12 April 2019

Paraguay - Paraguay's LGBT community feels outcast amid conservative shift: 'We are forgotten'

Daniela Desantis
Reuters


AsuncĂ­on, Paraguay


please press:  www.reuters.com


civil rights - BETSY DEVOS SAYS SHE KNEW OF POTENTIAL HARMS—LIKE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, LOWER TEST SCORES—WHEN SHE RESCINDED OBAMA-ERA PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS

Alexandra Hutzler
Newsweek


'Secretary' of Education Betsy DeVos


please press:  www.newsweek.com




Maryland - Baltimore City schools board passes policy protecting transgender students

Colin Campbell
The Baltimore Sun


Baltimore, MD


please press:  www.baltimoresun.com

lead story - Stop pretending the transgender ban isn’t a ban

11 April 2019

Donald Trump - Trump’s sister quietly retired in February, and it’s actually a really big deal

Matthew Yglesias
Vox


Maryanne Trump Barry


please press:  www.vox.com

Italy - WCF Verona: Where the 'Wind of Change' Marked a Sea Change in Hate Group's Strategy

Staff
Southern Poverty Law Center


Verona, Italy


please press:  www.splcenter.org 

civil rights - Attorneys: Honduran transgender migrant unlawfully detained

Press
San Francisco Chronicle


Albuquerque, NM


please press:  www.sfchronicle.com

New Hampshire - HB 446: Allow trans, non-binary people to correct birth records

Palana Belken
Fosters.com


Dover, NH


please press:  www.fosters.com

lead story - Trump’s Transgender Ban Brings Chaos and ‘a Lot of Fear’ to Troops’ Families

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast


San Antonio, TX


please press:  www.thedailybeast.com

10 April 2019

LIVE - Donald Trump's brain!

Donald Trump - Trump’s ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon

Eliana Johnson, Daniel Lippman
Politico


Bizzarro

ezs note:  Can Connecticut go to another country?  Please? We'll be good...


please press:  www.politico.com

Cuba - Cuba begins distributing PrEP through pilot program

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade


Havana, Cuba


please press:  www.washingtonblade.com 

civil rights - DeVos defends controversial guidance on transgender students

Avery Anapol
The Hill



please press:  thehill.com

Rhode Island - Vella-Wilkinson bill would extend benefits to gay, transgender veterans without honorable discharges

lead story - 'Very Important Precedent:' Russian Court Rules Transgender Woman Was Fired Illegally

Press
RFE/RL


St. Petersburg, Russia


please press:  www.rferl.org 

ezs note:  In North America and Western Europe, this is somewhat routine, but in Russia this is HUGE. Congratulations, Ms. Grigoryeva!

09 April 2019

Brunei - Brunei’s death by stoning, anti-LGBTQ law sparks outrage, boycotts

Lucy Martirosyan
PRI


The Stoning Of An Adulteress
Abu'l Hassan Ghaffari (abt. 1853-1857)


please press:  www.pri.org

ezs note:  If you have any heart at all, you'll email http://www.bruneiembassy.org/contact-us.html and contact the Ambassador and send a polite but FIRM message.  If you have no heart, please pick one up on the way out.

civil rights - HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow to Testify at Congressional Hearing on the Bipartisan Equality Act

Maryland - Md. House Speaker Michael Busch dies

James Wellemeyer
Washington Blade


Annapolis, MD


please press:  www.washingtonblade.com

ezs note:  Maryland, we mourn with you...

lead story - Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban Marks the Dark Return of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast



please press:  www.thedailybeast.com

08 April 2019

Donald Trump - Secret Service director out less than 24 hours after DHS secretary resigns

Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin
ABC News



please press:  abcnews.go.com

Bosnia and Herzegovina - 'Door, please!': Sarajevo to host Bosnia’s first-ever LGBTQ pride parade

Michael-Ross Fiorentino
euronews



Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina


please press:  www.euronews.com



civil rights - How Tasmania is going from worst to best on transgender human rights

Martine Delaney
The Guardian


Hobart, Tasmania


please press:  www.theguardian.com

Vermont - John Killacky: Out in the Legislature

John Killacky
VT Digger


South Burlington, VT


please press:  vtdigger.org

lead story - Although transgender workers face steep barriers, corporate America wants to hire them

07 April 2019

Donald Trump - Whatever Trump Is Playing, It Isn’t Golf

Saint Lucia - Saint Lucia’s ‘Dangerous & Discriminatory Laws Against Marginalised Populations’ Under Fire

