lead story - Father of slain Richmond transgender woman: 'We're never going to stop looking'

Brendan King

CBS News Richmond

Richmond, VA

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ezs note: Richmond, VA area - If you any information regarding the murder of Chae’Meshia Simms, please call Richmond police at 804-646-5533 or Crimestoppers at 804-780-1000. Thanks.

Joe Biden - Jill Biden, Joe's chief protector, to step up as first lady

Laurie Kellman

Yahoo! news

Jill Biden

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Minnesota - Gender-Diverse Teens More Likely to Have Risky Sex Than Cisgender Peers

Benjamin Ryan

POZ

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lead story - Lack of health insurance drives nearly 1 in 10 U.S. transgender people to use nonprescription hormones: study

Theresa Braine

Daily News

Ann Arbor, MI

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ezs note: Please, don't make the same mistake I did (I had a stroke) ...see a physician! 

Joe Biden - Biden picks up small number of votes in Milwaukee County after Trump-requested recount

Samira Said

CNN

We can do it again, if you like...

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Georgia (state) - Georgia, Tennessee elect first known LGBTQ members to state legislatures

Jordan Williams

The Hill

Stone Mountain, GA

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lead story - Indonesian police move transgender celebrity to private cell

Edna Tarigan

ABC News

Jakarta, Indonesia

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Joe Biden - Trump says for first time he'll leave office if Electoral College votes for Biden

Paul LeBlanc

CNN

White House

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South Carolina - North Charleston vigil honors transgender lives lost and those who still ‘need your love’

Stephen Hobbs

The Post And Courier

North Charleston, SC

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lead story - Transgender Pakistanis find solace in a church of their own

Zarar Khan

Spectrum News

Karachi, Pakistan

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Joe Biden - Biden eyes New Mexico governor, Obama surgeon general for health secretary

Adam Cancryn, Alice Miranda Ollstein

Politico

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Vivek Murthy

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Alaska - ‘We can’t turn this down’: New Xbox game brings Tlingit voices to the forefront

Erin McKinstry

alaskapublic.org

Hoonah, AK

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lead story - A transgender woman sues the Georgia Department of Corrections over allegations of sexual assault by inmates and staff

Madeline Holcombe

CNN

State Offices South

Forsyth, GA

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Joe Biden - Pennsylvania and Nevada certify election results for Biden

Kelly Mena

CNN

Kittanning, PA

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Nevada - Nevada makes history as the first US state to protect gay marriage in the constitution

Samara Louise

Happy

Goldfield, NV (1903)

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lead story - Transgender woman identified as homicide victim in SW Houston

Roxie Bustamente

ABC News Houston

Houston, TX

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ezs note:  Houstonians - if you have any information on the murder of Asia Jones, please contact the Houston police department at 713-884-3131. Thanks.

Joe Biden - Trump friend and adviser Steve Schwarzman recognizes Biden as President-elect

Jeremy Diamond

CNN

Steve Schwarzman

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Iowa - Local groups honor Transgender Day of Remembrance

Press

weareiowa.com

Des Moines, IA

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lead story - Open your eyes to how transgender people are policed

Katherine Bright, Lauren Wilson, Valerio Baćek

Daily News

New York City, NY (Queens County)

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Joe Biden - Biden adviser: 'He does not have any concern' about Trump lawsuits

Zack Budryk

The Hill

Laughed out loud!

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lead story - Funeral home could be ordered to pay in Michigan transgender bias case

Mark Hicks

The Detroit News

 Garden City, MI

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Joe Biden - Biden's margin of victory widens as Trump's subversion efforts grow more frantic

Zachary B. Wolf

CNN

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'President' Donald John Trump

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Delaware - Biden marks Transgender Day of Remembrance

Julia Manchester

The Hill

Wilmington, DE (Joe Biden's home)

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lead story - Deadly year for trans community as Transgender Day of Remembrance marked

Erin Donaghue

CBS News

Butler County, OH (Hamilton)

(Riah Milton's murder site)

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Donald Trump - Donald Trump is still busy trying to bulldoze democracy

Austin Sarat, Dennis Aftergut

The Guardian

Donald the bulldozer

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Wyoming - Meet the gay Republican who helped defeat every anti-LGBTQ bill in Wyoming

Julie Compton

NBC News

Laramie, WY

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lead story - Man confesses to fatally stabbing wife, a well-known Miami transgender woman

Muri Assuncão

Daily News

Miami, FL

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Joe Biden - Biden tells governors he’ll help states overcome coronavirus

Steve Peoples, Will Weissert

AP

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (for one)

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Massachusetts - Community to remember transgender lives lost to violence

Josh Janney

The Winchester Star

Winchester, MA

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lead story - Anti-transgender hate crimes soared 20 percent in 2019

Dan Avery

NBC News

Sikeston, MO

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Joe Biden - Michigan's largest county certifies election results after Republicans earlier blocked certification

Annie Grayer, Marshall Cohen

CNN

Lansing, MI

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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'

Ivana Davidovic

BBC News

 

UK fighter jet (conception)

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Joe Biden - Unions disagree over Biden's Labor secretary pick

Eleanor Mueller, Megan Cassella

Politico

 Marriott hotel strike

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California - 'We all heard him': Bay Area transgender community reacts after being acknowledged in Joe Biden's victory speech

 Press

ABC7

San Francisco, CA

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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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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

Natasha Bertrand, Lara Seligman

Politico

Sen. Angus King (I-ME)

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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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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

Hanaa Habib

US News & World Report

Cairo, Egypt

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Joe Biden - Top Senate Republicans say Biden should get presidential intel briefings

Marianne Levine, Andrew Desiderio

Politico

US Senate

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Montana - Snapshots of UM’s first virtual DiverseU

 Andy Tallman, Hanna Campbell, Jacob Owens, and more

Montana Kaiman

Missoula, MT

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lead story - Fugitive arrested in grisly slaying of Philadelphia transgender woman

 Dan Avery

NBC News

Philadelphia, PA

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Joe Biden - Joe Biden's win grows more decisive each day as votes are counted

Harry Enten

CNN

Landslide!

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