Emily's virtual rocket

15 February 2019

civil rights - COLUMN: Billy Barr — more of the same, if not worse

James Neal
Enid News & Eagle

Enid, OK

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please press: www.enidnews.com

Nebraska - LGBTQ People in Nebraska Were Alone for Decades. No Longer.

Abbi Swatsworth
Advocate

Lincoln, NE

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please press: www.advocate.com

lead story - Thai Transgender Candidate Runs for ‘Next Generation’

Press
VOA

Bangkok, Thailand

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please press: www.voanews.com

14 February 2019

Donald Trump - McCabe Says Justice Dept. Officials Had Discussions About Pushing Trump Out

Adam Goldman, Matthew Haag
The New York Times

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please press: www.nytimes.com

Germany - German insurer must pay for transgender beard removal

Alistair Walsh
Deutsche Welle

Hanover, Germany

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please press: www.dw.com

civil rights - Tennessee becomes first state in the South with hate crime law protecting transgender people

Natalie Allison
Tennesseean.

Nashville, TN

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please press: www.tennessean.com

Arkansas - Arkansas veteran says transgender ban is insult to his sacrifice

Melissa Zygowicz
THV 11 (CBS)

Little Rock, AR

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lead story - Andover Public Library will keep transgender children’s books in the kids section

Jason Tidd
The Wichita Eagle

Andover, KS

(lower left on map)

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please press: www.kansas.com

ezs note: Oh. Eeek. (yawn)

13 February 2019

Oregon - Basic Rights Oregon Is Fighting For LGTBQ+ Rights—and Winning

Elise Herron
Willamette Week

Portland, OR

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please press: www.wweek.com

lead story - Twitter sued by blogger who was barred for tweets about transgender people

Queenie Wong
Cnet

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please press: www.cnet.com

ezs note: Um, okay, before you go on a righteous spiel, (understandably so) hear me out. Meghan Murphy is undoubtedly half-baked and utterly wrong. She also has the right to free speech. No, I don't plan on going to Ms. Murphy's blog. However, her voice deserves to be heard, no matter how wrongheaded I believe it to be. The AMA, APA, and WHO, to name but a few, are on my side, so I feel very comfortable making my case. If you are creating a blog, please speak up. Our voices will soon drown out hers - if we take the noble path.