09 September 2020

Colorado - CSU updating systems to improve experiences for transgender and nonbinary students

 Joe Giordano

Colorado State University



Fort Collins, CO

Colorado State University


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please press:  source.colostate.edu 



lead story - Canadian WNT player Rebecca Quinn comes out as transgender

 Jason Owens

Yahoo! Sports




Toronto, ON (Quinn's birthplace)

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please press:  sports.yahoo.com



Donald Trump - 'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book

 Jamie Gangel

CNN



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08 September 2020

lead story - Temple senior’s thesis film shares transgender experience

Nico Cisneros
The Temple News


Philadelphia, PA (home of Temple)

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please press:  temple-news.com 


Donald Trump - Trump visibly distressed over Atlantic story fallout from claims he disparaged the military

Kaitlan Collins
CNN


White House (ca. 1846)

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please press:  www.cnn.com

07 September 2020

Idaho - 6 eastern Idaho districts with competitive November races

Nathan Brown
Post-Register




Idaho Falls, ID

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please press:  www.postregister.com

ezs note:  Idadoans - If you live in District 33 (Idaho Falls)  you have a decent chance of unseating Barbara Ehardt (R).  Now, wouldn't that be a pleasant surprise!   

lead story - Transgender crisis hotline is flooded with calls every time Trump admin rules threaten LGBTQ community

Press
KTLA5


Los Angeles, CA

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please press:  ktla.com


Donald Trump - Trump reportedly took home $750,000 worth of art from the home of the US ambassador to France in 2018 after canceling a World War I cemetery visit

Sinéad Baker
Business Insider


Chen Hongshou, Leaf album painting, (1598-1652)

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please press:  www.businessinsider.com
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06 September 2020

Alabama - Parks, Rice, Ledbetter among 10 influential women from Alabama

Melissa Brown
The Gadsen Times


Laverne Cox

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please press:  www.gadsdentimes.com  

lead story - Mexico's Transgender Community in Fear After Second Murder

Jose Luiz Gonzalez
US News & World Report



Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

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please press:  www.usnews.com

Donald Trump - Trump says Department of Education will investigate use of 1619 Project in schools

Kevin Liptak
CNN


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please press:  www.cnn.com

REGISTER.  VOTE.

05 September 2020

Kazakhstan - Fighting For Identity: Kazakh Laws Make Life Difficult For Transgender Community

Kira Leadholm
RFE/RT


Almaty, Kazahkstan 

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please press:  www.rferl.org   

Maine - Downtown Bangor Partnership turns an ugly situation into something beautiful and prideful

Sam Rogers
NewsCenter Maine


Bangor, ME

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please press:  www.newscentermaine.com

lead story - Conservative group relea ses anti-transgender political ads in Michigan

Brooke Sopelsa
NBC News


Lansing, MI

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

Donald Trump - Biden puts two feet in the ring as Trump wobbles

Gregory Krieg
CNN


YAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

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please press:  www.cnn.com



04 September 2020

Maryland - After life sentence overturned, guilty plea in Md. transgender murder case

Neal Augenstein
WTOP


Rockville, MD

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please press:  wtop.com

lead story - Star Trek introduces first non-binary and transgender characters

Alix Culbertson
Sky News

क

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please press:  news.sky.com

Donald Trump - What Will You Do if Trump Doesn’t Leave?

David Brooks
The New York Times


ezs note:  First, make the fences way higher...

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please press:  www.nytimes.com

02 September 2020

Donald Trump - Mike Pence's laughable response to questions about Trump's Walter Reed visit

Chris Cillizza
CNN


Mike Pence

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please press:  www.cnn.com

01 September 2020

lead story - Transgender Woman Found Dead in Sand at NYC Beach, Police Say

Press
NBC News


New York City, NY

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please press:  www.nbcnewyork.com

Donald Trump - How Jim Gaffigan's profanity-laced tirade could hurt Trump

Dean Obeidallah
CNN



Jim Gaffigan

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please press:  www.cnn.com

ahem... VOTE!!!!


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ezs note:  If you aren't one of those who vote regularly, hey, I feel for you.  For those of us in the northern climes, I much prefer to stay in a warm apartment.

But this, my friends, is life in Shithead Country.

While Voting Day is officially November 3, some states offer mail-in voting as early as 50 days earlier!  That's, like, really no excuse.  What you can do now is REGISTER.

See you in a week.     

