national/world - Council resolution would declare Northampton a transgender sanctuary city

Alexander MacDougall

Daily Hampshire Gazette

Northampton, MA

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California Just Became the First State to Declare a Transgender History Month

James Factora

www.them.us

San Francisco, CA

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ezs note:  To read the entire document, go here.

note 2:  In Connecticut, I urged Sen. Derek Slap and Rep. Jillian Gilchrest to vote in favor of Transgender History Month.  If you are also in Connecticut, I urge you to do the same!

Wyoming - Teton commissioners declare county a ‘hate free zone’

Billy Arnold

Casper Star-Tribune

Jackson, WY

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civil rights - Northern Va. school systems declare support of transgender student in legal fight

John Bowden
The Hill

Fairfax, VA

(Fairfax Court House, June 1863)

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Michigan board may declare LGBT discrimination unlawful

Press
News-Review

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