civil rights - Military spends more on Viagra than on transgender recruits. So why ban trans?

Benjamin Carlton
Miami Herald

Miami, FL

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please press: www.miamiherald.com

Colorado - Colorado's Comedy Community Unites in Mourning Ailis Kennedy

Byron Graham
Westword

Fort Collins, CO

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ezs note:  To donate to a worthy cause, or if you need help, go to    Trans Lifeline.  (I know - they helped me through a rough patch)

lead story - 'It's A Career Ender': 2 LGBTQ Former Dell Workers Share Their Stories

Jasmine Garsd
NPR

Dell HQ

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Donald Trump - Trump tweets racist attacks at progressive Democratic congresswomen

Devan Cole
CNN

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Spain - Rainbow flag on Madrid City Hall displaced by Spanish standard

Pablo León
El País

Madrid, Spain

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civil rights - Public opinion data offers insights into transgender issues

Press
Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

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please press:  news.iu.edu

Nebraska - Transgender inmate sues Nebraska over sexual assault during 2015 prison riot at Tecumseh

Martha Stoddard
Omaha World-Herald

Tecumseh, NE

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lead story - Freed transgender inmate to fight for trans prisoner rights

AP
Houston Chronicle

Lincoln, IL

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Donald Trump - Jeffrey Epstein is Donald Trump's idea of the perfect man

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Salon

Source: Der Spiegel

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ezs note:  In case you missed it, you will find the article about the 24 women HERE .

Rwanda - Rwandan LGBT Community Steps Out of Shadows

Hamada Elrasam
VOA

Kigali, Rwanda

Kigali Tower

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civil rights - Transgender fire chief harassed by Byron city officials after transition, EEOC filing alleges

Becky Purser
The Telegraph

Byron, GA

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please press:  www.macon.com

North Carolina - Speech therapy helps transgender individuals find their voice

Sayaka Matsuoka
Triad City Beat

Greensboro, NC

Blandwood Mansion

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lead story - Five Coming-of-Age Trans Movies That Changed My life

Diana Tourjée
Vice News

Ma Vie en Rose (1997)

Alain Berliner, dir.

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Donald Trump - Why Pence spiked a Trump judge

Eliana Johnson
Politico

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Nigeria - Human Rights Committee reviews the situation of Civil and Political Rights in Nigeria

Press
Reliefweb

Abuja, Nigeria

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civil rights - A transgender inmate was raped and beaten in a Cañon City prison. Now the state has settled the case.

Sam Tabachnik
The Denver Post

Cañon City, CO

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Kansas - Kansas to allow transgender people to change their gender on birth certificates

Dion Lefler, Jonathan Shorman
The Wichita Eagle

Topeka, KS

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lead story - House approves amendment to reverse transgender military ban

Rebecca Kheel
The Hill

US Capitol  (interior)  

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civil rights - Civil Rights Groups Call Out ‘Archaic’ N.Y. Loitering Law For Targeting Trans People

Alanna Vagianos
HuffPost

New York City, NY (1731)

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California - Transgender California prison guard receives $500,000 to settle discrimination case

Adam Ashton
Merced Sun-Star

Merced, CA

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lead story - Joint chiefs nominee: Trump's transgender policy about 'standards

Ellen Mitchell
The Hill

Fort Dix, NJ

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VIDEO - How Steve Bannon Manipulates His Followers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq_2-RMm8HY

Donald Trump - ‘Mother Is Not Going to Like This’: The 48 Hours That Almost Brought Down Trump

Tim Alberta
Politico

Mommie.

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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

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Donald Trump - Congressional Democrats subpoena Trump organization

Katelyn Polantz, Jeremy Herb
CNN

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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

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

Press
Augusta Free Press

University of Virginia

Richmond, VA

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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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Nevada - IN TRANSITION

Jessica Santina
N (originally from Synapse)

Reno, NV

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

Press
WMTV

Madison, WI (1865 woodcut)

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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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Donald Trump - Trump administration reverses course on census citizenship question

Ariane de Vogue, Gregory Wallace, Jeremy Diamond
CNN

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

Dan Macquill
Snopes

J.K. Rowling

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

David Crary
saukvalley.com

Dixon, IL

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

Evan Anderson
Juneau Empire

Anchorage, AK

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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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