Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95lkfXRLTuI
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21 October 2018
20 October 2018
Nepal - One step forward two steps back on same-sex marriage
Gopal Gartaula
Nepali Times
Nepali Times
Kavre, Nepal
Credit: https://kitfrostnepal.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-21-at-9-43-52-am.png
please press: www.nepalitimes.com
civil rights - Adviser: Transgender rights should be a part of every workplace
Sarah J. Moore
Crain's Cleveland Business
Crain's Cleveland Business
Cleveland, OH
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Downtown_Cleveland_from_Edgewater_State_Park.jpg
please press: www.crainscleveland.com
Alabama - Ranking Alabama Cities on LGBTQ Protections
Tim Lennox
Alabama News Network
Alabama News Network
Auburn, AL
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/AuburnALAbove.jpg
please press: www.alabamanews.net
lead story - New transgender guide helps plan transitions, support gender affirmation
Nancy Doolittle
Cornell Chronicle
Cornell Chronicle
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Artmuseum22.jpg
please press: news.cornell.edu
19 October 2018
Fredericksburg, Texas
estimated transgender population: 66*
(rounded down)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Main_Street_at_Fredericksburg.JPG
ezs note: When we hear of treaties being broken time after time with Native Americans, it is indeed sad. Not so with the town of Fredericksburg, Texas. John O. Meusebach (formerly Baron Otfried Hans von Meusebach) arranged a treaty between his people and the Penateka Native Americans in 1847 - and it has lasted to this day.
Peace. Gee, what an amazing concept. We ought to try it sometime.
Labels:
Fredericksburg,
Texas
Location:
Fredericksburg, TX 78624, USA
Donald Trump - Stephen Colbert Has 1 Wish For Trump After Reports Of Fighting Among White House Aides
Ed Mazza
HuffPost
HuffPost
Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8e/3a/5b/8e3a5b15e719965b72287e331e8bf424.jpg
please press: www.huffingtonpost.com
Labels:
aides,
among,
Donald Trump,
Ed Mazza,
fighting,
John Bolton,
John Kelly,
reports,
Stephen Colbert,
White House
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Malta - Malta’s First Transgender Politician Gets Hitched In Beautiful Sunset Ceremony
Tim Diacono
Lovin Malta
Lovin Malta
Zurrieq, Malta
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Zurrieq_main_parish_church.jpg
please press: lovinmalta.com
civil rights - Transgender 101 public forum slated
Press
Observer
Observer
Jamestown, NY
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Downtown_Jamestown.JPG
please press: www.observertoday.com
Wyoming - Two decades after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ community still battles hate violence
Julie Compton
NBC News
NBC News
Laramie, WY
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Laramie_Downtown_Historic_District.jpg
please press: www.nbcnews.com
Labels:
battles,
death,
decades,
hate violence,
Julie Compton,
LGBTQ community,
Matthew Shepard,
still
Location:
Laramie, WY, USA
lead story - Massachusetts residents to vote on transgender rights
Bob Salsberg
The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor
Boston, MA
(Christian Science Mother Church)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/The_First_Church_of_Christ%2C_Scientist%2C_Boston%2C_aerial_shot_%281%29%2C_19_July_2011.jpg
please press: www.csmonitor.com
ezs note: To my friends in Massachusetts - please vote YES on Question 3!
18 October 2018
Montana - Vote tabled in Dillon on anti-discrimination ordinance
Susan Dunlap
Montana Standard
Montana Standard
Credit: http://genevashorereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/david-borchart-we-re-tabling-the-motion-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg
please press: mtstandard.com
please press: mtstandard.com
lead story - Transgender menstruation: the men who have periods and the women who don’t
Rhea Mogul
South China Morning News
South China Morning News
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Clothpad.jpg
please press: www.scmp.com
17 October 2018
Jamaica - Pastor Blasts MoBay Pride Organisers
Albert Ferguson
Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica Gleaner
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Montego_Bay_Photo_D_Ramey_Logan.jpg
please press: jamaica-gleaner.com
ezs note: Just a little note to the 'pastors' - contrary to those who believe MoBay Pride is a 'devious' attempt to 'get more people involved', maybe, just maybe, it might allow queer folk to walk down the street without being accosted by cretinous vermin - like you.
