Wyoming - Bills would end all transgender access to female sports, spaces

Press

Jackson Hole News & Guide

Worland, WY

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Missouri - ‘Legislators don’t see me as human’: Missouri trans youth fight to survive anti-LGBTQ+ bills

Sam Levin

The Guardian

Pacific, MO (r)

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New Hampshire - LGBTQ+ advocates contemplate legal challenges to bills affecting trans students

Ethan DeWitt

New Hampshire Bulletin

Columbia, NH (r)

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New Hampshire - Sununu urged to veto NH bills affecting transgender people

Ethan DeWitt

Seacoast Online

Derry, NH

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Washington (state) Republicans introduce bills targeting abortion providers and transgender youth

Nick Hawthorne

KXLY

Spokane Valley, WA

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ezs note:  YOU can make a difference.  Especially if you are in a state representative or state senator, call them up!

name/residence/county

Sen. Mike Padden/Spokane Valley/Spokane (p)

Sen. Phil Fortunato/Auburn/King-Pierce (pts)

Sen. Jim McCune/Graham/Pierce-Thurston (pts)

Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen/Puyallup/Pierce (p)

Rep. Leonard Christian/Spokane Valley/Spokane (p)

please press:  www.kxly.com

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Missouri governor’s office hid plans on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes bills

Annelise Hanshaw

St. Louis Public Radio/Missouri Independent

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Spy vs. Spy

Antonio Prohìas (original artist)

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please press:  news.stlpublicradio.org

Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides US faith leaders

David Crary

AP

Durant, OK (home of state Sen. David Bullard)

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please press:  apnews.com

ezs note:  Durant, OK and area location - unless he replaces his broken bulb, maybe it's time to replace state Sen. David Bullard. 

Transgender youth: ‘Forced outing’ bills make schools unsafe

Hannah Schoenbaum, Sean Murphy

AP 

Tulsa, OK

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Bills would let transgender people seal name-change requests

Hannah Schoenbaum, Sophie Austin, Manuel Valdes

AP

Olympia, WA

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Anti-Transgender Bills Were Being Pushed in These Five States This Week

James Bickerton

Newsweek

Topeka, KS

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ezs note:  If you live in any of the five states listed below, please call your state Representative and state Senator and urge them to vote against the bill:

• South Dakota
• North Dakota
• Kentucky
• Kansas
• Missouri

Drag queens speak against Missouri bills on transgender kids

Summer Ballentine

ABC News

Jefferson City, MO

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Bills targeting trans youth are growing more common — and radically reshaping lives

Koko Nakajima, Connie Hanzhang Jin

NPR

Little Rock, AR

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lead story - Bills restricting abortion rights, trans rights are 'inextricably linked,' advocates say

Julie Moreau

NBC News

Bill (proposed)

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Rhode Island - Bills creating gender-neutral bathrooms, preventing housing discrimination become law in RI

Sarah Doiron

WPRI

Providence, RI

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Maine - Republican bills to bar Maine transgender girls from girls sports face public hearing

Press

WMTW

Augusta, ME

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lead story - Wave of anti-trans bills is 'really alarming,' says transgender motorsport star

Christina Macfarlane, Sana Noor Haq

CNN

Saint-Gouéno, France

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please press:  edition.cnn.com

Ohio - Ohio legislature to see bills critics say are anti-transgender

Laura Hancock

cleveland.com

Arcanum, OH

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lead story - As Texas Legislature considers anti-trans bills, NCAA announces it will not hold events in states that discriminate against trans students

Kate McGee

The Texas Tribune

Mount Pleasant, TX

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lead story - NCAA group condemns anti-transgender sports bills in open letter

Kiara Brantley-Jones

ABC News

NCAA office

Indianapolis, IN

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lead story - Wisconsin bills seek to ban transgender athletes

Scott Bauer

News & Observer

Oconomowoc, WI

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ezs note:  Wisconsin residents - As soon as you can, please call your state Assembly and state Senate to let them know that you oppose transgender girls and women being kept off the teams.  Oh, by the way, if you're from Oconomowoc, kick the airheaded Rep. Dittrich out of the Assembly.  Thanks.