civil rights - Yes, the Civil Rights Act does protect gay and trans Americans

Evan Wolfson
The Hill

US Capitol (interior)

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Alabama - LGBTQ Visibility Isn’t Just Educational, It Is Vital Education

Gary Wright II
BamaPolitics

Montgomery, AL

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civil rights - Three transgender women challenge portion of Pennsylvania’s name-change law

Valerie Russ
The Inquirer

Harrisburg, PA

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Donald Trump - Mueller speaks about the Russia investigation (among many, many others)

Meg Wagner, Amanda Wills, Brian Ries
CNN

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Romania/US - U.S. Embassy awards seven Women of Courage in Romania

Press
Romania-Insider.com

Bucharest, Romania

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civil rights - The Democrats’ Neglect of Transgender Rights

Casey Quinlan
The New Republic

Mahoning County Courthouse

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Maine - Maine officially bans gay conversion therapy

Aris Folley
The Hill

Farmington, ME

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ezs note:  ♩Another one bites the dust... ♬ (Yay!)

lead story - New Gillette ad shows dad teaching transgender son how to shave

Aimee Picchi
CBS News

Gillette ad, 1953

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lead story - The World Health Organization Will Stop Classifying Transgender People as Having a 'Mental Disorder'

Suyin Haynes
Time

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Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Activists Criticize Religious Freedom, Conversion Therapy Bills

Michael Lavers
PrideSource

San Juan, PR

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civil rights - Donald Trump Campaigned as a President for LGBTQ Americans. But He Keeps Rolling Back Protections for Them

Abby Vesoulis
Time

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Arizona - How a transgender character changed when a trans actor was hired for the role

Kerry Lengel
AZcentral

Phoenix, AZ

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lead story - These transgender soldiers are still allowed to serve. They want to prove their detractors wrong

Emanuella Grinberg
CNN

Colorado Springs, CO

Peterson AFB

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Coming Out The LGBT Cultural Revolution before Stonewall (video)

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ezs note:  Short, but very good. See it if you can.

Donald Trump - Why Trump’s Stonewalling Legal Strategy Will Keep Failing

Renato Mariotti
Politico

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Liberia/Costa Rica - From the Street to the Classroom: How Two Trans Women Relaunched Their Studies

Noelia Esquivel
Voice Of Guanacaste

Monrovia, Liberia

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civil rights - Thousands of immigrants suffer in solitary confinement in U.S. detention centers

Hannah Rappleye etc.
NBC News

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ezs note:  Oh, loverly.  It seems that Donald Trump and Barack Obama have bloody hands on this one.  (Though to his credit, Obama did ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles)  But it's not damned enough.  I think that there so many abuses, it's time to abolish solitary confinement altogether. Please, if you agree with me on this, send an e-letter to your Congressperson and both of your Senators.  (Remember, on the federal level, you have two.)  

Hawaii - Hawaii's Remarkable Women: Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong

Robert Kekaula
KITV

Honolulu, HI

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lead story - Why violence against transgender Americans is a crisis that’s under reported

Anna Nawaz
PBS News

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Donald Trump - Trump’s Public Enemies List Is an Impeachable Offense

David R. Lurie
The Daily Beast

ezs note:  Deja vu, all over again...

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please press:  www.thedailybeast.com

Kenya - Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws

Press
Human Rights Watch

Nairobi, Kenya

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civil rights - Cuomo Blasts Trump Admin’s Rollback Of Transgender Health Care Protections

Nick Reisman
Spectrum News

Albany, NY

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Kentucky - Kentucky City Rejects Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

Press
WUKY

Bowling Green, KY

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ezs note:  I don't know if Kentucky has local elections the same as Connecticut does, but if so, maybe Bowling Green should send three of their Commissioners packing.  (and maybe that means you) 

lead story - Protesters demand end to killings of transgender women, Trump rollbacks

Daniel Trotta
Reuters

New York City, NY

Washington Square Park

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Rhode Island - Safe Zones In Rhode Island Helping LGBTQ Community

Press
WLNE

Providence, RI

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please press:  www.abc6.com

lead story - ‘Henry Danger’ Actor Reveals He’s Transgender, Transitioned 20 Years Ago

Bruce Haring
Deadline

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Donald Trump - Trump talks 'Crazy Nancy' Pelosi and treason at wild press conference

Jonathan Allen
NBC News

Washington DC

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(video)

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civil rights - While the Trump administration backtracks, Colorado is plowing forward on transgender rights

Jennifer Brown
Colorado Sun

Denver, CO

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Oregon - Parents sue Woodburn schools after teacher educates son about being transgender

Whitney Woodworth
Statesman Journal

Woodburn, OR

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ezs note:  Hey, I agree with the parents.  After all, school is for ignorance.  After all, isn't that what school is for?

