Mississippi - LGBTQ Mississippians Tell Texas: “Religious Freedom” Will Destroy Your State

Nico Lang
NewNowNext

Raising the Stars and Stripes Over the Capitol of the State of Mississippi

Harper's Weekly

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Illinois - Pritzker to change state's Medicaid policy to cover sex reassignment surgery

Greg Bishop
Illinois News Network

Springfield, IL

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Kansas - Meet the transgender activist suing the state of Kansas

Ciara Pate
University News

Topeka, KS

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civil rights - STATE ORDERED TO PAY FOR SURGERY FOR TRANSGENDER PRISON INMATE FROM POCATELLO AREA

Tommy Simmons
Idaho State Journal

Pocatello, ID

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Kentucky - State Baptist group boots Kentucky churches for supporting LGBTQ hires

Chris Kenning
courier-journal

Paul Chitwood

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civil rights - State insurance rule on transgender care is sex discrimination, federal judge rules

Ed Trevelen
WiscNews

Madison, WI (1855)

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lead story - Will attacks on transgender South Carolinians lead to a state hate-crime law?

Bristow Marchant
The State

Orangeburg, SC

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ezs note:  South Carolinians - State Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter's bill is a damn fine one, and it deserves to be passed.  Please, do your part and call your state rep and state Senate and urge that it be passed.

Washington (state) - Kaiser to cover breast augmentation on transgender women, state says

Drew Mikkelson
King5

Olympia, WA

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Alabama - State ID law causing problems for Alabama transgender woman

Press
KCCI

Birmingham, AL

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The U.S. State of Delaware Becomes the 15th State to Ban LGBTQ+ Conversion Therapy

Duane Paul Murphy
College Media Network

Dover, DE (Delaware State Capitol)

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ezs note:  Delaware residents - Actually, the headline is a bit of a misnomer.  Read the whole article - it prevents minors from using 'reparative therapy', but once the person turns eighteen, hey, have at it.  This crackpot 'therapy' is no better than Dr. Hobgoblin's Magic Elixir. 

civil rights - State ordered to pay for 2 transgender surgeries

Press
Channel3000

Madison, WI (off Lake Mendota)

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Sudan/Israel - NGO: STATE DETAINED SUDANESE OF DARFUR UNTIL MID-MARCH DESPITE PLEDGE

Yonah Jeremy Bob
Jerusalem Post

Sudan (map)

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Washington (state) - Transgender veteran sues state, alleging sex discrimination in hiring

Camille Lemke
The News Tribune

Fife, WA

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Vermont newspaper editor fired for tweeting that state offering a third gender choice on driving licenses was 'one step closer to the apocalypse' (UK)

Hannah Parry
Dailymail.com

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Delaware ranks high in survey of state LGBTQ laws

Christi Milligan
Delaware Business Times

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State denies plan discriminates against transgender members

Jonathan Ellis
Argus Leader

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Republican says state will balance budget by cutting transgender care

Alex Bollinger
LGBTQ Nation

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10 Facts About the State of the Transgender Community in the U.S.

Connie Chavez
Latina

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Transgender activist in Topeka sues state over birth certificate

Nick Viviani
WIBW

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Pierce: Assembly decisions hurting state

Scott Witten
The Laurinburg Exchange

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