Texas - Here's why a Texas lawmaker is threatening to defund UT if it keeps LGBTQ, gender studies

Lily Kepner

Austin American-Statesman

Midlothian, TX

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please press:  statesman.com

ezs note:  If you live ANYWHERE in Texas, please write the letter to the editor and say that Brian Harrison's views are demented.  And if you live in or hear Midlothian, please organize NOW to get this arsehole out of office!!!

South Dakota - SD lawmaker has 'no regrets' over demotion for bill targeting Huron schools, trans youth

Dominik Dausch

Argus Leader

Rapid City, SD

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Indiana - Lawmaker proposes repeal to portion of gender-affirming care ban for transgender youth

Lauren Chapman

Indiana Public Media

West Lafayette, IN

(Chris Campbell's location)

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Utah - Utah lawmaker behind anti-trans laws says transgender people changing birth certificates, IDs is an ‘issue’

Emily Anderson Stern

The Salt Lake Tribune

Morgan, UT

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ezs note:  Utahns - if you live in one of the following counties - Daggett, Duchesne, Morgan, Rich, or Summitt - you might want to tell Kera Birkeland that if she doesn't rescind her stupid bill, come Election Day, she might have to be the one lookin' for a job.  Just sayin'...

Michigan - Michigan GOP lawmaker defends trans health care discussion

Jon King

Michigan Advance

Niles, MI

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ezs note:  Niles, MI residents - Y'know, you can get involved by turning Rep. Paquette into FORMER Rep. Paquette...

national/world - GA lawmaker says he can’t vote for his own bill after transgender athlete additions

Richard Elliott

WSB-TV

Decatur, GA

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please press:  www.wsbtv.com

ezs note:  Oh, I know.  Compassion and caring can be so  difficult... 😡

Florida GOP lawmaker calls transgender speakers ‘demons and imps,’ apologizes

Lawrence Mower, Romy Ellenbogen

Tampa Bay Times

Rep. Webster Barnaby (R - Deltona)

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ezs note:  Rep. Barnaby: You're forgiven.  But come Election Day, you don't mind if we haul your ass out of there, do you?  Nothing personal, we just like having our lives.

Arkansas lawmaker, at a hearing, asks transgender woman if she has a penis

Matt Lavietes

NBC News

Garland County, AR

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Matt McKee, knuckledragger for the state!

please press:  www.nbcnews.com

lead story - Kansas lawmaker says she doesn't 'appreciate the transgender female' using Capitol bathroom

David K. Li

NBC News

Cowley County Community College

Mulvane, KS

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Kentucky - Lawmaker prefiles 'Save Women's Sports' bill to bar transgender women from Kentucky sports

Joe Sonka

courier-journal

Winchester, KY

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please press:  www.courier-journal.com

ezs note:  Kentuckians - please pick up the phone and say NO to this stupid bill.  Thanks.

lead story - GOP Oklahoma lawmaker criticized for transgender comments

Sean Murphy

FOX 23

Atoka County, OK (Lane, OK is part)

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please press:  www.fox23.com

ezs note:  Lane/Atoka county - Well.  Justin Humphrey certainly does have an opinion, doesn't he?  Do yourself a favor.  Start planning NOW to send Mr. Humphrey out on his rear. (District 19)

lead story - Marjorie Taylor Greene posts anti-transgender sign across hall from lawmaker with transgender child

Chandelis Duster

CNN 

The Idiot, Evert Larock (1892)

(just kidding... kinda...)

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please press:  www.cnn.com

Vermont - '50 Women Making the World a Better Place': VT lawmaker makes InStyle list

Ethan Bakuli

Burlington Free Press

Winooski, VT

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Colorado - Colorado lawmaker fights back against transphobic attack ad

 Saja Hindi

The Denver Post

Arvada, CO

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please press:  www.denverpost.com

Pennsylvania - Lawmaker mimics top health official’s call for transgender acceptance to defend not wearing a mask

Cynthia Fernandez, Julia Shanahan
Spotlight PA

Annville Township, PA

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please press:  www.spotlightpa.org

Ohio - Ohio lawmaker who blamed mass shootings on gay marriage and drag queens loses GOP primary

John Riley
MetroWeekly

Middletown, OH

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please press:  www.metroweekly.com

Donald Trump - Georgia Democratic lawmaker resigns one week after endorsing Trump

Maya T. Prabhu
AJC

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civil rights - Dems ask lawmaker to apologize for comments to transgender official

Tyler Estep
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Doraville, AL

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please press:  www.ajc.com

Kansas - Kan. lawmaker's proposed bill spurs debate on transgender youth in sports

Press
KWCH

Wichita, KS

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ezs note:  Kansans - if you feel as strongly about this as I do,  please call the state representative and state senator and urge them to vote NO on this bill.

civil rights - Christy Florence: My lawmaker brother is wrong about transgender legislation

Christy Florence
The Salt Lake Tribune

Orem, UT

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ezs note: Thank you, Christy!  Maybe your words will turn a few heads - including your brother's.