national/world - 2 Oregon lawmakers urge OSAA to change transgender athlete policy

Travis Pittman

Central Oregon Daily News

Grants Pass, OR

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ezs note: Oregon -  If you are in Grants Pass or East Salem, tell Dwayne Yunker or Ed Diehl  to rescind their dimwitted idea, or, come Election Day, you'll do their level best to make it their LAST!  😠 

national/world - Oregon school district calls on Cruz to take down transgender ads

Brooke Migdon

The Hill

Lakeview, OR (Lake County, r)

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ezs note:  Texans - if you believe that Ted Cruz is a dimwit, VOTE!!!

Oregon - Oregon LGBTQ+ organization calls Republican lawmakers ‘reckless’ for naming trans student

Elizabeth Miller

OPB 

Sherwood, OR

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Oregon - NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women's sports

Eric Olson

Central Oregon Daily News

Bushnell University

Eugene, OR

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lead story - HRC Mourns Jessi Hart, 42-Year-Old Transgender Woman Killed in Banks, Oregon

Jose Soto

HRC

Banks, OR

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ezs note:  If you have any information regarding the murder of Jessi Hart, please contact the Washington County Police Department (Oregon) at 503-629-0111.   Thanks.

lead story - HRC Mourns Oliver “Ollie” Taylor, White Transgender Teen Killed in Oregon

Madeleine Roberts

HRC

Gervais, OR

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Oregon - A Lawsuit Against Gov. Kate Brown Reunites Old Allies From the Conservative Edge of Oregon Politics

Tess Riski
Willamette Week

Baker City, OR

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ezs note: To those attending a church, synagogue, mosque, etc. - have you heard of zoom?  You meet in a gathering, without the pesky business of dying.  You ought to try it out! 

Oregon - Advocates, families and transgender students push for progress in Oregon schools

Natalie Pate
Statesman-Journal

South Salem, OR (neighborhood) 

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Nevada - National Guard in California, Nevada, Washington State, Oregon, and New Mexico Defy Trump’s Trans Troops Ban

Samantha Allen

The Daily Beast

Carson City, NV

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civil rights - Oregon LGBTQ Advocacy Groups Fighting Lawsuit That Would Prohibit Transgender Students From Using Bathrooms That Match Gender Identity

Elise Herron
Willamette Week

Salem, OR

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Oregon - Oregon to allow students to identify as neither male nor female

Bethany Barnes
The Oregonian

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lead story - HRC Mourns Gigi Pierce, Transgender Woman Fatally Shot in Oregon

Helen Parshall
HRC

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ACLU Of Oregon Seeks Dismissal Of Transgender Locker Room Lawsuit

Ericka Cruz Guevarra
OPB

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Oregon - Oregon grants transgender inmate's request to move to women's prison

Noelle Crombie
The Oregonian

Coffee Creek Correctional Institution

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Parents Sue Oregon for School’s Transgender Bathroom Policy

Nick McCann

Courthouse News

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Milton-Freewater, Oregon

estimated transgender population:  41*

(rounded up)

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ezs note:  Peas! Corn!  Muddy frogwater!  These are a few of the things you'll find as you explore Milton-Freewater, Oregon!  

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Transgender inmate settles lawsuit with Oregon over medical treatment

Gillian Flaccus
KVAL

Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution

Pendleton, OR

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Bandon, Oregon

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ezs note:  Well, ya like the beach?  Then I think you'll like Bandon, Oregon! 

Oregon Just Added a Third Gender Option on Driver’s Licenses

Samantha Michaels
Mother Jones

Oregon

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Oregon Governor Signs Transgender Equity Bill Into Law

Kristena Hansen
U.S. News and World Report

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