Happy Kwanzaa!

 

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Happy Boxing Day!

 

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Minnesota - USA Powerlifting’s new ‘MX’ category raises big hopes and bigger questions

Karleigh Webb

SBNation

Marshall, MN

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lead news - Isolation and hopes of India's transgender people

George Kannanthanam

UCA News

Bangalore, India

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Donald Trump - Trump continues to block pandemic relief package as shutdown looms

Miranda Bryant

The Guardian

Trump's plan of action

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Arizona - Fillmore bills target Arizona transgender community

Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

AZ Mirror

Apache Junction, AZ

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ezs note:  16th District (Maricopa/Pinal counties) Please e-write  state Representative John Fillmore and ask him to rescind his stupid bills.  And if he doesn't, pick out the best opponent to run against him.

lead story - French teens protest after transgender classmate’s suicide

Michael Spingler, Angela Charlton

AP News

Lille, France

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Joe Biden - In very different Christmas Day messages, Biden discusses Covid and Trump barely makes reference

Adam Edelman

Yahoo! News

Wilmington, DE

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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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