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reACTIONary's JournalWhen Parents Hear That Their Child 'Is Not Normal and Should Not Exist'
Mr. Neiss is the father of an 11-year-old transgender boy, a fact that has tangled into every aspect of his life. He and his wife are trying to figure out how their son can have a bar mitzvah in accordance with their Orthodox Jewish faith. A New York City transplant to St. Louis, Mr. Neiss now stays up late combing through Zillow listings for houses across the Mississippi River in Illinois, worried that this will be the year Missouri legislators outlaw the medical care he and his wife believe is saving their son’s life.
NYT's latest transgender opinion piece. No paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/opinion/trans-gender-missouri.html?unlocked_article_code=qvDUmxPhs2tRQ3yDGOmpw7Jt5mEyAm9PBbImEI9ro7ZW2WsYzmcQYdsgYtH0dJ30OCxx0RaFo4hRKG2J88BhwzrRsOrV2bHpAooMKId1NVwpsYnQjn7bFMfW5hyusOA9r_uT07yLwBYI24sBda9YUp4R12g4rpij-x4p1ekx1-dYWi7sq6oDVYKs4nlz-Aecq9Pv6yzlfc-GDRt8Q5hek_q2vBmGeyxxpZ6iszWLD_HclNDE709ARVNfRqPUGWfYysf_gr4QEQkBlhIFSB_fYNa0onazPN1kelHejd2F8AaQoowdW71kf45U8mDBuVOjYT08KOD6EvWcXzIXpZTY&smid=url-share
Unite the Right marcher captured in viral photo dies by suicide before trial
Source: Washington Post (No Paywall)
A man wielding a tiki torch with neo-Nazis and white supremacists in a photo that became one of the most haunting images of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017 killed himself on the same day that his trial for a federal drug trafficking charge was set to begin.
Teddy Joseph Von Nukem, 35, died on Jan. 30 at his home in southwest Missouri when he was supposed to go to trial in Arizona on charges of trafficking fentanyl across the Mexico border. He was arrested in March 2021 for allegedly having more than 33 pounds of fentanyl pills in his vehicle, according to court records.
Read more: https://wapo.st/3Xugdhz
Live Updates: Multiple Injuries Reported After Shots Fired at Michigan State University
Source: New York Times, No Paywall
Multiple people were reported injured in an active shooting at multiple locations on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. on Monday night, and the shooter was still at large, the university police said.
Several law enforcement agencies, including the F.B.I., responded late Monday to reports of shots fired.
Around 8:30 p.m. local time on Monday, the university’s Police Department sent an alert urging people on campus to “secure in place immediately.” The school police said shots were fired near Berkey Hall, home to the school’s college of arts and sciences, and the shooter was still believed to be on foot as of 10 p.m. local time.
School police said there was another reported shooting at IM East, a campus gym, around 9:30 p.m., and that “it appears there is only one suspect at this time.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/02/13/us/michigan-state-shooting?unlocked_article_code=MpUZeJDsE8pJ1A3kuCWroJUyifygx2lUBBu-Zd0hgKF9961hab3giSbQZBF-2jEmN66l4pubKOD3NkLwLlcT-o-Gdl9takvoIzb7kPR2V2WPt39y4iTnfSNbS1lLd1cBs4vUG7es1VYigUCIJ9xi63ttqD89zZ1uc
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