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11 December 2020
lead story - Rep. Tulsi Gabbard sponsors anti-transgender bill after claiming to be pro-LGBTQ
Joe Biden - Biden’s electors prepare to seal his victory, as Trump and coronavirus rage
Kyle Cheney, Zach Montellaro, Holly Otterbein
Politico
10 December 2020
Thailand - PrEP in the City: campaign for transgender women aims to increase PrEP uptake in Thailand
North Carolina - LGBTQ rights fight reignited 4 years after N.C.'s 'bathroom bill' controversy
Dan Avery
NBC News
lead story - ACLU: Most New Hampshire schools lack policies for transgender students
Joe Biden - Biden taps Susan Rice for top White House domestic policy job
09 December 2020
lead story - HRC Mourns Kimberly Fial, White Transgender Woman Killed in California
Madeleine Roberts
HRC
Joe Biden - How Black, Latino And Progressive Democrats Are Forcing Biden To Rethink His Cabinet Picks
08 December 2020
Wisconsin - Unified OKs transgender student policy, awaits Madison lawsuit ruling before making other changes
Joe Biden - Doug Jones leading contender to be nominated Biden's attorney general
Mike Memoli, Carol E. Lee, Kristen Welker, Sahil Kapur
NBC News
07 December 2020
Michigan - Michigan funeral home to pay $250k settlement for transgender discrimination case
Lee DeVito
Detroit Metro Times
Aimee Stephens (1960-2020)
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lead story - Victory for trans advocates as Supreme Court rejects bathroom policy appeal
Joe Biden - Wallace interrupts Azar over Biden's title: 'He's the president-elect'
06 December 2020
Pakistan - Pakistan's First Transgender Lawyer Goes From Begging to Fighting in Court
Syed Raza Hassan
US News & World Report
Arizona - Parents of transgender kids sue over AZ law requiring surgery to change sex on birth certificate
lead story - Keira Bell lawyer warns on internet coverage of transgender issues
Jamie Doward
The Guardian
Donald Trump - Mike Pence is going to put the seal on Donald Trump's defeat
05 December 2020
Nevada - Federal judge rules requiring “proof” of gender identity for a passport is unconstitutional
lead story - Transgender woman files complaint against Springfield (IL) over health coverage
Steven Spearie
The State Journal-Register
Joe Biden - 'To give him space': Biden reveals why he told Obama to wait on Bin Laden raid
04 December 2020
Pennsylvania - Pundit goes on crazed rant attacking trans health official he wants “chased out” of the state
lead story - Transgender teenager’s health insurance violated ACA by denying coverage, lawsuit alleges
Donald Trump - The MAGA Revolution Devours Its Own
Michelle Goldberg
The New York Times
03 December 2020
Virginia - Danica Roem seeks 3rd term in Virginia State House
lead story - Getty Images and GLAAD team up for new transgender photo guidelines
Sydney Bauer
NBC News
Joe Biden - Biden Made Sure ‘Trump Is Not Going to Be President for Four More Years’
02 December 2020
New Jersey - On Transgender Day of Remembrance, Remember Elizabeth's Marsha P. Johnson
lead story - Gainesville LGBTQ advocacy groups hold Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil
Joe Biden - The Left’s Stupid Second-Guessing Of Biden
John F. Harris
Politico
01 December 2020
Ohio - Plume helps provide healthcare to trans community
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
29 November 2020
Oregon - DEA Wants to Surveil Patients. Trans Men Stopped Them Once Before.
lead story - Father of slain Richmond transgender woman: 'We're never going to stop looking'
Brendan King
CBS News Richmond
Joe Biden - Jill Biden, Joe's chief protector, to step up as first lady
28 November 2020
Minnesota - Gender-Diverse Teens More Likely to Have Risky Sex Than Cisgender Peers
lead story - Lack of health insurance drives nearly 1 in 10 U.S. transgender people to use nonprescription hormones: study
Theresa Braine
Daily News
Joe Biden - Biden picks up small number of votes in Milwaukee County after Trump-requested recount
Samira Said
CNN
27 November 2020
Georgia (state) - Georgia, Tennessee elect first known LGBTQ members to state legislatures
Jordan Williams
The Hill
lead story - Indonesian police move transgender celebrity to private cell
Joe Biden - Trump says for first time he'll leave office if Electoral College votes for Biden
25 November 2020
South Carolina - North Charleston vigil honors transgender lives lost and those who still ‘need your love’
lead story - Transgender Pakistanis find solace in a church of their own
Joe Biden - Biden eyes New Mexico governor, Obama surgeon general for health secretary
Adam Cancryn, Alice Miranda Ollstein
Politico