Merry Christmas!

 

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New Jersey - New Jersey transgender community praises state Supreme Court name change ruling

Sammy Gibbons

northjersey.com

Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex

Trenton, NJ

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lead story - Empty salons: Indonesia’s transgender women count cost of COVID

Aisyah Llewellyn

Aljazeerah

Medan, Indonesia

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Joe Biden - The Trump appointee Biden needs to get rid of on day one

 Marisa Fox

CNN

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New Hampshire - Letter: Making history in New Hampshire

Rep. Gerri Cannon

Concord Monitor

Somersworth, NH

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lead story - Feelings of isolation during Covid is what transgender people live every day

Simone Kraus

The Photo News

Vernon, CT

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Joe Biden - Biden Picks Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary

Erica L. Green, Eliza Shapiro

The New York Times

Israel Putnam School (now residences)

Meriden, CT

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Nevada - UNLV Art Virtual Exhibition #Justice Now Live

 Staff

UNLV NewsCemter

Las Vegas, NV (UNLV)

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lead story - India crowns new Miss Transqueen

Jessie Yeung, Esha Mitra

CNN International

New Delhi, India

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Kamala Harris - Newsom picks Alex Padilla to fill Kamala Harris' Senate seat

Alex Rogers, Daniela Diaz

CNN

Alex Padilla

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Indiana - Op-ed: As a transgender woman and fellow veteran, I ask Todd Young to back LGBTQ equality

Kim Acoff

IndyStar

Indianapolis, IN (Central Court)

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lead story - Switzerland: Same-sex marriage, transgender rights move a step forward

Press

Deutsche Welle

Switzerland

1291 Bundesbrief  (federal charter)

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Joe Biden - Biden to receive COVID vaccine as Trump remains on sidelines

Jill Colvin

AP

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Wyoming - Teton County will consider nondiscrimination measure

Billy Arnold

Casper Star-Tribune

Jackson, WY

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ezs note:  Teton county, Wyoming residents - Check your local paper when hearings will be held.  And then, GO.

lead story - Argentina to add more transgender people to labor force

Press

NBC News

 Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Joe Biden - For Native Americans, Rep. Haaland's nomination as interior secretary signals a new start

Erik Ortiz

NBC News

Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM)

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Donald Trump (VIDEO) - BOOM!!!!!!!!!

 

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Tennessee - Trans Day of Remembrance: Knoxville activist uses her identity to inspire new business

Angela Dennis

Knoxville News Sentinel

Knoxville, TN

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lead story - Federal judge strikes down Ohio policy prohibiting transgender people from correcting their birth certificate

Devan Cole

CNN

Columbus, OH

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Donald Trump - Supreme Court throws out challenge to Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from census count

Ariane de Vogue, Veronica Stracqualursi

CNN

SCOTUS

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Connecticut - What is it like to be transgender? For Transgender Awareness Week, Connecticut residents tell their stories

Susan Dunne

The Hartford Courant

Stamford, CT

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lead story - Wake schools expand protection for transgender students. Some critics are unhappy.

T. Keung Hui

The News & Observer

Wake County, NC

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ezs note: Wake county residents - whether you are a transgender person or an ally, if a meeting is being held, GO.  

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Joe Biden - Biden White House Official Labels Republicans ‘F***ers’ before Calling for Unity

Zachary Evans

Yahoo! News

ezs note:  Well, if the shoe fits...

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Netherlands - Out in the World: The Netherlands to offer reparations to transgender people

Heather Cassell

Bay Area Reporter

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Illinois - Transition After 70: Why This Transgender Woman Made The Change

Tim Moran

Patch Beverly/Mt. Greenwood

Chicago, IL

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lead story - Concord School District working on policy for transgender students

Eileen O'Grady

Concord (NH) Monitor

Concord, NH

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Joe Biden - Joe Biden picks Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary

Dan Merica

CNN 

Pete Buttigieg

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lead story - Montclair-Based Group Offers Legal Aid To Transgender Community

Eric Kiefer

Patch Montclair

Montclair, NJ

(with NYC in background)

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Joe Biden - Stacey Abrams Announces Georgia’s 16 Electoral Votes for Joe Biden

Ayra Hodjat

The Daily Beast

Stacey Abrams

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Indiana - Man charged in shooting death of transgender woman in October

Staff

WISH-TV

Indianapolis, IN

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lead story - Nessel to appeal case involving companies that refused same-sex, transgender individuals

Beth LeBlanc

The Detroit News

Lansing, MI

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Donald Trump - The Texas Lawsuit and the Age of Dreampolitik

Ross Douthat

The New York Times

map of Texas (1718)

Guillaume L'Isle

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Hungary - Hungary's Constitutional Court to Review Transgender Law

Justin Spike

OS News & World Report

Miskolc, Hungary

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Vermont - Vermont Conversation: Taylor Small, state’s first trans legislator, on what her victory represents

David Goodman

VTDigger

Winooski, VT

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lead story - Man arrested in connection to murder of Richmond transgender woman

Vernon Freeman Jr.

6 News

Richmond, VA

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Joe Biden - The emergency alert Biden should send on Inauguration Day

Dan Stillman

CNN

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FLASH - Supreme Court rejects Texas' effort to overturn election in fatal blow to Trump legal blitz to stop Biden

Pete Williams

NBC News

Donald Trump, RIP (FINALLY!!!)

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To all of my friends who belong to the Jewish faith, Happy Hanukkah!

 

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Illinois - Illinois State University Pride organization hold march & vigil honoring black transgender lives

Liam Donahue

WMBD

Normal, IL

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lead story - Rep. Tulsi Gabbard sponsors anti-transgender bill after claiming to be pro-LGBTQ

Anagha Srikanth

The Hill

 Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)

Uhhhh... I TOLD YOU...

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Joe Biden - Biden’s electors prepare to seal his victory, as Trump and coronavirus rage

Kyle Cheney, Zach Montellaro, Holly Otterbein

Politico

Allegory Of Victory

Johann Carl Loth

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Thailand - PrEP in the City: campaign for transgender women aims to increase PrEP uptake in Thailand

Press

UNAIDS

Bangkok, Thailand

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North Carolina - LGBTQ rights fight reignited 4 years after N.C.'s 'bathroom bill' controversy

Dan Avery

NBC News

Mr. Dundon - if the North Carolina Legislature decides to punt (once again) on the "issue" of where transgender people should be allowed to pee, Hartford would welcome NHL hockey back with open arms. Go, "Brass Bonanza"!

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lead story - ACLU: Most New Hampshire schools lack policies for transgender students

Eileen O'Grady

Valley News

Plainfield, NH

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Joe Biden - Biden taps Susan Rice for top White House domestic policy job

Tyler Pager

Politico

Susan Rice

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lead story - HRC Mourns Kimberly Fial, White Transgender Woman Killed in California

Madeleine Roberts

HRC

San Jose, CA

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Joe Biden - How Black, Latino And Progressive Democrats Are Forcing Biden To Rethink His Cabinet Picks

Perry Bacon Jr.

FveThirtyEight

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Wisconsin - Unified OKs transgender student policy, awaits Madison lawsuit ruling before making other changes

Terry Flores

Kenosha News

Kenosha, WI

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Joe Biden - Doug Jones leading contender to be nominated Biden's attorney general

Mike Memoli, Carol E. Lee, Kristen Welker, Sahil Kapur

NBC News

Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL)

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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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