civil rights - GOP-backed FY 2019 budget amendment aims to block adoptions by LGBTQ couples, punish pro-LGBTQ states

Geraldine Estevez
Desert Sun

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ezs note:  Please remember that if your legislator insists on voting against you, all you have to do is vote his/her ass out of office.  Remember this on Election Day (November 6).  Oh, and call your friends and urge them to vote likewise!

Utah - Utah Will Reintroduce Bill Making It Easier For Trans People to Update Birth Certificates

Nico Lang
Into

Salt Lake City, UT

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please press:  intomore.com

lead story - India appoints its third transgender judge in Assam

Press
geo.tv

Madan Kamdev ruins, Assam

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please press:  www.geo.tv

VIDEO - Robert Reich: The Fog of Trump

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Donald Trump - Trump Staffer Forced Out After Daring to Stand Up for Refugees

Benjamin Hart
New York

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please press:  nymag.com

Hong Kong - Hong Kong: LGBT-Themed Books Restricted in Libraries

Press
Human Rights Watch

Hong Kong

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please press:  www.hrw.org

ezs note: Some books you can read:

(in English)

Who's in a Family?

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

Asha's Mums

The Rainbow Cubby House

Colorado - PrideFest: Transgender conversion has become more accepted in Springs

Stephanie Earls, Debbie Kelley
The Gazette

Colorado Springs, CO

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please press:  gazette.com 

West Virginia - Inside Appalachia: LGBT Issues in Our Region

Jessica Lilly, Molly Born
West Virginia Public Radio

Huntington, WV

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please press:  wvpublic.org

lead story - Viral Video Gives Chilling Glimpse into the Right’s Anti-Trans Campaign

Jay Michaelson
The Daily Beast

Uh... what sound does it make?

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please press:  www.thedailybeast.com  

ezs note:  One tip you can always carry with you is as follows:  One is the quack 'science', the American College of Pediatricians.  The other sane science (with far more members) is the American Academy of Pediatrics.  Any questions? 

SPECIAL - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. VIKTOR BORISOVICH NETYKSHO...

Robert Mueller
Department Of Justice

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please press:  www.scribd.com

Donald Trump - What Ben Bradlee Would Think of Donald Trump

Sally Quinn
Politico Magazine

Ben Bradlee

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please press:  www.politico.com

Mali/France - Malian LGBT activist finds new home in Paris

Press
AfricaNews

Bamako, Mali

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please press:  www.africanews.com

civil rights - Historically black colleges commit to more support for LGBTQ students

Eric Stirgus
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Savannah State University

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please press:  www.ajc.com

Nebraska - Omaha VA Medical Center Shows Support For LGBTQ Veterans

Alex Fernando
NetNebraska

Omaha, NE

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please press:  netnebraska.org

lead story - Transgender activist Akkai Padmashali calls Centre's stand...

Vinobha K T
Times Of India

Akkai Padmashali

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please press:  timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Donald Trump - Barack Obama Is the Greatest President of Our Lifetime, Say 44% of Americans

Natasha Bach
Fortune

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please press:  fortune.com

Sri Lanka - Removing barriers for LGBT + people in Sri Lanka

Piyumi Fonseka
DailyMirror

Colombo, Sri Lanka

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please press:  mobile.dailymirror.lk 

civil rights - Fighting Back: Transgender Activist Charlotte Clymer

John Riley
MetroWeekly

West Point Military Academy

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please press:  www.metroweekly.com

Vermont - Transgender legislator from Virginia visits Vermont, campaigns with Christine Hallquist

Spencer Conlin
MyChamplainValley.com

Burlington, VT

please press:  www.mychamplainvalley.com

lead story - Transgender woman lodges complaint against waxing center that denied service, citing Muslim employee's beliefs

Staff
WTOL

Windsor, ON

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please press:  www.wtol.com

Namibia - Kicking at Namibia's closet doors

Press
News24

Windhoek, Namibia

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please press:  www.news24.com

civil rights - Read the pro-trans letter from Congress to the TSA here

Cristan Williams
The Transadvocate

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please press:  transadvocate.com

Indiana- Beyond Brownsburg: How Indiana schools treat transgender students

Arika Herron
IndyStar

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please press:  www.indystar.com

lead story - Judge Denies Parents’ Attempt To Change Transgender Child’s Name

Press
CBS Sacramento

Warren (OH) County Courthouse

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please press:  sacramento.cbslocal.com 

Donald Trump - There's a British campaign to make Green Day's 'American Idiot' the No. 1 song when Trump arrives

