civil rights - AG Healey Demands Civil Rights Protections for Transgender People

Staff
Cape Cod Times

AG Maura Healey

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Rhode Island - Hundreds rally at State House against Trump’s efforts to “erase” transgender people

Linda Borg
Providence Journal

Rhode Island State House

Providence, RI

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lead story - A Perilous Moment for Transgender People in the United States

Sebastian Kohn
Open Society Foundations

In Time Of Peril, Edmund Blair Leighton (1897)

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lead story - 12 simple ways to make your workplace more inclusive of transgender people

Meera Jagannathan
MarketWatch

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civil rights - Not voting has consequences. Transgender people in Trump’s America know this all too well

Erika D. Smith
The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento, CA

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Connecticut - The Trump Administration May Revoke Civil Rights For Transgender People: What Does That Mean In Connecticut?

Daniela Altimari
Hartford Courant

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civil rights - View from Away: Assaulting the civil rights of transgender people isn’t campaign fodder

Press
Central Maine (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles, CA (Griffith Observatory)

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civil rights - Administration opposes transgender civil rights shield

Lyle Denniston
Constitution Center

Oh, isn't it quaint.  Let's chuck it.

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lead story - The Idea of a 'DNA Test' for Transgender People Is Part of a Long, Dark History

Jeffrey Kluger
Time

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lead story - Transgender people can't be defined out of existence, despite this administration's efforts

Sam Brinton
The Hill

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civil rights - Civil rights apply to transgender people too

Natalie Sweeney
The Inquirer And Mirror

Orleans, 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 - LGBTQ group says Alabama participating in a 'deliberate attack' on transgender people

Jonece Starr Dunigan
AL.com

Montgomery, AL

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civil rights - Leslie Rutledge joins push to allow firing transgender people UPDATE

Max Brantley
Arkansas Times

Batesville, AR

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ezs note: Arkansas residents - whether you live in a small town or a large city, it's almost Labor Day.  And it's also time to volunteer against Leslie Rutledge having another term as Attorney General.

lead story - Portraits depict 'struggles and joys' of older transgender people

Oscar Holland
CNN

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lead story - Deadly Violence Against Transgender People Is on the Rise. The Government Isn’t Helping.

Chase Strangio
ACLU

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ezs note:  I recently re-joined the ACLU.  They are a good and decent organization.  If you haven't joined yet, maybe it's a good time!

Florida - Homicides highlight police agency policies on describing transgender people

Lucas Waldron, Ken Schwenke
The Florida Times-Union

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civil rights - Policy Changes Could Make Air Travel Easier For Transgender People

Casey Mendoza
NewsChannel5

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Luxembourg - Luxembourg makes status change for transgender people easier

Barbara Tasch
Luxembourg Times

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  (Chamber Of Deputies)

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lead story - NHS threatened with legal action unless it offers transgender people fertility treatment

Josh Gabbatiss
Independent

London, UK

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