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19 October 2021
Who I'm voting for in West Hartford, CT
archive - International Foundation for Gender Education Publications - unknown (post-1987)
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Massachusetts - Barney Frank Looks Back—And Forward—After Decades of LGBTQ Advocacy
Madeleine Carlisle
Time
lead story - Dr. Rachel Levine becomes nation's first transgender four-star officer
Matt Lavietes
NBC News
Oleg Deripaska - FBI agents swarm Washington home of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska
Tom Winter, Michael Kosnar, Laura Strickler
NBC News
18 October 2021
archive - Adam's Word - Aug 1989
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New Jersey - Human Rights Campaign Endorses New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy For Re-Election
lead story - Sundance Institute Launches New Fellowship for Transgender Storytellers of the Global Majority
Colin Powell - Colin Powell, trailblazing soldier and statesman who made case for Iraq invasion, dies of Covid at 84
17 October 2021
archive - At the Movies: Chase fun in 'Puppet' - Apr 20 1972
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Washington state - This organization’s plan to provide housing for Black trans people in Seattle offers a much-needed glimmer of hope
lead story - Kuwait: Quash Conviction Against Transgender Woman
Haiti - Up to 17 American missionaries reported as kidnapped by gang members in Haiti
Matt Rivers, Natalie Gallón, Kylie Atwood
CNN
16 October 2021
Jimmy Kimmel/Michael Cohen chat
archive - Borderlands: Tales from Disputed Territories between Races and Cultures - 2008
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Colorado - Colorado now requires gender-affirming care to be covered by private health insurance
lead story - HRC Mourns Royal Poetical Starz, Black Transgender Woman Killed in Miami Gardens, Florida
Violet Lhant
HRC
Joe Manchin - Manchin hits back at Sanders criticism in fight over Biden investment plan
Edward Helmore
The Guardian
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
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15 October 2021
archive -- Hartford T.V.I.C - Feb 1974
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Connecticut - Kapoor defends transgender policy proposal as debate continues
Bill Bittar
The Monroe Sun
Austin - Texas House passes bill targeting transgender students in sports
Joe Biden - Biden gives some clues on potential compromises to his social safety net plan
14 October 2021
archive - cross-dressing now legal in st. louis - Aug 24 1986
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lead story - More than 200 women and transgender individuals will be transferred out of Rikers amid staffing crisis
booster shots - FDA panel supports Moderna COVID-19 booster shots for older Americans and other adults at higher risk of infection
Karen Weintraub, Elizabeth Weise
USA Today
13 October 2021
archive - Cross-Port InnerView - Jan 1986
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Indiana - 2021 Health Care Heroes: Providing a ‘safe haven’ for transgender patients
Tom Harton
Indiana Business Journal
lead story - The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye review – a call for compassion
Supreme Court - Supreme Court looks set to reimpose the death penalty for the Boston Marathon bomber
12 October 2021
archive - Byers Of Williamstown on the Witness Stand - Jul 9 1901
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West Virginia - Plaintiffs added to West Virginia suit over denied transgender care
lead story - Trans Man Fights Japan’s Sterilization Requirement
Kanae Doi, Kyle Knight
Human Rights Watch
California fire - California’s Alisal Fire sparks evacuations and Highway 101 partial closure
11 October 2021
archive - City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC) Records and Publications - 1986-2005
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Minnesota - CSL Plasma Agrees Not To Ban Donors Based On Gender Identity After Lawsuit
lead story - Netflix suspends trans staffer who criticized Chappelle special for crashing meeting
plane crash - At least 2 dead after plane crashes into residential neighborhood near San Diego
David K. Li, Andrew Blankstein
NBC News
10 October 2021
archive - kinder and gentler festival A - Sep 1 1991
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Michigan - Proposed policy would offer protections for transgender students in Saline schools
Martin Slagter
mlive.com
lead story - Jaclyn Moore of 'Dear White People' boycotts Netflix over Dave Chappelle's anti-transgender jokes
Taiwan/China relations - Taiwan will not bow to China pressure, president says after Beijing reunification call
Yuliya Talmazan
NBC News
09 October 2021
archive - TransForum (page 66) - Sep 1999
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South Carolina - ‘It was breathtaking.’ New group brings LGBTQ+ Pride back to Myrtle Beach after COVID hiatus
Kyrsten Sinema - Kyrsten Sinema has rankled fellow Democrats, but will it matter in her home state of Arizona?
08 October 2021
archive - Alpha Zeta & A Rose Newsletter*, Feb 15 1988