21 June 2020
Donald Trump - Sick staff and empty seats: How Trump's triumphant return to the campaign trail went from bad to worse
20 June 2020
civil rights - New documentary provides a helpful lens during a whiplash week for transgender rights
Brandon Tensley
CNN
CNN
Mobile, AL
Vincent-Doan House
Illinois - Cooley: ‘Grateful,’ but LGBTQ work protections ‘long overdue’
Steven Spearie
The State Journal-Register
The State Journal-Register
Springfield, IL
lead story - Ask Amy: My friend was outed as transgender, and now I’m worried for myself
Amy Dickinson
Mercury News
Mercury News
Freeville, NY
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19 June 2020
North Dakota - Magic City Equality celebrates Supreme Court decision ending employment discrimination
lead story - New directors at federal media agency have ties to anti-LGBT groups, fought pro-transgender policies
Donald Trump - Leaked document makes Trump campaign’s use of Nazi-era symbol look worse
Greg Sargent
The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
ezs note: Trump's real love...
please press: www.washingtonpost.com
18 June 2020
Arkansas - Arkansas lawmakers, governor and LGBTQ community speak out on SCOTUS ruling
lead story - Suspect identified in murder of Philadelphia transgender woman
Donald Trump - Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA
17 June 2020
civil rights - Quijano Condemns Trump Administration Rollback of Transgender Civil Rights Protections
Oklahoma - How I Found a Transgender Community in My Oklahoma College Town
lead story - Man allegedly murdered woman after she told him she was transgender
Donald Trump - Trump asked China’s Xi to help him win reelection, according to Bolton book
16 June 2020
Delaware - McBride confident in Delaware state Senate race
Joshua Keller
Washington Blade
Washington Blade
Wilmington, DE
lead story - Southern Oregon University To Offer Transgender Studies Certificate
Erik Neumann
OPB
OPB
Southern Oregon University
(previously Ashland Normal School)
Ashland, OR
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please press: www.opb.org
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Donald Trump - Pence Misleadingly Blames Coronavirus Spikes on Rise in Testing
15 June 2020
Victory!!! (well, except for Trump...)
video credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWNfexIw8a8
ezs note: To read the full transcript, press here.
ezs note: To read the full transcript, press here.
14 June 2020
Florida - Florida observes Pulse Remembrance Day on the fourth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting
Scottie Andrew
CNN
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CNN
Pulse nightclub (2016)
Orlando, FL
lead story - Doctor Who to introduce first-ever transgender companion
Donald Trump - Trump loses 2 pivotal allies in his anti-kneeling crusade: NASCAR and the NFL
13 June 2020
civil rights - Transgender rights: There is still no smooth path
New Hampshire - New Hampshire’s LGBTQ+ community finds new ways to celebrate pride
Jordyn Haime
Concord Monitor
Concord Monitor
North Conway, NH
lead story - New calls to confront transphobia after murders of two black transgender women
Erin Donaghue
CBS News
CBS News
Liberty Township, OH (Butler County)
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please press: www.cbsnews.com
11 June 2020
Colorado - Brianna Titone Wants To Revive A Bill That Would Ban The ‘Gay Panic Defense’ In Colorado
lead story - Vermont could elect first transgender legislator
Donald Trump - Top general apologizes for appearing in photo-op with Trump after forceful removal of protesters
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10 June 2020
civil rights - Rights groups, athletes ask NCAA to move tournament from Idaho over transgender law
Arkansas - LGBTQ stand with BLM
Donald Trump - ‘Blood in the water’: Dems get unexpected opening against Trump in Iowa
David Siders
Politico
please press: www.politico.com
ezs note: Iowans - If you are the least bit unsure about your voting status, check it out with your town/city hall and make sure everything is correct. No guarantees (of course) but if Biden wins, chances are very good it'll be by the slimmest of margins. Don't let your vote be by the wayside!
09 June 2020
Donald Trump - ‘Ugh’: Republicans cringe after Trump's attack on 75-year-old protester
08 June 2020
lead story - YouTuber, former ‘X Factor’ contestant comes out as transgender
Donald Trump - Here's a number that should terrify every Republican on the ballot this fall
Chris Cillizza
CNN
CNN
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please press: www.cnn.com
ezs note: You can make this happen. Unless she/he unequivocally supports transgender people, and finds Donald Trump guilty of impeachable offenses, they must go.
07 June 2020
Connecticut - Connecticut’s LGBTQ Pride Month celebrations go online, with entertainment, workshops, panel discussions
lead story - COVID-19 and the Transgender Community in India
06 June 2020
lead story - Protesters in The Grove march against injustice for black transgender people
Donald Trump - Flash bangs and fury: Behind the fortress walls in a defining week for Trump and the country
Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins
CNN
CNN
video credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAH7ZUUzH9g
please press: www.cnn.com
05 June 2020
lead story - 'No criminality' found in the death of transgender inmate on Rikers Island: Prosecutor
Christine Carrega
ABC News
ABC News
Rikers Island
please press: abcnews.go.com
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
04 June 2020
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03 June 2020
Michigan - Transgender Michigan Helpline Continues to Take Calls Amid Pandemic
lead story - A Black Trans Woman Named Iyanna Dior Was Beaten by a Mob In Minneapolis
E.J. Dickson
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Minneapolis, MN
please press: www.rollingstone.com
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
02 June 2020
Hawaii - Why Donald Trump can't grasp this moment
lead story - Judge: Idaho Still Cannot Automatically Bar Transgender People Changing Birth Certificates
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