civil rights - Indiana moving up, but still behind in LGBTQ laws and policies

Segann March
Courier & Press

Medora, IN

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Indiana - LETTER: Column on transgender ban by IDS opinion editor worse than actual ban

Tom Sweeney
IDS

Bloomington, IN

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ezs note:  Thank you, Tom, for providing the FACTS.

lead story - Transgender bathroom ban may end, but transcript irks teen

Ben Finley
WTOL

Gloucester Courthouse, VA

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Wisconsin - Report: Wisconsin Ranks 'Top Middle Of Class' In Nation For Laws Protecting LGBTQ Community

Mary Kate McCoy
WPR

Neillsville, WI

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lead story - Transgender YouTube star 'Furry Potato' shot while filming outside synagogue

Chiara Giordano
Independent

Los Angeles, CA

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Republicans Claim Marriage Equality is Religious, Somehow

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Donald Trump - Trump's disgraceful 'national emergency' was inevitabile

Maria Cardona
The Hill

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Malaysia/India - Indian transgender activist told to change stated gender for Malaysian visa application

Press
The Star

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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civil rights - COLUMN: Billy Barr — more of the same, if not worse

James Neal
Enid News & Eagle

Enid, OK

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Nebraska - LGBTQ People in Nebraska Were Alone for Decades. No Longer.

Abbi Swatsworth
Advocate

Lincoln, NE

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lead story - Thai Transgender Candidate Runs for ‘Next Generation’

Press
VOA

Bangkok, Thailand

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Donald Trump - McCabe Says Justice Dept. Officials Had Discussions About Pushing Trump Out

Adam Goldman, Matthew Haag
The New York Times

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Germany - German insurer must pay for transgender beard removal

Alistair Walsh
Deutsche Welle

Hanover, Germany 

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civil rights - Tennessee becomes first state in the South with hate crime law protecting transgender people

Natalie Allison
Tennesseean.

Nashville, TN

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Arkansas - Arkansas veteran says transgender ban is insult to his sacrifice

Melissa Zygowicz
THV 11 (CBS)

Little Rock, AR

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lead story - Andover Public Library will keep transgender children’s books in the kids section

Jason Tidd
The Wichita Eagle

Andover, KS

(lower left on map)

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ezs note:  Oh. Eeek. (yawn)

Oregon - Basic Rights Oregon Is Fighting For LGTBQ+ Rights—and Winning

Elise Herron
Willamette Week

Portland, OR

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lead story - Twitter sued by blogger who was barred for tweets about transgender people

Queenie Wong
Cnet

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ezs note:  Um, okay, before you go on a righteous spiel, (understandably so) hear me out.  Meghan Murphy is undoubtedly half-baked and utterly wrong.  She also has the right to free speech.    No, I don't plan on going to Ms. Murphy's blog. However, her voice deserves to be heard, no matter how wrongheaded I believe it to be.  The AMA, APA, and WHO, to name but a few, are on my side, so I feel very comfortable making my case.  If you are creating a blog, please speak up.  Our voices will soon drown out hers - if we take the noble path. 

lead story - An indecent exposure bill in Tennessee is unfairly targeting transgender people, advocates say

Emily Luxen
NewsChannel 5

Nashville, TN

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El Salvador - Nayib Bukele elected president of El Salvador

Ernesto Valle
Washington Blade

San Salvador, El Salvador

(1868 flag)

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civil rights - ACLU sues Springs business over denial of health coverage to transgender employee

Andy Koen
KOAA News

Colorado Springs, CO

Doolittle Hall (United States Air Force Academy)

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Wisconsin - Despite Strides, Disparities In Health Care Remain For LGBTQ Population

Mary Kate McCoy
WPR

Madison, WI

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lead story - Two men on trial for unleashing ‘sheer brutality’ on transgender community

Keith L. Alexander
The Washington Post

Washington DC

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Cameroon - Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Cameroon

Press
Human Rights Watch

Yaoundé, Cameroon

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civil rights - Bill killed in ongoing battle on transgender rights in SD

Sarah Mearhoff
Rapid City Journal

Rapid City, SD

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Wyoming - Orr declares new protections for LGBTQ employees

Austin Hugulet
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle

Cheyenne, UT

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lead story - Commentary: Transgender people just want to be themselves

Dex Rumsey
The Salt Lake Tribune

Grantsville, UT

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Bermuda - Advisory group to help police

Renae Stampp
The Royal Gazette

Hamilton, Bermuda

The Royal Gazette (1796)

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civil rights - Gender-neutral bathrooms benefit a lot of people. Our region needs more of them.

D. Taylor Reich
Greater Greater Washington

Washington DC

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Indiana - Elvis impersonator turned state legislator files anti-transgender bill in Indiana

Alex Bollinger
LGBTQ Nation

ezs note:  Uh-huh.  If you live in Indiana's 45th district, (Jasonville area) maybe it's time to send Fake Elvis (Bruce Borders) packing.  Contact your Democratic committee.

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lead story - ‘I hope no one tries to kill me in the middle of the street,’ transgender woman living in New Orleans says

Aubry Killion
WDSU

New Orleans, LA

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Uzbekistan - The Missing Piece in Uzbekistan’s Reform Puzzle

James Reston
The Diplomat

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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civil rights - Treatment of Transgender People in Custody Must Improve

Deborah Lolai
New York Law Journal

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Georgia - Transgender metro Atlanta teen named homecoming queen

Press
Project Q Atlanta

Atlanta, GA

Object of Wo(man), William Massey

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lead story - Trump ban on transgender troops in US military could be reversed by new congress bill

Felicia Sonmez
Independent

US Capitol

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Donald Trump - Trump Is Walling Off the GOP

Ronald Brownstein
The Atlantic

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Macedonia/EU - Transgender Macedonians Hail ‘Turning Point’ European Court Ruling

Eve-Anne Travers
Balkan Insight

Skopje, Macedonia

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civil rights - Transgender man, former “Queer Eye” guest, sues University of Georgia over health care discrimination

John Riley
Metroweekly

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Ohio - Discrimination complaints to Ohio Civil Rights Commission up

Laura Hancock
cleveland.com

Columbus, OH

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lead story - South Dakota lawmakers defeat bill giving parents right to deny transgender treatment

Lisa Kaczke
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader

Pierre, SD

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ezs note:  South Dakotans - thank you!

civil rights - HRC and LGBTQ Community: Here’s the Real State of the Union

Charlotte Clymer
HRC

House of Representatives

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Illinois - Transgender Illinois inmate feels safer after transfer

Press
Herald-Whig

Lincoln, IL

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lead story - Hartke's book teaches about gifts of transgender Christians

Hilary Howes
National Catholic Reporter

Northfield, MN

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South Sudan - Adut Akech: The South Sudanese refugee making fashion history

Shirine Saad
CNN

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civil rights - Weinberg: Remembering Babs, a transgender activist who blazed a path for LGBTQ rights

Loretta Weinberg
nj.com

ezs note:  Goodbye, Babs...

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Kansas - Meet the transgender activist suing the state of Kansas

Ciara Pate
University News

Topeka, KS

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lead story - State of the Union: Five lawmakers invite transgender service members

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

US Capitol at night 

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AUDIO - This Is Happening with Jerry Quickley - David Cay Johnston

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Donald Trump - Trump’s ‘Great Memory’ Fails As He Repeatedly Forgets Names In New Supercut

Ed Mazza
HuffPost

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Netherlands/US - Prosecutors to decide if Nashville anti-gay charter breaches Dutch law

Gordon Darroch
DutchNews.nl

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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