Massachusetts - Reproductive, transgender care bill inches closer to Mass. Senate floor

Sam Drysdale

Daily Hampshire Gazette

Massachusetts State House

Boston, MA

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Colorado - Lawsuit filed against Colorado transgender rights bill

Blake Sammann

KKTV

Colorado Springs, CO

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national/world - Trump’s ‘One, big, beautiful bill’ would ban care for transgender people on Medicaid and Obamacare

Eric Garcia

Independent

US Capitol (interior)

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please press:  independent.co.uk

ezs note:  ESPECIALLY if you live in a Republican district, call https://www.house.gov/representatives and tell him/her that you expect to DITCH this "big, beautiful" bulls*** bill!!! Your House member will be listed.

Texas - Texas House approves bill to legally define sex based on biology, transgender Texans express concern

Dominique Leh

25 Texas

McLennan County, TX (Waco)

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Colorado - Colorado transgender rights bill will mandate school policies about bullying, name changes

Jason Gonzalez

Chalkbeat Colorado

Centennial, CO

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Maryland - Baltimore City Council Bill shows support for transgender community

Raven Payne

WMAR

Baltimore, MD

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Arkansas - Arkansas bill would allow lawsuits over gender transitions for minors

Reagan Wynn

KNWA

Perryville, AR

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ezs note:  Arkansas residents - if you live in Perryville or the surrounding area, come Election Day, send dimwit Rep. Mary Bentley packing!

Alabama - Tuberville’s bill barring transgender athletes in women’s sports blocked in Senate vote

Alex Angle

Alabama Daily News

Ider, AL (r)

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ezs note:  Once again, excuse me as I get out the violins... 😅

New Hampshire - New Hampshire lawmakers reconsider bill on transgender rights that Sununu vetoed last year

Ross Ketschke

WMUR

Wilton, NH

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Iowa - Over 'trans rights' chants, bill making it a felony to take minors to drag shows advances

Marissa Payne

Des Moines Register

New Sharon, IA

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ezs note:  New Sharon residents - honestly, it's time to put goofy Helena Hayes into her rubber room... and YOU can help by campaigning against her!!!

national/world - Georgia lawmakers advance a bill to prevent transgender women from competing in women's sports

Charlotte Kramon

WABE

Atlanta, GA (Castleberry Hill)

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South Dakota - SD lawmaker has 'no regrets' over demotion for bill targeting Huron schools, trans youth

Dominik Dausch

Argus Leader

Rapid City, SD

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national/world - GOP-led Kansas Legislature sends anti-transgender bill to Gov. Laura Kelly

Tim Carpenter

Kansas Reflector

Coffeyville, KS

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Iowa - Bill would bar school discipline for not using transgender students’ name, pronouns

Robin Opsahl

Iowa Capital Dispatch

Boone, IA

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Montana - Montana Republican's bill would charge parents of trans kids with child abuse

Erin Reed

Advocate

Kalispell, MT

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ezs note:  No doubt about it - John Fuller (R-Kalispell) is DANGEROUS.  If you live in the Kalispell area, even though it might have been just a passing fancy, think twice about running against Fuller.  Thanks.

Missouri - Pre-filed bill would make Missouri’s ban on transgender procedures for minors permanent

 Marshall Griffin

Missourinet

Poplar Bluff, MO

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ezs note:  Missourians - take this 'bill' and shove it!  Call your state representative and  state senator and tell what you think of this bill - utter garbage.

California - Will Gavin Newsom sign California’s bill to license more gender-affirming doctors?

Greg Owen

LGBTQ Nation

La Cañada Flintridge, CA (r)

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Mississippi - Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools

Michael Goldberg, Emily Wagster Pettus

ABC News

Ackerman, MS

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ezs note: Mississippians - I don't know whether Republicans have scheduled this vote yet, but if they haven't done so yet, and you have a phone or cellphone, what are you waiting for???  Tell em' to vote NO on this stupid bill. 

Rhode Island - Advocates, Providers Praise Senate Passage of Bill to Safeguard Rhode Island’s Health Care System, Access to Essential Care

Staff

GLAD

Barrington, RI

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Arizona - GOP-backed bill critics say will ‘erase’ trans and nonbinary Arizonans heads to the governor

Gloria Rebecca Gomez

AZ Mirror

Avondale, AZ

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