So, Manafort is a scumbag. Reports say that Stone recd him to Trump.

It's dangerous for transgender women in the District these days.

Desiree Copeland was walking to visit family near the Waterfront/Navy Yards in Southwest DC on July 2 when a young man started following her. The dude then shot off a Roman candle at Desiree which struck her. She asked him to stop, but he he continued to shoot fireworks at her, causing burns to her neck and face.

Petitions were due yesterday afternoon to qualify initiatives to be on the ballot for the November election.

The anti-transgender group, Just Want Privacy, had been gathering signatures for proposed initiative 1552. But they needed 260,000 valid signatures to reverse a 2015 state regulation guaranteeing access to restrooms and locker rooms according to the gender a person lives with rather the sex assigned at birth. They say they came up 20,000 signatures short.

'Tis the season, I guess.

I'm not necessarily endorsing any of these candidates. Rather I am just spreading the word.

Kristin Browde is running for town supervisor in New Castle, Westchester County, NY.

It embarrasses me that this happened near my home town. I grew up just south of Portland, OR. Vancouver, WA is just across the Columbia River to the north of Portland.

The administration touts "local control." Sometimes, however, that just means, "Beat the transgender kids into the ground."

I know some democrats have been blaming transgender people for the so-called bathroom bills, going so far as to blame them for the election of the Trump. If examined closely, however, one should be able to detect that all the transgender community has done to instigate those bills is to exist. The conservative forces take it upon themselves to advance such legislation, in hopes of forcing transgender people out of public life.

Seattle Children Hospital will open a clinic providing care to transgender youth on October 4.

The clinic, which will serve patients up to 21 years of age, will offer puberty blockers, hormone therapy, mental health support, and group discussions.

Washington is leading a coalition of 12 states and the District of Columbia opposing the states that have asked for a federal injunction against the guidelines which prevent employers and schools from discriminating against transgender people in bathroom access.

The states which are signatories to the amicus curiae filing by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson are California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon and Vermont.

Deeniquia (Dee Dee) Dodds was a transgender woman living in NE Washington, DC. She was shot in the neck on July 4. She was on life support at Prince George's Hospital Center until she died on Wednesday. Then DC police finally issued a press release Thursday morning.

The press release marked the first time D.C. police have publicly disclosed the victim had been shot 10 days earlier. The decision not to publicly disclose the shooting at the time it happened has raised concern among trans activists.

Similar to a police incident report prepared at the time of the shooting, the press release identifies the victim by her male birth name and doesn’t disclose that she was trans. However, unlike the incident report, the press release identifies an “AKA” name [Also Known As] for the victim as Deeniqua Dodds.

Just Want Privacy cancelled an appointment scheduled for yesterday morning at which they were supposed to turn in signatures calling for an anti-transgender referendum to be placed on the November ballot.