Connecticut - Connecticut courts LGBTQ+ Floridians as Florida scrubs travel info

Erin Reed

Advocate

Fairfield, CT (r)

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please press:  www.advocate.com

ezs note:  Floridians - the temperature may be warmer, but your dimwitted governor makes sure things are ice cold.  Come on in!!!

New Mexico - Courts in NM must now respect the pronouns of parties and attorneys

Nash Jones

KUNM

Angel Fire, NM

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please press:  www.kunm.org

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civil rights - Civil and Human Rights Are Essential and Our Courts Must Meet This Moment

Press
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Lincoln Memorial (interior)

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please press:  civilrights.org 

ezs note:  Although transgender rights are mentioned in passing, signatories include the Human Rights Campaign, Matthew Shepard  Foundation, National Center for Transgender Equality, and PFLAG National. 

New York - NY Courts To Add Transgender, Nonbinary & Other Gender Options To Jury Documents

Press
CBS New York

Albany, NY

Dongan Charter

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please press:  newyork.cbslocal.com

Donald Trump - Trump Cringingly Courts Latino Vote: “Who Do You Like More, the Country or the Hispanics?”

Elliot Hannon
Slate

ezs note:  Oh, Donald, you devil...

(no, I really mean it, 'you devil'.)

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please press:  slate.com

civil rights - More Courts Rule On Section 1557 As HHS Reconsiders Regulation

Katie Keith
Health Affairs

Hammond, IN

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please press:  www.healthaffairs.org

civil rights - Courts order Trump to reveal internal talks on military's transgender policy

Travis J. Tritten
Washington Examiner

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please press:  www.washingtonexaminer.com

ezs note:  Yeah, the Washington Examiner tends to be a wee bit conservative.  (cue the violins)  But I did feel that this was important.  Go Judge Copperthite!

civil rights - Courts Take Expansive View in Transgender Rights Cases

Mark Walsh
Education Week

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please press:  www.edweek.org 

The Pentagon Can’t Stop the Trans Ban. Now It’s Time for Congress and the Courts to Act.

Jan Thompson
ACLU

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please press:  www.aclu.org

ezs note:  If you haven't yet joined, please consider joining the ACLU.  They're a worthy organization - and they fight for YOU.  

Transgender Students Turn to Courts as Government Support Erodes

Liam Stack
The New York Times

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please press:  www.nytimes.com

Transgender rights taking hold in the courts

Lydia Wheeler
The Hill

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please press:  http://thehill.com

Albuquerque transgender teens voted onto homecoming courts

Kim Burgess
Ruidoso News

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please press:  http://www.ruidosonews.com

Morocco’s transgender belly dancer courts acceptance

SFGate

please press: http://www.sfgate.com

Same-sex marriage petition effort continues after appeals court rules courts shouldn't decide issue

Jackie Borchardt
http://www.cleveland.com/

to read more, go to:  http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2014/11/same-sex_marriage_petition_eff.html

Prisoner has the right to a name change

http://www.delawareonline.com

to read more, go to:  http://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/editorials/2014/10/26/prisoner-right-name-change/17959741/

Uganda's anti-homosexuality law could be overturned in the courts

Nina Porzucki
http://www.pri.org

to read more, go to:  http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-07-30/ugandas-anti-homosexuality-law-could-be-overturned-courts

ezs note:  Cross yer fingers, people...

University of Minnesota-Duluth courts controversy for hosting transgender photography exhibit - CHRISTINE ROBERTS - http://www.nydailynews.com

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