'It's like they took away a part of me:' A student athlete on NH laws targeting trans youth

 Julia Furukawa, Michelle Liu

NHPR

Plymouth, NH

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ezs note:  New Hampshire voters - On Election Day, do your best to put as many nitwits out on the street as you can.  Thanks.

New Hampshire - Targeting transgender athletes ignores the real problem

Sherry Boschert

New Hampshire Bulletin

Acworth, NH

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Washington (state) Republicans introduce bills targeting abortion providers and transgender youth

Nick Hawthorne

KXLY

Spokane Valley, WA

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ezs note:  YOU can make a difference.  Especially if you are in a state representative or state senator, call them up!

name/residence/county

Sen. Mike Padden/Spokane Valley/Spokane (p)

Sen. Phil Fortunato/Auburn/King-Pierce (pts)

Sen. Jim McCune/Graham/Pierce-Thurston (pts)

Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen/Puyallup/Pierce (p)

Rep. Leonard Christian/Spokane Valley/Spokane (p)

please press:  www.kxly.com

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Human rights groups condemn Russia legislation targeting transgender people

Amora Evans

Jurist

 Moscow, Russia

Spasskaya Tower

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Kris Kobach delivers advice on new law targeting transgender Kansans

Rachel Mipro

Reflector

Kris Kobach

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ezs note:  Kansas voters - make your voice heard!  Send an email to your state representative and state senator and tell them Kris Kobach's 'ideas' are pure nonsense.

DeSantis signs bills targeting drag shows, transgender kids and the use of bathrooms and pronouns

Brendan Farrington

AP

Ron DeSantis (R)

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ezs note:  The one bright spot are the kids.  If you have compassion for your fellow transgender people, please use the pronoun that they prefer.  As far as the 'state representatives' and 'state senators' go, well, f*$k 'em.  

Florida Republicans pass bill targeting transgender bathroom use

Andrew Atterbury 

Politico

Lake Mary, FL

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ezs note:  Florida residents -  if your state legislator votes 'yes' on this stupid bill, and you don't even bother to vote him/her out, well, guess what that makes you?  Register and vote! 

SC one of several states targeting transgender health care with first bills of 2023

Hannah Schoenbaum

13 News

 Columbia, SC

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ezs note:  Hey, nobody said it was gonna be easy, but if you live in South Carolina, please email or call (preferred) and tell them NO to this odious bill.  Thanks.    

Bills targeting trans youth are growing more common — and radically reshaping lives

Koko Nakajima, Connie Hanzhang Jin

NPR

Little Rock, AR

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lead story - S.D. Gov. Kristi Noem releases national ad targeting transgender student athletes

Matt Lavietes

NBC News

Gov. Kristi Noem (South Dakota)

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Austin - Texas House passes bill targeting transgender students in sports

Phil Helsel

CNN

Austin, TX

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lead story - “It just keeps on happening”: Texas parents fight legislation targeting their trans children for the fourth time this year

Allyson Waller

The Texas Tribune

Houston, TX

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lead story - Online trolls targeting transgender Olympian: Kiwi official

Press

AFP

Tokyo, Japan

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please press:  www.france24.com

lead story - Lawsuit targeting transgender student policies dismissed

Press

ABC News

Lynchburg, VA (ca. 1819)

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please press:  abcnews.go.com

lead story - Judge halts West Virginia law targeting transgender athletes

Bianca Quilantan

Politico

Charleston, WV

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lead story - Michigan’s first transgender teacher of the year speaks out on bill targeting transgender student athletes

Grant Hermes, Dane Kelly

WDIV

Oak Park, MI (Jamie Arnold)

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please press:  www.clickondetroit.com

Alabama - Bill targeting treatments for transgender youth dies in Alabama Legislature

Brian Lyman

Montgomery Advertiser

Phenix City, AL

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Texas - Vengeance or politics? Democrat Harold Dutton explains why he advanced bill targeting transgender athletes, other GOP priorities

James Barragán

The Texas Tribune

Houston, TX

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ezs note:  Harold Dutton = DINO.

lead story - A surge in legislation targeting trans youth "could come at the literal cost of lives," advocates warn

Li Cohen

CBS News

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Florida - Bill targeting transgender athletes moves in Senate despite pushback

Renzo Downey

Florida Politics

Lakeland, FL

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ezs note:  Lake and Polk counties (Florida) - To be sure, Kelli Stargel has the right to her own opinion.  What she does NOT have is the right to punish transgender athletes because of her deranged opinion.  If she insists on this, make Sen. Stargel into FORMER Sen. Stargel.