Riiiiight.

lead story - HUD proposes rule critics say would roll back protections for transgender homeless

Veronica Straqualursi
CNN

Washington DC

HUD building

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civil rights - Remembering a transgender activist who taught Iowans to live authentically without fear

Rekha Basu
Des Moines Register

Des Moines, IA

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ezs note:  Rest in peace, Casey...

Montana - Political commissioner ends year-old complaint against Montana Family Foundation

Tom Lutey
Ravalli Republic

Helena, MT

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ezs note:  Whatever the reason, it's really too bad that the Commissioner of Political Practices is dropping the lawsuit against the Montana 'Family' Foundation.  (read:  do it our way, or else)  Perhaps the Montana ACLU can pick up some of the slack.  (hint, hint!)  

lead story - Dallas police looking into similarities in cases of 2 transgender women fatally shot, third stabbed

Ryan W. Miller
USA Today

Dallas, TX

Cedars

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Florida - Miami Springs Now Has Florida's First Transgender Lutheran Pastor

Joshua Ceballos
Miami New Times

Miami Springs, FL

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lead story - Two transgender women of color killed in same weekend, one arrest made

Janelle Griffith
NBC News

Philadelphia, PA

President's House (Washington/Adams)

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ezs note:  If you have any information about Muhlaysia Booker's murderer is, please contact the Dallas Police Department at 214-671-3661.  Thanks,

Algeria/UK - The Artist Kader Attia Mocks Colonial History, then Heals Its Effects

Heba Elkayal
Al-Fanar Media

Algiers, Algeria

Notre Dame d'Afrique

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civil rights - Transgender girl grows advocacy efforts

Hadley Barndollar
Fosters.com

Kittery, ME

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New Jersey - Newark police offer protections for transgender suspects

J.L. Gaynor
Out In Jersey

Newark, NJ

Krueger-Scott Mansion

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lead story - Transgender woman assaulted by 'mob' last month killed in Texas

Tim Stelloh
NBC News

Dallas, TX

Bishop Arts District

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Colorado - One of the Colorado school shooters is a transgender boy

Alex Bollinger
LGBTQ Nation

Highlands Ranch, CO (CDP)

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lead story - Trans dads tell doctors: 'You can be a man and have a baby'

Julie Compton
NBC News

Louisville, KY

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Connecticut - ‘Gay panic defense’ would end under proposed CT law

Lisa Backus
CT Post

New Haven, CT

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lead story - Fertility Practices, Coverage Lacking for Transgender People

Shira Stein
Bloomberg Law

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Rhode Island - Because Transgender is Beautiful

Press
Rhode Island

Providence, RI

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lead story - Transgender people know the Equality Act won't end transphobia. But it will still protect us.

LaLa Zannell
NBC News

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lead story - Study shows increased risk of breast cancer in transgender women

Press
EurekAlert!

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ezs note:  Here are four things you can do to prevent breast cancer:

• lose weight
• exercise
• lower/eliminate alcoholic beverages
• say goodbye to any tobacco use 

civil rights - There’s A Growing Rift On The Religious Right About How To Deal With LGBT People

Dominic Holden
BuzzFeed News

Baikal Rift Zone

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New Jersey - New Jersey Joins Sister States in Opposition to Transgender Military Ban

Press
Insider NJ

Trenton, NJ

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lead story - This opera singer says the ‘hype’ should be on her voice, not her transgender identity

Chloe Veltman
PRI

Don Giovanni

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please press:  www.pri.org 

civil rights - Trump opposes federal LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill, citing 'poison pills'

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

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