MAJOR NEWS - possible coronavirus news! (good news, for once!)

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ezs note:  This is possibly major, major news - the vaccine may be VERY near!  If it comes to pass, (which it very well seems it will) MILLIONS of lives will be saved. Please check the blog out. 

YAY!!!

civil rights - Commentary: Protecting LGBTQ civil rights is good business

Allan Gilmour
Crain's Detroit Business

Detroit, MI

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California - After Long Battle, Public Defender Successfully Secures Release of Transgender Client from ICE Detention

Press
Davis Vanguard

Davis, CA

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lead story - Transgender community welcomes change to Victorian birth certificates

James Hancock
ABC (Australia)

Melbourne, Australia

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Donald Trump - Trump’s purge just got much more corrupt. Here’s what’s coming next.

Greg Sargent
Washington Post

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Nevada - Working for a better Nevada for all, including veterans and marginalized people | Scaffidi

Sherie Paulie Scaffidi
Reno Gazette-Journal

Reno, NV

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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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