lead story - Officers charged with allegedly slamming transgender woman's face on ground

Dennis Romero
NBC News

Kansas City, MO

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Donald Trump - Republicans are wimping out again on Donald Trump

Chris Cillizza
CNN

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Nebraska - Congressional candidate profile: Babs Ramsey

Jon Kipper
KMTV

Bellevue, NE

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lead story - Navy grants waiver allowing transgender sailor to serve openly

Nico Lang
NBC News

US Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD

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Donald Trump - Coronavirus US live: Obama criticizes Trump in virtual graduation speech – as it happened

Bryan Armen Graham, Tom Lutz, Joanna Walters
The Guardian

 President Barack Obama

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civil rights - Federal grand jury indicts men accused of murdering transgender women in Puerto Rico

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade

San Juan, PR

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Delaware - Biden Talks Trans Rights, Calls Conversion Therapy Sick at Fundraiser

Trudy Ring
Advocate

New Castle, DE

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ezs note:  To be honest, Joe Biden was not my first choice, but his strong condemnation of "conversion therapy" won me over.   

lead story - A transgender person's deadname is nobody's business. Not even a reporter's.

Chase Strangio
NBC News

Chase Strangio

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Donald Trump - Ousted whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright unloads on Trump admin's coronavirus response

Dareh Gregorian
NBC News

Dr. Rick Bright

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civil rights - UK LGBT+ group Stonewall names new CEO amid trans rights row

Rachel Savage, Hugo Greenhalgh
Reuters

London, UK

(I love foxes!)

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Oregon - A Lawsuit Against Gov. Kate Brown Reunites Old Allies From the Conservative Edge of Oregon Politics

Tess Riski
Willamette Week

Baker City, OR

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ezs note: To those attending a church, synagogue, mosque, etc. - have you heard of zoom?  You meet in a gathering, without the pesky business of dying.  You ought to try it out! 

lead story - Transgender female health secretary snaps at reporter for calling her ‘sir’ repeatedly

Storm Gifford
Daily News

Dr. Rachel Levine

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Donald Trump -People Are Dying, the Economy Is Collapsing and Trump Wants You to Look at This Squirrel

Chris Cillizza
CNN

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civil rights - Commentary: In 2 cases that await Supreme Court decision, the stakes are enormous for LGBTQ employee protection

Philip Rotner
Chicago Tribune

Chicago, IL

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ezs note:  It may be that the late Aimee Stephens may lose the case - but it will be short-lived. If Mr, Rotner is correct, there are three things you can do.  First - and absolutely most important - get that vile Trump out of office.  Second, if you have a Republican senator,  vote for a Democrat.  Third,  if you have a Republican House member, vote for a Democrat. And don't forget!!!

Utah - Reese: The NCAA should boycott BYU

Isaac Reese
The Daily Utah Chronicle

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

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lead story - Michigan woman at center of transgender civil rights case dies at 59

Melissa Nann Burke
The Detroit News

Aimee Stephens

1961 - 2020

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Donald Trump - Supreme court grills Trump lawyers over president's unreleased tax returns

Press
The Guardian

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Maryland -- Name change fundraiser planned

Philip Van Slooten
Washington Blade

Baltimore, MD

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lead story - B.C. school trustee blasted for transgender coronavirus conspiracy theory attacking Dr. Theresa Tam

Simon Little
Global News

Chilliwack, BC

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Donald Trump - White House Orders Staff to Wear Masks as Trump Misrepresents Testing Record

Michael D. Shear, Maggie Haberman, Linda Qiu
The New York Times

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civil rights - DeVos Guts Title IX Protections, Angering Trans Advocates

Matt Tracy
Gcn

Department of Education

Washington DC

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Pennsylvania - Braddock Restaurant Owner Makes ‘Bullying’ Comments About Pa. Secretary Of Health Dr. Rachel Levine

Charlie Deitch
Pittsburgh Current

Braddock, PA

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lead story - LGBTQ Americans are getting coronavirus, losing jobs. Anti-gay bias is making it worse for them.

Petruce Jean-Charles
USA Today

New York City, NY

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Donald Trump - Trump charges Obama with 'biggest political crime in American history'

Martin Pengelly
The Guardian

ezs note:  Y'know, Donald isn't even funny anymore.  He's just a tired old husk of a 'man'.  King Lear seems wise by comparison.

