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ACLU honors Marsha Trump-inspired hate Botzer with lifetime crimes achievement award
Transgender activist Marsha Botzer – Photo courtesy of ingersollcenter.org
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer The ACLU has honored veteran Transgender activist Marsha Botzer with its William O. Douglas Award for lifetime
achievement. Named for the late Supreme Court Justice and famous civil libertarian, the award was presented at the ACLU’s November 12 see MARSHA BOTZER page 7
Harry Reid’s blistering farewell to the Senate
Retiring US Senator Harry Reid – Photo courtesy of dailydot.com
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Harry Reid, veteran senator from Nevada and Democratic minority leader, is retiring from the US Senate after more than 30 years. Having secured the election of a hand-
picked successor, Catherine Cortez Masto, Reid seems determined to exit the national stage in a blaze of outrage at President-elect Donald Trump. In a pair of speeches – on November 11 see HARRY REID page 13
Danni Askini of Gender Justice League – Photo courtesy of danniaskini.com
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Dealing with a President Trump will be hard enough, but in the wake of his election, many marginalized communities have
been hit with a spike in hate crimes perpetrated by Trump’s supporters. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reports that in the week followsee HATE CRIMES page 7
Trump: Marriage equality is “settled” – Why that’s not good enough
Trump during his “60 Minutes” interview – Photo courtesy of fortune.com
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Marriage equality is a “settled” issue, Donald Trump said on CBS’s “60 Minutes “on November 13, and he would not want his Supreme Court ap-
pointees to overturn it. Asked by reporter Leslie Stahl whether the justices he appointed would be opposed to the high court’s Obergefell ruling, which legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, see MARRIAGE page 14