House passes defense bill after GOP adopts abortion and transgender surgery amendments

Zoë Richards, Rebecca Kaplan, Rebecca Shahad

NBC News

    Windsor, CO (Ken Buck's hometown)

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lead story - Virginia teacher quits after Loudoun County schools adopts transgender policy

Tyler Arnold

Inside NoVa

Leesburg, VA

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lead story - Wise County School Board adopts transgender policy updates

Mike Still

TimesNews

Wise, VA

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lead story - San Diego Police adopts new transgender, nonbinary interaction procedures

Rina Nakano

10News

San Diego, CA

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lead news - Sussex-Wantage BOE adopts transgender policy

Eric Obernauer
New Jersey Herald

Sussex, NJ

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Human Rights Council adopts universal periodic review outcomes of Bahrain, Ecuador and Tunisia

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UN Human Rights Council

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ezs note:  Originally a review of Oman, this blog morphed into a United Nations Human Rights meeting.  Although this was a summary, it is very lengthy.  The thing you might want to take note of is how countries fare in LGBTQIA rights.  The other thing you may wish to take advantage of is reliefweb.int.  

American Medical Association Adopts Resolutions Opposing Policies that Harm Transgender People

Sarah McBride
HRC

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National Women’s Hockey League adopts comprehensive transgender policy

Cyd Zeigler
Outsports

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WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO: School board adopts new policy for transgender students

Lea Kahn
centraljersey.com

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Missouri school district adopts transgender policy

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Missouri Lawyers Weekly

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Group Adopts Portion Of Road In Memory Of Transgender Teen

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WBNS

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Downingtown adopts ordinance against LBGT discrimination

 Ginger Dunbar
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Coeur d'Alene adopts law banning discrimination vs. gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender

http://www.therepublic.com/

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CIF adopts policy for transgender athletes - Joe Naiman -

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NCAA adopts new policy on transgender athletes (sportsillustrated.cnn.com)

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