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11 April 2019
10 April 2019
LIVE - Donald Trump's brain!
(ummmm... or a black hole)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Black_hole_-_Messier_87_%28cropped%29.jpg
Labels:
brain,
Donald Trump,
live
Location:
207 Sewell St, Goodwell, OK 73939, USA
Donald Trump - Trump’s ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon
Eliana Johnson, Daniel Lippman
Politico
Politico
Bizzarro
ezs note: Can Connecticut go to another country? Please? We'll be good...
please press: www.politico.com
Cuba - Cuba begins distributing PrEP through pilot program
Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade
Washington Blade
Havana, Cuba
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Cuba_LaHavana_Street_%28www.pixinn.net%29.jpg
please press: www.washingtonblade.com
civil rights - DeVos defends controversial guidance on transgender students
Rhode Island - Vella-Wilkinson bill would extend benefits to gay, transgender veterans without honorable discharges
lead story - 'Very Important Precedent:' Russian Court Rules Transgender Woman Was Fired Illegally
Press
RFE/RL
RFE/RL
St. Petersburg, Russia
please press: www.rferl.org
ezs note: In North America and Western Europe, this is somewhat routine, but in Russia this is HUGE. Congratulations, Ms. Grigoryeva!
Labels:
fired,
illegally,
important,
precedent,
rules,
Russian court,
St. Petersburg,
transgender woman,
very
Location:
St Petersburg, Russia
09 April 2019
Brunei - Brunei’s death by stoning, anti-LGBTQ law sparks outrage, boycotts
Lucy Martirosyan
PRI
PRI
The Stoning Of An Adulteress
Abu'l Hassan Ghaffari (abt. 1853-1857)
please press: www.pri.org
ezs note: If you have any heart at all, you'll email http://www.bruneiembassy.org/contact-us.html and contact the Ambassador and send a polite but FIRM message. If you have no heart, please pick one up on the way out.
ezs note: If you have any heart at all, you'll email http://www.bruneiembassy.org/contact-us.html and contact the Ambassador and send a polite but FIRM message. If you have no heart, please pick one up on the way out.
Location:
Kampong Bukit Beruang, Brunei
civil rights - HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow to Testify at Congressional Hearing on the Bipartisan Equality Act
lead story - Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban Marks the Dark Return of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
08 April 2019
Donald Trump - Secret Service director out less than 24 hours after DHS secretary resigns
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 'Door, please!': Sarajevo to host Bosnia’s first-ever LGBTQ pride parade
civil rights - How Tasmania is going from worst to best on transgender human rights
Vermont - John Killacky: Out in the Legislature
lead story - Although transgender workers face steep barriers, corporate America wants to hire them
07 April 2019
Donald Trump - Whatever Trump Is Playing, It Isn’t Golf
Saint Lucia - Saint Lucia’s ‘Dangerous & Discriminatory Laws Against Marginalised Populations’ Under Fire
Labels:
against,
dangerous,
discriminatory,
laws,
marginalised,
populations,
Saint Lucia,
Soufriére,
under fire
Location:
Soufriere, St Lucia
civil rights - Giant Food Stores earns top marks in Corporate Equality Index
Arizona - Arizona filmmakers spark discrimination discussion at ACLU event
Molly Stellino
Cronkite News
Cronkite News
Phoenix, AZ
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Phoenix-Duppa-Montgomery_Adobe-1895-2.JPG
please press: cronkitenews.azpbs.org
Labels:
ACLU,
Arizona,
discrimination,
discussion,
Eunique Yazzie,
event,
filmmakers,
Molly Stellino,
spark
Location:
Phoenix, AZ, USA
lead story - Charlotte Clymer: Being transgender shouldn't matter in the military
06 April 2019
Donald Trump - ‘No Celebrities’: Embarrassing Turnout at Trump’s Beverly Hills Fundraiser
Tarpley Hitt
Daily Beast
Daily Beast
ezs note: Where can I find Trump Victory?
(uh... you're here...)
please press: www.thedailybeast.com
Kenya - Worlds apart between conservatives and LGBT community in Kenya
Sheila Nyambura
Capital News
Capital News
Nairobi, Kenya
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Kenyatta_International_Conference_Centre.jpg
please press: www.capitalfm.co.ke
ezs note: After a while of trying 'transgender (country)' on my computer, I finally gave in and used the 'LGBT (country)' instead. Hey, it ain't perfect, but it is better.
Labels:
between,
conservatives,
Kenya,
LGBT community,
new ideas,
Sheila Nyambura,
worlds apart
Location:
Nairobi, Kenya
civil rights - U.S. attorney general orders probe into mistreatment of gay employees
Sarah N. Lynch
Reuters
Reuters
AG William Barr
please press: www.reuters.com
ezs note: It's too early to tell, but if it turns out to be a genuine article, it might be a promising sign.
