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Transphobia | Wikipedia
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Transphobic graffiti in Rome, meaning "trans out" in German, with a swastika. Atreliu, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsWikipedia May 13, 2023 Transphobia consists of negative attitudes, feelings, or actions towards transgender people or transness in general. Transphobia can include fear, aversion, hatred, violence or anger towards people who do not conform to social gender expectations. It is ...
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Stadio Olimpico: Can Sports Heal the World? | Ramzy Baroud
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Friendly match between Roma and Raja Casablanca at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, on August 14, 2021. (Photo: Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 30, 2021 Amid chao ...
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The Politics of Cheering and Booing: On Palestine, Solidarity and the Tokyo Olympics | Ramzy Baroud
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The flag of Palestine was carried into the 2016 Olympics by a Palestinian woman. (Photo: via Twitter) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 4, 2021 When the Palestinian Olympic delegation of five ath ...
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ALL News is Fake News — Mickey Z.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 27, 2021 On July 20, 2021, the Milwaukee Bucks won the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship. Their MVP was Giannis Antetokounmpo, ...
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A DIY Little League Story (we’d all be canceled today) — Mickey Z.
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Yours truly, at maybe age 6, in Long Island City High School schoolyard Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 16, 2021 Growing up in a working-class, blue-collar neighborhood — long before there was an i ...
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Kneeling against Racism: Solidarity in EURO 2020 Should Not be ‘Controversial’ | Ramzy Baroud
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French footballer Kylian Mbappé kneeling down against racism. (Photo: video grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 9, 2021 Another football "controversy" has started when football players partic ...
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Ranting about lockdown casualties, participation trophies, and more — Mickey Z.
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Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 13, 2021 While walking home from Astoria Park the other day, I passed Riccardo’s By the Bridge. (FYI: Nobody in Astoria ever called it anything other than “Riccardo’s ...
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One of Them Life-Flashing-Before-Your-Eyes Moments — Mickey Z.
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One-half of the "Fearsome Foursome": Tommy (a.k.a. “Buse”) and me at age 14 Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 19, 2021 Every now and then, if you’re the kind of person who pays close attention, the ...
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Long Before Serena, There Was Althea Gibson — Mickey Z.
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(public domain) Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 16, 2021 Althea Gibson was one of the greatest and most important tennis players of all-time. Btw, she was female and she was black. In her 2003 obi ...
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Pre-COVID Life as a Gym Rat — Mickey Z.
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(BlackLabelArt) Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 14, 2021 Thanks to the COVID-19 (over)response, March 10, 2021, marked one full year since I had worked in-person as a fitness trainer. It was one f ...
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Hanging Out with Arnold at the Gym — Mickey Z.
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(YouTube screenshot) Mickey Z. — Worlds News Trust March 1, 2021 I recently told you a little about my gig at the Vertical Club (VC). Think of it as Studio 54 with bench pressing (or is that redundan ...
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