Beshear: Bevin playing games on transgender issue

Tom Loftus
courier-journal

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ezs note:  Oh, I'm sure that transgender people can rest assured that southern governors would only have their best interests at heart. Just like a generation ago, African-Americans could rest assured that southern governors would only have their best interests at heart...

(cough...cough...)

Mayor Barry appoints state's first transgender city board member

Joey Garrison
The Tennessean

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Knoxville ‘liberal redneck’ goes viral with transgender rant

Chuck Campbell
go knoxville

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ezs note:  Y'know, no matter where you are in this country, there are decent people who tell it like it is.  Thanks, Trae.

Tennessee's transgender student bathroom bill is dead for the year

Andy Sher / asher@timesfreepress.com
Times Free Press

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The Surprising Sexual Harassment Scandal Accompanying Tennessee’s Anti-Transgender Bill

Zack Ford
ThinkProgress

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Take heart because it will soon all be over in Nashville

Robert Houk
Johnson City Press

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Susan Larson's transgender journey from fear to acceptance

Tony Centonze / tonycentonze@theleafchronicle.com
The Leaf-Chronicle

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Transgender bathroom bill dies in Tennessee House committee

Press
WTOP

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ezs note:  Thank you, Tennessee!!

Another state is considering an anti-transgender bathroom bill — POLL

Press
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Tennessee Governor Concerned About Anti-Transgender Student Restroom Bill

Dominic Holden dominic_holden@buzzfeed.com
Buzzfeed

Gov. Bill Haslam

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Bill would set rules on transgender student bathroom use

Mallory Cooke
WBBJ

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Christian Right Angry Over Haslam Administration's Opposition to Transgender Bathroom Bill

Jeff Woods
Nashville Scene

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Letters to the editor, March 7: Education

Chris Purcell
The Tennesseean

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ACLU of Tenn.: Transgender students have legal right to restroom access

Press
WBBJ

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ezs note:  To read the full ACLU letter, click the line at the bottom of the body.

Transgender scholar C. Riley Snorton to speak on ‘Jorgensen’s Shadows’

Joan Brasher
Vanderbilt University

C. Riley Snorton

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Nashville LGBT Chamber announces newly elected board members

Brian Sullivan
Out & About Nashville

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Transgender in Tennessee: LaSaia Wade's story

Jessica Bliss
The Tennessean

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Texas lawmakers focus efforts on prejudice

Staff
The Brookhaven Courier

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Report ranks Clarksville among worst for LGBT equality

Stephanie Ingersoll

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Rolling Stone: Michigan One Of 5 Worst States For LBGT People

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