Morocco - Video: LGBT Activists Talk Openly About Life in Morocco

Kawtar Ennaji
Morocco World News

Rabat, Morocco

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civil rights - AMA takes a stand for transgender Americans in Supreme Court filing

Tanya Albert Henry
AMA

Jesse Ehrenfeld, president of AMA

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Tennessee - Tennessee detective's Sunday sermon calls for arrest, execution of LGBTQ members

Kaylin Jorge
FOX 17

lead story - What it's like to be transgender in China

Lise Floris
Inkstone

Shanxi province, China

video credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuwkTqL_1wo

please press:  www.inkstonenews.com

Donald Trump - Congressional Democrats subpoena Trump organization

Katelyn Polantz, Jeremy Herb
CNN

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please press:  www.cnn.com

Mexico - A Mexico City queer bar resists attacks with love and cumbia

Kate Linthicum
Los Angeles Times

:

Mexico City, Mexico

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civil rights - Dozens back trans woman's legal case

Melissa Nann Burke
Detroit News

US Supreme Court, bronze doors

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please press:  www.detroitnews.com 

Virginia - Equality Virginia to host conference for transgender Virginians, allies

Press
Augusta Free Press

University of Virginia

Richmond, VA

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 please press:  augustafreepress.com

lead story - How ‘Euphoria’ and Model Hunter Schafer Created the Most Interesting Trans Character on TV

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Euphoria

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please press:  www.thedailybeast.com

Nevada - IN TRANSITION

Jessica Santina
N (originally from Synapse)

Reno, NV

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please press:  www.unr.edu

ezs note:  Don't let the skinny little title fool you.  Jessica Santina has written a thoughtful, comprehensive piece.  Read it if you can.

lead story - Marvel’s First Openly Transgender Actor Wants To See More Of His Experience Onscreen

AP
HuffPost

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Donald Trump - Jeffrey Epstein: Trump once praised billionaire charged with sex trafficking minors for liking women 'on the younger side'

Kat Tenbarge
Business Insider

ezs note:  Girls! Girls!  Girls!  (no, I mean real girls...)

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please press:  www.businessinsider.com

civil rights - THE CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER WHO HISTORY FORGOT

Sean Braswell
OZY

Montgomery, AL (Taylor Field)

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please press:  www.ozy.com

ezs note:  To see a portion of the book by Rosalind Rosenberg, go HERE.

Florida - Ask Orlando: Was a ‘woman’ named Hiram the first female to vote in Florida?

David Whitley
Orlando Sentinel

Orlando, CA (ca. 1920s)

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please press:  www.orlandosentinel.com

lead story - Should an Asian transgender woman say she's 'passing?' Food for thought at KUOW's Queeriosity Club

Ginger Chien
KUOW

Seattle, WA

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please press:  www.kuow.org 

Maryland/Virginia - Police In Va. Searching For Person Of Interest In Md. In Connection To Murder Of Transgender Teen

Mike Hellgren
CBS News

Joppa, MD (CDP)

(or Joppatown)

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please press:  baltimore.cbslocal.com 

ezs note:  Marylanders - Especially if you live in Baltimore or Joppa, please keep an eye out for Erik McFadden.  He is not a suspect yet, but he is a person of interest.  Please call 434-977-4000.

lead story - Venezuela’s transgender community fears hormone shortages

Guillermo Olmo
BBC News

Caracas, Venezuela

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please press:  www.bbc.com

Donald Trump - NRA meltdown has Trump campaign sweating

Alex Isenstadt
Politico

Wayne LaPierre

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please press:  www.politico.com

Ethiopia - Ethiopia tour for gay, lesbian travelers in jeopardy amid backlash from faith groups

Emily McFarlan
RNS

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

please press:  religionnews.com

civil rights - Transgender woman arrested after bathroom dispute escalates in NC Denny's

AP
News Channel 12

Shelby, NC

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please press:  wcti12.com

Wisconsin - AG Kaul joins states against federal proposal preventing transgender people from homeless shelters

Press
WMTV

Madison, WI (1865 woodcut)

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please press:  www.nbc15.com

lead story - Transgender YouTube star says she was kicked out of Jake Paul’s house

Courtney Brogle
Page Six

Calabasas, CA

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please press:  pagesix.com

Donald Trump - Trump administration reverses course on census citizenship question

Ariane de Vogue, Gregory Wallace, Jeremy Diamond
CNN

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please press:  www.cnn.com

UK - Did J.K. Rowling ‘Confirm Her Stance Against Transgender Women’?

