Koko Da Doll, star in documentary about transgender sex workers, killed in Atlanta

Dennis Romero

NBC News

Atlanta, GA

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Behold_statue_%26_Ebenezer_Baptist_Church_2.jpg

please press:  www.nbcnews.com

ezs note:  Atlanta and surrounding area - if you know anything about the killing of Koko Da Doll, please call the Atlanta police at 404-658-6666.  You can't bring Koko back, but you can bring justice.

Betty White - Betty White Dies: The Golden Girls and Mary Tyler Moore Show Star Was 99

Stephen M. Silverman

People

Betty White (1922-2021)

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Betty_White_2010.jpg

please press:  people.com

lead story - 13 Reasons Why star Tommy Dorfman comes out as transgender

Press

BBC

Tommy Dorfman

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Tommy_Dorfman_2018.png

please press:  www.bbc.com

lead story - 'Mandalorian' star Pedro Pascal celebrates sister after she comes out transgender

Alexander Kacala

Today

Santiago, Chile

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/WLMCL_-_Municipalidad_de_Santiago.JPG

please press:  www.today.com

lead story - Elliot Page, star of 'Juno' and 'The Umbrella Academy,' comes out as transgender

Minyvonne Burke

NBC News

Elliot Page

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Elliot_Page_2015.jpg

please press:  www.nbcnews.com

lead story - 'Brokeback Mountain' adaptation to star all-transgender cast

Dan Avery

NBC News

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Brokeback_mountain.jpg

please press:  www.nbcnews.com

lead story - ‘Real Housewives’ Star Opens Up About Transgender Son After Mario Lopez Debacle

Curtis M. Wong
HuffPost

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/RHONY_Season6Cover.png

please press:  www.huffpost.com

lead story - Transgender YouTube star says she was kicked out of Jake Paul’s house

Courtney Brogle
Page Six

Calabasas, CA

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Calabasas_California_Calabasas_Commons_2014.jpg

please press:  pagesix.com

lead story - Transgender YouTube star 'Furry Potato' shot while filming outside synagogue

Chiara Giordano
Independent

Los Angeles, CA

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Dolby_Theatre.jpg

please press:  www.independent.co.uk

lead story - 'Champions' star Josie Totah comes out as transgender

Lisa Respers France
CNN

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2FxHhUh3bs

please press:  www.cnn.com

Kansas - YouTube star Tyler Oakley challenges Kansas principal on LGBTQ issues

Suzanne Perez Tobias
The Wichita Eagle

Cheney, KS

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojEyNiiXJhk

‘When We Rise’ star Ivory Aquino comes out as transgender

Jeff Taylor
LGBTQ Nation

Ivory Aquino

Credit:  http://eclipsemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IvoryAquino-1-400x321.jpg

please press:  http://www.lgbtqnation.com

Broadway and TV Star Florence Henderson Dies at 82

Robert Viagas
Playbill

Florence Henderson

Credit:  http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_630_noupscale/5837d2f4180000911130fe81.jpeg?cache=w678kz8bdy

please press:  http://www.playbill.com

ezs note:  Besides being best known as Carol in The Brady Bunch, she was also known as being a fierce advocate for LGBT people.  Rest in peace, Florence.

‘Strut’ Star Isis King Is Exposing Mainstream America To Transgender Models

Zara Barrie
Elite Daily

Isis King

Credit:  http://www.stylenotes.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Transgender-model-Isis-King-to-launch-fashion-line.jpg

please press:  http://elitedaily.com

Shortland Street transgender star helps foil schoolboy bully (New Zealand)

Russell Blackstock
nzherald.co.nz

Shortland Street cast

Credit:  https://s.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/VkXNoLwK40rYXD_qfzNOsg--/YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVvO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDt3PTIxMDtoPTExODtkeD0xO2R5PTE7Y3c9NDk5O2NoPTI4MTtxPTkwO3JvdGF0ZT1hdXRv/https://s.yimg.com/ea/img/-/120521/ss1995_17rjd7f-17rjd9d.jpg

please press:  http://www.nzherald.co.nz

The Lady Chablis, transgender nightclub star, dies aged 59

Megan Carpentier
The Guardian

Credit:  http://www.david-de-alba.com/Chablis6.gif

please press:  https://www.theguardian.com

ezs note:  We miss you, The Lady Chablis...

Wentworth star learns about transgender (New Zealand)

Shaun Bamber
stuff.co.nz

Credit:  https://www.foxtel.com.au/content/dam/foxtel/watch/shows/wentworth/wentworth-cinematic.jpg

please press:  http://www.stuff.co.nz

The Pearl of Africa: An Interview with Africa's First Openly Transgender Star Cleopatra Kambugu

Les Fabian Brathwaite
Out

Credit:  http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/the-pearl-of-africa-cleopatra-kambugu-thailand-jonny-von-wallstrom-6-715x402.jpg

please press:  http://www.out.com

Holly Woodlawn, Transgender Star of 1970s Underground Films, Dies at 69

William Grimes
The New York Times

Credit:  http://cdn3.thr.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/675x380/2015/07/holly_woodlawn.jpg

please press:  http://www.nytimes.com

ezs note:  Rest in peace, Ms Goodlawn...

Hedwig and the Angry Inch Star Neil Patrick Harris Will Appear on "Live! with Kelly and Michael" May 6

 Carey Purcell
http://www.playbill.com


*** press HERE for more ***