Press
St. Lucia Times


Soufriére, St. Lucia


please press:  stluciatimes.com


civil rights - Giant Food Stores earns top marks in Corporate Equality Index

Press
The Daily Item


Carlisle, PA


please press:  www.dailyitem.com

Arizona - Arizona filmmakers spark discrimination discussion at ACLU event

lead story - Charlotte Clymer: Being transgender shouldn't matter in the military

Charlotte Clymer
CBS News


The Pentagon
Arlington, VA


please press:  www.cbsnews.com

06 April 2019

Donald Trump - ‘No Celebrities’: Embarrassing Turnout at Trump’s Beverly Hills Fundraiser

Tarpley Hitt
Daily Beast


ezs note:  Where can I find Trump Victory?
(uh... you're here...)


please press:  www.thedailybeast.com

Kenya - Worlds apart between conservatives and LGBT community in Kenya

Sheila Nyambura
Capital News


Nairobi, Kenya


please press:  www.capitalfm.co.ke

ezs note: After a while of trying 'transgender (country)' on my computer, I finally gave in and used the 'LGBT (country)' instead.  Hey, it ain't perfect, but it is better.

civil rights - U.S. attorney general orders probe into mistreatment of gay employees

Sarah N. Lynch
Reuters


AG William Barr


please press:  www.reuters.com

ezs note: It's too early to tell, but if it turns out to be a genuine article, it might be a promising sign.

But Trump's still in charge.  Don't hold your breath.

Illinois - Pritzker to change state's Medicaid policy to cover sex reassignment surgery

Greg Bishop
Illinois News Network


Springfield, IL


please press:  www.ilnews.org

lead story - As a homeless transgender woman, she had turned to sex work to survive. Then she was killed.

Samantha Schmidt
The Washington Post


Fairmount Heights, MD


please press:  www.washingtonpost.com

05 April 2019

Donald Trump - How Trump Conspired with the Freedom Caucus to Shut Down the Government

Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer
Politico



please press: www.politico.com 

France - Transphobic Paris attack sheds light on LGBT+ attitudes in France

Zoe Tidman
The Independent


Paris, France 
Parisii gold coin


please press:  www.independent.co.uk

civil rights - Montana Human Rights Bureau finds Yellowstone County discriminated against trans employee

Florida - City of Orlando poised to embrace LGBT-certified businesses

Kate Santich
Orlando Sentinel


Orlando, FL


please press:  www.orlandosentinel.com


lead story - The Crisis of Violence Against Transgender People Is Not a ‘Myth’

Gillian Branstetter
Rewire News



please press:  rewire.news

04 April 2019

civil rights - The Advocate: Mara Keisling on Trump, the Equality Act, and fighting for trans rights

Ohio - Catholic School, Right-Wing Hate Group Join Forces to Fight South Euclid Equality Measure

Bob Vitale
Prizm


ezs note:  Quick, bring out the violins!


please press:  www.prizmnews.com

lead story - Washtenaw County Reflects On The Importance Of Raising The Transgender Flag

Jorge Avellan
WEMU


Ann Arbor, MI


please press:  www.wemu.org

03 April 2019

Donald Trump - Donald Trump’s Never-Ending Campaign Keeps Getting Angrier

Peter Nicholas
The Atlantic



please press:  www.theatlantic.com

Venezuela - Venezuelans with HIV/AIDS dying due to lack of antiretroviral drugs

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade


Caracas, Venezuela


please press:  www.washingtonblade.com 

civil rights - Parent Quizzes School’s Transgender Policy

Vince Conti
Cape May County Herald

Cisgender (born that way)

Maine - Tunnel of Oppression challenges perceptions of groups on campus

Ali Tobey
Maine Campus


Orono, ME
University of Maine


please press:  mainecampus.com


lead story - Under Trump’s Ban, Transgender Troops Must Decide: Come Out or Hide

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast


Atlanta, GA
(home of Georgia State)


please press:  www.thedailybeast.com

01 April 2019

HUMANE prisons



ezs note:  I recently saw how Germany's prison is working, and how then-governor Dannel Malloy's (CT) visit there went. I do believe that certain persons do deserve imprisonment... but humane imprisonment.  If you agree with 60 Minutes, please email your governor, state representative, and state senator, and tell them that this stupid system is NOT working.  Thanks.