civil rights - Beverly passes resolution prohibiting public accommodation discrimination
Jennie Oemig
Wicked Local Beverly
Wicked Local Beverly
Beverly, MA
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/President_Taft%27s_Summer_Home%2C_Beverly%2C_MA.jpg
please press: beverly.wickedlocal.com
Missouri - Harrison Massie: A transgender man's journey
Reuters
ABC News
ABC News
St. Louis, Missouri (1904)
St. Louis World's Fair
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition_St._Louis_1904.jpg
please press: abcnews.go.com
lead story - Inside The Poisonous British Fight Over Transgender Acceptance
Samantha Allen
Daily Beast
Daily Beast
London, England (map of 1593)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/London_-_John_Norden%27s_map_of_1593.jpg
please press: www.thedailybeast.com
Labels:
acceptance,
British,
fight,
Gender Recognition Act,
inside,
poisonous,
Samantha Allen,
transgender
Location:
London, UK
16 October 2018
Minnesota - Inside MN's new gender X option on driver's licenses
Lindsey Seavert
KARE
KARE
Credit: https://theprojector.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/X-gender-illustration-2.jpg
please press: www.kare11.com
lead story - Academics are being harassed over their research into transgender issues
Kathleen Stock (and others)
The Guardian
The Guardian
Credit: https://southcarolina1670.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/duck-amuck.jpg
please press: www.theguardian.com
ezs note: Wow... I must say, I'm certainly impressed. All these PhDs and shit. Well, let's take a closer look at Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne's body of work:
...the Global Warming Policy Foundation (a climate skeptic think funded primarily by multiple anonymous donors) http://www.thegwpf.org/who-we-are/board-of-trustees
And if we look down the list a bit, we find this esteemed gentleman:
Sian Hindle, Senior Lecturer, School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University
(emphasis mine)
It's breathtaking, really. He goes straight from making pretty earrings to mulling the nature of transgender persons.
Right.
Labels:
academics,
being harassed,
Kathleen Stock,
research,
Transgender Issues
Location:
London, UK
VIDEO - Matt Baume - The Absolute Pleasure of the Rocky Horror Picture Show
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSgK6d8DZEc
SHORT FILM - Overture - Sedona Film School
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6OEKFDNYWo&list=PLWJgOlGWYKx9u6CI2qG_OlgZJjhBh0C2s&index=9
Labels:
Overture,
Sedona Film School
Location:
Sedona, AZ 86336, USA
15 October 2018
Indonesia - Indonesian police stop an LGBTI pageant from happening in Bali
Shannon Power
Gay Star News
Gay Star News
Bali, Indonesia
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Semarapura%2C_Bali_1555.jpg
please press: www.gaystarnews.com
civil rights - Harvard admissions lawsuit is a threat to America's diversity and strength
Ray Mabus
USA Today
USA Today
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/USNS_Harvey_Milk_%28T-AO-206%29.jpg
please press: www.usatoday.com
Labels:
admissions,
America,
diversity,
Edward Blum,
Harvard,
lawsuit,
Navy secretary,
Ray Mabus,
strength,
threat
Location:
Starkville, MS 39759, USA
Nebraska - Longtime Nebraska education board member faces conservative challenger
Margaret Reist
Lincoln Journal Star
Lincoln Journal Star
Beatrice, NE
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Gage_County%2C_Nebraska_courthouse_from_S_4.JPG
please press: journalstar.com
lead story - Kansas birth certificate policy violates transgender individuals’ rights, lawsuit says
Allison Kite
The Wichita Eagle
The Wichita Eagle
Wichita, KS
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Wichita_Skyline_during_the_winter_snow.jpg
please press: www.kansas.com
14 October 2018
Donald Trump - A very early 2020 poll shows Democrats like Biden to take on Trump
Emily Stewart
Vox
Vox
VP Joe Biden
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Official_portrait_of_Vice_President_Joe_Biden.jpg
please press: /www.vox.com
Guam - Women's group endorses 13 senatorial candidates
Tihu Lujan
The Guam Daily
The Guam Daily
Tumon, Guam
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Tumon_Bay.JPG
please press: www.postguam.com
Oregon - FIRST TRANSGENDER MEMBER HELPING RECRUIT FOR UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FRATERNITY
Jillian Smukler
KETI
KETI
University Of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/JohnsonHallUO.JPG
please press: www.kezi.com
lead story - One Night, Hot Springs uses social anxiety to explain what it’s like to be transgender in Japan
Michael Moore
The Verge
The Verge
King of Na gold seal
Tokyo, Japan
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/King_of_Na_gold_seal_faces.jpg
please press: www.theverge.com
Labels:
explain,
Haru,
Hot Springs,
Japan,
Manami,
Michael Moore,
One Night,
social anxiety,
transgender,
uses
Location:
Tokyo, Japan
13 October 2018
Donald Trump - Far-Right ‘Proud Boys’ Kick, Punch People in New York Following Speech From Leader
Will Sommer, Pervaiz Shallwani
Daily Beast
Daily Beast
Proud Boys (Seattle, WA)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Patriot_Prayer_IMG_4630_%2836415342941%29.jpg
please press: www.thedailybeast.com
Labels:
Donald Trump,
far-right,
following,
kick,
leader,
New York City,
people,
Pervaiz Shallwani,
Proud Boys,
punch,
speech,
Will Sommer
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Georgia - UN Expert Assesses Human Rights of LGBT Persons in Georgia
Ana Dumbadze
Georgia Today
Georgia Today
Adjara, Georgia
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Ajaria.jpg
please press: georgiatoday.ge
Labels:
Ana Dumbadze,
assesses,
expert,
Georgia,
human rights,
LGBT persons,
UN,
Victor Madrigal-Borloz
Location:
Tbilisi, Georgia
civil rights - Senate Confirms Trump-Pence Opponents of Equality to Key Positions
Jordan Dashow
HRC
HRC
Senate desk
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Senatedesk.jpg
please press: www.hrc.org
ezs note: In many states, it's not too late for you to make a voting plan. But please hurry up!
