national/world - Name change struggles faced by transgender students

Zama Myeza

The Witness

Pretoria, South Africa

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New Jersey - Protecting transgender students in New Jersey: Why Policy 5756 Matters

Reginald Bledsoe, Raul Perez Monson

Mosaic

Waldwick, NJ (r)

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national/world - New Hampshire’s highest court upholds policy supporting transgender students’ privacy

Associated Press

KEYT.com

Exeter, NH (r)

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national/world - Supreme Court blocks temporary enforcement of expanded protections for transgender students

Amy Grant

SCOTUSblog

SCOTUS

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ezs note:  Granted, this is a bit of a setback.  Which is why it's so important that you vote for Harris/Walz. Send the troglodytes out to pasture!

national/world - Colorado parents sue over state law and school policy regarding transgender students

Shaun Boyd

CBS News

Brighton, CO

(seat of Adams County)

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ezs note:  Orrrrrrrrr... you didn't pay enough attention to your daughter, instead paying it to "Rev." Elmer Gantry.

national/world - Buncombe schools blocked from implementing Title IX amendment protecting gay and transgender students from bullying, harassment

Tom Fiedler

Asheville Watchdog

Asheville, NC

Buncombe County

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national/world - Ohio House passes bill to restrict bathroom use for transgender students

Haley BeMiller

The Columbus Dispatch

Kitts Hill, OH

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California - California bill would ban schools from requiring teachers to identify transgender students

Zaidee Stavely

EdSource

Crescent City, CA

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Maryland - Transgender Students and Their Protections: Maryland as National Leader

Sean Leavy

Modern Diplomacy

 Accident, MD (!)

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national/world - Education Department boosts legal defenses for transgender students

Bianca Quilantan

Politico

Education Department

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Alaska - ACLU of Alaska sues Mat-Su Borough School District over bathroom restrictions for transgender students

Meghan Barker

Alaska Native News

Talkeetna, AK

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Maryland joins coalition of attorneys general in supporting policy of protecting privacy of transgender students

Staff 

CBS Baltimore

AG Anthony Brown (D)

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Mixed response as Hanover school board scraps policy protecting transgender students

Hannah Gross

NJ Spotlight News

Hanover Township, NJ

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ezs note:  Unfortunately, many Boards of Education don't have the people to show up, even though the entire schoolchildren have their future in their hands.  If you're free, make it a point to show up.  If your schedule doesn't permit it, make sure you can send an email or snailmail.  Get involved!

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Katy ISD Board of Trustees votes to accept new policy for how district will address transgender students

Rilwan Balogun

Click2Houston.com

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Transgender and nonbinary state legislators press Biden on proposed transgender students athletics rule

Bo Erickson

CBS News

Pres. Joe Biden

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ezs note:  Yeah, Joe Biden is nice n' all, but YOU have the obligation to write or ewrite if you feel he's getting too pokey.  It doesn't matter whether he/she's Democratic, Republican, or other.  He's president, not king.

Transgender students at center of new bills in New Hampshire

Holly Ramer

ABC News

Concord, NH

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Lee County School District announces plan to identify transgender students

Dave Elias

NBC-2.COM

Lee County, FL (Fort Myers)

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Kentucky - Kentucky governor halts bill that would ban transgender students from women's sports

Ayana Archie

NPR

Gov. Andy Beshear

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Colorado -Transgender students speak up

Kaydee Lucero

The Criterion

Grand Junction, CO

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Arkansas - Cotton's bill would require parental OK for schools to use transgender students' preferred pronouns

Ryan Tarinelli

Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)

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ezs note:  Sorry, but I've seen far too many goobers screw up their transgender kids.  Please, mail or email both of your Senators and urge them to vote NO on Cotton's crazy bill.