27 June 2020

Pennsylvania - Naiymah Sanchez and Mary Catherine Roper: What’s next in struggle to end LGBQ&T discrimination?

Naiymah Sanchez, Mary Catherine Roper
Trib Live


Greensburg, PA


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lead story - NBC 5 Exclusive: Chicago Police Department's Only Out Transgender Officer Goes On Record

Chris Hush
NBC News


Lake View, IL (part of Chicago)


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Donald Trump - Washington Post: Trump campaign had social distancing stickers removed before Tulsa rally

Kelly Mena
CNN


BOK Center (interior)
Tulsa, OK


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22 June 2020

New Jersey - BAR REPORT - NJSBA LGBT Rights Section, evolving with history

lead story - LGBTQ groups sue to block Trump administration from scrapping transgender health care protections

Devan Cole
CNN


Washington DC
Washington Monument


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Donald Trump - Trump’s got bigger problems than empty seats

Michael A. Cohen
Boston Globe



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21 June 2020

civil rights - Local LGBT outreach: More protections needed

Renee Fox
Tribune Chronicle


Warren, OH


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Texas - Texas advocates celebrate Supreme Court ruling extending protections to LGBTQ workers

lead story - Editorial Roundup: Transgender rights, kids during pandemic, summer trips to water

Donald Trump - Sick staff and empty seats: How Trump's triumphant return to the campaign trail went from bad to worse

Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins
CNN


Tulsa, OK
Tulsa International Airport


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20 June 2020

civil rights - New documentary provides a helpful lens during a whiplash week for transgender rights

Brandon Tensley
CNN


Mobile, AL
Vincent-Doan House


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cityofmobile.org


Illinois - Cooley: ‘Grateful,’ but LGBTQ work protections ‘long overdue’

Steven Spearie
The State Journal-Register


Springfield, IL

lead story - Ask Amy: My friend was outed as transgender, and now I’m worried for myself

Donald Trump - Fact check: Trump falsely claims 'insurance reasons' prevented him from entering St. John's Church

Daniel Dale
CNN


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19 June 2020

North Dakota - Magic City Equality celebrates Supreme Court decision ending employment discrimination

Andrea Johnson
Minot Daily News


Minot, ND


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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


ezs note:  Trump's real love...


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18 June 2020

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

Matthew Hendrickson
Chicago Sun-Times


Chicago, IL


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Donald Trump - Trump asked China’s Xi to help him win reelection, according to Bolton book

Josh Dawsey
The Washington Post


Xi Jinping


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16 June 2020

Delaware - McBride confident in Delaware state Senate race

lead story - Southern Oregon University To Offer Transgender Studies Certificate

Erik Neumann
OPB


Southern Oregon University
(previously Ashland Normal School)
Ashland, OR


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sou.edu

Donald Trump - Pence Misleadingly Blames Coronavirus Spikes on Rise in Testing

Katie Rogers, Jonathan Martin
The New York Times


VP Pence


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14 June 2020

Florida - Florida observes Pulse Remembrance Day on the fourth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting

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

Meridith McGraw
Politico


Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, MA


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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

lead story - New calls to confront transphobia after murders of two black transgender women

Erin Donaghue
CBS News


Liberty Township, OH (Butler County)


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Donald Trump - Trump has trouble lifting glass of water and walking down stairs at West Point graduation

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

Christina Guessferd
WCAX


Winooski, VT


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Donald Trump - Top general apologizes for appearing in photo-op with Trump after forceful removal of protesters