Dan Macquill
Snopes

J.K. Rowling

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please press:  www.snopes.com

civil rights - Companies to court: Defend LGBTQ people from bias

David Crary
saukvalley.com

Dixon, IL

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please press:  www.saukvalley.com 

Alaska - Opinion: Stand up for equality and support House Bill 82

Evan Anderson
Juneau Empire

Anchorage, AK

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please press: www.juneauempire.com

ezs note:  Alaskans - If you need to find out who your Alaska House of Representatives is, please press here.  If you need to find out who your Alaska Senator is,  please press HERE.  Then write, call, or e-write!

4th of July speech - What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Frederick Douglass (ed. Dave Zirin)
The Nation.

Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895)

(speech given July 5, 1852)

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please press:  www.thenation.com

lead story - Advocates Mourn An 'Epidemic' Of Violence Against Black Transgender Women

Chris Bentley
WBUR

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please press:  www.wbur.org

Donald Trump - Trump Administration Drops Effort to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census

Michael Wines
The New York Times

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please press: www.nytimes.com 

ezs note:  That's one small step for humanity... 😀

Donald Trump - The hugely inappropriate weekend of Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.

Chris Cillizza
CNN

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please press:  www.cnn.com

Trinidad and Tobago - Pride shown at Parliament

Sean Douglas
Newsday

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

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please press:  newsday.co.tt

civil rights - When discrimination becomes the norm

J.L. Gaynor
Out in Jersey

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please press:  outinjersey.net

Ohio - How family support, Children's Hospital helped transgender teen Allison Kurtz save her own life

Tanya O'Rourke
WCPO

Liberty Township, OH

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please press:  www.wcpo.com

lead story - Illinois Governor Signs Order Protecting Transgender Students

Nick Visser
HuffPost

Springfield, IL

Illinois State Capitol

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please press:  www.huffpost.com

Donald Trump - Tim Ryan savages Trump on North Korea, Huawei

David Cohen
Politico

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please press:  www.politico.com

Vietnam - LGBT rights: Vietnam recognises transgender people, but there's a flaw in the law

Sen Nguyen
South China Morning Post

Hanoi, Vietnam

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please press:  www.scmp.com 

civil rights - Debate: Gabbard's LGBTQ Record Criticized, Booker Defends Trans Women

Jacob Ogles
The Advocate

Miami, FL

Adrienne Arsht Center

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please press:  www.advocate.com

New Hampshire - Letter: Cornerstone gets it wrong on transgender bills

Darlene Olivio
Concord Monitor

Concord, NH

(1790 engraving)

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please press:  www.concordmonitor.com

ezs note:  To see the Letter to the Editor written by Shannon McGinley (later responded to by Darlene Olivio)  see here.

lead story - Pakistan's police arrest father for killing transgender son

AP
ABC News

Nowshera, Pakistan

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please press:  abcnews.go.com

New Jersey - Even a small New Jersey city can share in the power of Pride

Kevin Riordan
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Woodbury, NJ

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please press:  www.inquirer.com

lead story - Transgender advocacy group celebrates Stonewall with Birmingham gala

Jonece Starr Dunigan
AL.com

Birmingham, AL

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please press:  www.al.com 

Delaware - How Delaware Explains What's Wrong With Joe Biden

Paul Blest
Splinter

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please press:  splinternews.com

ezs note:  Um, hate to tell you this, Joe... but it's time for you to go.

lead story - Police investigate 11th murder of a black transgender woman this year

Doha Madani
NBC News

Kansas City, MO

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

ezs note:  If you live or work in Kansas City, MO (in particular, the Lykins neighborhood) and you have any information regarding the murder of Brooklyn Lindsey, please call the Kansas City police department at 816-234-5111.  Thanks. 

Night 2 - Democratic presidential debate

Three stars

(in alphabetical order)

Kirsten Gillibrand

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Kirsten_Gillibrand%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg

Kamala Harris

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Senator_Harris_official_senate_portrait.jpg

Bernie Sanders

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Bernie_Sanders.jpg

Biggest disappointment:  Joe Biden

lead story - White Nationalist Threats Against Transgender People Are Escalating

Cassie Miller
SPLC

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please press:  www.splcenter.org

ezs note: Needless to say (I  hope), putting these cretinous vermin either in jail or at least with a stern warning won't hurt my feelings.  At all.  I don't give a crap if they put their butt in the wrong direction.  Please call your local police.

Night 1 - Democratic presidential debate (my choices)

Three stars

(in alphabetical order)

Cory Booker

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Cory_Booker%2C_official_portrait%2C_114th_Congress.jpg

Julián Castro
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Juli%C3%A1n_Castro%27s_Official_HUD_Portrait.jpg

Elizabeth Warren
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Elizabeth_Warren%2C_official_portrait%2C_114th_Congress.jpg

Biggest disappointment:  Amy Klobuchar

Round two tommorrow! 

Donald Trump - What Trump May Be Missing In Those Polls He Calls Fake

Ron Elving
NPR

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