29 August 2020

Massachusetts - Kennedy to Trump: Drop your administrative actions harming trans people

Chris Johnson
Washington Blade


Newton, MA

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please press:  www.washingtonblade.com

lead story - Transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson will get a monument in her New Jersey hometown

Christina Maxouris
CNN


Elizabeth, NJ

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please press:  www.cnn.com











Donald Trump - Trump Program to Cover Uninsured Covid-19 Patients Falls Short of Promise

Abby Goodnough
The New York Times


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25 August 2020

Texas - Local Groups Condemn Proposed Ban on Trans People in Homeless Shelters

Lourdes Zavaleta
OutSmart


San Antonio, TX


please press:  www.outsmartmagazine.com

lead story - Andersonville’s ‘Say Their Names’ Street Art Honors Black Transgender People Lost To Violence

Joe Ward
Block Club Chicago


Andersonville, IL (part of Chicago)


please press:  blockclubchicago.org

Donald Trump - Melania Trump taped making derogatory remarks about Donald and Ivanka – report

Martin Pengelly
The Guardian


the (ex-) First Lady of the United States


please press:  www.theguardian.com 

23 August 2020

Vermont - Rhianna Kendrick: We cannot allow HUD to remove protections for trans people experiencing homelessness

Rhianna Kendrick
VTDigger


Brattleboro, VT


please press:  vtdigger.org 


lead story - Livestreamed Hollywood Attack On 3 Transgender Women Shows How “Truly Unsafe” Being Trans Is

Donald Trump - In secretly recorded audio, President Trump’s sister says he has ‘no principles’ and ‘you can’t trust him’

22 August 2020

Scotland - Transgender and non-binary cyclist takes on first ever ‘Tour de Trans’

Caitlin Hutchison
The Herald


John O' Groats, Scotland


please press:  www.heraldscotland.com

Pennsylvania - Lawmaker mimics top health official’s call for transgender acceptance to defend not wearing a mask

Cynthia Fernandez, Julia Shanahan
Spotlight PA

Annville Township, PA


please press:  www.spotlightpa.org


lead story - Los Angeles police arrest two men, seek another in attack against three transgender women

Alexandra Meeks
CNN


Los Angeles, CA


please press:  www.cnn.com

Donald Trump - The party of Trump is already a convention of ghoulish clowns

What I believe...



ezs note:  I've given this some thought - no, a great deal of thought - but I've given a great deal of respect and admiration to Baha'u'llah (1817-1892).  I'll be ending this with a quote of Baha'u'llah, as well as His son, Abdu'l Baha, as well as Shoghi Effendi (among others).  If you wish to peruse the Writings more thoroughly, you can see http://bahai-library.com/. (Baha'i Library Online) 

Be fair: Is the testimony of those
 acceptable and worthy of attention
 whose deeds agree with their words,
 whose outward behavior conforms
 with their inner life? The mind is 
bewildered at their deeds, and the soul 
marveleth at their fortitude and bodily
 endurance. Or is the testimony of these
 faithless souls who breathe naught but
 the breath of selfish desire, and who lie
 imprisoned in the cage of their idle fancies,
 acceptable? Like the bats of darkness, they
 lift not their heads from their couch except
 to pursue the transient things of the world,
 and find no rest by night except as they
 labor to advance the aims of their sordid
 life. Immersed in their selfish schemes, they
 are oblivious of the Divine decree. In
 the daytime they strive with all their 
soul after worldly benefits, and in the
 night season their sole occupation is to
 gratify their carnal desires. By what law
 or standard could men be justified in
 cleaving to the denials of such petty-minded
 souls and in ignoring the faith of them
 that have renounced, for the sake of the
 good pleasure of God, their life and
 substance, their fame and renown, their
 reputation and honor?... (Baha’u’llah)

21 August 2020

Donald Trump - ‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016

Nolan McCaskill
Politico


ezs note:  Aw, all we're doin' is havin' a little meetin'...


please press:  www.politico.com

To all my Black friends:  I urge you - really, really urge you - to do the following - if you have any doubts, register to vote.  And when the time comes around, VOTE. (And this goes for you allies, too.) 

18 August 2020

El Salvador - Trans Salvadoran Woman Who Fled to Guatemala Murdered

Ernesto Valle
South Florida Gay News


Salcajá, Guatemala


please press:  southfloridagaynews.com

Rhode Island - Documentary on transgender boxing promoter is filming in R.I.

lead story - Trump rule on transgender health blocked at the 11th hour

Press
NBC News


E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse


please press:  www.nbcnews.com

Donald Trump - Gergen: Trump traps GOP in boneheaded position