Illinois - Illinois to allow transgender residents to change birth certificates issued in another state

John Clark

MyStateLine

Forest Glen, IL (neighborhood of Chicago)

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New Jersey - Borgata, Garden State Equality help NJ transgender residents with name changes

Alex Biese

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Atlantic City, NJ

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lead story - New Jersey Gov. Signs Bills Giving Transgender Residents More Rights

Alanna Vagianos
HuffPost

Gov. Phil Murphy

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Survey: 42 Percent of Transgender Residents Have Experienced Workplace Harassment, Many Others Unemployed

Andrew Giambrone
Washington City Paper

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The next hurdles to clear for transgender N.J. residents | Opinion

Andrea Bowen
NJ.com

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Shelters urged to respect gender identities of trans residents

Marisa Taylor

Aljazeera America

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