lead story - Autopsy finds evidence that transgender migrant who died in ICE custody had been beaten

Daniel Gonzalez
USA Today

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ezs note:  Um, make that murdered...

Denmark/Tanzania - DENMARK WITHHOLDS NEARLY $10 MILLION IN AID MONEY TO TANZANIA

Press
WTVA/WLOV

Copenhagen, Denmark

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civil rights - Remembering and Honoring Civil Rights Icon Harvey Milk

Rokia Hassanein
HRC

Harvey Milk (1930-1978)

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North Carolina - N.C. Officials to Eliminate Health Benefits for Transgender Individuals

Press
The Carolinian

Greensboro, NC

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lead story - Twitter has banned misgendering or ‘deadnaming’ transgender people

Adi Robertson
The Verge

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Donald Trump - Mia Love: Trump has 'no real relationships, just convenient transactions'

Rebecca Morin
Politico

Rep. Mia Love (R)

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Argentina - Buenos Aires gears up for the huge celebration of LGBT culture

Karen Michelle Lemus
Buenos Aires Times

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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civil rights - Transgender Guidance Scrubbed From Office of Personnel Management Website

Gwendolyn Smith
NCRM

ezs note:  Uh... thanks...

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Colorado - Brianna Titone Just Made Transgender History in Colorado

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Arvada, CO

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lead story - “Man Made,” a Film About Transgender Bodybuilders, Upends the Traditional Documentary Gaze

Rachel Lipstein
The New Yorker

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Donald Trump - Mueller report will be 'devastating' for the president: Frequent Trump defender

Roey Hadar
ABC News

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United Arab Emirates/UK - Birmingham University staff to boycott UAE campus after jailing of academic

David Batty
The Guardian

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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civil rights - Houston civil rights activist Ray Hill dead at age 78

Brittany Taylor, Robert Arnold
Click 2 Houston

Ray Hill (died 11-24-2018)

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Illinois - Is O’Fallon denying transgender students certain rights? The board decides to rewrite its rules.

Lexi Cortes
Belleville News-Democrat

O'Fallon, IL

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lead story - Pistons' Reggie Bullock won't let transgender sister's death be in vain

Vince Ellis
Detroit Free Press

Reggie Bullock

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Donald Trump - RNC Catches Heat For Hawking Discounted Donald Trump Merchandise On Black Friday

Lee Moran
HuffPost

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Slovakia - Thousands rally in Slovakia in support of protest organizers

Press
News 1130

Bratislava, Slovakia

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civil rights - Congresswomen, civil-rights leaders, black trans woman demand protections for Black LGBTQ community

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Windy City Times

Chicago, IL

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Alaska - Alaska sees first two transgender women elected to office

Julia Laude
KTUU

Fairbanks, AK

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lead story - Vigil remembers transgender lives lost to violence

Anna Merod
The Winchester Star

Winchester, VA

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Trump Cronies Find New LGBTQ Protections to Attack

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Donald Trump - Roger Stone Associate Jerome Corsi In Plea Negotiations With Mueller: Report

Sara Boboltz
HuffPost

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St. Lucia - LGBT group wants its turn to meet with government

Staff
St. Lucia News Online

Castries, St. Lucia

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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

AG Maura Healey

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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

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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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