lead story - ‘An Inspiration To Us All’: First Openly Transgender Woman To Run For Florida Senate Dies Weeks Before Election Day

Hope Dean 

WUFT

Clay County, FL (part of District 5)

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ezs note:  Rest in peace, Ms. Farley-Barratt...

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Donald Trump - GOP prays Trump stopped the bleeding

Gabby Orr, Burgess Everett

Politico

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lead story - On International Pronouns Day, transgender women talk inner strength, outer beauty

Joan Gralla

joan.gralla@newsday.com

Newsday

Babylon, NY

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Donald Trump - CBS News calls out White House for breaking agreement and posting Trump's '60 Minutes' interview online

Oliver Darcy

CNN

60 Minutes (US)

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California - Gang member attacked transgender women in MacArthur Park, prosecutors say

James Queally

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles, CA

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lead story - More transgender and gender non-conforming people have been killed this year than any year prior

Dan Grossman

Newschannel 5 Nashville

Nashville, TN (1895)

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Donald Trump - The *real* reason Donald Trump walked out of that '60 Minutes' interview

Chris Cillizza

CNN

Lesley Stahl

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Alaska - Anchorage chooses 1st woman, openly gay acting mayor

Press

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Anchorage, AK

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lead story - Sara Blackwood, a transgender woman, was shot and killed while walking home on National Coming Out Day

Amanda Jackson, Anna Sturla

CNN

Indianapolis, IN

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ezs note: As of this printing, police are still unable to find Sara Blackwood's killer.  If you live in the Indianapolis area, and you have any information, please call the Indianapolis police at 317-327-3282. Thanks.

Donald Trump - The Constitution is strangling America

Ryan Cooper

The Week

Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, Howard Chandler Christy, 1940

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New Hampshire - Under pressure from feds, university rescinds transgender inclusive sports policy

Kayleigh Webb

Outsports.com

Rindge, NH

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lead story - Biden calls anti-trans violence an 'epidemic that needs national leadership'

Jeff Taylor

NBC News

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Donald Trump - Trump Unloads on Anthony Fauci, Calling Him a ‘Disaster’ and an ‘Idiot’ About Coronavirus

Pilar Melendez

Daily Beast

A more thoughtful moment with Donald

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West Virginia - LGBTQ group emphasizes voter registration, protecting right to vote

Staff

MetroNews

Charleston, WV

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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

 Press

Yahoo! news

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

Joe Biden

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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

The White House, at work

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

 Press

K5 Press

Qwest Field

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

 Press

Yahoo! news

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

San Diego, CA (1915 booklet)

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

 Press

Yahoo! news

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

'Tusk'

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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

The New York Times (1914)

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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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