Doug Criss
CNN

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please press:  www.cnn.com

New Zealand - Growing up trans in regional New Zealand

Andre Chumko
stuff.co.nz

Kawerau, New Zealand

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please press:  www.stuff.co.nz

civil rights - HRC Opposes Kavanaugh, Trump’s Pick to Undermine LGBTQ Rights, Reproductive Rights and Health Care

Charlotte Clymer
HRC

Brett Kavanaugh

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please press:  www.hrc.org

Iowa - Meet the people who helped change gender identity in Iowa's Democratic Party

Christine Hawes
Iowa City Press-Citizen

Lone Tree, Iowa

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lead story - Study finds health risks for transgender women on hormone therapy

Avichai Scher
NBC News

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

ezs note:  A few tips are in order here:  Read the entire article, including hotlinks.  Don't just give it a quick skim.  Next, see an American Medical Association (AMA) accredited physician to discuss the benefits and risks you are taking.  It's your decision - make it an informed one. 

Donald Trump - Will Trump Be Meeting With His Counterpart — Or His Handler?

Jonathan Chait
New York

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ezs note:  Holy... freaking... crap.  This may very well be Trump's smoking gun.  Read it.  Read it again.  

♩This is the end... my only friend, the end... ♬

Ireland - Hundreds march for better transgender healthcare

Elaine Edwards
The Irish Times

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civil rights - MATTERS OF FAITH: The Jewish case for supporting transgender rights in November

Elias Lieberman
Cape Cod Times

Cape Cod (part of Massachusetts)

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please press:  www.capecodtimes.com

Texas - Texas Transgender Summit to Mark 10 Years at the University of Houston Next Week

Laura Gillespie
OutSmart Magazine

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please press:  www.outsmartmagazine.com

  

lead story - Transgender Protections, Other Ballot Questions Certified

Press
US News & World Report

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please press:  www.usnews.com 

Donald Trump - NYT: US threatened nations over breastfeeding resolution

Eli Watkins
CNN

Breastfeeding.  Oh, the horror.

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please press:  www.cnn.com

Lithuania - This cute guy's powerful story of being trans in Lithuania will surprise you

Jamie Tabberer
Gay Star News

Ukmerge, Lithuania

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civil rights - These Five Court Cases Could Change the Future of LGBT Rights

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

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please press:  www.thedailybeast.com

Kansas - Kansas teen sentenced in death of transgender woman

Press
WKYT

Wichita, KS

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please press:  www.wkyt.com

lead story - INDIA: NO COUNTRY FOR TRANSGENDER WOMEN

Puja Changoiwala
South China Morning Post

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please press: www.scmp.com  

ezs note:  USA - Uh, before we get all proud 'n shit, here's a sobering fact for you:  according to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, we are the 10th worst and the only first-world country to be shamed by the danger to women (cis and trans).  Please, let's go to our town and city halls and speak up.

Donald Trump - In The World According To Trump, NATO Allies Are Bad And Putin Is Good

S.V. Date
HuffPost

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please press:  www.huffingtonpost.com

Guyana - Transgender Guyanese women ask CCJ to strike down colonial law

Press
St. Lucia News Online

Georgetown, Guyana (Stabroek Market)

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please press:  www.stlucianewsonline.com

civil rights - Weekend Read: ‘The Rosa Parks of the transgender movement’

Press
Southern Poverty Law Center

Sylvia Rae Rivera

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please press:  www.splcenter.org

Oregon - Oregon to allow students to identify as neither male nor female

Bethany Barnes
The Oregonian

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please press:  www.oregonlive.com

lead story - Teddy Geiger realized she was transgender in therapy

Jessica Sager
Page Six

Teddy Geiger

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please press:  pagesix.com

Middletown, New Jersey

estimated transgender population: 380*
(rounded up)

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ezs note:  The Evil Clown of Middletown!  Where is it?  Why,  in Middletown, New Jersey, of course!

*Credit:  http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf

Donald Trump - Trump’s Mar-a-Lago asks to hire 61 additional foreign workers using visa program

Shannon K. Crawford, Soo Rin Kim
ABC

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please press:  abcnews.go.com 

Croatia - Transgender people have a right to be issued new diplomas

Vedran Pavlik
Total Croatia News

Ŝibenik, Croatia

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please press:  www.total-croatia-news.com

civil rights - Inside the Fight to Save LGBT Rights at an All-New Supreme Court

Samantha Allen
The Daily Beast

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please press:  www.thedailybeast.com

Idaho - At Boise's first Pridefest, people had to hide behind masks. Now thousands celebrate.

Michael Katz
Idaho Statesman

Boise, ID

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please press:  https://www.idahostatesman.com

lead story - I'm a surgeon who helps transgender people live the way they feel inside

Jonathan Keith
USA Today

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