Delaware - Gender-Affirming Care bill moves forward in Delaware

Madeleine Overturf

Coast TV

Arden, DE

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US - 7th Circuit allows Indiana’s ban on care for transgender youth to take effect

Lauren Irwin

The Hill

Wait, it's gotta get better somewhere around here...

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PS- Oh, in case you haven't thought of it,

COME TO CONNECTICUT!!!

where life is sane.

Ohio governor vetoes transgender sports, gender-affirming care ban

Kiara Alfonseca

ABC News

Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH)

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Colorado offers safe haven for abortion, transgender care

Jesse Bedayn, Colleen Slevin

AP

Colorado

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ezs note:  Wyoming and Oklahoma residents - have you considered moving to Colorado?  It's so much nicer than those two dumps. 

Utah step closer to banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors

Bryan Schott

The Salt Lake Tribune

Alpine, UT

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ezs note:  If you live in Utah, please call your state Representative AND your state Senator and ask them to nix this stupid bill.  Thanks.

lead story - 'Keeps me up at night': Doctors who care for transgender minors brace for bans

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Fayetteville, AR

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Arkansas - Arkansas moves to ban certain care for transgender youth

Daniel Trotta

East Bay Times

Magnolia, AR

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lead story - A Secret Memo Revealed How A Transgender Immigrant Bleeding From Her Rectum Waited 13 Days For Care While Jailed By ICE

Hamed Aleaziz
BuzzFeed

Cibola, NM

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Maine - Letters To The Editor - LGBTQ+ care available in rural Maine

Sara Hayes, Meredith Hunt
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

  

Waterville, ME

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South Carolina - South Carolina Republican wants to ban transition-related care for transgender youth

John Riley
MetroWeekly

Laurens, SC

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ezs note:  If you live in South Carolina, click in scdp.org.  If you live in South Carolina's 14th district (Laurens and surrounding area) and are really pissed off at having this idiot represent you, contact your local Democratic Party.

Vermont - Vermont: Insurers can't deny care for transgender youth

AP
NCPR

Montpelier, VT (1884)

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Iowa - Transgender Iowans can use Medicaid for transition-related care, Iowa Supreme Court rules

Courtney Crowder, Luke Nozicka
Des Moines Register

Des Moines, IA

Hartford of the West (really!)

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civil rights - Fact-Checking Common Myths on Transition-Related Care for Trans People

Ria Tabacco
ACLU

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lead story - Gender Clinic Aims to Improve Transgender Patients' Care

Press
US News and World Report

New Orleans, Louisiana

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civil rights - Transgender Inmate Care Spurs Appeals Court Fight

Jim Saunders
WGCU

Crawfordville, FL

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civil rights - A Transition in Care

Elizabeth Segal
US News and World Report

Tijuana, Mexico

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lead story - A judge has struck down Iowa's Medicaid ban on transgender transition-related care. Here's why.

Courtney Crowder
Des Moines Register

Des Moines, Iowa

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Some Health Insurance Companies Still Deny Care To Transgender People

Kasandra Brabaw
Refinery 29

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GOP Poised To Strip Medically Necessary Care For Transgender Troops

Jennifer Bendery
Huffpost

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ezs note:  If you are represented by a Republican who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, it's time to let your voices of displeasure be heard. In addition,  if an opponent is running, it may be time to send a bit of money their way.  Hey, it may be only five or ten bucks, but the earlier the better.

Here's the offenders:

Vicky Hartzler (4th MO)

Pete Sessions (32nd TX)

Tom Cole (4th OK)

Rob Woodall (7th GA)

Michael C. Burgess (26th TX)

Doug Collins (9th GA)

Bradley Byrne (1st AL)

Dan Newhouse (4th WA)

Liz Cheney (at-large WY)

Demand for transgender medical care is exploding

Usha Lee McFarling
Business Insider

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