07 June 2019

civil rights - Federal judge: EVSC violated transgender student's civil rights

West Virginia - Another WV school year without transgender student bathroom rights

Ryan Quinn
Charleston News-Gazette


Charleston, WV


please press:  www.wvgazettemail.com

lead story - Detroit man charged in deaths of gay men, transgender woman

05 June 2019

civil rights - Fifty Years After Stonewall, the Real Fight for LBGTQ Rights Is Local

Alex Myers
Common Dreams


Stonewall riots, 1969


please press:  www.commondreams.org

Ohio - Families call for better school practices to battle suicide rates among transgender teens

Lisa Rantala
ABC News


Cleveland, OH


please press:  abc6onyourside.com

lead story - Trump's transgender ban is cruel, medically unethical and damaging to the US military

Robert H. Goldstein
USA Today


Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA


please press:  www.usatoday.com

04 June 2019

Donald Trump - Ex-Trump aide Hicks agrees to give campaign documents to Congress

Steve Holland, David Morgan
AOL


Hope Hicks


please press:  /www.aol.com

France - Paris court sentences man to six months for assaulting transgender woman

Press
France 24


Paris, France


please press:  www.france24.com

ezs note:  Gee, I hope the judge wasn't being too harsh on the poor guy.

Riiiiiight.

civil rights - WHY ARE TRANS WOMEN DYING IN ICE DETENTION?

Jack Herrera
PacificStandard


civil rights march, ca. 1957


please press:  psmag.com

Utah - Scott D. Pierce: CNN episode focuses on LDS and LGBTQ in Utah. And, no, it’s not a hit piece.

Scott D. Pierce

The Salt Lake Tribune


Salt Lake City, UT


please press:  www.sltrib.com


lead story - 'We are concerned': Dallas police chief says of second transgender woman's death in less than a month

Janelle Griffith
NBC News


Dallas, TX


please press:  www.nbcnews.com 

ezs note:  If you live in Dallas or the immediate area, and you have information on the murders of either Chynal Lindsey or Muhlaysia Booker, please call Dallas police at 214-671-3661.  Thanks. 

03 June 2019

Donald Trump - 2 epically cringeworthy moments from Jared Kushner’s Axios interview

Aaron Rupar
Vox



ezs note:  Jared Kushner, being all intrepid n' shit.


please press:  www.vox.com

Estonia - Estonia’s five best Eurovision finalists – chosen by the LGBT community

Press
Estonian World


Tallinn, Estonia


please press:  estonianworld.com

civil rights - The Catastrophist, or: On coming out as trans at 37

Emily Todd VanDerWerff
Vox


Los Angeles, CA


please press:  www.vox.com

New Hampshire - A Conversation With Transgender Granite Staters

Press
NHPR


Concord, NH


please press:  www.nhpr.org

ezs note:  Please take note of the conversation streaming, almost an hour.  It's well worth it.  

lead story - Transgender asylum seeker dies after six weeks in ICE custody

Ben Kesslen
NBC News


El Salvador


please press:  www.nbcnews.com


02 June 2019

30 May 2019

civil rights - Yes, the Civil Rights Act does protect gay and trans Americans

Evan Wolfson
The Hill


US Capitol (interior)


please press:  thehill.com

Alabama - LGBTQ Visibility Isn’t Just Educational, It Is Vital Education

Gary Wright II
BamaPolitics


Montgomery, AL


please press:  www.bamapolitics.com


civil rights - Three transgender women challenge portion of Pennsylvania’s name-change law

Valerie Russ
The Inquirer


Harrisburg, PA


please press:  www.philly.com

29 May 2019

Donald Trump - Mueller speaks about the Russia investigation (among many, many others)

Meg Wagner, Amanda Wills, Brian Ries
CNN



please press:  www.cnn.com

Romania/US - U.S. Embassy awards seven Women of Courage in Romania

civil rights - The Democrats’ Neglect of Transgender Rights

Casey Quinlan
The New Republic


Mahoning County Courthouse


please press:  newrepublic.com  

Maine - Maine officially bans gay conversion therapy

Aris Folley
The Hill


Farmington, ME


please press:  thehill.com

ezs note:  ♩Another one bites the dust... ♬ (Yay!)

lead story - New Gillette ad shows dad teaching transgender son how to shave

Aimee Picchi
CBS News


Gillette ad, 1953


please press:  www.cbsnews.com

27 May 2019

Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Activists Criticize Religious Freedom, Conversion Therapy Bills

civil rights - Donald Trump Campaigned as a President for LGBTQ Americans. But He Keeps Rolling Back Protections for Them

Arizona - How a transgender character changed when a trans actor was hired for the role

Kerry Lengel
AZcentral


Phoenix, AZ


please press:  www.azcentral.com

lead story - These transgender soldiers are still allowed to serve. They want to prove their detractors wrong

Emanuella Grinberg
CNN


Colorado Springs, CO
Peterson AFB


please press:  www.cnn.com

26 May 2019

Coming Out The LGBT Cultural Revolution before Stonewall (video)



ezs note:  Short, but very good. See it if you can.

Donald Trump - Why Trump’s Stonewalling Legal Strategy Will Keep Failing

Liberia/Costa Rica - From the Street to the Classroom: How Two Trans Women Relaunched Their Studies

Noelia Esquivel
Voice Of Guanacaste


Monrovia, Liberia


please press:  vozdeguanacaste.com

civil rights - Thousands of immigrants suffer in solitary confinement in U.S. detention centers

Hannah Rappleye etc.
NBC News



please press:  www.nbcnews.com

ezs note:  Oh, loverly.  It seems that Donald Trump and Barack Obama have bloody hands on this one.  (Though to his credit, Obama did ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles)  But it's not damned enough.  I think that there so many abuses, it's time to abolish solitary confinement altogether. Please, if you agree with me on this, send an e-letter to your Congressperson and both of your Senators.  (Remember, on the federal level, you have two.)  

Hawaii - Hawaii's Remarkable Women: Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong

lead story - Why violence against transgender Americans is a crisis that’s under reported

25 May 2019

Donald Trump - Trump’s Public Enemies List Is an Impeachable Offense

David R. Lurie
The Daily Beast


ezs note:  Deja vu, all over again...


please press:  www.thedailybeast.com

Kenya - Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws

Press
Human Rights Watch


Nairobi, Kenya


please press:  www.hrw.org

civil rights - Cuomo Blasts Trump Admin’s Rollback Of Transgender Health Care Protections

Kentucky - Kentucky City Rejects Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

Press
WUKY


Bowling Green, KY


please press:  www.wuky.org

ezs note:  I don't know if Kentucky has local elections the same as Connecticut does, but if so, maybe Bowling Green should send three of their Commissioners packing.  (and maybe that means you

lead story - Protesters demand end to killings of transgender women, Trump rollbacks

Daniel Trotta
Reuters


New York City, NY
Washington Square Park


please press:  www.reuters.com