lead story - Transgender teenager’s health insurance violated ACA by denying coverage, lawsuit alleges

Alexis Krell

The News Tribune

Tacoma, WA

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Donald Trump - The MAGA Revolution Devours Its Own

Michelle Goldberg

The New York Times

Uh, here's a hint, guy... IT'S OOOOOOOOVER.

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Virginia - Danica Roem seeks 3rd term in Virginia State House

Parker Purifoy

Los Angeles Blade

Danica Roem

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lead story - Getty Images and GLAAD team up for new transgender photo guidelines

Sydney Bauer

NBC News

Getty Images London

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Joe Biden - Biden Made Sure ‘Trump Is Not Going to Be President for Four More Years’

Thomas L. Friedman

The New York Times

The New York Times

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New Jersey - On Transgender Day of Remembrance, Remember Elizabeth's Marsha P. Johnson

Press

Tap Into Elizabeth

Marsha P. Johnson

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lead story - Gainesville LGBTQ advocacy groups hold Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil

Chloe Greenberg 

WUFT

 

Gainesville, FL

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Joe Biden - The Left’s Stupid Second-Guessing Of Biden

John F. Harris

Politico

Cenk Uygur

Yes, there are left-wing nuts out there...

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Ohio - Plume helps provide healthcare to trans community

Lynanne Vucovich

Norwalk Reflector

Norwalk, OH

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lead story - Elliot Page, star of 'Juno' and 'The Umbrella Academy,' comes out as transgender

Minyvonne Burke

NBC News

Elliot Page

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Joe Biden - Inside the unlikely return of Jen Psaki

Tyler Pager, Ryan Lizza

Politico

 Jen Psaki

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Oregon - DEA Wants to Surveil Patients. Trans Men Stopped Them Once Before.

Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

Filter

Portland, OR

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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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