Recent news round-up

Good News

• Win on NYS Medicaid Paying for Gender Transition “Cosmetic Surgery”
• LGBT history lessons heading for California classrooms
• Man caught in sting trying to join IS gets 8.5 years
• Model Gets Fired and Banned From Gym After Posting Naked Photo of Woman in Locker Room Even if it was meant to be sent only to a friend, it's still wrong, and quite possibly a criminal offense. I'm sure the woman she photographed would have a good lawsuit against her.

Bad News

• Untreatable gonorrhea: coming soon to genitalia near you The headline is misleading. It is not definitely coming, but the trend is in that direction.

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• New Hampshire: Governor bans discrimination against transgender government workers
• Mississippi: U.S. judge blocks law allowing religion as reason to deny service to LGBT people
• California tightens gun control laws, expands assault weapons ban
• More Upheaval on Donald Trump’s Team as Two Staff Members Resign
• Hacker Pleads Guilty To Stealing Info From L.A. Celebrities

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Porn site bans all North Carolina users over anti-LGBT law I hope this isn't a fake article like the NBA one was.
• N.C. Rep. Billy Richardson: I was wrong to vote for HB2
• Deutsche Bank freezes job expansion plans in North Carolina
• GOP attempt to change Nebraska's electoral vote system fails
• Arizona lawmaker drops ban on journalists who refuse checks
• North Dakota to pay abortion clinic $245K

Bad News

• Maine approves Christian ballot initiative [wording] to strip gay rights from Human Rights Act This headline is misleading. All that was approved was the wording. This allows the proponents to start collecting signatures needed to place it on the ballot.
• White officer gets probation in black driver's shooting He belongs in jail. He says he "has no plans" to become a police officer again. I hope he doesn't change his mind, but I kind of doubt it.
• Judge rules against couple in China's 1st same-sex case

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• SC Gov. Haley: Transgender bathroom bill not needed
• Florida Ends 148-Year Old Ban on Unmarried Cohabitation
• Kenosha Unified School District lets transgender teen run for Prom King after student protest
• Judge rules putting cross on LA County seal unconstitutional
• Big-city mayors take aim at states with anti-gay laws

Bad News

• Tennessee: Transgender bathroom bill advances over businesses' opposition
• France prostitution: MPs outlaw paying for sex
• IS group doubles number of fighters in Libya: US
• Senate refuses to stop airlines from shrinking seat sizes
• Arizona rule restricts reporters who reject background check

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge in voting rights case
• U.S. top court rejects Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo class action appeals
• Man Pleads Guilty to Beating Transgender Woman Islan Nettles to Death This was a hate crime. Unfortunately he never said anything explicitly, so the prosecutors didn't think they could prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. Thus he wasn't charged with a hate crime.
• California governor signs $15-an-hour minimum wage into law Also: New York's Cuomo signs two-tier minimum wage law in push for state-wide $15/hour
• Virginia governor vetoes bill to label books 'sexually explicit' in schools

Recent news round-up, Part 1

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