national/world - Once a leader in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, New Jersey has lost its punch

Denise Rachel

New Jersey Monitor

Rahway, NJ (r)

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New Jersey - 2 Middletown BOE Candidates Criticize Board's Transgender Policy

Carly Baldwin

Patch

Middletown Township, NJ

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ezs note: Middletown residents - if you have a transgender child, let them hear YOU!!!

national/world - The Anti-Transgender Extremist on Campus this Weekend

Adam Berger

The Skidmore News

Deal*, NJ (r)

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New Jersey - Protecting transgender students in New Jersey: Why Policy 5756 Matters

Reginald Bledsoe, Raul Perez Monson

Mosaic

Waldwick, NJ (r)

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Charlatan - The Lincoln Project (video)

 

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ezs note:  Please, distribute this blog widely!!!

New Jersey - New Jersey legislators push for passage of 8 bills to “shield” trans healthcare, reproductive rights, and bodily autonomy

Lana Leonard

Out In Jersey

Allamuchy, NJ (r)

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New Jersey - Ramapo Indian Hills school board abolishes transgender policy

Marsha A. Stoltz

www.northjersey.com

Franklin Lakes, NJ

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ezs note:  Next time voters get to vote on the Board of Education, here are the members to vote AGAINST:

Kim Ansh

Marianna Emmolo

Tim Bogdansky

Melissa Kiel

Doreen Mariani

Audrey Sounders

voters, kick em' out!  

New Jersey - Sparta Board of Education Rejects Attempt to Restore Previous Transgender Policy

Jennifer Dericks

TAPintoSparta

Sparta, NJ

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ezs note:  Sparta Board of Education - hate to break it to ya, but sometimes the "evil' bigwigs are RIGHT.  By following your dimwitted policy, transgender students will continue to be miserable, and ALL students will sacrifice books, computers, school library materials and more for lawyers' fees.  But oh please, have at it. 😡

Carmen Carrera (Wikipedia)

 

Carmen Carrera

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ezs note:  If you have a notable transgender person who is not listed, please don't hesitate to bring it to Wikipedia's attention!

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Mya Byrne (Wikipedia)

 

Mya Byrne

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ezs note:  If you have a notable transgender person who is not listed, please don't hesitate to bring it to Wikipedia's attention!

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Kate Bornstein (Wikipedia)

 

Kate Bornstein

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ezs note:  If you have a notable transgender person who is not listed, please don't hesitate to bring it to Wikipedia's attention!

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Dad sues N.J. school district and state over policy for trans students

Tina Kelley

nj.com

Cherry Hill, NJ

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Ben Barres (Wikipedia)

Ben Barres (1954 - 2017)

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Walt Whitman (Wikipedia)

Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

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NJ's first trans woman school board member unanimously elected as Dover BOE president

William Westhoven

Daily Record

Dover, NJ

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New Jersey - N.J. advocacy groups say U.S. courts are ‘turning this country back’ on transgender rights

Tennyson Donyéa

WHYY

Essex County, NJ (Newark)

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lead story - Dr. Oz praises J.K. Rowling's controversial comments on transgender women, gossip site says

Brooke Migdon

The Hill

Dr. Oz's "professional" opinion

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ezs note:  Pennsylvanians - take note of where Oz has spent much of his adult life.  (hint - it ain't in Pennsylvania)

Republican party - Why Republicans did well in the Virginia and New Jersey elections

Domenico Montanaro

NPR

Republican party

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New Jersey - Human Rights Campaign Endorses New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy For Re-Election

Wyatt Roman

HRC

Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ)

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NJ schools - These North Jersey schools were damaged by Ida and remain closed

Mary Ann Koruth

North Jersey.com

Woodland Park, NJ

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