Massachusetts - ‘I was living two different lives’: Springfield middle school principal Declan O’Connor comes out as transgender

Shira Schoenberg
MASSLive

Springfield, MA

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lead story - MasterCard will let transgender, non-binary people use their chosen name on cards

AJ Willingham
CNN

MasterCard (center)

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Kentucky - What Father's Day Means To A Transgender Parent

Cheri Lawson
WEKU News

Wilder, KY

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lead story - American Medical Association Responds To 'Epidemic' Of Violence Against Transgender Community

Dawn Ennis
Forbes

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lead story - It's The First Sunday Since The Vatican Rejected Transgender People

Dawn Ennis
Forbes

Vatican City

Lievin Cruyl  (1634 - before 1720)

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Washington (state) - Ferguson files 38th lawsuit against Trump Administration, challenging “conscience rule”

Emily Boerger
Washington State Wire

Seattle, WA

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lead story - Second transgender woman murdered in Washington suburb in three months

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

Fairmount Heights, MD

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ezs note:  If you have any information regarding the murder of Zoe Spears in the Washington DC - Maryland area (Fairmount Heights) please contact Det. Brian Reilly at 1-800-411-TIPS.  Thanks.

lead story - Charlie Martin: Transgender driver chases Le Mans 24 Hour race dream

Sarah Holt
CNN

Le Mans, France

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civil rights - FOR TRUMP, LGBT RIGHTS ARE FOREIGN POLICY, NOT A DOMESTIC CONCERN

Jared Keller
Pacific Standard

His Royal Asininity.

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Maryland - Councilmember Glass kicks off Pride Month

Elle Meyers
Montgomery County Sentinel

Rockville, MD

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lead story - Man arrested in murder of Dallas trans woman, 2 others

AP
USA Today

Kendrell Lavar Lyles

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ezs note:  BUSTED.

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

Segann March
Courier & Press

Evansville, IN

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

Wichita Eagle Editorial Board
Wichita Eagle

above Wichita, KS

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

Ellen Wulfhorst
Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Oregon - White Owl Social Club in Portland apologizes for throwing transgender person out of bar

Jayati Ramakrishnan
The Oregonian

Portland, OR

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lead story - Chest Binders and Transgender People

Dashir Moore
The New York Times

Colorado Springs, CO

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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.org.  C'mon, it only takes a sec!

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

Maya Rao
StarTribune

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

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

Ernest Owens
Daily Beast

New York City, NY

Stonewall Inn (1969)

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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

Len Bestoff
NBC News 30

Hartford, CT

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lead story - The (transgender) kids are all right

Ben Hohenstatt
Juneau Empire

Juneau, AK

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Vermont - Christine Hallquist plugs into a new source of power

Kevin O'Connor
VTDigger

Brattleboro, VT

Hubbard Park Observation Tower

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lead story - Transgender inmate found dead in Rikers Island cell

Larry Celona, Stephanie Pagones
New York Post

New York City, NY

Rikers Island

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

Tori Fater
Courier & Press

Evansville, IN

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

Ryan Quinn
Charleston News-Gazette

Charleston, WV

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

AP
FOX News

Detroit, MI (1942)

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Kansas - Retiring After 28 Years, Transgender North High Teacher Looks Forward To Next Chapter

Carla Eckels
KMUW

Wichita, KS

Wichita North High School

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lead story - Dallas LGBTQ leaders could hold key to solving transgender killings, police say

Karma Allen
ABC News

Dallas, TX

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

Alex Myers
Common Dreams

Stonewall riots, 1969

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

Lisa Rantala
ABC News

Cleveland, OH

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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

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

Steve Holland, David Morgan
AOL

Hope Hicks

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

Press
France 24

Paris, France

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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

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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

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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

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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. 

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

Aaron Rupar
Vox

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

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

Press
Estonian World

Tallinn, Estonia

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

Emily Todd VanDerWerff
Vox

Los Angeles, CA

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New Hampshire - A Conversation With Transgender Granite Staters

Press
NHPR

Concord, NH

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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

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civil rights - ACLU again sues state over transgender-related services

Michaela Ramm
The Neighbor

Iowa

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Washington (state) - Bainbridge to consider 'all gender' bathroom sign ordinance

Nathan Pilling
Kitsap Sun

Bainbridge Island, WA 

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lead story - Biden: Fastest way to end transgender violence 'is to end the Trump administration'

Caroline Kelly
CNN

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lead story - TRUMP PRAISES ‘LGBT’ PRIDE MONTH, BUT IS CRITICIZED FOR ADMINISTRATION'S TREATMENT OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE

Scott McDonald
Newsweek

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North Carolina - The man in the maternity ward

Anna Douglas
The Charlotte Observer

Charlotte, NC

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lead story - LBGTQ icons will be the first transgender people to get statues in the US

Lauren M. Johnson
CNN

Marsha P. Johnson

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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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