19 May 2020

civil rights - This Week in Judicial Nominations – 5/18

Idaho - Idaho To Federal Judge: Let New Transgender Birth Certificate Ban Go Into Effect

James Dawson
Boise State Public Radio


Blackfoot, ID



lead story - Hungary: Decision to strip trans people of the right to legal gender recognition is “step back into the dark ages”

Press
Amnesty International


Budapest, Hungary


please press:  www.amnesty.org

Donald Trump - Coronavirus Live Updates: W.H.O. Rejects Trump’s Threats but Will Study Its Response

MAJOR NEWS - possible coronavirus news! (good news, for once!)



ezs note:  This is possibly major, major news - the vaccine may be VERY near!  If it comes to pass, (which it very well seems it will) MILLIONS of lives will be saved. Please check the blog out. 

YAY!!!

18 May 2020

civil rights - Commentary: Protecting LGBTQ civil rights is good business

Allan Gilmour
Crain's Detroit Business


Detroit, MI


please press:  www.crainsdetroit.com

California - After Long Battle, Public Defender Successfully Secures Release of Transgender Client from ICE Detention

Press
Davis Vanguard


Davis, CA


please press:  www.davisvanguard.org

lead story - Transgender community welcomes change to Victorian birth certificates

James Hancock
ABC (Australia)


Melbourne, Australia


please press:  www.abc.net.au

Donald Trump - Trump’s purge just got much more corrupt. Here’s what’s coming next.

17 May 2020

Nevada - Working for a better Nevada for all, including veterans and marginalized people | Scaffidi

Sherie Paulie Scaffidi
Reno Gazette-Journal


Reno, NV


please press:  www.rgj.com

lead story - Officers charged with allegedly slamming transgender woman's face on ground

Donald Trump - Republicans are wimping out again on Donald Trump

Chris Cillizza
CNN



please press:  www.cnn.com

16 May 2020

Nebraska - Congressional candidate profile: Babs Ramsey

lead story - Navy grants waiver allowing transgender sailor to serve openly

Nico Lang
NBC News


US Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD


please press:  www.nbcnews.com


Donald Trump - Coronavirus US live: Obama criticizes Trump in virtual graduation speech – as it happened

Bryan Armen Graham, Tom Lutz, Joanna Walters
The Guardian


 President Barack Obama


please press:  www.theguardian.com

  

14 May 2020

civil rights - Federal grand jury indicts men accused of murdering transgender women in Puerto Rico

Michael K. Lavers
Washington Blade


San Juan, PR


please press:  www.washingtonblade.com

Delaware - Biden Talks Trans Rights, Calls Conversion Therapy Sick at Fundraiser

Trudy Ring
Advocate


New Castle, DE


please press:  www.advocate.com

ezs note:  To be honest, Joe Biden was not my first choice, but his strong condemnation of "conversion therapy" won me over.   

lead story - A transgender person's deadname is nobody's business. Not even a reporter's.

Donald Trump - Ousted whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright unloads on Trump admin's coronavirus response

Dareh Gregorian
NBC News


Dr. Rick Bright


please press:  www.nbcnews.com

13 May 2020

civil rights - UK LGBT+ group Stonewall names new CEO amid trans rights row

Rachel Savage, Hugo Greenhalgh
Reuters


London, UK
(I love foxes!)


please press:  www.reuters.com

Oregon - A Lawsuit Against Gov. Kate Brown Reunites Old Allies From the Conservative Edge of Oregon Politics

Tess Riski
Willamette Week


Baker City, OR


please press:  www.wweek.com

ezs note: To those attending a church, synagogue, mosque, etc. - have you heard of zoomYou meet in a gathering, without the pesky business of dying.  You ought to try it out! 

lead story - Transgender female health secretary snaps at reporter for calling her ‘sir’ repeatedly

Donald Trump -People Are Dying, the Economy Is Collapsing and Trump Wants You to Look at This Squirrel

civil rights - Commentary: In 2 cases that await Supreme Court decision, the stakes are enormous for LGBTQ employee protection

Philip Rotner
Chicago Tribune


Chicago, IL


please press: www.chicagotribune.com

ezs note:  It may be that the late Aimee Stephens may lose the case - but it will be short-lived. If Mr, Rotner is correct, there are three things you can do.  First - and absolutely most important - get that vile Trump out of office.  Second, if you have a Republican senator,  vote for a Democrat.  Third,  if you have a Republican House member, vote for a Democrat. And don't forget!!!

