lead story - 'Brokeback Mountain' adaptation to star all-transgender cast

Dan Avery

NBC News

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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Donald Trump - Ditching The Donald: Trump’s largest voter base is fleeing at an alarming rate

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The Ditch (2010)

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ezs note: It's really beginning to look promising, but if you haven't done so yet, VOTE  Put another shovel up Donald's ass!

Maine - Maine’s 1st openly trans person elected to office wants to keep Passamaquoddy culture ‘front and center’

Emily Burnham

Bangor Daily News

Indian Township, ME

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lead story - Tallahassee's Planned Parenthood offers support for transgender people

Tori Lynn Schneider

Tallahassee Democrat

Tallahassee, FL

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Donald Trump - The legal reckoning awaiting Donald Trump if he loses the election

Kara Scannell, Erica Orden

CNN

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Colorado - Colorado State University’s Artist-Curated Virtual Exhibition Series Features Renowned Photographer Jess T. Dugan

Steven Bonifazi

North Forty News

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

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lead story - Biden tells mother of transgender daughter there should be "zero discrimination"

Caitlin O'Kane

CBS News

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Donald Trump - Trump administration rejects California's disaster assistance request for wildfires

Sarah Moon, Paul LeBlanc

CNN

Yosemite National Park, California

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Arkansas - ACLU of Arkansas tell HUD that federally-funded shelters should not turn away transgender people

Press

FOX News

Little Rock, AR

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lead story - Guilty plea in death of transgender woman leads to 35-year sentence for Jacksonville man

Dan Scanlan

First Coast News

Jacksonville, FL

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Donald Trump - Trump Is Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome

John F. Harris

Politico

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Washington (state) - Seahawks suspend Seattle radio host Dori Monson after transphobic tweet

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Seattle, WA

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lead story - Transgender people who experience discrimination likelier to have poor mental health

 Press

Medical XPress

University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

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Donald Trump - Exclusive: Feds chased suspected foreign link to Trump's 2016 campaign cash for three years

Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, Jeremy Herb

CNN

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Cairo, Egypt

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Kentucky - Mom celebrates son coming out as transgender with sweet photo shoot

 Nicole Pelletiere

Yahoo! news

Louisville, KY

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lead story - Transgender Woman Says Illinois Is Denying Her Unemployment Benefits Because Of Name Change

 Tara Molina

CBS News

Chicago, IL

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Donald Trump - "Nervous breakdown": President Trump attacks Fox News and Drudge Report in early morning tweet spree

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Uh, Donald, your marbles are over here...

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Colorado - Colorado lawmaker fights back against transphobic attack ad

 Saja Hindi

The Denver Post

Arvada, CO

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lead story - Transgender man's dream of joining U.S. military thwarted for now

 Press

Paulo Batista

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Donald Trump - Trump's new pitch to voters: Blue states are 'going to hell'

 Press

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future nation of Connecticut

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ezs note:  Gee, Donald, you're right. We've been bad.  Kick us out.  Please.

North Dakota - No harm in flying Pride flag

 Barry Nelson

Minot Daily News

Minot, ND

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lead story - Transgender women in rugby union: Mixed reaction to World Rugby decision

Press

BBC

Dublin, Ireland

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Donald Trump - Amateur hour at the Trump White House

John F. Harris, Daniel Lippman

Politico 

The White House

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Arkansas - Communication Professor Awarded Grant to Study Transgender Suicide History

Staff

University of Arkansas

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lead story - Transgender Man Told to Identify as Female at Birth on Blood Donation Paperwork

 Jackie Bensen

4 Washington (NBC)

Sterling, VA

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Donald Trump - The Swamp That Trump Built

Nicholas Confessore, Karen Yourish, Steve Eder, Ben Protess, Maggie Haberman, Grace Ashford, Michael LaForgia, Kenneth P. Vogel, Michael Rothfeld, Larry Buchanan

The New York Times

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ezs note:  This is a gargantuan piece - but don't forget the hotlinks.

lead story - Trans rights advocate Monica Roberts wasn't feeling well before her death, family says

 Press

KTRK-TV

Houston, TX

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Donald Trump - Trump Lashes Out at His Cabinet With Calls to Indict Political Rivals

 Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman

The New York Times

Donald Trump

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Ohio - A Look At Transgender Discrimination in Criminal Justice System and Beyond

Rachel Ross

ideastream

Cuyahoga County, OH

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lead story - Shreveport police investigate slaying of transgender woman

Staff

Shreveport Times

Shreveport, LA

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ezs note:  Shreveport residents/Caddo parish - Police are still on the lookout for the murderer of Brooklyn DeShauna Smith.  If you have any information, please call 318-673-6955. Thanks. 