Vermont - Vermont Community Foundation awards LGBTQ grants and scholarships
Press
VT Digger
VT Digger
Brighton, VT
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Island_Pond_6.JPG
please press: vtdigger.org
lead story - Policemen 'steal' Rs750,000 from transgender person's flat in Rawalpindi
Imran Ashgar
The Express-Tribune
The Express-Tribune
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Rawat_Fort_-_Main_Gate_East.jpg
please press: /tribune.com.pk
VIDEO - Matt Baume - Fighting for Uganda's First LGBTQ Center
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X0Jm99W9_E
12 October 2018
Ville Platte, Louisiana
estimated transgender population: 42*
(rounded down)
Credit: https://slapyamama.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/oldvp.jpg
ezs note: Ville Platte, Louisiana! Smoked meat capital of the world! Swamp pop capital of the world! Come on down!
Labels:
Louisiana,
Ville Platte
Location:
Ville Platte, LA 70586, USA
Donald Trump - De Niro floats Beto O'Rourke as Trump challenger
Judy Kurtz
The Hill
The Hill
Beto O'Rourke
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Beto_O%27Rourke%2C_Official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg
please press: thehill.com
ezs note: Hmm... it is possible...
Taiwan - Taiwan Referendum Threatens Same-Sex Marriage
Graeme Reid
HRW
HRW
Dwight D. Eisenhower visits Taipei, Taiwan (1960)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/U.S._President_Eisenhower_visited_TAIWAN_%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E7%B8%BD%E7%B5%B1%E8%89%BE%E6%A3%AE%E8%B1%AA%E6%96%BC1960%E5%B9%B46%E6%9C%88%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E5%8F%B0%E5%8C%97%E6%99%82%E8%88%87%E8%94%A3%E4%B8%AD%E6%AD%A3%E7%B8%BD%E7%B5%B1-2.jpg
please press: www.hrw.org
civil rights - Jury awards $780,500 in Wisconsin transgender rights lawsuit
Autumn Callan
Jurist
Jurist
Madison, WI (abt. 1930)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/1920_Madison_Wisconsin_Automobile_Blue_Book.jpg
please press: www.jurist.org
Labels:
$780 500,
Alina Boyden,
Autumn Callan,
awards,
jury,
lawsuit,
rights,
Shannon Andrews,
transgender,
Wisconsin
Location:
Madison, WI, USA
Missouri - ACLU hosts rally to support Springfield's transgender community
Alissa Zhu
Springfield News-Leader
Springfield News-Leader
Springfield, MO
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Ambassador_Apartments_-_Springfield_MO.jpg
please press: www.news-leader.com
lead story - Columbus Welcomes First Transgender Health Center In Ohio
Staff
WXVU
WXVU
Brewery District, Columbus, OH
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/House_in_Brewery_District%2C_Columbus%2C_Ohio.jpg
please press: www.wvxu.org
How to donate to the Red Cross for Michael relief
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk4aY08Nksg
ezs note: Today, I don't care if residents of Mexico Beach, Florida (and others) voted for Clinton, Trump, write-in, or simply forgot to vote - today they are desperate and suddenly destitute. You can help:
Thank you.
Labels:
donate,
Michael relief,
Red Cross
Location:
Mexico Beach, FL 32456, USA
11 October 2018
Donald Trump - The 45 strangest lines from Donald Trump's wild, 46-minute 'Fox and Friends' interview
Chris Cillizza
CNN
CNN
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/TheTwilightZoneLogo.png
please press: www.cnn.com
Labels:
46-minute,
Chris Cillizza,
Donald Trump,
Fox and Friends,
interview,
lines,
strangest,
wild
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan: Parents recount struggles to gain acceptance for LGBT children
Duma Safarova
eurasianet
eurasianet
Frontispiece
Baku, Azerbaijan
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Sabayil_relics.jpg
please press: eurasianet.org
civil rights - Indiana Senate race: Braun, Donnelly differ on line between religious freedom, LGBT rights
Chris Sikich
IndyStar
IndyStar
Granger, IN
Credit: http://woodmenders.net/wp-content/uploads/3quarterview.jpg
please press: www.indystar.com
Idaho - Boise and Pocatello Rank High, Other Idaho Cities Not So Much, in 'Municipal Equality Index'
George Prentice
Boise Weekly
Boise Weekly
Boise, ID
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Ann_Morrison_Park.jpg
please press: www.boiseweekly.com
Labels:
Boise,
cities,
George Prentice,
high,
Idaho,
municipal equality index,
not so much,
other,
Pocatello,
rank
Location:
Boise, ID, USA
lead story - Transgender at 11: ‘I. Am. A. Boy. That’s it.’
Petula Dvorak
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Stafford_VA_courthouse.JPG
please press: www.washingtonpost.com
VIDEO - Matt Baume - Join us for a Week of Games Starting October 28!
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d82XJ3icn58
10 October 2018
lead story - Young Activist to Make TV Debut as Transgender Superhero
Press
7 San Diego
7 San Diego
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please press: www.nbcsandiego.com
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