Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• California toughens sex assault laws after Stanford case
• U.S. to Bar Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Contracts Compulsory arbitration, especially between economic unequal parties, should be illegal.
• Court Overturns New Hampshire Ban on Selfies (and Snapchat) in Voting Booths
• Alabama Chief Justice suspended over gay marriage stance He was suspended without pay for the remainder of his term. I'd say he was fired.
• Van Gogh paintings stolen from Amsterdam found in Italy

Bad News

• This terrible editorial is a monument to Silicon Valley’s sexism

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• Lafayette [Indiana] adds transgender antidiscrimination protections
• Seattle Children's to open Gender Clinic in October
• Appeals court blocks proof-of-citizenship voting requirement

Bad News

• Some police departments shelve body cameras, cite data costs

Recent news round-up, Part 3

Good News

• Bolivia's transgender citizens celebrate new ID cards
• King of Norway’s incredible speech on gay rights goes viral
• New York City’s Firefighting Arsenal Will Soon Include Drones

Bad News

• Texas wedding venue places ad telling same-sex couples they’re not welcome
• Tanzania threatens to ban groups supporting gay rights

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Judge orders state not to block Planned Parenthood funding
• Turkey court acquits famed pianist of blasphemy charges Blasphemy should not be a crime.
• Female WWII pilot has finally been laid to rest at Arlington
• Hungarian camerawoman who kicked refugees charged
• Rival Boko Haram groups clash in NE Nigeria: sources

Bad News

• New Hampshire city to reinstall Ten Commandments monument
• Maldives police raid newsroom after documentary broadcast

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• N Carolina elections board expand voting hours
• New York to allow late-term abortions for health at-risk women I am amazed that it has taken over 40 years to clear this up.
• FCC Chairman Shifts To App-Based Approach For Set-Top Box Competition This has a long way to go before it happens, unfortunately.
• U.S. Marine trainers may be prosecuted after suicide of Muslim recruit, Muslim Marine Recruit Was Slapped Before Falling to His Death: Report
• France sees sharp fall in number of citizens joining Islamic State
• Ryan Lochte Suspended For 10 Months Over Rio Gas Station Incident I think this is a reasonable punishment.

Bad News

• Asking for raises benefits men more than women, research finds

Today's news round-up

Good News

• This Pro Bono Clinic Guides Transgender People Through Legal Bureaucracy
• City supports LGBT newspaper after explosion destroys box
• Boston police rolling out body-worn cameras
• Libyan forces push into last IS-held areas of Sirte

Bad News

• California legal setback fails to discourage tenure opponents
• Visitor misbehavior abounds as US parks agency turns 100

Today's news round-up

Bad News

• When tech firms judge on skills alone, women land more job interviews
• Apologetic Hacker? Not if You Peek at His Emails I hope he gets a lot more time in  jail because of this. He's horrible.
• 4 Chad troops killed by 'Boko Haram mine'
• US fears over IS group's SE Asia expansion

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• As party unease grows with Trump, Republican lawmaker says he will back Clinton I have no idea how many Republican congressmembers will join him, but I doubt he will be the only one.
• Court denies North Carolina motion to stay decision on voter ID law
• Judge Dismisses Suit by Suspended Alabama Chief Justice
• Missouri’s Governor Cut Funding to the State’s Public Defenders. So They Assigned Him a Case
• Georgia man pleads guilty in $30M computer hacking scheme
• X-ray uncovers hidden portrait beneath famed Degas painting
• Libyan forces advance in IS bastion as US keeps up air strikes

Bad News

• Pope: It's 'terrible' children taught they can choose gender I seldom give much notice to what religious leaders say, but this is a total mischaracterization of what it is to be transgender. Nobody chooses their gender. But for some people it doesn't correspond to their physical sex. 
• New Report Shows LGBTQ Students Targeted for Discipline
• U.S. police body camera policies put civil rights at risk: study

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Koch network refusing to help Trump
• Saatchi boss Kevin Roberts disciplined over gender comments
• Socially conservative Guatemala sees quiet LGBTQ gains
• U.S.-backed forces win control of most of Syria's Manbij from Islamic State: spokesman
• Baguette vending machine bakes up French-style bread at anytime

Bad News

• Two sisters shot dead in Pakistan 'honour' killings

Today's news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• U.S. opens door to a change in blood donation policy for gay men
• California City Bans Deceptive Ads By Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Clinics
• Qualcomm to Pay $19.5M to Settle Gender Discrimination Suit
• To Reduce Bias, Some Police Departments Are Rethinking Traffic Stops
• Florida principal suspended after saying gays ‘must be put to death’

Bad News

• Teen says she was fired after asking for equal pay
• This attorney wore a Black Lives Matter pin to court — and went to jail for it

