VIDEO - Matt Baume - Marriage equality could be coming to Japan

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civil rights - Students Deserve Better: New Website Urges Department of Education to Protect Students’ Rights

Shin Inouye
The Leadership Conference

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ezs note:  I signed the petition... did you?

Missouri - Stephens College's new admissions policy to include nonbinary, transgender students

Ivy Hettinger-Roberts

Missourian

Columbia, Missouri

Stephens College

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lead story - Mother works toward understanding of transgender son

Lori Zink
Des Moines Register

Marshalltown, Iowa

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Donald Trump - Trump falsely claims Mexico is paying for wall, demands taxpayer money for wall in meeting with Democrats

Damian Paletta, Erica Werner
The Washington Post

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Chile - Chile Transgender Rights Bill Signed Into Law

Michael Lavers
Georgia Voice

Santiago, Chile

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civil rights - NEW YORK CITY INTRODUCES GENDER NEUTRAL OPTION 'X' ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES

Kashmira Gander
Newsweek

New York City, NY

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Vermont - Donna Gottschalk: Vermonter who photographed gay counterculture's 'Brave, Beautiful Outlaws"

Nicole Higgins DeSmet
Burlington Free Press

Victory, VT

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lead story - The Faces Behind Transgender Troops’ Struggle for Acceptance

Jennie Rothenberg Gritz
Smithsonian.com

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Donald Trump - How Trump Got Bad at Twitter

Joanna Weiss
Politico

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Myanmar - Year End Review on LGBT rights

Nyo Me
Myanmar Times

Pyay, Myanmar

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civil rights- Snyder bans LGBT discrimination through state contracts

Jonathan Oosting
The Detroit News

Lansing, MI

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Georgia (state) - Trans inmate sues Georgia prison over violent forced haircut

Patrick Saunders
Q Magazine

Valdosta, GA

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lead story - Exclusion Barring State Employees From Transgender Surgery Coverage To Be Removed Jan. 1

Sarah Whites-Koditschek
Public Radio Wisconsin

Madison, WI

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civil rights - In Memoriam: A Tribute to the Ones We Lost in 2018

Sharee Silerio
The Root

ezs note:  In particular, we remember and mourn these -  Celine Walker, Tonya "Kita" Harvey, Phylicia Mitchell, Amia Tyrae Berryman, Sasha Wall, Nicole Hall, Nino Fortson, Antonia "Antash'a" Devine Sherrington English, Diamond Stephens, Cathalina Christina James, Keisha Wells, Sasha Garden, Dejanay Stanton, Vontashia Bell, Shantee Tucker,  Londonn Moore, Ciara Minaj Carter Frazier, and Kelly Stough - all transgender, all senselessly murdered.

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Tennessee - 3 football players in Tennessee are challenging gender-identity roles

Cyd Zeigler
Outsports

Clarksville, TN

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lead story - How to talk to transgender youth, according to experts and their parents

Julie Compton
NBC News

San Diego, CA

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Massachusetts - Transgender Bathroom Predator Myth Completely Made Up, Massachusetts Group Admits

Steve Hinkle
Instinct

Waltham, MA

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ezs note:  Uh, I think that's what they call 'lying for the Lord'...

lead story - Why Transgender Persons Bill 2018 is a healthcare nightmare for the community

Sylvia Karpagam
The News Minute

New Delhi, India

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And the winner is...

“Fear is an interesting word because I fucking hate Trump so much,” a Republican consigliere said. “I certainly wouldn’t be sorry to see him lose.”

unknown Republican

Vanity Fair

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lead story - Prayers of an Indonesian transgender

Rie Ishii
Nikkei Asian Review

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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lead story - Transgender inmate gets rare transfer to female prison

Press
WQAD

Logan County Courthouse, IL

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Apple Removes Ex-Gay App - Google Lets it Stay

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Donald Trump - Probe of Trump's charity could crash 'like a Mack Truck' into his real estate empire

Allan Smith
NBC News

ezs note:  Uh... Donald... look out...