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civil rights - Nat’l Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund endorses Biden

Chris Johnson
Washington Blade

National Center for Transgender Equality

Washington DC

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Connecticut - Democratic View: A Kinder Connecticut

Alisa Trachtenberg
The Ridgefield Press

Ridgefield, CT

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lead story - Reproductive concerns among transgender adolescents may manifest as ‘disinterest’ in future parenthood

Morrison A.
Healio

Yale University

New Haven, CT

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Donald Trump - Trump fumes as White House staffers test positive and death toll nears 80,000 – as it happened

Bryan Armen Graham, Tom Lutz, Martin Pengelly, Edward Helmore
The Guardian

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civil rights - Aimee Stephens brought the first major trans rights case to the Supreme Court. She may not live to see the decision.

Katelyn Burns
Vox

Shelby Twp., MI

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Kentucky - The LGBTQ+ community behind bars during COVID-19

Press
Forward Kentucky

Frankfort, KY

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lead news - HRC Mourns Helle Jae O’Regan, Trans Woman Killed in San Antonio

Elliott Kozuch
HRC

San Antonio, TX

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Donald Trump - This is one of Trump’s biggest and most insulting lies yet

Greg Sargent
Washington Post

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civil rights - HRC Mourns Nina Pop, Black Trans Woman Killed in Missouri

Elliott Kozuch
HRC

Sikeston, MO

Harold E. Comstock (born in Sikeston)

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ezs note:  As before, this blog notes the murder of Nina Pop, except that this one has a photograph of her.  Please, take a second look.  If you recognize her and witnessed her murder, please call 573-471-8568. Thanks.     

Virginia - ‘Virginia Is For Lovers.’ Now That Slogan Includes The LGBTQ

Dawn Ennis
Forbes

Richmond, VA

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lead story - Clinicians and autistic transgender youth partner to create first community-built care model

Press
Medical Xpress

Children's National Hospital

Washington DC

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Donald Trump - George Conway: Trump went ballistic at me on Twitter. Here’s why he reacts with such rage.

George T. Conway III
Washington Post

George T. Conway III

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civil rights - Transgender woman's death in SE Missouri under investigation

Press
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sikeston, MO

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ezs note:  If you live in or near Sikeston, Missouri, and you witnessed the murder of Nina Pop, please contact the Sikeston (Miner) Police Department at 573-471-8568. Thanks.

Indiana - Highest ranked Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player in Indiana doesn't let transphobia hold her back

Declan McLaughlin
IDS

Pittsboro, IN

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lead story - Transgender People Face Discrimination, Violence Amid Latin American Quarantines

Julia Symmes Cobb
US News & World Report

Bogotá, Colombia

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Donald Trump - A leaderless nation adrift in a crisis

Scot Lehigh
Boston Globe

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civil rights - Top Egyptian actor goes public about trans son

Ban Barkawi
Reuters

Cairo, Egypt

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Ohio - Ohio lawmaker who blamed mass shootings on gay marriage and drag queens loses GOP primary

John Riley
MetroWeekly

Middletown, OH

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lead story - Belfast senior will graduate as Maine’s first transgender valedictorian

Abigail Curtis
Bangor Daily News

Belfast, ME

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Donald Trump - Trump’s latest coronavirus spin unmasks his extreme narcissism

Greg Sargent
Washington Post

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civil rights - Transgender rights are not under lockdown!

Cristian Galicia
Washington Blade

Bogotá, Colombia

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North Carolina - Loving and adapting amid coronavirus, NC LGBTQ church gives back to community

Hannah McClellan
The News & Observer

Raleigh, NC

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

Robert Booth
The Guardian

London, UK

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Donald Trump - Trump rips George W. Bush after he calls for unity amid coronavirus outbreak

Justin Wise
The Hill

George W. Bush

ezs note:  Damn... I never thought I'd say it, but in this one area, he' s a REAL hero (unlike the current prick-in-residence)  

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civil rights - New Lawsuit Demands Release of All Transgender ICE Detainees

Shani Saxon
Colorlines

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

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Minnesota - Counterpoint: Founders believed all people are created equal

Loren Schumacher
Star News

Elk River, MN

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