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28 January 2019

Ohio - Ohio’s new GOP guv signs order against anti-LGBT discrimination

Chris Johnson
Washington Blade

Cedarville, OH

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lead story - Another View: Ban on transgender troops demeans true patriots

Press
Brattleboro Reformer

Brattleboro, VT

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Letter to the editor!

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ezs note: I sent this letter to the editor this morning to the Hartford Courant. I don't know if it will be printed, but I thought I would share it with you.

For over two years now, we have had the misfortune of having Donald Trump as our President. Early on, Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) put forth a bill of impeachment. Although some thought him rash then, Rep. Green seems sadly prescient today. We have learned about Trump's payment to Stormy Daniels to keep his affairs quiet. We have learned about his lies, both important and maddeningly small. And, most troubling, we have learned of his cozy (or sycophantic) relationship with Vladimir Putin. Please, Rep. Larson, show some courage (for once) by sending this dangerous dunce packing. Preferably to prison.

27 January 2019

Donald Trump - Roger Stone, ahead of arraignment, won’t categorically rule out cooperation agreement with special counsel

Ali Dukakis
ABC News

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Algeria/Germany - Kader Attia on why we need art to overcome ‘the dark times we live in’

Guy Chazan
Financial Times

ruins of Timgad, Algeria

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civil rights - UA transgender policy hits home; worker presses system on health care as Texas case resumes

Jaime Adame
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Fayetteville, AR

Pritchard House

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Alabama - Transgender Alabama veterans criticize Trump’s military ban

Jonece Starr Dunigan
AL.com

Montgomery, AL

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lead story - Japan's Supreme Court upholds transgender sterilization requirement

AP
NBC News

Supreme Court of Japan

Tokyo, Japan

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please press: www.nbcnews.com

26 January 2019

civil rights - NYPD arrested transgender woman for 'false personation' over name, lawsuit says

Crystal Bonvillian
Boston 25 News

New York City, NY

Claremont Park

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Oregon - SOUTHERN OREGON PRIDE COMMUNITY OUTRAGED BY MILITARY TRANSGENDER BAN

Leah Thompson
kdrv.com

Medford, OR

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lead story - Transgender community facing dangers in Suncoast community

Jess Doudrick
WWSB

Sarasota, FL

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please press: www.mysuncoast.com

25 January 2019

Donald Trump - Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort in court hours after his ex-business partner Roger Stone is busted in Mueller case

Dan Mangan
CNBC

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Zimbabwe/Ireland - Zimbabwe born gay migrant in Ireland

Press
Bulawayo 24 News

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Bougainvillea trees (Bougainvillea glabra)

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civil rights - Should Medicaid cover gender-reassignment surgery? Transgender case argued before Iowa Supreme Court

Michaela Ramm
The Gazette

Des Moines, Iowa

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Nebraska - Nebraska Supreme Court tosses lawsuit over death penalty referendum, says inmates have other options to challenge sentences

Lori Pilger
Lincoln Journal-Star

Lincoln, NE

Thomas P. Kennard House

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ezs note: The two may seem unrelated, but John L. Lotter, one of the unsuccessful petitioners in the case, was convicted of killing Brandon Teena, a transgender male. You can see the true story reenactment in Boys Don't Cry. (with Peter Sarsgaard as John Lotter)