Louisiana - Opinion: Gay Panic Defenses must be banned in Louisiana

Brendan Heffernan
The Maroon

New Orleans, LA

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lead story - A viral fake news story linked trans health care to 'thousands' of deaths

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

"War Of The Worlds" hoax (1938)

ezs note:  Ahem, if you haven't figured it out by now, LifeSiteNews is a HOAX.

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Donald Trump - Trump blasts 'savages' — Ocasio-Cortez, three other women of color, Schiff, Nadler

Phil McCausland
NBC News

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Guatemala - Guatemala’s First Gay Congressman Fears for His Life Amid Death Threats

Jeff Taylor
NewNowNext

Guatemala City, Guatemala

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civil rights - The Human Rights Campaign Joins Thousands of Advocates and Allies at National Trans Visibility March

Matilda Young
HRC

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Human Rights Campaign

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Hawaii - Tulsi Gabbard Rejects Claim Her LGBTQ Commitment Is 'Skin-Deep'

Daniel Reynolds
The Advocate

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)

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lead story - A Man Has Been Arrested After Another Transgender Woman Was Shot In Dallas

Kadia Goba
BuzzFeed News

Dallas, TX

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Donald Trump - White House Knew of Whistle-Blower’s Allegations Soon After Trump’s Call With Ukraine Leader

Julian E. Barnes, Michael S. Schmidt, Adam Goldman, Katie Benner
The New York Times

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Donald Trump - Read: Whistleblower complaint regarding President Trump and Ukraine

Transcript
CNN

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House Committee on Intelligence - whistleblowing

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ezs note:  Hey I ain't an armtwister, but I do urge to listen to at least an hour of testimony.  I have a sense that this will be historic.  Here's where you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfZeuBH4rp0

Ecuador - Why Is This Happening? Receiving asylum, and helping today's asylum seekers with Luis Mancheno: podcast and transcript

Chris Hayes
MSNBC News

Quito, Ecuador

The 1700s, CE

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civil rights - At Emmys, Laverne Cox shines spotlight on LGBTQ Supreme Court cases

Brooke Sopelsa
NBC News

Hollywood, CA

(part of Los Angeles)

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California - California adds an 11th state to its travel ban. No taxpayer-funded trips to Iowa

Wes Venteicher
The Tribune

Sacramento, CA

etching in 1849

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lead story - Transgender man loses court battle to be registered as father

Robert Booth
The Guardian

Kent, UK

earliest inscription 871-899 CE

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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Donald Trump - Read Trump's phone conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky

Transcript
CNN

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lead story - 'I am going to kill you. I hate transgender females' | Trans women held at gunpoint, attacked in DC

Lorenzo Hall
WUSA

ezs note:  Washington DC, the nation's (cough) capital

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Donald Trump - Trump mocks teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg

Veronica Stracqualursi
CNN

ezs note:  Look, Mommy, a big, big, BIG baby!

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Czech Republic - Czech activist organization champions transgender rights in Prague

Press
Tennessee Journalist

Prague, Czech Republic

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civil rights - Patricia Arquette Honors Late Sister Alexis In Powerful Emmys Plea For Transgender Rights

Curtis M. Wong
HuffPost

Patricia Arquettte

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ezs note:  Damn skippy, Patricia.  Thank you. 

Iowa - Transgender student shares their experience at Iowa State

Victoria Reyna-Rodriguez
Iowa State Daily

Ames, IA

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lead story - Transgender woman shot in apparent hate crime in Dallas

Erin Donaghue
CBS News

Dallas, TX

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Donald Trump - Donald Trump vs. the United States of America

David Leonhardt
The New York Times

ezs note:  243 years later, we have 'King' Donald.

Impeach him, then throw 'em in jail.

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Costa Rica - A Brief History of LGBTQ Resistance in Costa Rican Nightlife

Richard Villegas
Remezcla

San José, Costa Rica

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civil rights -To respect Civil Rights Act, Supreme Court must bar discrimination against LGBT people

Erwin Chemerinsky
The Sacramento Bee

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Montana - Billings City Council to look at non-discrimination ordinance again

Staff
KXLH

Billings, MT

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ezs note:  Central southern Montana - if you, or someone you know lives in Billings, persuade or go (if you live in the city itself) to the Billings City Council and politely but firmly to vote YES on the bill.  Thanks.

lead story - Elizabeth Warren highlights violence against transgender women of color, reads names of those killed this year

Sasha Pezenik
ABC News

Sen. Elizabeth Warren

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Donald Trump - An Abrupt Move That Stunned Aides: Inside Trump’s Aborted Attack on Iran

Peter Baker, Eric Schmitt, Michael Crowley
The New York Times

ezs note:  Donald Trump, deep in thought

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Oregon - Atlas Marshall, a Trans Woman Who Performs Drag as Nae Nae Dominatrix, Was Assaulted in Downtown Portland

Blair Stenvick
Portland Mercury

downtown Portland, OR

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lead story - Why the Pickle Became a Symbol of Transgender Rights

Jennifer Finney Boylan

The New York Times

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Donald Trump - If This Isn’t Impeachable, Nothing Is

Tom Nichols
The Atlantic

ezs note:  Uh, and this was before the current mess...

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lead story - Washington Post: Ben Carson made dismissive comments about transgender people in internal meeting, attendees say

Paul LeBlanc
CNN

Ben Carson

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