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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civil rights - Lawmakers end session with much unsettled

Nathan Brown
KPVI.com

Idaho State Capitol

Boise, ID

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Idaho - Idaho Lawmakers Hear Tearful Testimony On Transgender Therapy Bill

James Dawson
Boise State Public Radio

Caldwell, ID

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ezs note: Idahoans - If you aren't able to make it to the state Capitol, don't fret.  Call your state representative AND your state senator and tell them to say NO to these bills.  Thanks.  

civil rights - Lawmakers Consider Banning Transgender Operations for Minors

Stephen Groves
US News and World Repor

Florence, SD (video)

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ezs note:  If you live in South Dakota, please call or email your state congressperson and your state senator and tell them to kill this stupid bill.  Thanks.