13 July 2019

Rwanda - Rwandan LGBT Community Steps Out of Shadows

Hamada Elrasam
VOA


Kigali, Rwanda
Kigali Tower


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civil rights - Transgender fire chief harassed by Byron city officials after transition, EEOC filing alleges

Becky Purser
The Telegraph


Byron, GA


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North Carolina - Speech therapy helps transgender individuals find their voice

Sayaka Matsuoka
Triad City Beat


Greensboro, NC
Blandwood Mansion


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lead story - Five Coming-of-Age Trans Movies That Changed My life

Diana Tourjée
Vice News


Ma Vie en Rose (1997)
Alain Berliner, dir.


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12 July 2019

Donald Trump - Why Pence spiked a Trump judge

Nigeria - Human Rights Committee reviews the situation of Civil and Political Rights in Nigeria

Press
Reliefweb


Abuja, Nigeria


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civil rights - A transgender inmate was raped and beaten in a Cañon City prison. Now the state has settled the case.

Sam Tabachnik
The Denver Post


Cañon City, CO


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Kansas - Kansas to allow transgender people to change their gender on birth certificates

Dion Lefler, Jonathan Shorman
The Wichita Eagle


Topeka, KS


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lead story - House approves amendment to reverse transgender military ban

Rebecca Kheel
The Hill


US Capitol  (interior)  


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11 July 2019

civil rights - Civil Rights Groups Call Out ‘Archaic’ N.Y. Loitering Law For Targeting Trans People

California - Transgender California prison guard receives $500,000 to settle discrimination case

Adam Ashton
Merced Sun-Star


Merced, CA


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lead story - Joint chiefs nominee: Trump's transgender policy about 'standards

Ellen Mitchell
The Hill


Fort Dix, NJ

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VIDEO - How Steve Bannon Manipulates His Followers

10 July 2019

Donald Trump - ‘Mother Is Not Going to Like This’: The 48 Hours That Almost Brought Down Trump

Morocco - Video: LGBT Activists Talk Openly About Life in Morocco

Kawtar Ennaji
Morocco World News


Rabat, Morocco


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civil rights - AMA takes a stand for transgender Americans in Supreme Court filing

Tanya Albert Henry
AMA


Jesse Ehrenfeld, president of AMA


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Tennessee - Tennessee detective's Sunday sermon calls for arrest, execution of LGBTQ members

Kaylin Jorge
FOX 17


lead story - What it's like to be transgender in China

Lise Floris
Inkstone


Shanxi province, China


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08 July 2019

Donald Trump - Congressional Democrats subpoena Trump organization

Katelyn Polantz, Jeremy Herb
CNN



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Mexico - A Mexico City queer bar resists attacks with love and cumbia

Kate Linthicum
Los Angeles Times

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Mexico City, Mexico


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civil rights - Dozens back trans woman's legal case

Melissa Nann Burke
Detroit News



US Supreme Court, bronze doors


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Virginia - Equality Virginia to host conference for transgender Virginians, allies

Press
Augusta Free Press


University of Virginia
Richmond, VA


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lead story - How ‘Euphoria’ and Model Hunter Schafer Created the Most Interesting Trans Character on TV

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast


Euphoria


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07 July 2019

Nevada - IN TRANSITION

Jessica Santina
N (originally from Synapse)


Reno, NV


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lead story - Marvel’s First Openly Transgender Actor Wants To See More Of His Experience Onscreen

Donald Trump - Jeffrey Epstein: Trump once praised billionaire charged with sex trafficking minors for liking women 'on the younger side'

Kat Tenbarge
Business Insider


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06 July 2019

civil rights - THE CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER WHO HISTORY FORGOT

Sean Braswell
OZY


Montgomery, AL (Taylor Field)


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Florida - Ask Orlando: Was a ‘woman’ named Hiram the first female to vote in Florida?

lead story - Should an Asian transgender woman say she's 'passing?' Food for thought at KUOW's Queeriosity Club

Ginger Chien
KUOW


Seattle, WA


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04 July 2019

Donald Trump - NRA meltdown has Trump campaign sweating

Alex Isenstadt
Politico


Wayne LaPierre


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Ethiopia - Ethiopia tour for gay, lesbian travelers in jeopardy amid backlash from faith groups

Emily McFarlan
RNS


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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civil rights - Transgender woman arrested after bathroom dispute escalates in NC Denny's

Wisconsin - AG Kaul joins states against federal proposal preventing transgender people from homeless shelters

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WMTV


Madison, WI (1865 woodcut)


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lead story - Transgender YouTube star says she was kicked out of Jake Paul’s house

03 July 2019

Donald Trump - Trump administration reverses course on census citizenship question

Ariane de Vogue, Gregory Wallace, Jeremy Diamond
CNN



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UK - Did J.K. Rowling ‘Confirm Her Stance Against Transgender Women’?

Dan Macquill
Snopes


J.K. Rowling


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civil rights - Companies to court: Defend LGBTQ people from bias

Alaska - Opinion: Stand up for equality and support House Bill 82

Evan Anderson
Juneau Empire


Anchorage, AK


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4th of July speech - What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Frederick Douglass (ed. Dave Zirin)
The Nation.


Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895)
(speech given July 5, 1852)


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01 July 2019

Donald Trump - The hugely inappropriate weekend of Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.

Chris Cillizza
CNN



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Trinidad and Tobago - Pride shown at Parliament

Sean Douglas
Newsday


Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago


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civil rights - When discrimination becomes the norm

Ohio - How family support, Children's Hospital helped transgender teen Allison Kurtz save her own life

lead story - Illinois Governor Signs Order Protecting Transgender Students

Nick Visser
HuffPost


Springfield, IL
Illinois State Capitol


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