civil rights - Congresswomen, civil-rights leaders, black trans woman demand protections for Black LGBTQ community

Press
Windy City Times

Chicago, IL

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civil rights - AG Becerra Denounces Trump Administration Plan to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections for LGBTQ Individuals

Xavier Becerra
YubaNet.com

Nevada City, CA

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lead story - Massachusetts voters uphold transgender rights protections

Faith Karimi, Emanuella Grinberg
CNN

 Massachusetts

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ezs note:  Thank you, Massachusetts!

Louisiana - New Orleans advocates, allies to rally for transgender rights following Trump administration plans to roll back protections

Alex Woodward
Gambit

New Orleans, LA

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lead story - What Transgender Means to Me

Sara Rimer
BU Today

Boston University, Boston, MA

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civil rights - Gov. Bryant: Transgender People Do Not Deserve Hiring Protections

Ashton Pittman
Jackson Free Press

Jackson, MS

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ezs note:  Mississippians - Gov. Phil Bryant is term-limited, so he cannot run for another term.  What you can do is hook up with your state legislator and let him/her know that you are against Bryant's cockamamie idea, and he should rescind it.

civil rights - SPLC seeks documents detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison

Staff
Southern Poverty Law Center

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lead story - U.S. rolls back protections for transgender prison inmates

Staff
Reuters

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civil rights - Three Ways Betsy DeVos Has Undermined Protections for Students

Helen Parshall
HRC

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Scottsdale calls on Arizona to handle LGBT non-discrimination protections

Yihyun Jeong
azcentral

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Zima urged to resign, transgender protections proposed, county sues over opioids | Agenda

Jonathan Anderson
Green Bay Press-Gazette

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Senate Dems Urge DOJ to Reinstate Trans Protections Under Title VII

Chris Johnson
PrideSource

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Marriage Could Offer More Protections to Transgender Couples

Kimberly Lawson
Brides

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State Democrats push for protections for transgender people

Cara Lombardo
Stamford Advocate

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ezs note:  people of Wisconsin - YOU can help this effort to go forward.  Please call your your member of the state house and state senate and urge them to vote YES on this worthy bill.  And if you haven't voted yet, go and register now!

Charlotte transgender activist tells national magazine HB2 bargain made things worse

Mark Price
Reading Eagle

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Laverne Cox speaks out against Trump's rollback of protections for transgender students

Marie Solis
Mic

Laverne Cox

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Republican Lawmaker With Transgender Son Slams White House for Reversing Protections

Carmen Sesin
NBC

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Betsy DeVos Reportedly Felt "Uncomfortable" With Trump's Plans to Undo Protections for Transgender Students

Maggie Mallon
Glamour

 Betsy DeVos

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LGBT employees ask DeVos to keep protections

Maria Danilova
Hattiesburg American

spoof of Betsy DeVos (Jo Firestone)

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White House considers reversing LGBT protections for federal workers

Juliet Eilperin
Sandhya Somashekhar
The Washington Post

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