19 June 2019

Donald Trump - What Have Trump’s Rallies Accomplished?

Jonathan Bernstein
Bloomberg


The Big Black Hole, or the Trump presidency


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Côte d'Ivoire - Finding jobs for LGBT people across Côte d'Ivoire

Frank Hersey
RFI


Boundiali, Côte d'Ivoire


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civil rights - Transgender Rights Get Important Win in Ninth Circuit

Jessica Mason Pielko
Rewire News


San Francisco, CA


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Maine - Maine Voices: LGBTQ people have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go

lead story - 3 Connecticut female athletes file federal discrimination complaint over transgender competition

AP
CBS


William R. Cotter Federal Building
Hartford, CT


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11 June 2019

civil rights - Tri-State Alliance asks EVSC to not appeal transgender lawsuit ruling

Segann March
Courier & Press


Evansville, IN


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Kansas - ‘It’s time’: Wichita district policy should protect LGBTQ students

Wichita Eagle Editorial Board
Wichita Eagle


above Wichita, KS


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lead story - Survey finds boost in U.S. support for transgender rights

Ellen Wulfhorst
Thomson Reuters Foundation


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09 June 2019

Donald Trump - Impeach Trump and don't worry (much) about President Mike Pence. We already have him.

Jason Sattler
USA Today

ezs note:  To sign the petition, go to care2.orgC'mon, it only takes a sec!



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Honduras/US - Transgender Honduran awaits her asylum case in Twin Cities suburbs

Maya Rao
StarTribune


Tegucigalpa, Honduras


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civil rights - Stonewall 50: Don’t Forget the Black & Brown LGBTQ Struggle

Ernest Owens
Daily Beast


New York City, NY
Stonewall Inn (1969)


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ezs note: Of great import is The Combahee River Collective. Although the text is somewhat older, the thought put into the work is just as vital.

Connecticut - Hartford Police Department LGBTQ Liaison Accused of Insensitivity

lead story - The (transgender) kids are all right

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


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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


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

Lisa Rantala
ABC News


Cleveland, OH


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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


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04 June 2019

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

Steve Holland, David Morgan
AOL


Hope Hicks


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

Press
France 24


Paris, France


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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


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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


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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


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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.


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

Press
Estonian World


Tallinn, Estonia


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

Emily Todd VanDerWerff
Vox


Los Angeles, CA


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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


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