Idaho - Idaho student leaders denounce anti-transgender laws

Chad Sokol
The Spokesman-Review

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

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ezs note:  Hmmm... maybe the students should give their state representatives a run for their money...

lead story - Virus pushes Pakistan's transgender dancers out of their homes

Sajjad Tarakzai
CTV

Islamabad, Pakistan

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Donald Trump - Donald Trump press secretary inadvertently reveals president's bank details

Melissa Davey
The Guardian

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civil rights - Larsen: Elliott-Larsen was meant to include everyone, I know because I wrote it

Mel Larsen
Lansing State Journal

Lansing, MI

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Delaware - Karissa Sanbonmatsu: What Can Epigenetics Tell Us About Sex And Gender?

Press
Delaware Public Media

Felton, DE

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lead story - Eleven transgender inmates sexually assaulted in male prisons last year

Danny Shaw
BBC News

London, UK 

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Donald Trump - Trump’s Inaccurate Claims on Hydroxychloroquine

Linda Qiu

The New York Times

ezs note:  Well, 'Doctor' Trump says it's good, so it must be good!

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New Jersey - Higher Court Overturns Judge's Order Requiring Transgender Bias Training For Jersey City Police

Jerry DeMarco
Hudson Daily Voice

Hackensack, NJ

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lead story - U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs bid to halt Idaho transgender inmate's surgery

Press
WHTC

US Supreme Court

Washington DC

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Donald Trump - Trump advisers warn McSally is in trouble

Alex Isenstadt
Politico

Sen. Martha McSally

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civil rights - 279 Groups Call for Health Care Access to Protect All

Shin Inouye
The Leadership Conference

AFL-CIO (among others)

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Utah - Scott: True LGBTQ Allies Don’t Out

Press
The Daily Utah Chronicle

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

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lead story - High Point BOE to revisit transgender proposal

Eric Obernauer
New Jersey Herald

Wantage Township,  NJ

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Donald Trump - Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts

Matt Egan
CNN

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ezs note:  Contrary to what the rosy picture above portrays, the best predictor in any state is YOU.  First, make sure you're registered, and done so properly.   Second, remind yourself to vote.  Thanks.

civil rights - This Week in Judicial Nominations – 5/18

Rafael Medina
The Leadership Conference

SCOTUS

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Idaho - Idaho To Federal Judge: Let New Transgender Birth Certificate Ban Go Into Effect

James Dawson
Boise State Public Radio

Blackfoot, ID

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lead story - Hungary: Decision to strip trans people of the right to legal gender recognition is “step back into the dark ages”

Press
Amnesty International

Budapest, Hungary

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Donald Trump - Coronavirus Live Updates: W.H.O. Rejects Trump’s Threats but Will Study Its Response

Press
The New York Times

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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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