19 June 2019
Maine - Maine Voices: LGBTQ people have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go
lead story - 3 Connecticut female athletes file federal discrimination complaint over transgender competition
18 June 2019
Massachusetts - ‘I was living two different lives’: Springfield middle school principal Declan O’Connor comes out as transgender
lead story - MasterCard will let transgender, non-binary people use their chosen name on cards
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17 June 2019
Kentucky - What Father's Day Means To A Transgender Parent
Cheri Lawson
WEKU News
WEKU News
Wilder, KY
video credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S29CqXoYp8o
please press: www.weku.fm
16 June 2019
lead story - It's The First Sunday Since The Vatican Rejected Transgender People
15 June 2019
Washington (state) - Ferguson files 38th lawsuit against Trump Administration, challenging “conscience rule”
Emily Boerger
Washington State Wire
Washington State Wire
Seattle, WA
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Seattle_Monorail_under_construction_-_1961.jpg
please press: washingtonstatewire.com
lead story - Second transgender woman murdered in Washington suburb in three months
Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News
NBC News
Fairmount Heights, MD
please press: www.nbcnews.com
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.
14 June 2019
lead story - Charlie Martin: Transgender driver chases Le Mans 24 Hour race dream
13 June 2019
civil rights - FOR TRUMP, LGBT RIGHTS ARE FOREIGN POLICY, NOT A DOMESTIC CONCERN
Jared Keller
Pacific Standard
Pacific Standard
His Royal Asininity.
videocredit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5UBhCNrXeo
please press: psmag.com
Maryland - Councilmember Glass kicks off Pride Month
lead story - Man arrested in murder of Dallas trans woman, 2 others
AP
USA Today
USA Today
Kendrell Lavar Lyles
video credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpvtYAnmecI
please press: www.usatoday.com
ezs note: BUSTED.
11 June 2019
civil rights - Tri-State Alliance asks EVSC to not appeal transgender lawsuit ruling
Kansas - ‘It’s time’: Wichita district policy should protect LGBTQ students
lead story - Survey finds boost in U.S. support for transgender rights
10 June 2019
Oregon - White Owl Social Club in Portland apologizes for throwing transgender person out of bar
lead story - Chest Binders and Transgender People
Dashir Moore
The New York Times
The New York Times
Colorado Springs, CO
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Colorado_Springs_from_Pikes_Peak_Nov_2010.JPG
please press: www.nytimes.com
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.org. C'mon, it only takes a sec!
USA Today
ezs note: To sign the petition, go to care2.org. C'mon, it only takes a sec!
please press: www.usatoday.com
Honduras/US - Transgender Honduran awaits her asylum case in Twin Cities suburbs
civil rights - Stonewall 50: Don’t Forget the Black & Brown LGBTQ Struggle
Ernest Owens
Daily Beast
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
Len Bestoff
NBC News 30
NBC News 30
Hartford, CT
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Engine_Co_1_Fire_Station_Hartford_CT.JPG
please press: www.nbcconnecticut.com
lead story - The (transgender) kids are all right
08 June 2019
Vermont - Christine Hallquist plugs into a new source of power
Kevin O'Connor
VTDigger
VTDigger
Brattleboro, VT
Hubbard Park Observation Tower
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/MontpelierVT_HubbardParkTower3_20170827.jpg
please press: vtdigger.org
lead story - Transgender inmate found dead in Rikers Island cell
Larry Celona, Stephanie Pagones
New York Post
New York Post
New York City, NY
Rikers Island
please press: nypost.com
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
lead story - Detroit man charged in deaths of gay men, transgender woman
06 June 2019
Kansas - Retiring After 28 Years, Transgender North High Teacher Looks Forward To Next Chapter
Carla Eckels
KMUW
KMUW
Wichita, KS
Wichita North High School
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Wichita_High_School_North_Tower_2009-06-10_1.jpg
please press: www.kmuw.org
lead story - Dallas LGBTQ leaders could hold key to solving transgender killings, police say
05 June 2019
civil rights - Fifty Years After Stonewall, the Real Fight for LBGTQ Rights Is Local
Ohio - Families call for better school practices to battle suicide rates among transgender teens
lead story - Trump's transgender ban is cruel, medically unethical and damaging to the US military
Robert H. Goldstein
USA Today
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
France - Paris court sentences man to six months for assaulting transgender woman
Press
France 24
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?
Utah - Scott D. Pierce: CNN episode focuses on LDS and LGBTQ in Utah. And, no, it’s not a hit piece.
lead story - 'We are concerned': Dallas police chief says of second transgender woman's death in less than a month
Janelle Griffith
NBC News
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
Estonia - Estonia’s five best Eurovision finalists – chosen by the LGBT community
civil rights - The Catastrophist, or: On coming out as trans at 37
New Hampshire - A Conversation With Transgender Granite Staters
Press
NHPR
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
02 June 2019
civil rights - ACLU again sues state over transgender-related services
Washington (state) - Bainbridge to consider 'all gender' bathroom sign ordinance
Nathan Pilling
Kitsap Sun
Kitsap Sun
Bainbridge Island, WA
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Country_Club_of_Seattle%2C_Bainbridge_Island.jpg
please press: www.kitsapsun.com
01 June 2019
31 May 2019
North Carolina - The man in the maternity ward
lead story - LBGTQ icons will be the first transgender people to get statues in the US
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