Connecticut - Connecticut’s LGBTQ Pride Month celebrations go online, with entertainment, workshops, panel discussions

Susan Dunne
Hartford Courant

Hartford, CT

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lead story - COVID-19 and the Transgender Community in India

Sonal Rawat
Jurist

Delhi, India

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Donald Trump - Donald Trump's most self-defeating move

Richard Galant
CNN

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lead story - Protesters in The Grove march against injustice for black transgender people

Corey Miller, Savannah Loule
KSDK

St. Louis, MO

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Donald Trump - Flash bangs and fury: Behind the fortress walls in a defining week for Trump and the country

Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins
CNN

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lead story - 'No criminality' found in the death of transgender inmate on Rikers Island: Prosecutor

Christine Carrega
ABC News

Rikers Island

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ezs note:  Gee, here's a nifty idea:  No more solitary confinement.  EVER. 

Donald Trump - Poll: Two-Thirds Think Trump Made Racial Tensions Worse After Floyd Was Killed

Domenico Montanaro
NPR

Nope.  Smaller.

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Donald Trump - Trump’s Bible photo op splits white evangelical loyalists into two camps

Matthew Teague
The Guardian

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Michigan - Transgender Michigan Helpline Continues to Take Calls Amid Pandemic

Ellen Shanna Knoppow
Between The Lines

Ferndale, MI

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lead story - A Black Trans Woman Named Iyanna Dior Was Beaten by a Mob In Minneapolis

E.J. Dickson
Rolling Stone

Minneapolis, MN

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ezs note  While the murder of George Floyd is taking the lion's share of attention (and VERY deserving), Iyanna Dior's brutal attack deserves our attention too.   

Donald Trump - James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution

Jeffrey Goldberg
The Atlantic

James Mattis (!)

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Hawaii - Why Donald Trump can't grasp this moment

Michael D'Antonio
KITV

Honolulu, HI

Honolulu Museum Of Art

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lead story - Judge: Idaho Still Cannot Automatically Bar Transgender People Changing Birth Certificates

James Dawson
Boise State Public Radio

Boise, ID

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Donald Trump - George W. Bush on George Floyd protests: 'It is time for America to examine our tragic failures'

Devan Cole
CNN

Indianapolis, IN (among many others)

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New Hampshire - Pro-LGBT advocacy group Human Rights Campaign endorses Pappas, Shaheen for reelection

John DiStaso
WMUR

Manchester, NH

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lead story - Bills seek to limit puberty blockers, other medical treatment for transgender youth

Gabrielle Zabat
Cronkite News

Tucson, AZ

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Donald Trump - Live Updates on George Floyd Protests: Asphyxia Caused Floyd’s Death, Private Autopsy Finds (multiple stories)

Press
The New York Times

George Floyd 1973 - 2020

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civil rights - HRC Mourns Tony McDade, Black Trans Man Killed in Florida

Elliott Kozuch
HRC

Tallahassee, FL

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ezs note:  If you have any information regarding the murder of Tony McDade, please call the Tallahassee Police Department at 850-606-5800.  Thanks. 

Indiana - REVIEW: Kim Petras’ latest single is the summer bop we need in quarantine

Jaden Amos
IDS

Kim Petras

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lead story - J.K. Rowling threatens legal action against Coquitlam transgender activist over tweets

Megan Lalonde
Tri-City News

Port Coquitlam, BC (Canada)

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Donald Trump - Policing in the US is not about enforcing law. It’s about enforcing white supremacy

Paul Butler
The Guardian

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Donald Trump - 'Trump knows nothing of Minneapolis': mayor hits back at president's tweets

Laura Aratani
The Guardian

ezs note:  Trump's "solution" to everything

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Arizona - The brave lives of transgender students

Javaughn Gray
El Inde

Uden, Netherlands

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lead story - 7 transgender musicians changing the music industry

Frank Otto
Insider

Cologne, Germany (Köln)

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Donald Trump - Stung By Twitter, Trump Signs Executive Order To Weaken Social Media Companies

Bobby Allyn
Connecticut Public Radio

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Ascension of Baha'u'llah

Acre, Israel

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civil rights - Transgender funeral director's widow takes over SCOTUS Title VII case

Daniel Wiessner
Reuters

SCOTUS

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Arkansas - A big loss for LGBTQ kids: Closure of Lucie’s Place

Max Brantley
Arkansas Times

Little Rock, AR

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lead story - Anti-transgender bill advances in Tennessee as lawmakers return to work

Kimberlee Kruesi
WKRN

Paris, TN

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Donald Trump - Trump news - live: President arrives in Florida to watch Nasa SpaceX rocket launch as US coronavirus death tolls 'hits 100,000'

Joe Sommerlad, Danielle Zoellner
Independent

ezs note:  Sorry for the delay - now it's 100,940 dead.

(courtesy ncov2019.live)

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civil rights - Virginia school board defends transgender bathroom ban

Press
ABC News

Richmond, VA

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Kentucky - ‘Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.’ Ky GOP has only itself to blame for effigy disgrace.

Linda Blackford
Lexington Herald-Leader

Harrodsburg, KY

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lead story - High Point BOE approves transgender policy

Eric Obernauer
New Jersey Herald

Wantage, NJ

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notice

On May 26, 2020, at 8:20 pm, Covid-19 (coronavirus) topped 100,000 deaths.  (100,120)  This is more than topped the ENTIRE Vietnam War.  It took a little more than four months. 100,000 deaths.

Donald Trump - Tech Writer Calls For Twitter To Remove Trump Tweets

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski
MSNBC

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ezs note:  If you would still even consider voting for this vile, evil, cretin of a 'man', perhaps you should be locked up in a psych ward.  Please, see this important, utterly sickening blog.

civil rights - New Florida policy aids transgender students doing distance learning amid coronavirus

Emily Bloch
USA Today

Jacksonville, FL

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Minnesota - How COVID-19 could exacerbate inequalities in Minnesota’s workforce

Walker Orenstein
MinnPost

North Minneapolis, MN (section of Minneapolis proper)

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lead story - Marie Cau: First transgender mayor elected in France

Press
BBC News

Town Hall

Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes, France

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Donald Trump - Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President

Tom Nichols
The Atlantic

ezs note:  If the shoe fits...

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civil rights - On the Basis of Gender

Kate Milne, Ethan Hwang, Hallie Faust, Avantika Singh
The Vanguard

Polokwane, South Africa (formerly Pietersburg)

Wyoming - Pandemic Exacerbates Disparities For LGBTQ Wyomingites Without Support Or Legal Protections

Maggie Mullen
Wyoming Public Media

Cheyenne, WY

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lead story - Manipur to set up dedicated quarantine centre for transgender community

Jimmy Leivon
The Indian Express

Manipur (state), India

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Donald Trump - 2020 election: Trump falsely claims 'thousands' of forgeries on mail-in ballots, despite his own commission not finding a single case of fraud

Griffin Connolly
Independent

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civil rights - Everything you need to know about the argument over trans rights

David Levesley
GQ (UK)

London, UK

Tate Modern

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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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