Kansas - Capitol Update: Rep. Woodard says it’s time for legislature to act on discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ Kansans

Jay Senter
Shawnee Mission Post

Lenexa, KS

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lead story - How To Support Your Transgender Employees

Janice Hassam
Forbes

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Iceland/Brunei - Iceland Cosigns Statement Against Brutal, Discriminatory Law in Brunei

Larissa Kyzer
Iceland Review

Reykjavík, Iceland

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civil rights - Honduran Transgender Woman Granted Asylum

Nancy Montoya
Arizona Public Media

Nogales, AZ

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Tennessee - Charles Key Needs to Go to the Bathroom. Tennessee Won’t Let Him Because He’s Trans.

Samantha Key
The Daily Beast

Hendersonville, TN

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lead story - Stuck on the sidelines: A transgender powerlifter fights for the right to compete

Alex Berg
NBC News

Fort Collins, CO

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Donald Trump - Samantha Bee roasts Trump at second 'Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner'

Lauren Egan
NBC News

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Guyana/UK - UK nudges Guyana on death penalty, gay rights

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Erasing 76 Crimes

Georgetown, Guyana

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civil rights - HHS Budget Would Fund Discrimination at Expense of Civil Rights Enforcement

Sharita Gruberg
Center for American Progress

Hubert H. Humphrey Building

 Health and Human Services

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Oklahoma - White Supremacist Gets Life Sentence for Black Trans Woman's Murder

Trudy Ring
Advocate

Oklahoma City, OK

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lead story - An employer's religion should not justify discrimination against transgender workers

Kendra Strozyk
Los Angeles Times

Cameron Park, CA

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Ghana - Actor Prince David Osei attacks gays and lesbians

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Accra, Ghana

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ezs note:  Well, Mr. Osei certainly has the right to express his opinion.  However, we have the right not to buy his crap. 

civil rights - The Three-Letter Word That Triggered a Revolution

Todd S. Purdum
The Atlantic

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Alabama - ALABAMA DEPUTY PLACED ON LEAVE FOR ALLEGEDLY MAKING ANTI-LGBTQ COMMENTS ABOUT BULLIED TEEN WHO TOOK OWN LIFE

Jason Murdock
Newsweek

Huntsville, AL

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ezs note:  If the allegations against the trooper prove to be true, let's hope that the Huntsville board has the sense to put him permanently "on leave". 

lead story - Iowa Senate Republicans propose banning use of Medicaid dollars on transgender surgery

Tony Leys, Barbara Rodriguez
Des Moines Register

Imogene, Iowa

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Canada/Brunei - Transgender teenager from Brunei seeks asylum in Canada

Reuters
NBC News

Ottawa, ON

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civil rights - HHS nearing plan to roll back transgender protections

Dan Diamond
Politico

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Mississippi - LGBTQ Mississippians Tell Texas: “Religious Freedom” Will Destroy Your State

Nico Lang
NewNowNext

Raising the Stars and Stripes Over the Capitol of the State of Mississippi

Harper's Weekly

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lead story - Gender Policies In Sports — And How Local Transgender Athletes Navigate Them

Kojo Nnamdi
American University Radio

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Nevada - National Guard in California, Nevada, Washington State, Oregon, and New Mexico Defy Trump’s Trans Troops Ban

Samantha Allen

The Daily Beast

Carson City, NV

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lead story - Transgender plaintiffs sue Tennessee to change birth certificate gender

Gwen Aviles
NBC News

David Crockett State Park

Lawrenceburg, TN

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lead story - Transgender adults have higher risk of poor health, U.S. study finds

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NBC

Yamai no soshi, late 12th cent.

