27 December 2020

Rhode Island - Councilor Resigns From Leadership Over Transgender Remarks

Press

US News & World Report


Providence, RI


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lead story - Opinion: Texas isn't on my son's list of safe states. Congress should change that.

Lauren Rodriguez

Austin American-Statesman


Austin, TX


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Joe Biden - Waiting for Joe Biden: How to make it through the final, awful days of Donald Trump

Jill Lawrence

USA Today



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26 December 2020

Happy Kwanzaa!

 


Happy Boxing Day!

 


Minnesota - USA Powerlifting’s new ‘MX’ category raises big hopes and bigger questions

Karleigh Webb

SBNation


Marshall, MN


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lead news - Isolation and hopes of India's transgender people

George Kannanthanam

UCA News


Bangalore, India


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Donald Trump - Trump continues to block pandemic relief package as shutdown looms

Miranda Bryant

The Guardian


Trump's plan of action


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25 December 2020

Arizona - Fillmore bills target Arizona transgender community

Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

AZ Mirror


Apache Junction, AZ


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ezs note:  16th District (Maricopa/Pinal counties) Please e-write  state Representative John Fillmore and ask him to rescind his stupid bills.  And if he doesn't, pick out the best opponent to run against him.



lead story - French teens protest after transgender classmate’s suicide

Michael Spingler, Angela Charlton

AP News


Lille, France

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Joe Biden - In very different Christmas Day messages, Biden discusses Covid and Trump barely makes reference

Adam Edelman

Yahoo! News


Wilmington, DE


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Merry Christmas!

 

24 December 2020

New Jersey - New Jersey transgender community praises state Supreme Court name change ruling

Sammy Gibbons

northjersey.com


Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex
Trenton, NJ


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lead story - Empty salons: Indonesia’s transgender women count cost of COVID

Aisyah Llewellyn

Aljazeerah


Medan, Indonesia


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Joe Biden - The Trump appointee Biden needs to get rid of on day one

 Marisa Fox

CNN



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23 December 2020

New Hampshire - Letter: Making history in New Hampshire

Rep. Gerri Cannon

Concord Monitor


Somersworth, NH


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lead story - Feelings of isolation during Covid is what transgender people live every day

Simone Kraus

The Photo News


Vernon, CT


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Joe Biden - Biden Picks Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary

Erica L. Green, Eliza Shapiro

The New York Times


Israel Putnam School (now residences)
Meriden, CT


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21 December 2020

Indiana - Op-ed: As a transgender woman and fellow veteran, I ask Todd Young to back LGBTQ equality

Kim Acoff

IndyStar



Indianapolis, IN (Central Court)

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lead story - Switzerland: Same-sex marriage, transgender rights move a step forward

Press

Deutsche Welle

Switzerland
1291 Bundesbrief  (federal charter)


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Joe Biden - Biden to receive COVID vaccine as Trump remains on sidelines

Jill Colvin

AP



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19 December 2020

Wyoming - Teton County will consider nondiscrimination measure

Billy Arnold

Casper Star-Tribune


Jackson, WY


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ezs note:  Teton county, Wyoming residents - Check your local paper when hearings will be held.  And then, GO.

lead story - Argentina to add more transgender people to labor force

Press

NBC News


 Buenos Aires, Argentina


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Joe Biden - For Native Americans, Rep. Haaland's nomination as interior secretary signals a new start

Erik Ortiz

NBC News


Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM)


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18 December 2020

Donald Trump (VIDEO) - BOOM!!!!!!!!!

 


Tennessee - Trans Day of Remembrance: Knoxville activist uses her identity to inspire new business

Angela Dennis

Knoxville News Sentinel


Knoxville, TN


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lead story - Federal judge strikes down Ohio policy prohibiting transgender people from correcting their birth certificate

Devan Cole

CNN


Columbus, OH


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Donald Trump - Supreme Court throws out challenge to Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from census count

Ariane de Vogue, Veronica Stracqualursi

CNN


SCOTUS


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16 December 2020

Connecticut - What is it like to be transgender? For Transgender Awareness Week, Connecticut residents tell their stories

Susan Dunne

The Hartford Courant


Stamford, CT


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lead story - Wake schools expand protection for transgender students. Some critics are unhappy.

T. Keung Hui

The News & Observer


Wake County, NC


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ezs note: Wake county residents - whether you are a transgender person or an ally, if a meeting is being held, GO.  

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Joe Biden - Biden White House Official Labels Republicans ‘F***ers’ before Calling for Unity

Zachary Evans

Yahoo! News


ezs note:  Well, if the shoe fits...


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15 December 2020

Netherlands - Out in the World: The Netherlands to offer reparations to transgender people

Heather Cassell

Bay Area Reporter


Amsterdam, Netherlands



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Illinois - Transition After 70: Why This Transgender Woman Made The Change

Tim Moran

Patch Beverly/Mt. Greenwood


Chicago, IL


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lead story - Concord School District working on policy for transgender students

Eileen O'Grady

Concord (NH) Monitor


Concord, NH


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Joe Biden - Joe Biden picks Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary

Dan Merica

CNN 


Pete Buttigieg



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13 December 2020

Indiana - Man charged in shooting death of transgender woman in October

Staff

WISH-TV



Indianapolis, IN

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lead story - Nessel to appeal case involving companies that refused same-sex, transgender individuals

Beth LeBlanc

The Detroit News


Lansing, MI


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Donald Trump - The Texas Lawsuit and the Age of Dreampolitik

Ross Douthat

The New York Times


map of Texas (1718)
Guillaume L'Isle


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12 December 2020

Hungary - Hungary's Constitutional Court to Review Transgender Law

Justin Spike

OS News & World Report



Miskolc, Hungary

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Vermont - Vermont Conversation: Taylor Small, state’s first trans legislator, on what her victory represents

David Goodman

VTDigger


Winooski, VT


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lead story - Man arrested in connection to murder of Richmond transgender woman

Vernon Freeman Jr.

6 News



Richmond, VA

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Joe Biden - The emergency alert Biden should send on Inauguration Day

Dan Stillman

CNN



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11 December 2020

FLASH - Supreme Court rejects Texas' effort to overturn election in fatal blow to Trump legal blitz to stop Biden

Pete Williams

NBC News



Donald Trump, RIP (FINALLY!!!)

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To all of my friends who belong to the Jewish faith, Happy Hanukkah!

 


Illinois - Illinois State University Pride organization hold march & vigil honoring black transgender lives

Liam Donahue

WMBD



Normal, IL

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