11 June 2019

civil rights - Tri-State Alliance asks EVSC to not appeal transgender lawsuit ruling

Segann March
Courier & Press


Evansville, IN


please press:  www.courierpress.com

Kansas - ‘It’s time’: Wichita district policy should protect LGBTQ students

Wichita Eagle Editorial Board
Wichita Eagle


above Wichita, KS


please press:  www.kansas.com

lead story - Survey finds boost in U.S. support for transgender rights

Ellen Wulfhorst
Thomson Reuters Foundation


please press:  news.trust.org

09 June 2019

Donald Trump - Impeach Trump and don't worry (much) about President Mike Pence. We already have him.

Jason Sattler
USA Today

ezs note:  To sign the petition, go to care2.orgC'mon, it only takes a sec!



please press:  www.usatoday.com

Honduras/US - Transgender Honduran awaits her asylum case in Twin Cities suburbs

Maya Rao
StarTribune


Tegucigalpa, Honduras


please press:  www.startribune.com

civil rights - Stonewall 50: Don’t Forget the Black & Brown LGBTQ Struggle

Ernest Owens
Daily Beast


New York City, NY
Stonewall Inn (1969)


please press:  www.thedailybeast.com

ezs note: Of great import is The Combahee River Collective. Although the text is somewhat older, the thought put into the work is just as vital.

Connecticut - Hartford Police Department LGBTQ Liaison Accused of Insensitivity

lead story - The (transgender) kids are all right

07 June 2019

civil rights - Federal judge: EVSC violated transgender student's civil rights

West Virginia - Another WV school year without transgender student bathroom rights

Ryan Quinn
Charleston News-Gazette


Charleston, WV


please press:  www.wvgazettemail.com

lead story - Detroit man charged in deaths of gay men, transgender woman

05 June 2019

civil rights - Fifty Years After Stonewall, the Real Fight for LBGTQ Rights Is Local

Alex Myers
Common Dreams


Stonewall riots, 1969


please press:  www.commondreams.org

Ohio - Families call for better school practices to battle suicide rates among transgender teens

Lisa Rantala
ABC News


Cleveland, OH


please press:  abc6onyourside.com

lead story - Trump's transgender ban is cruel, medically unethical and damaging to the US military

Robert H. Goldstein
USA Today


Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA


please press:  www.usatoday.com

04 June 2019

Donald Trump - Ex-Trump aide Hicks agrees to give campaign documents to Congress

Steve Holland, David Morgan
AOL


Hope Hicks


please press:  /www.aol.com

France - Paris court sentences man to six months for assaulting transgender woman

Press
France 24


Paris, France


please press:  www.france24.com

ezs note:  Gee, I hope the judge wasn't being too harsh on the poor guy.

Riiiiiight.

civil rights - WHY ARE TRANS WOMEN DYING IN ICE DETENTION?

Jack Herrera
PacificStandard


civil rights march, ca. 1957


please press:  psmag.com

Utah - Scott D. Pierce: CNN episode focuses on LDS and LGBTQ in Utah. And, no, it’s not a hit piece.

Scott D. Pierce

The Salt Lake Tribune


Salt Lake City, UT


please press:  www.sltrib.com


lead story - 'We are concerned': Dallas police chief says of second transgender woman's death in less than a month

Janelle Griffith
NBC News


Dallas, TX


please press:  www.nbcnews.com 

ezs note:  If you live in Dallas or the immediate area, and you have information on the murders of either Chynal Lindsey or Muhlaysia Booker, please call Dallas police at 214-671-3661.  Thanks. 

03 June 2019

Donald Trump - 2 epically cringeworthy moments from Jared Kushner’s Axios interview

Aaron Rupar
Vox



ezs note:  Jared Kushner, being all intrepid n' shit.


please press:  www.vox.com

Estonia - Estonia’s five best Eurovision finalists – chosen by the LGBT community

Press
Estonian World


Tallinn, Estonia


please press:  estonianworld.com

civil rights - The Catastrophist, or: On coming out as trans at 37

Emily Todd VanDerWerff
Vox


Los Angeles, CA


please press:  www.vox.com

New Hampshire - A Conversation With Transgender Granite Staters

Press
NHPR


Concord, NH


please press:  www.nhpr.org

ezs note:  Please take note of the conversation streaming, almost an hour.  It's well worth it.  

lead story - Transgender asylum seeker dies after six weeks in ICE custody

Ben Kesslen
NBC News


El Salvador


please press:  www.nbcnews.com


30 May 2019

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

Evan Wolfson
The Hill


US Capitol (interior)


please press:  thehill.com

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

Gary Wright II
BamaPolitics


Montgomery, AL


please press:  www.bamapolitics.com


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

Valerie Russ
The Inquirer


Harrisburg, PA


please press:  www.philly.com

29 May 2019

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

Meg Wagner, Amanda Wills, Brian Ries
CNN



please press:  www.cnn.com

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

civil rights - The Democrats’ Neglect of Transgender Rights

Casey Quinlan
The New Republic


Mahoning County Courthouse


please press:  newrepublic.com  

Maine - Maine officially bans gay conversion therapy

Aris Folley
The Hill


Farmington, ME


please press:  thehill.com

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


please press:  www.cbsnews.com

27 May 2019

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

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

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

Kerry Lengel
AZcentral


Phoenix, AZ


please press:  www.azcentral.com