civil rights - ACLU praises Connecticut for passing ‘most protective transgender policy and law in the country’

Josh Delk
The Hill

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ezs note: Yeah, yeah, we've got problems (who doesn't?) but Connecticut has the MOST progressive laws in the country! Yay!  👧

Utah - Utah 2018 Legislative Report: Employment Law Developments

Payne & Fears
JDSupra

Illinois law bars 'gay panic' defense

Staff
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Poll: Arizonans would support LGBT non-discrimination law

Dustin Gardiner
azcentral

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An Embattled North Carolina Seeks to Outrun a Law’s Bitter Legacy

Alan Blinder
The New York Times

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Employment Law Update: Landmark case sends rainbow-coloured ripples through Hong Kong's community (UK)

Duncan A.W. Abate
Lexology

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The Uruguayan government is drafting a law to pay reparations to transgender people

Scott Barrett
KWBU

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North Karelia Pride fights transgender sterilisation law (Finland)

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Yle

Joensuu, Finland

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Will Montana pass an inclusive nondiscrimination law this year?

Bobby Caina Calvan
LGBTQ Nation

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NORTH CAROLINA COULD LOSE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES OVER BATHROOM LAW

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Newsweek

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North Carolina signals reversal on transgender bathroom law

Letitia Stein
Reuters

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Black Bears protest North Carolina's HB2 law

Kayla Binette
WCSH6

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Transgender rights: France scraps sterilisation in status law (UK)

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BBC

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Four Mass. churches sue over new transgender law

David Scharfenberg

Boston Globe

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Tippecanoe Co. adds transgender antidiscrimination law

Associated Press
The Dispatch

Lafayette, Indiana

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Federal Judge Curbs Enforcement of North Carolina Transgender Access Law

Alan Blinder
The New York Times

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NBA moves all-star game to New Orleans over transgender law

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Reuters

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Mayor Jackson signs transgender ordinance into law

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WKYC

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Duke opponent cancels game over North Carolina's transgender bathroom law

Matt Norlander
CBS Sports

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UNC system takes a stance on controversial bathroom law

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CBS

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ezs note:  Good for you, UNC!