national/world - Gov. Landry signs law banning transgender people from bathrooms, facilities that align with gender identity

Shannon Heckt

BRProud

Baton Rouge, LA

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ezs note:   Louisiana residents - Find out who your state representative AND your state senator are. If they voted yes on Bill 436, do your best to KICK EM' OUT!!! 👿

DeSantis signs bills targeting drag shows, transgender kids and the use of bathrooms and pronouns

Brendan Farrington

AP

Ron DeSantis (R)

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ezs note:  The one bright spot are the kids.  If you have compassion for your fellow transgender people, please use the pronoun that they prefer.  As far as the 'state representatives' and 'state senators' go, well, f*$k 'em.  

Iowa - Iowa seeks to overturn discrimination verdict involving former transgender employee's access to bathrooms

William Morris

Des Moines Register

Des Moines, IA

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Supreme Court - Supreme Court won't hear dispute over bathrooms for transgender students

Pete Williams

Yahoo!

Gavin Grimm

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ezs note:  Yay!

civil rights - Transgender bathrooms, locker rooms: The debate in central Pennsylvania, explained

Ed Mahon

Penn Live

New Holland, PA

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Walgreens to make bathrooms at all 8100 stores transgender-inclusive

Chelsea Ritschel
The Independent

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Oklahoma - Minister has message for some lawmakers: 'Stop obsessing over bathrooms and weddings'

Barbara Hoberock
Tulsa World

Oklahoma City, OK

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UW-L initiative adds no-cost feminine hygiene products to all bathrooms on campus

Nathan Hansen
Lacrosse Tribune

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Bathrooms just the first of many barriers transgender youths face (Canada)

David Rider
thestar.com

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Texas to pass bill banning transgender students from choosing bathrooms

Tom Dart
The Guardian

Hey Stars - have you ever been thinking about 

moving away from those assholes in Texas?

(hint:  think northeast, 41° 45′ 45″ N, 72° 40′ 27″ W)

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Trump Rescinds Rules on Bathrooms for Transgender Students

Jeremy W. Peters, Jo Becker, Julie Hirschfeld Davis
The New York Times

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Beyond Bathrooms: Inside the Largest Ever Survey of Transgender People in America

Katy Steinmetz
Time

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ezs note:  This is the report we've been waiting for.  Awhile back, I filled out the survey, and urged others to do the same.  Now, the US Transgender Survey is out.  In its long form, it's a long read, but in my humble opinion, this is one of most important documents you'll ever read.  For those more comfortable with Spanish, a shorter document is available.

In other words, read it!

Canadian school features awesome signs on its gender-neutral bathrooms

Chris Tognotti
The Daily Dot

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Jazz Jennings Gets Personal About Transgender Bathroom Debate

James MichaelNichols
The Huffington Post

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Beyond Bathrooms — Meeting The Health Needs Of Transgender People

Mark A. Schuster, Sari A. Reisner, and Sarah E. Onorato
The Huffington Post

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The Attempt to Keep Transgender People Out of Bathrooms Is Working

Samantha Michaels
Mother Jones

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Kansas Senate condemns directive on transgender students, school bathrooms

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ezs note:  If you just skimmed over the pic, take a closer look, please.  It's such a gem!

Separate Bathrooms by Religion? Oklahoma Opens New Front in Transgender Debate

Christine Hauser
The New York Times

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Proposed Illinois bill aims to keep transgender students out of their preferred gender bathrooms

Shelley Mesch
The DePaulia

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Mapping transgender-friendly bathrooms in hostile North Carolina

Nicholas Korody
Archinect

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ezs note:  In one sense, I guess it's good.  In another sense... gawd, North Carolina is one f***ed up state...