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Governor Baker signs transgender bill into law I'm very glad that Massachusetts finally has this. When they added gender identity to their non-discrimination law a few years ago, public accommodations was left out, because there weren't enough votes. Businesses could be required to employ trans people, but didn't have to serve them.  
• Private prison company CCA to face trial in violence lawsuit Private prisons should be outlawed.
• Overland Park cop fired for Facebook threat that seemed to reference Black Lives Matter

Bad News

• A Man Was Allegedly Denied AirBnB Booking Because He Is Gay
• Putin signs controversial anti-terror measures into law Russia is not a democracy.
• Suicide bomber kills six in mosque in northeast Nigeria -army

Today's news round-up

Good News

• U.S. court backs landmark Obama internet equal-access rules
• Elliot Morales, Who Killed Gay Man in West Village, Gets 40 Years to Life
• Prosecutor bumps Stanford sex assault judge from new case

Bad News

• Anti-abortion activist's human organ purchase charge dropped It's strange they aren't going to refile. But the important thing is that the felony charge is still alive.
• Brock Turner’s Probation Officer Asked for Lenient Sentence Over Drunkenness
• IS suicide attack kills five in Iraq's Ramadi: officers
• Russian gay couple 'arrested for Orlando tribute'
• Syrian teen's amputated hand a cruel reminder of IS rule

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• U.S. to issue decree on transgender access to school restrooms: NYT
• Troopers suspended over pursuit video that shows pummeling
• ACLU sues school district over transgender bathroom policy
• UPS now lets you track packages for real — on an actual map This doesn't affect me very much, since my building's doorman is always here to accept packages. But I'm this will help many other people.
• Houston renames schools named for Confederate leaders 

Bad News

• Kansas to toughen rules on transgender birth certificates
• Judge sides with House Republicans against health care law
• Doping program behind Russian medals at Sochi Olympics: report I'm not the least bit surprised.

Recent news round-up

Good News

• North Carolina transgender battle could expand civil rights law
• Counseling association cancels Tennessee convention
• Defying church ban, dozens of Methodist clergy come out as gay and lesbian I generally stay out of the internal politics of religious organizations, but this is good to see.
• Alabama drag queen is suspended chief justice's nightmare
• New York sued over anti-farm union law, refuses to defend it
• Two female US Marines assigned to infantry
• Geraldine Roman: First transgender politician elected in the Philippines
• New Jersey man gets 15 years for conspiring to aid ISIL
• French national rail backs futuristic Hyperloop

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Microsoft Will Not Donate Money to Republicans’ Convention
• Officer Convicted of Assault for Stomping on Suspect’s Head
• High-speed rail board approves revised California plan
• Obama Puts His Weight Behind Smart Gun Technology
• Spanish pipe-layers find large Roman coin hoard
• Lebanese army kills Islamic State leader at Syrian border

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Retailer Target to let transgender people use bathroom of their choice
• In U.S. bathroom battles, Florida transgender student fights for equality
• Visa: new technology for chip cards to speed checkout times
• Harriet Tubman to be featured on U.S. $20 bill
• Rembrandt's earliest masterpiece coming to US for 1st time
• Creator of malware used to drain bank accounts gets 9 years
• NHL suspends Blackhawks' Shaw 1 game for anti-gay slur
• UK alerts LGBT travelers to North Carolina, Mississippi laws

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• ‘Religious liberty’ bill jeopardizes Atlanta Super Bowl bid and Tech Company Ditches Georgia Because of Bill That Undermines LGBT Rights
• Business leaders oppose Missouri religious objections bill
• Pizzeria owner who recruited for IS group gets 22 1/2 years

Bad News

• Experts: IS expanding its global reach through social media

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• California Gives Terminally Ill Residents The Right To Die On Their Own Terms
• Online harassment must be met head-on: tech summit panel
• IS jihadists pull out of several Iraq towns: officers
• U.S., allies launch 18 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq: statement

Bad News

• CBS News Reporter Tossed To Ground At Trump Melee, Charged With Resisting Arrest The Chicago police have been out of control since probably forever.
• Egypt court sentences blogger to 3 years for insulting women
• At least 16 dead as gunmen storm Ivory Coast beach resort

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• NYC's WiFi-equipped buses will debut in Queens this year
• Second Wachowski sibling comes out as transgender
• Missouri Democrats filibuster religious objections measure
• IS commander 'likely killed' in Syria air strike: US official

Bad News

• Under attack, Indonesian LGBT groups set up safehouses, live in fear
• DIY Abortions Are on the Rise, According to These Chilling Google Searches

Recent news round-up, Part 3

Good News

• Spanish police seize 20,000 military uniforms bound for jihadists

Bad News

• Kentucky Lawmaker Joseph Fischer Is Trying to Stop Marriage Equality
• Airlines slow to adopt safety technologies after MH370