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26 December 2020
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Minnesota - USA Powerlifting’s new ‘MX’ category raises big hopes and bigger questions
lead news - Isolation and hopes of India's transgender people
Donald Trump - Trump continues to block pandemic relief package as shutdown looms
Miranda Bryant
The Guardian
25 December 2020
Arizona - Fillmore bills target Arizona transgender community
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
AZ Mirror
lead story - French teens protest after transgender classmate’s suicide
Joe Biden - In very different Christmas Day messages, Biden discusses Covid and Trump barely makes reference
24 December 2020
New Jersey - New Jersey transgender community praises state Supreme Court name change ruling
Sammy Gibbons
northjersey.com
lead story - Empty salons: Indonesia’s transgender women count cost of COVID
Aisyah Llewellyn
Aljazeerah
Joe Biden - The Trump appointee Biden needs to get rid of on day one
23 December 2020
New Hampshire - Letter: Making history in New Hampshire
lead story - Feelings of isolation during Covid is what transgender people live every day
Joe Biden - Biden Picks Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary
Erica L. Green, Eliza Shapiro
The New York Times
22 December 2020
Nevada - UNLV Art Virtual Exhibition #Justice Now Live
lead story - India crowns new Miss Transqueen
Jessie Yeung, Esha Mitra
CNN International
Kamala Harris - Newsom picks Alex Padilla to fill Kamala Harris' Senate seat
21 December 2020
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
Joe Biden - Biden to receive COVID vaccine as Trump remains on sidelines
19 December 2020
Wyoming - Teton County will consider nondiscrimination measure
Billy Arnold
Casper Star-Tribune
lead story - Argentina to add more transgender people to labor force
Joe Biden - For Native Americans, Rep. Haaland's nomination as interior secretary signals a new start
18 December 2020
Tennessee - Trans Day of Remembrance: Knoxville activist uses her identity to inspire new business
lead story - Federal judge strikes down Ohio policy prohibiting transgender people from correcting their birth certificate
Donald Trump - Supreme Court throws out challenge to Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from census count
16 December 2020
Connecticut - What is it like to be transgender? For Transgender Awareness Week, Connecticut residents tell their stories
lead story - Wake schools expand protection for transgender students. Some critics are unhappy.
T. Keung Hui
The News & Observer
Joe Biden - Biden White House Official Labels Republicans ‘F***ers’ before Calling for Unity
15 December 2020
Netherlands - Out in the World: The Netherlands to offer reparations to transgender people
Illinois - Transition After 70: Why This Transgender Woman Made The Change
lead story - Concord School District working on policy for transgender students
Joe Biden - Joe Biden picks Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary
14 December 2020
lead story - Montclair-Based Group Offers Legal Aid To Transgender Community
Joe Biden - Stacey Abrams Announces Georgia’s 16 Electoral Votes for Joe Biden
13 December 2020
Indiana - Man charged in shooting death of transgender woman in October
lead story - Nessel to appeal case involving companies that refused same-sex, transgender individuals
Beth LeBlanc
The Detroit News
Donald Trump - The Texas Lawsuit and the Age of Dreampolitik
12 December 2020
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
lead story - Man arrested in connection to murder of Richmond transgender woman
Joe Biden - The emergency alert Biden should send on Inauguration Day
11 December 2020
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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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