national/world - 2 Oregon lawmakers urge OSAA to change transgender athlete policy

Travis Pittman

Central Oregon Daily News

Grants Pass, OR

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ezs note: Oregon -  If you are in Grants Pass or East Salem, tell Dwayne Yunker or Ed Diehl  to rescind their dimwitted idea, or, come Election Day, you'll do their level best to make it their LAST!  😠 

Wyoming lawmakers pursue transgender bathroom, sports restrictions in 2025 session

Maggie Mullen

WyoFile

 Afton, WY (r)

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ezs note:  Wyoming residents - if your state legislator even thinks of passing this dimwitted bill, tell him/her to rescind this bill.

national/world - Montana lawmakers cross the aisle to block a trans bathroom ban in the state capitol

Rachel Treisman

NPR

Opheim, MT (r)

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ezs note:  If one of the Republicans who had the good sense of letting Zooey pee in peace, be sure to thank her!

Utah - Utah lawmakers support volleyball teams’ protest of transgender athletes

Jason Batacao

The Salt Lake Tribune

Morgan, UT

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ezs note:  Utah people - if you live in Morgan or Davis, email them and let them know that you do NOT support their stupidity!

These transgender West Virginians spoke out at the Capitol. Lawmakers didn’t listen

Allen Siegler

Mountain State Spotlight

Charleston, WV

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lead story - Indiana lawmakers advance bill banning transgender athletes

Casey Smith

wlfi.com

Heltonville, IN

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Wisconsin - La Crosse mom starts petition calling on lawmakers to adapt Wisconsin hate crime statute

Press

WKBT

La Crosse, WI

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ezs note:  If you live in Wisconsin and have a heart, petition here!

lead story - Gov. Kim Reynolds asked lawmakers for a trans athlete ban. The Iowa Legislature adjourned without one.

Stephen Miller-Gruber, Ian Richardson

Des Moines Register

Madison County,  IA (St.Charles is part)

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South Dakota - South Dakota lawmakers won't take up transgender sports bill in summer's special session after all

Christopher Vondracek

Grand Forks Herald

 Walworth County, SD(part of Glenham)

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Alabama - Alabama lawmakers ‘a little divided’ over trans youth treatment bill

AP

AL.com

 Madison, AL

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ezs note:  Alabamians  -This bit of shakiness could be your opportunity.  Call your state House member AND your state Senate member and tell them to vote NO on this idiotic bill.    

lead story - Kansas lawmakers likely to pass bill on transgender athletes

John Hanna

ABC News

Augusta, KS

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lead story - Tennessee lawmakers pass transgender sports bill

Slater Teague

WJHL

Hartsville, TN

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ezs note:  Tenneseeans - If your state representative is one of the 71 who votes for this idiotic bill, NOW is the time to start strategizing his/her defeat in the upcoming election.

lead story - Missouri dad urges lawmakers not to pass student-athlete bill with moving speech about transgender daughter

Caitlin O'Kane

CBS News

 Kansas City, MO

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ezs note:  Missourians - Please, let's make Mr. Boulware happy - call your state Representative AND state Senator and tell them to vote NO on this  boneheaded bill.  Thanks. 

Kansas - Kansas lawmakers consider measure to bar transgender youth from girls sports

Katie Bernard, Sydney Hoover

The Kansas City Star.

Louisburg, KS

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ezs note:  Kansas residents - Help Stephanie and those like her out!  Call your state Legislator AND state Senator and tell them to put this stupid bill intp the dustbin of history.

lead story - Advocacy Group, Lawmakers Team Up to Support Transgender Chicagoans

Blair Paddock

WTTW

Chicago, IL

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Mike Pence - Pence Welcomes Futile Bid by G.O.P. Lawmakers to Overturn Election

Luke Broadwater

The New York Times

US Capitol

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Arkansas - Arkansas lawmakers, governor and LGBTQ community speak out on SCOTUS ruling

Zack Briggs
7 On Your Side

Little Rock, AR

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www.littlerock.gov

lead story - Anti-transgender bill advances in Tennessee as lawmakers return to work

Kimberlee Kruesi
WKRN

Paris, TN

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civil rights - EU lawmakers condemn Hungary for 'attack' on trans people over sex on IDs

Rachel Savage
Reuters

European Union

Brussels, Belgium

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Mississippi - Mississippi lawmakers considering transgender athlete policy

Courtney Ann Jackson
WMC5

Picayune, MS

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