Donald Trump - The New England Journal of Medicine has remained nonpartisan for more than 200 years — until now

 Gina Kolata

Chicago Tribune

January 1814 edition

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ezs note:  To see the entire article, please read HERE.

Kansas - Kansas' 3rd Congressional District: Davids and Adkins

 Staff

KSHB

Olathe, KS

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lead story - Killings of transgender Americans reach all-time high, rights group says

Dan Avery

NBC News

 Augusta, GA

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ezs note:  residents of Augusta, GA - As of now, Felycya Harris' killer is still at large.  If you have any information, please call  706-821-1000. Thanks.

Donald Trump - Subpoena for Trump tax returns heading back to Supreme Court after President dealt another setback

 Kara Scannell

CNN

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Arizona - The past and future of queer programs at the UA

 Katie Beaufort

The Daily Wildcat

salvaged USS Arizona bell

Tucson, AZ

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lead story - Friends, supporters call for justice after transgender woman brutally attacked in MacArthur Park

 Eileen Frere

Eyewitness News 7

MacArthur Park

Los Angeles, CA (Westlake section)

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Donald Trump - After Donald Trump's deranged balcony address, we're all gasping together

 Marina Hyde

The Guardian

probable Covid-19 outbreak

(Amy Coney Barrett's nomination announcement)

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Arkansas - GOP senators seek to ban transgender girls from female sports

 Dan Avery

NBC News

Dardanelle, AK

(Tom Cotton's birthplace)

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lead story - Books and movies keep creating transgender aggressors. But trans people are far more likely to be victims of violence

 Emma Reynolds

CNN

Yale University (1906)

New Haven, CT

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Donald Trump - Testing positive: Will Trump's presidency be a casualty of COVID-19?

 Douglas Kmiec

The Hill

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Colombia - Transgender Woman Killed at Army Checkpoint in Colombia, Prompting Outrage

 Press

US News & World Report

Bogotá, Colombia

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North Carolina - SPLC hate group map shows "Proud Boys" presence in NC

 Savannah Levins

WCNC

Proud Boys flag

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ezs note: North Carolinians - Although homophobia/transphobia is not mentioned specifically as a belief of the Proud Boys. these beliefs are more thoroughly mentioned in Wikipedia. You can find the Proud Boys article HERE.

lead story - 'This is about my safety': Trans Americans on November's high-stakes election

Elizabeth Kuhr

NBC News

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ezs note:  Register and vote... I DID!!!!!!

Donald Trump - Trump’s Covid Treatments Are Aimed at Preventing Severe Illness

 Gina Kolata, Apoorva Mandavilli

The New York Times

Walter Reed Medical Center

Bethesda, MD

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The Do's and Don'ts of Mail-in Voting (video)

 

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I voted early... DID YOU?????

 

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ezs note: When I filled out my ballot, I was very careful.  I filled out the bubble next to a candidate completely.  I signed and dated the inner envelope.  When your new name is not yet 'official', please use your legal name. In the outer envelope, write in the upper left-hand corner in BLOCK LETTERS your legal name, address, city or town, 2-letter state abbreviation, and ZIP code. Doing this might mean an extra five minutes... but it's worth it.  

Ohio - Phyllis Harris on LGBT rights in Northeast Ohio: 'I cannot say we have done enough'

 Jessica Miller, Maureen Kyle

WKYC

Cleveland, OH

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lead story - Lawsuit Challenges Alaska Medicaid Transgender Coverage

 Press

US News & World Report

Anchorage, AK

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Donald Trump - Trump's campaign rocked by coronavirus one month before election

 Eric Bradner, Ryan Nobles

CNN

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Connecticut - AG Against Effort To Weaken Shelter Protections For Trans People

 Press

Patch

Hartford, CT

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