Georgia - Transgender politics comes to early forefront in Georgia U.S. Senate race

Tim Darnell

Atlanta News First

Pooler, GA

('Goober' Buddy's town)

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ezs note:  Georgia residents - So Buddy Carter's gonna run for Senate.  Whutever.  What YOUR job is to is to re-elect Jon Ossoff, sendin' ole Buddy back  to the hicks!

Georgia - Kemp signs bills requiring school panic buttons, ban on trans girls in Georgia school sports

Ross Williams

Georgia Recorder

Cumming, GA

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ezs note:  Georgians, click on https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69274 to find if your legislator is currently in office.  Then work your arse off to get him/her booted out of office!

Georgia - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta suspends gender-affirming care

Katie Burkholder

RoughDraft

Atlanta, GA

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ezs note:  That's OK.  I wouldn't give them my 'so-called' money. (except in a medical emergency)

national/world - Man gets life in prison in killing of transgender model in the South Caucasus nation of Georgia (country)

Press

AP

Tblisi, Georgia (country)

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Georgia - Georgia Democrats’ frustration with anti-transgender bills boils over into a walkout

Jeff Amy

AP

Vidalia, GA 

(Rep. Blake Tillery's hometown)

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national/world - Gender-affirming hormone therapy is linked to lower depression in transgender adults, study shows

Madeline Holcombe

CNN

Atlanta, GA

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national/world - As a transgender person, have you been impacted by Trump’s executive orders? We want to hear from you

Staff

CNN

Atlanta, GA

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ezs note:  If you are one of those folks who identify as transgender, it's ***extremely*** important that you voice be heard!!!  Fill out the form at the bottom of CNN.  Good luck.

Georgia - Georgia Senate votes along party lines to ban state medical coverage of transgender procedures

Ty Tagami

Athens Banner-Herald

Atlanta, GA

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national/world - Georgia lawmakers advance a bill to prevent transgender women from competing in women's sports

Charlotte Kramon

WABE

Atlanta, GA (Castleberry Hill)

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Happy birthday, Martin Luther King Jr.!!!

 

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Georgia - Anti-LGBTQ Bills Expected To Return In Georgia Legislature, Including Transgender Sports Ban

Linda

Lavender

Fairburn, Georgia (r)

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President Jimmy Carter 1924 - 2024

 

ezs note:  Thank you, Jimmy.  You will be missed. 😔

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Georgia - Atlanta LGBTQ community marks Transgender Day of Remembrance

Staff

Atlanta News First

Atlanta, GA 

(1952 map)

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Georgia - Georgia Holds Hearings to Exclude Trans Women From Sports

Mira Lazine

Assigned Media

Sandy Springs, GA (r)

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national/world - Settlement Reached in Transgender Discrimination Complaint Against Medical Provider

Cedra Mayfield

law.com

Atlanta, GA

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But is She Dying - The Lincoln Project (video)

 

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ezs note:  Please, distribute this blog widely.

Georgia - Transgender women participation in sports debated by Georgia Senate

Kim Jarret

The Center Square

Unadilla, GA (r)

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ezs note:  Georgia residents - YOU have a voice!  Call or email your views to your state Senator.

national/world - Convicted murderer on the run after transgender woman killed in DeKalb County

Staff

WSB-TV

Decatur, GA (head of DeKalb county)

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ezs note:  DeKalb county - please, bring JaQuan Brooks and Davonte Fore to justice.  If you have any information, please call the DeKalb police at 404-294-2911.  Thanks. 

Georgia - Transgender health care is scarce in Middle GA. Could city protections make a difference?

Jesse Fraga

The Telegraph

Macon, GA

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Happy 100th birthday, President Jimmy Carter!

 

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