Missouri - 'Trans kids are normal kids' | Family heads to court after Missouri rejects son's name change

Lauren Trager

KMOV

St. Louis, MO

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Missouri - Diversity pushed to the forefront in Kansas, Missouri after 2020 election results 'break barriers'

Gabriela Pagán

KSHB

Kansas City, MO

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Missouri - Mocked, rejected, KC transgender engineer on court ruling: ‘It’s not the finish line’

Eric Adler
The Kansas City Star

Kansas City, MO

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civil rights - HRC Mourns Nina Pop, Black Trans Woman Killed in Missouri

Elliott Kozuch
HRC

Sikeston, MO

Harold E. Comstock (born in Sikeston)

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ezs note:  As before, this blog notes the murder of Nina Pop, except that this one has a photograph of her.  Please, take a second look.  If you recognize her and witnessed her murder, please call 573-471-8568. Thanks.     

civil rights - Transgender woman's death in SE Missouri under investigation

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sikeston, MO

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ezs note:  If you live in or near Sikeston, Missouri, and you witnessed the murder of Nina Pop, please contact the Sikeston (Miner) Police Department at 573-471-8568. Thanks.

lead story - Missouri bill would restrict transgender athletes to play on sports teams matching gender assigned at birth

Andrew Havranek
KY3

Lewis County Courthouse

Monticello, MO

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ezs note:  If you live in Missouri, and you are a transgender athlete, ally, friend, or parent,  please call up your state representative AND state senator and tell them to defeat this idiotic bill.  Thanks.

lead story - Missouri lawmakers debating a transgender ban for high school sports

Christine Morton
KY3

Springfield, MO

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ezs note:  If you live in Missouri, please tell your state congressperson and state senator to kill this stupid bill.  Thanks.  

Missouri - LGBTQ legislation passes in City Hall

Elizabeth Orosco
Northeast News

Kansas City, MO

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Missouri - Stephens College's new admissions policy to include nonbinary, transgender students

Ivy Hettinger-Roberts

Missourian

Columbia, Missouri

Stephens College

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Missouri - Transgender community rallies around need for health care

Jeremy Johnson
Missourian

Columbia, MO (1869)

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civil rights - Missouri human rights panel sued over transgender case

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San Francisco Chronicle

Jefferson City, MO

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Springfield, Missouri

estimated transgender population:  971*
(rounded up)

Springfield, MO

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ezs note:  Horace Duncan.  Fred Coker.  Will Allen.   Three African-Americans who were taken from their homes and lynched.  Springfield, Missouri did what was right and put up a plaque commemorating this ugly event - but it's only worth it if you take the children to the square and let them know what happened there.

*Credit:  http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf

Missouri - ‘I don’t support them’: Gov. Parson’s views on ‘the homosexual issue’ are cause for concern

Editorial Board
The Kansas City Star

Kansas City, MO

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ezs note:  Missourians - I am glad that The Kansas City Star has asked your governor to reconsider his position on LGBT issues.  I honestly hope that he does.   However, if he refuses, please think of a few names - Republican, Democratic, or other - who might consider a run for governor.

Missouri must provide hormone therapy for transgender inmate, federal judge orders

Matt Campbell
The Kansas City Star.

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Missouri transgender teen’s killing will not be charged as a hate crime

John Riley
Metro Weekly

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ezs note:  Missourians - here are four things you can do to change things.

1.  Call (don't e-write) the governor.  His number is 573-751-3222.

2.  Call the state congressperson and state senator.

3. If you hear of a protest march,  go if you possibly can. Go early and often.

4.  Call or e-write your like-minded friends to do the same.

Eminem targets Donald Trump in new Big Sean song 'No Favors'

CNN
fox4now

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Belton trans teen wins court fight over judge’s order for mental exam

Max Londberg
The Kansas City Star

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Ben Carson: Gay Marriage Will Lead To 'Mass Killings,' Transgender People Are Confused

Carlos Santoscoy
On Top

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Casting of Matt Bomer, Michelle Rodriguez as transgender characters angers community

Hoai-Tran Bui
USA Today

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Suspect in Kansas City transgender woman's death remains in Colorado

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Springfield News-Leader

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