24 October 2020

India - A magazine into the world of transgender community

 P.A. Narayani

The Hindu


Madurai, India

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Michigan - Effort to bar LGBTQ discrimination moves ahead in Michigan

Press

NBC News


Lansing, MI

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lead story - The Disturbing History of Research into Transgender Identity

Jack Turban

Scientific American


Wilhelm Wundt (seated) and colleagues

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Donald Trump - Ethiopia blasts Trump remark that Egypt will 'blow up' dam

Elias Meseret

Yahoo! news


rendition of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

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23 October 2020

Ohio - Ousted LGBT Center director files two lawsuits against Ohio University, including class action

 Ben Peters

The Athens News


Athens, OH (OSU)


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lead story - ‘An Inspiration To Us All’: First Openly Transgender Woman To Run For Florida Senate Dies Weeks Before Election Day

Hope Dean 

WUFT


Clay County, FL (part of District 5)



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ezs note:  Rest in peace, Ms. Farley-Barratt...

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Donald Trump - GOP prays Trump stopped the bleeding

Gabby Orr, Burgess Everett

Politico


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21 October 2020

California - Gang member attacked transgender women in MacArthur Park, prosecutors say

James Queally

Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles, CA

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lead story - More transgender and gender non-conforming people have been killed this year than any year prior

Dan Grossman

Newschannel 5 Nashville


Nashville, TN (1895)

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Donald Trump - The *real* reason Donald Trump walked out of that '60 Minutes' interview

Chris Cillizza

CNN


Lesley Stahl

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20 October 2020

Alaska - Anchorage chooses 1st woman, openly gay acting mayor

Press

Yahoo! news


Anchorage, AK

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lead story - Sara Blackwood, a transgender woman, was shot and killed while walking home on National Coming Out Day

Amanda Jackson, Anna Sturla

CNN


Indianapolis, IN

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ezs note: As of this printing, police are still unable to find Sara Blackwood's killer.  If you live in the Indianapolis area, and you have any information, please call the Indianapolis police at 317-327-3282. Thanks.

Donald Trump - The Constitution is strangling America

Ryan Cooper

The Week


Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, Howard Chandler Christy, 1940

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19 October 2020

New Hampshire - Under pressure from feds, university rescinds transgender inclusive sports policy

Kayleigh Webb

Outsports.com


Rindge, NH

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lead story - Biden calls anti-trans violence an 'epidemic that needs national leadership'

Jeff Taylor

NBC News


Joe Biden


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Donald Trump - Trump Unloads on Anthony Fauci, Calling Him a ‘Disaster’ and an ‘Idiot’ About Coronavirus

Pilar Melendez

Daily Beast


A more thoughtful moment with Donald

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18 October 2020

West Virginia - LGBTQ group emphasizes voter registration, protecting right to vote

Staff

MetroNews


Charleston, WV

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lead story - 'Brokeback Mountain' adaptation to star all-transgender cast

Dan Avery

NBC News


Brokeback Mountain (2005)


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Donald Trump - Ditching The Donald: Trump’s largest voter base is fleeing at an alarming rate

 Press

Yahoo! news


The Ditch (2010)

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ezs note: It's really beginning to look promising, but if you haven't done so yet, VOTE  Put another shovel up Donald's ass!

17 October 2020

Maine - Maine’s 1st openly trans person elected to office wants to keep Passamaquoddy culture ‘front and center’

Emily Burnham

Bangor Daily News


Indian Township, ME

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lead story - Tallahassee's Planned Parenthood offers support for transgender people

Tori Lynn Schneider

Tallahassee Democrat


Tallahassee, FL

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Donald Trump - The legal reckoning awaiting Donald Trump if he loses the election

Kara Scannell, Erica Orden

CNN


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16 October 2020

Colorado - Colorado State University’s Artist-Curated Virtual Exhibition Series Features Renowned Photographer Jess T. Dugan

Steven Bonifazi

North Forty News


Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

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lead story - Biden tells mother of transgender daughter there should be "zero discrimination"

Caitlin O'Kane

CBS News


Joe Biden

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Donald Trump - Trump administration rejects California's disaster assistance request for wildfires

Sarah Moon, Paul LeBlanc

CNN


Yosemite National Park, California

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15 October 2020

Arkansas - ACLU of Arkansas tell HUD that federally-funded shelters should not turn away transgender people

Press

FOX News


Little Rock, AR

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lead story - Guilty plea in death of transgender woman leads to 35-year sentence for Jacksonville man

Dan Scanlan

First Coast News


Jacksonville, FL

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Donald Trump - Trump Is Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome

John F. Harris

Politico


The White House, at work

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14 October 2020

Washington (state) - Seahawks suspend Seattle radio host Dori Monson after transphobic tweet

 Press

K5 Press


Qwest Field

Seattle, WA

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lead story - Transgender people who experience discrimination likelier to have poor mental health

 Press

Medical XPress


University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

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Donald Trump - Exclusive: Feds chased suspected foreign link to Trump's 2016 campaign cash for three years

Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, Jeremy Herb

CNN


 Fresco of Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim (985-1021 CE)
Cairo, Egypt

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13 October 2020

Kentucky - Mom celebrates son coming out as transgender with sweet photo shoot

 Nicole Pelletiere

Yahoo! news


Louisville, KY

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lead story - Transgender Woman Says Illinois Is Denying Her Unemployment Benefits Because Of Name Change

 Tara Molina

CBS News


Chicago, IL

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Donald Trump - "Nervous breakdown": President Trump attacks Fox News and Drudge Report in early morning tweet spree

 Press

Yahoo! news



Uh, Donald, your marbles are over here...

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12 October 2020

10 October 2020

Arkansas - Communication Professor Awarded Grant to Study Transgender Suicide History

Staff

University of Arkansas


'Tusk'

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lead story - Transgender Man Told to Identify as Female at Birth on Blood Donation Paperwork

 Jackie Bensen

4 Washington (NBC)


Sterling, VA

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Donald Trump - The Swamp That Trump Built

Nicholas Confessore, Karen Yourish, Steve Eder, Ben Protess, Maggie Haberman, Grace Ashford, Michael LaForgia, Kenneth P. Vogel, Michael Rothfeld, Larry Buchanan

The New York Times


The New York Times (1914)


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ezs note:  This is a gargantuan piece - but don't forget the hotlinks.