22 May 2020

civil rights - Larsen: Elliott-Larsen was meant to include everyone, I know because I wrote it

Mel Larsen
Lansing State Journal


Lansing, MI


please press:  www.lansingstatejournal.com

Delaware - Karissa Sanbonmatsu: What Can Epigenetics Tell Us About Sex And Gender?

lead story - Eleven transgender inmates sexually assaulted in male prisons last year

Danny Shaw
BBC News


London, UK 


please press:  www.bbc.com


Donald Trump - Trump’s Inaccurate Claims on Hydroxychloroquine

Linda Qiu

The New York Times


ezs note:  Well, 'Doctor' Trump says it's good, so it must be good!


please press:  www.nytimes.com

New Jersey - Higher Court Overturns Judge's Order Requiring Transgender Bias Training For Jersey City Police

Jerry DeMarco
Hudson Daily Voice


Hackensack, NJ


please press:  dailyvoice.com


20 May 2020

civil rights - 279 Groups Call for Health Care Access to Protect All

Shin Inouye
The Leadership Conference


AFL-CIO (among others)


please press:  civilrights.org

Utah - Scott: True LGBTQ Allies Don’t Out

Press
The Daily Utah Chronicle


University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT


please press:  dailyutahchronicle.com

lead story - High Point BOE to revisit transgender proposal

Eric Obernauer
New Jersey Herald


Wantage Township,  NJ


please press:  www.njherald.com


Donald Trump - Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts

Matt Egan
CNN



please press:  www.cnn.com

ezs note:  Contrary to what the rosy picture above portrays, the best predictor in any state is YOU.  First, make sure you're registered, and done so properly.   Second, remind yourself to vote.  Thanks.

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