West Virginia - West Virginia transgender man files a lawsuit challenging Trump’s policy of getting a passport that matches his gender

John Lynch

WTRF

East Bank, WV (r)

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Iowa - 'I'm sick of it': Iowa lawmakers eye K-12 ban on teaching about gender and sexual identity

Stephen Gruber-Miller

Des Moines Register

Hull, IA

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ezs note:  Hull residents - you know what?  I'm tired of Skyler Wheeler flapping his yap about an important issue.  Come Election Day, send a message too!

national/world - A trans Catholic reacts to Trump's executive order on gender

Maxwell Kuzma

National Catholic Reporter

Vatican City

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Pennsylvania - Philadelphia advocate for trans community discusses Trump's executive order on gender: "Anger, hurt, scared"

Josh Sanders

CBS News

Philadelphia, PA

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Mississippi - New Mississippi laws on guns, gender, squatted vehicles and more take effect

Heather Harrison, Ashton Pittman

Daily Journal 

Decatur, MS (r)

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national/world - German parliament votes to make it easier for transgender people to change their name and gender

AP

NBC News

Berlin, Germany

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Pennsylvania - Hempfield School District votes to have student-athletes compete on teams that align with gender at birth

Kate Merriman

WGAL

East Hempfield Twp., PA

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Indiana - NE Indiana transgender teen loses appeal over gender on birth record

Press

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Fort Wayne, IN

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Pennsylvania - Transgender Pennsylvanians are facing higher costs to change name, gender on state documents

Candy Woodall

USA Today

Harrisburg, PA

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lead story - Transgender Americans can choose gender on passport, state department says

Sarah Betancourt

The Guardian

Passport (interior)

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Wyoming - Kim Petras: I'm an artist, I'm not a gender

Press

Wyoming Tribune

Rawlins, WY

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India - Gender Should Never Be A Barrier In Life: Transmodel Archie Singh

Arshi Khanam

Outlook

Itangar, India

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civil rights - On the Basis of Gender

Kate Milne, Ethan Hwang, Hallie Faust, Avantika Singh
The Vanguard

Polokwane, South Africa (formerly Pietersburg)

Delaware - Karissa Sanbonmatsu: What Can Epigenetics Tell Us About Sex And Gender?

Press
Delaware Public Media

Felton, DE

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lead story - Transgender people with IDs that match their gender have better mental health, Drexel study finds

Bethany Ao
Philadelphia Inquirer

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

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lead story - Missouri bill would restrict transgender athletes to play on sports teams matching gender assigned at birth

Andrew Havranek
KY3

Lewis County Courthouse

Monticello, MO

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ezs note:  If you live in Missouri, and you are a transgender athlete, ally, friend, or parent,  please call up your state representative AND state senator and tell them to defeat this idiotic bill.  Thanks.

civil rights - The battle over gender in Flagler Schools

Jonathan Simmons
PalmCoastObserver.com

Palm Coast, FL

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ezs note:  It's true that Charlene Cothran has the right to show up and speak... but you do too!!!  Don't let hers be the only one.  

civil rights - Stories that shaped the decade: From debate over transgender athletes to LGBTQ discrimination, conversations around gender and sexual identity emerge

Amanda Blanco
Hartford Courant

Hartford, CT

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

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CBS New York

Albany, NY

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lead story - New Michigan rules allow transgender people to easily change gender on driver's license

Tresa Baldas, Kristen Jordan Shamus
Detroit Free Press

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