12 May 2020

Utah - Reese: The NCAA should boycott BYU

Isaac Reese
The Daily Utah Chronicle


University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT


please press:  dailyutahchronicle.com

lead story - Michigan woman at center of transgender civil rights case dies at 59

Melissa Nann Burke
The Detroit News


Aimee Stephens
1961 - 2020


please press:  www.detroitnews.com

Donald Trump - Supreme court grills Trump lawyers over president's unreleased tax returns

11 May 2020

Maryland -- Name change fundraiser planned

Philip Van Slooten
Washington Blade


Baltimore, MD


please press:  www.washingtonblade.com

lead story - B.C. school trustee blasted for transgender coronavirus conspiracy theory attacking Dr. Theresa Tam

Simon Little
Global News


Chilliwack, BC


please press:  globalnews.ca

Donald Trump - White House Orders Staff to Wear Masks as Trump Misrepresents Testing Record

Michael D. Shear, Maggie Haberman, Linda Qiu
The New York Times



please press:  www.nytimes.com

10 May 2020

civil rights - DeVos Guts Title IX Protections, Angering Trans Advocates

Matt Tracy
Gcn


Department of Education
Washington DC


please press:  www.gaycitynews.com  

Pennsylvania - Braddock Restaurant Owner Makes ‘Bullying’ Comments About Pa. Secretary Of Health Dr. Rachel Levine

lead story - LGBTQ Americans are getting coronavirus, losing jobs. Anti-gay bias is making it worse for them.

Petruce Jean-Charles
USA Today


New York City, NY


please press:  www.usatoday.com

Donald Trump - Trump charges Obama with 'biggest political crime in American history'

Martin Pengelly
The Guardian


ezs note:  Y'know, Donald isn't even funny anymore.  He's just a tired old husk of a 'man'.  King Lear seems wise by comparison.


please press:  www.theguardian.com


09 May 2020

civil rights - Nat’l Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund endorses Biden

Chris Johnson
Washington Blade


National Center for Transgender Equality
Washington DC


please press:  www.washingtonblade.com

Connecticut - Democratic View: A Kinder Connecticut

Alisa Trachtenberg
The Ridgefield Press


Ridgefield, CT


please press:  www.theridgefieldpress.com

lead story - Reproductive concerns among transgender adolescents may manifest as ‘disinterest’ in future parenthood

Morrison A.
Healio


Yale University
New Haven, CT


please press:  www.healio.com


Donald Trump - Trump fumes as White House staffers test positive and death toll nears 80,000 – as it happened

Bryan Armen Graham, Tom Lutz, Martin Pengelly, Edward Helmore
The Guardian


please press:  https://www.theguardian.com

08 May 2020

civil rights - Aimee Stephens brought the first major trans rights case to the Supreme Court. She may not live to see the decision.

Katelyn Burns
Vox


Shelby Twp., MI


please press:  www.vox.com

Kentucky - The LGBTQ+ community behind bars during COVID-19

Press
Forward Kentucky


Frankfort, KY


please press:  forwardky.com


lead news - HRC Mourns Helle Jae O’Regan, Trans Woman Killed in San Antonio

Elliott Kozuch
HRC


San Antonio, TX


please press:  www.hrc.org

Donald Trump - This is one of Trump’s biggest and most insulting lies yet

07 May 2020

civil rights - HRC Mourns Nina Pop, Black Trans Woman Killed in Missouri

Elliott Kozuch
HRC


Sikeston, MO
Harold E. Comstock (born in Sikeston)


please press:  www.hrc.org

ezs note:  As before, this blog notes the murder of Nina Pop, except that this one has a photograph of her.  Please, take a second look.  If you recognize her and witnessed her murder, please call 573-471-8568. Thanks.     

Virginia - ‘Virginia Is For Lovers.’ Now That Slogan Includes The LGBTQ

lead story - Clinicians and autistic transgender youth partner to create first community-built care model

Press
Medical Xpress


Children's National Hospital
Washington DC


please press:  medicalxpress.com

Donald Trump - George Conway: Trump went ballistic at me on Twitter. Here’s why he reacts with such rage.

George T. Conway III
Washington Post


George T. Conway III


please press:  /www.washingtonpost.com


05 May 2020

civil rights - Transgender woman's death in SE Missouri under investigation

Press
St. Louis Post-Dispatch


Sikeston, MO


please press:  www.stltoday.com

ezs note:  If you live in or near Sikeston, Missouri, and you witnessed the murder of Nina Pop, please contact the Sikeston (Miner) Police Department at 573-471-8568. Thanks.

Indiana - Highest ranked Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player in Indiana doesn't let transphobia hold her back

lead story - Transgender People Face Discrimination, Violence Amid Latin American Quarantines

Julia Symmes Cobb
US News & World Report


Bogotá, Colombia


please press:  www.usnews.com

Donald Trump - A leaderless nation adrift in a crisis