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Turkey - Why Turkey's performance artists take to streets

Nazlan Etlan
Al-Monitor

Cihangir (part of Istanbul), Turkey

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civil rights - ABC News Chicago Reveals the Cruelty of Christian Conservatives

Patrick L. Green
Patheos

Chicago, IL

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Virginia - Virginia Supreme Court: Judge erred in rejection of transgender inmate's name change request

Frank Green
The Daily Progress

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lead story - For Transgender and Nonbinary Protections, California Came First

Lesley McClurg
KQED

San Francisco, CA

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Trump's Latest Hire Defended Countries that Criminalize Homosexuality

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New York Times: Daughters of foot doctor say he diagnosed Trump with bone spurs as 'favor' to Fred Trump

Veronica Stracqualursi
CNN

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Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe: Gays and Lesbians Meet Zimbabwe's MPs

Robert Tapfumaneyi
All Africa

Harare, Zimbabwe

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civil rights - Military Transgender Ban Not Ripe for SCOTUS, Justices Told

Jon Steingart
Bloomberg Law

US Supreme Court

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Montana - Proposed anti-discrimination ordinance put on hold in Dillon again

Susan Dunlap
Montana Standard

Dillon, MT

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lead story - Dominic West says 'a transgender Bond would be cool'

Hanna Flint
AOL

'James Bond' (Sean Connery)

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Arizona - AIA alters language of transgender policy for Arizona student-athletes

Shane Dale
ABC News 15 (Arizona)

Phoenix, AZ

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lead story - Muddled Morality - An Attempt at Criminalising Transgender Morality

Yogesh S
News Click

New Delhi, India

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Merry Christmas!

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Slovenia - Around 40% of LGBT Students Suffer Violent Abuse at Slovenian Schools

STA
Total Slovenia News

Ljubljana, Slovenia

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civil rights - The Real Bathroom Predators are Cisgender Bigots

Samantha Riedel
Out Magazine

Osseo, MN (1869)

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Illinois - Appellate court calls part of District 211 transgender graduate's lawsuit moot

Bob Susjnara
Daily Chicago

Palatine, IL

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lead story - Transgender Canadians say death certificates don't reflect their lived identity

Marie-Claude Gregoire
CTV News

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Donald Trump - The Loyal Soldier Reached His Limit

David Ignatius
Real Clear Politics

Sec. Jim Mattis

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Nicaragua - Political Prisoners in Nicaragua Reaches 610 and Rising

Confidential
Havana Times

Managua, Nicaragua

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civil rights - Maryland School District Sued for Years of Abuse Against Transgender Teacher

Kate Sosin
Into

Upper Marlboro, MD

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Oregon - Hearing At Capitol Shows How Difficult Changing Salem's Culture Will Be

Lauren Dake
OPB

Prineville, OR

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ezs note:  Oregonians - okay, this is not gonna work.  You can do your part by speaking or sending a respectful missive explaining why transgender people face an onerous life and what they can do to make it better.

lead story - Being transgender in Southwest Michigan

Alexandra Newman
The Herald-Palladium

Benton Harbor, Michigan

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Wisconsin - Judge: De Pere transgender rights policy violates religious freedom of churches

Haley BeMiller
Green Bay Press Gazette.

De Pere, WI

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ezs note:  I understand that churches have certain rights, and I respect that.  But answer me this:  where, in the writings of Jesus, is it said that we should discriminate against transgender people?

Still looking, huh?  Well, take your time... 😔 

lead story - Jury's award to transgender woman after rejection by football team is a Minnesota first

Mary Lynn Smith
StarTribune

Inver Grove Heights, MN

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lead story - The transgender populist fighting fascists with face glitter

N.B.
The Economist

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Mattis quits, says his views aren't 'aligned' with Trump's

Jeremy Diamond, Barbara Starr, Zachary Cohen
CNN

Just another lovely cruise...

(engraving by Willy Stöwer)

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