But Trump's still in charge. Don't hold your breath.
Illinois - Pritzker to change state's Medicaid policy to cover sex reassignment surgery
lead story - As a homeless transgender woman, she had turned to sex work to survive. Then she was killed.
Samantha Schmidt
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
Fairmount Heights, MD
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Seal_of_Fairmount_Heights%2C_Maryland.png
please press: www.washingtonpost.com
05 April 2019
Donald Trump - How Trump Conspired with the Freedom Caucus to Shut Down the Government
France - Transphobic Paris attack sheds light on LGBT+ attitudes in France
Labels:
attack,
attitudes,
France,
LGBT+,
Paris,
sheds light,
trans people,
transphobic,
Zoe Tidman
Location:
Paris, France
civil rights - Montana Human Rights Bureau finds Yellowstone County discriminated against trans employee
Florida - City of Orlando poised to embrace LGBT-certified businesses
lead story - The Crisis of Violence Against Transgender People Is Not a ‘Myth’
04 April 2019
Ohio - Catholic School, Right-Wing Hate Group Join Forces to Fight South Euclid Equality Measure
lead story - Washtenaw County Reflects On The Importance Of Raising The Transgender Flag
03 April 2019
Donald Trump - Donald Trump’s Never-Ending Campaign Keeps Getting Angrier
Venezuela - Venezuelans with HIV/AIDS dying due to lack of antiretroviral drugs
civil rights - Parent Quizzes School’s Transgender Policy
Vince Conti
Cape May County Herald
Cape May County Herald
Cisgender (born that way)
Maine - Tunnel of Oppression challenges perceptions of groups on campus
lead story - Under Trump’s Ban, Transgender Troops Must Decide: Come Out or Hide
Labels:
ban,
come out,
decide,
Donald Trump,
hide,
must,
Samantha Allen,
transgender troops,
under
Location:
Atlanta, GA, USA
02 April 2019
North Dakota - North Dakota moves to nullify its 1975 Equal Rights support
lead story - Transgender Woman Shot To Death Near The D.C. Border Will Be Remembered At Candlelight Vigil
Rachel Kurzius
dcist
dcist
Fairmount Heights, MD
please press: dcist.com
ezs note: If you have any information regarding the murder of Ashanti Carmon, please call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). Thanks.
01 April 2019
HUMANE prisons
ezs note: I recently saw how Germany's prison is working, and how then-governor Dannel Malloy's (CT) visit there went. I do believe that certain persons do deserve imprisonment... but humane imprisonment. If you agree with 60 Minutes, please email your governor, state representative, and state senator, and tell them that this stupid system is NOT working. Thanks.
Labels:
Dannel Malloy,
Germany,
humane,
prisons
Location:
285 Shaker Rd, Enfield, CT 06082, USA
civil rights - Transgender Leadership Alaska hosts local rally for International Transgender Day of Visibility
Derek Minemeyer
KTUU
KTUU
Anchorage, AK
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Anchorage_Museum_at_Rasmuson_Center_2014.jpg
please press: www.ktuu.com
Wyoming - McDaniel: Voters elect the darndest legislators
Labels:
Art Linkletter,
Cheyenne,
darndest,
elect,
influence votes,
legislators,
Rodger McDaniel,
voters
Location:
Cheyenne, WY, USA
lead story - A transgender woman’s stay at a Utah jail revealed good, bad and possibly dangerous practices
Labels:
bad,
dangerous,
good,
jail. revealed,
Paighten Hawkins,
possibly,
practices,
stay,
transgender woman,
Utah
Location:
Ogden, UT, USA
31 March 2019
Donald Trump - One of the GOP’s brightest female stars is dogged by Trump in 2020
Labels:
2020,
Adel,
brightest,
dogged,
Donald Trump,
female,
GOP,
Joni Ernst,
Marianne Levine,
stars
Location:
Adel, IA 50003, USA
Bulgaria/US - US State Department: Bulgarian government actions against human rights abusers ‘insufficient’
civil rights - On This Transgender Day of Visibility, I’m Feeling Exposed—and Determined
Rhode Island - Sen. Reed Says Pentagon Shouldn't Adopt New Transgender Rule
Labels:
adopt,
Defense Department,
Jack Reed,
new,
Pentagon,
senator,
shouldn't,
transgender rule
Location:
Cranston, RI, USA
lead story - Transgender visibility has become my paradox. I want to be seen as any other woman, and as trans.
Meredith Talusan
NBC News
NBC News
New York City, NY (1952)
Dag Hammarskjöld, foreground
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Dag_Hammarskjold_outside_the_UN_building.jpg
please press: www.nbcnews.com
Labels:
any other woman,
become,
Meredith Talusan,
New York City,
paradox,
seen,
trans,
transgender,
visibility
Location:
New York, NY, USA
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