26 December 2020

Happy Kwanzaa!

 


Happy Boxing Day!

 


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

Karleigh Webb

SBNation


Marshall, MN


please press:  www.outsports.com



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

George Kannanthanam

UCA News


Bangalore, India


please press:  www.ucanews.com


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

Miranda Bryant

The Guardian


Trump's plan of action


please press:  www.theguardian.com


25 December 2020

Arizona - Fillmore bills target Arizona transgender community

Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

AZ Mirror


Apache Junction, AZ


please press:  www.azmirror.com

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

please press:  apnews.com

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

Adam Edelman

Yahoo! News


Wilmington, DE


please press:  news.yahoo.com



Merry Christmas!

 

24 December 2020

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

Sammy Gibbons

northjersey.com


Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex
Trenton, NJ


please press:  www.northjersey.com

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

Aisyah Llewellyn

Aljazeerah


Medan, Indonesia


please press:  www.aljazeera.com


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

 Marisa Fox

CNN



please press:  www.cnn.com

23 December 2020

New Hampshire - Letter: Making history in New Hampshire

Rep. Gerri Cannon

Concord Monitor


Somersworth, NH


please press:  www.concordmonitor.com

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

Simone Kraus

The Photo News


Vernon, CT


please press:  www.thephoto-news.com

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


please press: www.nytimes.com

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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please press:  www.indystar.com



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

Press

Deutsche Welle

Switzerland
1291 Bundesbrief  (federal charter)


please press:  www.dw.com

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

Jill Colvin

AP



please press:  apnews.com


19 December 2020

Wyoming - Teton County will consider nondiscrimination measure

Billy Arnold

Casper Star-Tribune


Jackson, WY


please press:  trib.com

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


please press:  www.nbcnews.com

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)


please press:  www.nbcnews.com



18 December 2020

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

 


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

Angela Dennis

Knoxville News Sentinel


Knoxville, TN


please press:  www.knoxnews.com


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

Devan Cole

CNN


Columbus, OH


please press:  www.cnn.com

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


please press:  www.cnn.com

16 December 2020

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

Susan Dunne

The Hartford Courant


Stamford, CT


please press:  www.courant.com

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

T. Keung Hui

The News & Observer


Wake County, NC


please press:  www.newsobserver.com

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...


please press:  news.yahoo.com



15 December 2020

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

Heather Cassell

Bay Area Reporter


Amsterdam, Netherlands



please press:  www.ebar.com


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

Tim Moran

Patch Beverly/Mt. Greenwood


Chicago, IL


please press:  patch.com

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

Eileen O'Grady

Concord (NH) Monitor


Concord, NH


please press:  www.concordmonitor.com

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

Dan Merica

CNN 


Pete Buttigieg



please press:  www.cnn.com

13 December 2020

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

Staff

WISH-TV



Indianapolis, IN

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please press:  www.wishtv.com

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

Beth LeBlanc

The Detroit News


Lansing, MI


please press:  www.detroitnews.com



Donald Trump - The Texas Lawsuit and the Age of Dreampolitik

Ross Douthat

The New York Times


map of Texas (1718)
Guillaume L'Isle


please press:  www.nytimes.com

12 December 2020

Hungary - Hungary's Constitutional Court to Review Transgender Law

Justin Spike

OS News & World Report



Miskolc, Hungary

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please press:  www.usnews.com

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

David Goodman

VTDigger


Winooski, VT


please press:  vtdigger.org


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

Vernon Freeman Jr.

6 News



Richmond, VA

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please press:  www.wtvr.com

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

Dan Stillman

CNN



please press:  www.cnn.com


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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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

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

 


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

Liam Donahue

WMBD



Normal, IL

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Normal%2C_Illinois.jpg

please press:  wwww.centralillinoisproud.com


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...


please press:  thehill.com