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18 November 2020
17 November 2020
Minnesota - These Exhibit Portraits Honor the Visibility of Transgender Adults
Kevyn Burger
nextavenue
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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lead story - Transgender struggle: 'I had to keep who I was secret'
Joe Biden - Unions disagree over Biden's Labor secretary pick
15 November 2020
lead story - Transgender people to gain inheritance rights in Bangladesh
Press
Yahoo! News
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Joe Biden - Trump says for the first time Biden won the election but later insists he's not conceding
Maegan Vazquez, Sarah Westwood, Alison Main
CNN
the blowhard speaks (finally)
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14 November 2020
Vermont - Taylor Small wins House seat to become first openly transgender member of Vermont Legislature
Brent Hallenbeck
Burlington Free Press
Winooski, VT
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lead story - West Virginia sued over transgender discrimination
Jessica Patterson
WOWK
Charleston, WV
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Joe Biden - Biden considers Angus King for top intelligence post
13 November 2020
Connecticut - Fed Trans Athletes Fight Officially Over
Emily Hays
New Haven Independent
New Haven, CT
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lead story - As Transgender Awareness Week rolls out, young trans people have a powerful message: We are thriving
Susan Miller
USA Today
Washington DC
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Joe Biden - Trump campaign drops Arizona lawsuit requesting review of ballots
Kara Scannell
CNN
Saguaro cactus flowers (Carnegiea gigantea)
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12 November 2020
Rhode Island - House LGBTQ Caucus endorses Cicilline for assistant speaker
Patrick Anderson
Providence Journal
US Rep. David Cicilline
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lead story - Egyptian Transgender Woman Faces Uphill Battle Against Stigma
Joe Biden - Top Senate Republicans say Biden should get presidential intel briefings
Marianne Levine, Andrew Desiderio
Politico
US Senate
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11 November 2020
Montana - Snapshots of UM’s first virtual DiverseU
Andy Tallman, Hanna Campbell, Jacob Owens, and more
Montana Kaiman
lead story - Fugitive arrested in grisly slaying of Philadelphia transgender woman
Joe Biden - Joe Biden's win grows more decisive each day as votes are counted
Harry Enten
CNN
Landslide!
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10 November 2020
lead news - Lawsuit challenging arrest of NYC transgender woman settled
Joe Biden - Op-Ed: Good luck, President-elect Biden. You’ll need it.
09 November 2020
North Carolina - The Transparency Project amplifies transgender artists
Katie Murawski
Yes Weekly
Greensboro, NC
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lead story - Biden name-checks gay and transgender Americans in victory speech
Chris Johnson
Washington Blade
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Joe Biden - Betting on the best of America
Maria Cardona
The Hill
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08 November 2020
Montana - 'Equal' docuseries on HBO: Who was Jack Starr? Transgender man held multiple times for offending 1920s 'gender code'
Neetha K
meaww.com
Bozeman, MT (1875)
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lead story - Biden could take swift action on transgender ban, nuclear weapons
Bryan Bender
Politico
Fort Dix, NJ
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Joe Biden - World leaders congratulate Joe Biden on his victory
Zamira Rahim, Martin Goillandeau
CNN
The Earth, much happier
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07 November 2020
lead story - Transgender representation to nearly double in state legislatures
Sydney Bauer
NBC News
Arvada, CO
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Joe Biden - Biden's defeat of Trump is the most important win since FDR
06 November 2020
Missouri - Diversity pushed to the forefront in Kansas, Missouri after 2020 election results 'break barriers'
Gabriela Pagán
KSHB
Kansas City, MO
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lead story - Transgender in Bangladesh: First school opens for trans students
Joe Biden - US election 2020 results live: Joe Biden narrowly ahead of Donald Trump as count continues
Press
The Guardian
Count-ing...
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05 November 2020
Washington (state) - OPINION: WHY I WILL VOTE TO APPROVE REFERENDUM 90
Aisha Hauser
South Seattle Emerald
Seattle, WA (South Seattle)
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lead story - Kansas makes history, elects retired Wichita teacher as its first transgender legislato
Denise Neil, Jaime Green
Wichita Eagle
Wichita, KS
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Joe Biden - Even if Biden wins, the world will pay the price for the Democrats' failures
Owen Jones
The Guardian
President-elect Joe Biden
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Donald Trump - Stick a fork in em'... HE'S DONE!!!
04 November 2020
Maine - Progressives running for school boards across Maine focus on racial equity
Dan Neumann
Beacon
Deering, ME
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lead story - Sarah McBride to become first transgender state senator in U.S. history
Donald Trump - Republicans have condemned Trump's false claim to have already won the election
Adam Payne
Business Insider
Fake!
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03 November 2020
lead story - Organizations release poll worker tips for respecting transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming people
Judy Heemstra
DRGNews.com
Pierre, SD
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Donald Trump - Donald Trump just admitted what everyone else already knows about the 2020 election
This is your last chance.... VOTE!!!
02 November 2020
lead story - For transgender people in the military, much hinges on presidential election
Donald Trump - Federal judge rejects GOP challenge to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Democratic-leaning Houston
Kara Scannell, Brian Todd, Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, Devan Cole
CNN
Lady Justice (Memphis, TN)
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01 November 2020
Connecticut - ‘Legally and Medically Trans’ discussed transgender health and identity
lead story -- Trans News launched
Press
The Hindu
New Delhi, India
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Donald Trump - Election at Hand, Biden Leads Trump in Four Key States, Poll Shows
Alexander Burns, Jonathan Martin
The New York Times
31 October 2020
Maine - Orono man accused of defacing LGBTQ flag barriers pleads not guilty
Eesha Pendharker
Bangor Daily News
Orono, ME
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