Maine - Anti-trans Maine lawmaker regains right to vote

Nick Rummell

Courthouse News Service

State Rep. Laurel Libby (Minot, Auburn)

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please press:  courthousenews.com

ezs note:  As much as I despise her views, State Rep. Laurel Libby does have this right.  But, heck, she only held a difference of  171  votes.  Come Election Day, let's move her from State Rep to barking loon.

Michigan House passes anti-trans sports bills unlikely to ever get to the governor’s desk

Ben Solis

Michigan Advance

Howell, MI

(hometown of Jason Woolford-R)

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please press:  michiganadvance.com

ezs note:  It's nice that Michigan has a SANE governor...

Nebraska - How Democrats Crushed a Despicable Anti-Trans Campaign and Won a Major Election

John Nichols

The Nation.

Omaha, NE

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please press:  thenation.com

ezs note:  If John Ewing can do it, YOU can do it!!!

Arizona - Anti-trans bills and executive orders are reshaping campus life in Arizona

Cheyla Daverman

The Copper Courier

Fountain Hills, AZ

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please press:  coppercourier.com

ezs note:  Arizonans - y'all know what to do!  Call or write to your state representatives AND state Senators!  Get your friends to get off their arse!

national/world - 'The Last of Us' star Pedro Pascal calls J.K. Rowling's anti-trans social post 'heinous'

Doha Modani

NBC News

Pedro Pascal

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please press:  nbcnews.com

Kansas - Transgender resilience in the face of anti-trans resistance

Emily Harter, Bella Waters

kansan.com

De Soto, KS

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please press:  kansan.com

Ohio - Ohio Court of Appeals Blocks Anti-Trans House Bill 68

Ashley Hainzer

The Wright State Guardian

Wright State University

Fairborn, OH

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please press:  wsuguardian.com

ezs note:  Yay!!! 😁

Minnesota - Minnesota anti-trans state senator, who touted Trump derangement syndrome, arrested for soliciting a minor

Mira Lazine

Advocate

former Sen. Justin Eichorn (R-Grand Rapids)

No. 386274

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please press:  advocate.com

note:  After this press appeared, Justin Eichorn resigned from the state Senate, and Brittany Eichorn filed for divorce.

ezs note:  Oh no!  Not Justin Eichorn!  😆

 

Utah - Anti-trans Rep. Kera Birkeland resigns from Utah Legislature

Staff 

Q Salt Lake

Morgan, UT

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please press:  qsaltlake.com

ezs note:  Utah residents - Kera Birkeland?  Resign?  Noooooooo! 😀

Missouri - Trans teacher’s ‘grief’ at having to move states to escape anti-trans sentiment

Chantelle Billson

PinkNews

Pacific, MO (r)

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please press:  thepinknews.com

ezs note:  Missourians - if life is simply too unbearable to live in Missouri, please consider what one of the friendlier states might be (of which Connecticut is one).

national/world - Anti-trans attack ads haven’t won the GOP anything. Dems should stop acting scared.

Katelyn Burns

MSNBC

Mansfield, OH

(birthplace of Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH))

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please press:  msnbc.com

national/world - The Data Doesn’t Lie: Anti-Trans Legislation Kills

Parker Molloy

The New Republic

Nature

London, England

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please press:  newrepublic.com

New York - Anti-Trans Republicans Are Trying to Sink New York’s Proposed Equal Rights Amendment

Samantha Riedel

Them

Keene, NY (r)

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please press:  www.them.us

national/world - Anti-Trans School Board Candidates Backed by DeSantis Get Crushed in Florida

Erin Reed

Truthout

Jacksonville, FL (Duval County)

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please press:  truthout.org

Colorado - Colorado Fails to Collect Enough Signatures for Any Anti-Trans Ballot Initiative

Erin Reed

Truthout

Palisade, CO (r)

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please press:   truthout.org

ezs note:  Awwwwwwwwww.... 😊

Tennessee - Anti-Trans Attacks in Tennessee Are Nothing New. Colleges Need to Step Up for Their Students.

Induja Kumar

Rewire News Group

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University

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please press:  rewirenewsgroup.com

North Carolina - Anti-Trans “Bathroom Bills” Are Making a Major Comeback. Where’s the Outrage?

Nico Lang

Slate

Waco, NC (r)

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please press:  slate.com

ezs note:  Let your voice be heard, North Carolina voters!  Tell your state representative and state senator that if they vote for another stupid bill, the only check they'll receive is an unemployment check.

national/world - The White House Just Said What Anti-Trans Conservatives Have Been Longing For

Samantha Riedel

Them

White House (on 20 dollar bill, reverse)

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please press:  www.them.us

Tennessee - An upcoming ruling will determine whether Tennessee’s anti-trans ‘bathroom bill’ stays in place this school year

Marianna Bacallao

WPLN

Alcoa, TN

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please press:  wpln.org

ezs note:  Personally, I'd vote NO.  Just sayin'.

Rhode Island - Letter: The anti-trans movement in Rhode Island

Alexis Thompson

The Westerly  Sun

Misquamicut, RI

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please press:  www.thewesterlysun.com