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ezs note:  Yeah, I know.  Life sucks, but it doubly sucks when you're transgender.  Whether you've got anorexia (low fat), bulimia (overweight), smoke cigarettes, or use other harmful drugs (legal or illegal), they can seem calming.  I know firsthand.  I'm dangerously overweight - but today I'm determined to lose weight. I've gone to Weight Watchers.  I'm not trying to tout them, but please use a program that is safe and effective.  Whatever difficulties you face, I wish you the best. 

civil rights - Nintendo Bans Trans Flag From Smash Bros.’ Stage Builder, Calling It a “Political Statement”

Vivian Kane
The Mary Sue

Kyoto, Japan (main office)

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Wyoming - How The Trump Administration's Transgender Troop Ban Is Affecting One Military Family

Lauren Hodges, Ailsa Chang
Wyoming Public Media

Cheyenne, WY

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lead story - Supreme Court to hear cases on sexual orientation, transgender status in the workplace

Steve Goldstein
MarketWatch

Supreme Court (original)

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New Jersey - Middletown schools to set rules on transgender students

Russ Zimmer
app.

Middletown, NJ

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lead story - Transgender Woman Speaks Publicly for 1st Time Since Brutal Beating

Meredith Yeomans
NBC 5

Dallas, TX (1942)

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civil rights - Transgender bathrooms, locker rooms: The debate in central Pennsylvania, explained

Ed Mahon

Penn Live

New Holland, PA

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Michigan - Michigan Gym Loses Appeal In Suit Over Transgender Woman In Locker Room

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Midland, MI

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lead story - Trump’s transgender military service ban is based in ‘prejudice and bigotry’

Erwin Chemerinsky
The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento, CA

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Donald Trump - Warren calls on House to begin impeachment proceedings against Trump

Rebecca Shabad
NBC News

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Myanmar - Toilets with threatening auras

Nyo Ma
Myanmar Times

Naypyidaw, Myanmar

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civil rights - Queer-owned consulting firm wants to help your workplace support transgender employees

Caitlin Whyte
WXXI

Rochester, NY

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Kentucky - Kentucky BBQ truck grilled for changing 'LGBTQ' meaning on Trump T-shirts

Lucas Aulbach
Courier-Journal

Williamstown, KY

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lead story - Charlize Theron confirms daughter Jackson is transgender

Francesca Bacardi
Page Six

Charlize Theron

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lead story - Naval Academy to ban transgender students beginning in 2020

Kristin Lam
USA Today

Annapolis, MD

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Donald Trump - Stephen Colbert Applauds France’s Response To Donald Trump’s Notre Dame Cathedral Fire Fighting Advice

Lisa de Moraes
Deadline

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Brazil - A Transgender Volleyball Star Stirs ‘Unfounded’ Criticism In Brazil

Andrêa Martinelli
HuffPost

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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civil rights - Illinois parents drop lawsuit challenging transgender bathroom access

Press
KMOV

Oh, shazam...

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ezs note:  It's nice that the parents had the sense to drop the suit.  It would have been nicer if they had put it in the trash to begin with...

Kentucky - Bowling Green rejects anti-discrimination ordinance protecting LGBTQ residents

Press
Courier-Journal

Bowling Green, KY

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lead story - The biggest thing critics continually get wrong about transgender athletes competing in women's sports

Alan Dawson
Insider

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civil rights - Examining Transgender Civil Rights

Kyle Kellams
KUAF

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New York - Five harsh facts of transgender life in New York City

Zach Williams
New York Nonprofit Media

New York City, NY

Rockefeller Center

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lead story - Man was offered $200 to beat transgender woman: cops

Joshua Rhett Miller
New York Post

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Aftermath of Notre-Dame (VIDEO)

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Donald Trump - Could Bernie Sanders really be elected president? There's a narrow but plausible pathway

Matthew Rozsa
Salon

ezs note:  Sure, Bernie's a bit of a longshot... but Trump does something colossally stupid every... single... day.  I have great faith in his oafishness. 

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Zimbabwe - LEAD Reclaims People’s Revolution

Press
ZimEye

Harare, Zimbabwe

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ezs note:  Things may be too early to tell... but it looks like life will be a little better...

civil rights - Transgender Rights Activist Sarah McBride to Give Talk at Rutgers–Camden

Stefanie Charles
Rutgers-Camden News Now

Camden, NJ

Rutgers-Camden University

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