtney Brogle
The Observer
The Observer
Cunniffe House, Fordham University
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please press: fordhamobserver.com
Texas - Dallas voters just doubled the number of LGBT lawmakers in Texas
Lauren McGaughy
The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News
Dallas, TX
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please press: www.dallasnews.com
Labels:
Dallas,
doubled,
Jessica González,
Lauren McGaughy,
lawmakers,
LGBT,
number,
Texas,
voters
Location:
Dallas, TX, USA
lead story - The Freedom—and Fear—of Traveling While Transgender
Samantha Allen
Daily Beast
Daily Beast
Oviedo, Spain
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please press: www.thedailybeast.com
Labels:
annoyance,
fear,
freedom,
out,
potential,
Samantha Allen,
transgender,
traveling
Location:
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
10 November 2018
Donald Trump - Feds Now Have Evidence Trump Broke the Law to Become President. Will Whitaker Bury It?
Mimi Rocah, Elie Honig
Daily Beast
Daily Beast
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please press: www.thedailybeast.com
Labels:
become,
broke the law,
Donald Trump,
Elie Honig,
evidence,
feds,
Matthew Whitaker,
Mimi Rocah,
president
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Malta - New clinic for transgender individuals to open on Monday
Denise Grech
Times of Malta
Times of Malta
Mtarfa, Malta
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Sudika_Mtarfa_air.jpg
please press: www.timesofmalta.com
Labels:
Chris Fearne,
Denise Grech,
Health Minister,
Monday,
Mtarfa,
new clinic,
open,
transgender individuals
Location:
Imtarfa, Malta
civil rights - AG Becerra Denounces Trump Administration Plan to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections for LGBTQ Individuals
Xavier Becerra
YubaNet.com
YubaNet.com
Nevada City, CA
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please press: yubanet.com
South Carolina - SC cities, towns receive failing scores in annual LGBTQ equality index
Rickey Dennis, Hannah Alani
The Post And Courier
The Post And Courier
Mount Pleasant, SC
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please press: www.postandcourier.com
Labels:
annual,
cities,
equality index,
failing,
Hannah Alani,
LGBTQ,
receive,
Rickey Dennis,
scores,
South Carolina,
towns
Location:
Mt Pleasant, SC, USA
lead story - Judge orders training on transgender issues for all Illinois prison staff amid inmate lawsuit
Angie Lourgos Leventis
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Dixon, IL
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please press: www.chicagotribune.com
09 November 2018
Kenya - Lesbian Film 'Rafiki' May Change Kenya Forever
Neela Ghosal
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Nairobi, Kenya
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please press: www.hrw.org
Labels:
change,
Ezekiel Mutua,
film,
Film Classification Board,
forever,
Kenya,
lesbian,
Neela Ghosal,
Rafiki
Location:
Nairobi, Kenya
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