civil rights - U.S. gender memo draft stirs concern in Arkansas

Kat Stromquist
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Fort Smith, AK

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Mississippi - NATIONAL TRANS AWARENESS WEEK HONORS VICTIMS OF HATE CRIMES IN MISSISSIPPI

Ashley Norwood
MPB

Jackson, MS

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lead story - Trump administration asks Supreme Court to take up military transgender ban

Ariane de Vogue, Joan Biskupik
CNN

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To my US friends, happy Turkey/Tofurkey Day!

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Maryland - Hagerstown community honors Transgender Day of Remembrance

Brendan Reynolds
Local DVM.com

Hagerstown, MD

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lead story - Transgender: NI schools to receive detailed guidelines

Robbie Meredith
BBC News

Dunluce Castle, Northern Ireland

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VIDEO - Bill Press - THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP

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Donald Trump - Trump Fans Sink Savings Into ‘Iraqi Dinar’ Scam

Will Sommer
Daily Beast

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New Zealand - Should New Zealand drop gender for birth certificates, licences?

Zane Small
Newshub (NZ)

Wellington, New Zealand

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civil rights - AG Healey Demands Civil Rights Protections for Transgender People

Staff
Cape Cod Times

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Wyoming/DC - What Matthew Shepard’s interment taught us about religion

Brett Krutzsch
OUPblog

Laramie, WY

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lead story - Transgender pride flag flies over Yellowknife city hall for first time

Press
CBC News

Yellowknife, NWT (Canada)

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Donald Trump - Ex-White House Aide Details Trump’s ‘Team Of Vipers’ In Tell-All Book: ‘We Were Ruthless’

Hayley Miller
HuffPost

Bamboo pit viper (sadly, not the book)

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Kenya/UK - Gay rugby player Kenneth Macharia in deportation persecution fear

Press
BBC News

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civil rights - Boyertown (PA) students ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of transgender bathroom challenge

Peter Hall
The Morning Call

Boyertown, PA

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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)

Fresno, CA

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lead story - ‘We Have Targets on Our Backs’: How Jacksonville Became America’s Transgender Murder Capital

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Jacksonville, FL

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Donald Trump - Trump blasts 'little Adam Schitt' on Twitter

Quint Forgey
Politico

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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

Hagåtña, Guam

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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

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Rhode Island - Hundreds rally at State House against Trump’s efforts to “erase” transgender people

Linda Borg
Providence Journal

Rhode Island State House

Providence, RI

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lead story - How the Catholic 'alt-right' aims to purge LGBTQ members from the church

Corky Siemaszko
NBC News

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Donald Trump - Trump denies questioning VP's allegiance, says Pence is '100% loyal'

Sarah Westwood, Veronica Stracqualursi, Kevin Liptak
CNN

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ezs note: Yuh, huh.  Yeah, Pence is toast...

Ghana - Ghana’s Laws Protect All Including LGBTs

Press
Peace FM Radio

Accra, Ghana

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civil rights - Betsy DeVos Wants to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections For Students Filing Complaints of Sexual Harassment or Assault

Emma J Roth
ACLU

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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

Catt Hall, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

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lead story - Four Reminders This Transgender Awareness Week

Helen Parshall
HRC

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Donald Trump - Trump speaks on Jim Acosta, and also says he has answered written questions from special counsel

Grace Segers
CBS News

Jim Acosta

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Czech Republic - CZECH WOMEN’S LOBBY: SOCIETAL VIEW ON RAPE UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF “ISTANBUL CONVENTION”

Brian Kenety
Radio Praha (English - Prague)

coat of arms

Prague, Czech Republic

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civil rights - Community feature: Transgender Day of Remembrance returns amid fight for civil rights

Erica Thompson
Alive

Columbus, OH

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New York - Transgender Day of Remembrance

Kelly Metzgar
Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Saranac Lake, NY

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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, CA

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Even More Good News from the Election

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lead story - Recommendations to reduce recidivism in transgender women

Press
Medical Xpress

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Donald Trump - Trump, stung by midterms and nervous about Mueller, retreats from traditional presidential duties

Eli Stokols
Los Angeles Times

Hitler, thinking fondly of a future thug...

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Egypt/US - "The Wedding" Director Sam Abbas on What It’s Like to Screen an LGBTQ Film in the Middle East

Noor Bhara
Vogue

The Wedding (movie)

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civil rights - 176 Companies Sign on to Statement Opposing Trump's Efforts to Limit Transgender Rights

Emily Gillespie
Fortune

San Jose, CA

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Alaska - No Quick Resolution Expected in Transgender Shelter Case

Press
US News & World Report

Anchorage, AK

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lead story - A Perilous Moment for Transgender People in the United States

Sebastian Kohn
Open Society Foundations

In Time Of Peril, Edmund Blair Leighton (1897)

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VIDEO - Chris Hedges - American Anomie

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Donald Trump - Trump makes baseless claim that the stock market is plunging because of the prospect of Democrats investigating him

Bob Bryan
Aol.

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Vietnam - Activists call for movement on transgender rights law in Vietnam

Press
VN Express

Hanoi, Vietnam

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civil rights - The Transgender Bathroom Debate And A New Vision For Inclusive Public Spaces

Diane Orson
WNPR

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Washington (state) - We are fellow humans: Respect transgender rights

Chris Davis
The Seattle Times

Renton, WA

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lead story - 12 simple ways to make your workplace more inclusive of transgender people

Meera Jagannathan
MarketWatch

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Pakistan - Transgender people’s rights

Meher Nigar Ashraf
The Express-Tribune

Meeran Dam

Turbat, Pakistan

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civil rights - Fordham Allies Demand Improved Rights for Transgender Students

Courtney Brogle
The Observer

Cunniffe House, Fordham University

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Texas - Dallas voters just doubled the number of LGBT lawmakers in Texas

Lauren McGaughy
The Dallas Morning News

Dallas, TX

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lead story - The Freedom—and Fear—of Traveling While Transgender

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Oviedo, Spain

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Donald Trump - Feds Now Have Evidence Trump Broke the Law to Become President. Will Whitaker Bury It?

Mimi Rocah, Elie Honig
Daily Beast

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