Iowa - Bill would bar school discipline for not using transgender students’ name, pronouns

Robin Opsahl

Iowa Capital Dispatch

Boone, IA

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Mississippi - Mississippi bans trans people from using correct school bathroom

Amelia Hansford

Pink

Algoma, MS

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ezs note:  Oh, Mississippi.  When do you plan on doing ANYTHING right???

lead story - Kansas lawmaker says she doesn't 'appreciate the transgender female' using Capitol bathroom

David K. Li

NBC News

Cowley County Community College

Mulvane, KS

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Florida - Transgender student says he was targeted by students using hate speech at St. Johns County school

Joe McLean

news4jax.com

St. Johns County, FL

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lead story - The New York Times is insisting on using the deadnames of trans journalists

Juwan J. Holmes

LGBTQ Nation

The New York Times

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ezs note:  Don't mistake me - I do like the Times.  But think about this - when COVID deaths hit 100,000, it printed an entire page of names.  This was commendable.  But when a few journalists asked for their proper names to be used, the Times  balked.  This was the worst excuse ever. Ever.

lead story - A Researcher Is Trying To Settle The Transgender Athlete Debate — Using Science

Tom Goldman

NPR

Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL - Before George Floyd, Officer Derek Chauvin had a history of using excessive force

 

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civil rights - Republicans are using the pandemic to push anti-abortion and anti-trans agendas

Katelyn Burns
Vox

Austin, TX

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civil rights - Transgender woman killed in Puerto Rico after using women's bathroom

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

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 ezs note:  As of now, police have been unable to find Neulisa (Alexa) Luciano Ruiz's killer.  If you have any information, please call the Puerto Rican police. Thank you. 

ezs note:  (Español) A partir de ahora, la policía no ha podido encontrar al asesino de Neulisa (Alexa) Luciano Ruiz. Si tiene alguna información, llame a la policía puertorriqueña. Gracias.

Donald Trump - Trump’s Mar-a-Lago asks to hire 61 additional foreign workers using visa program

Shannon K. Crawford, Soo Rin Kim
ABC

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“STOP USING GOD AS AN EXCUSE TO HATE PEOPLE” SAYS PASTOR ON RESTROOM BILL

Nathan Glover
World Religion News

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Indiana: Pay to Pee Bill Will Punish Transgender Students With Jail and Fines for Using Wrong Bathrooms, Senate Bill 35 Under Fire

Essel Pratt
Inquisitr

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ezs note:  Indiana residents - please remember to have your state representative AND state senator vote NO on this moronic bill!  Thanks. 

MN GOP Senators want to block transgender employees from using the bathroom

Andy Birkey
The Colu.mn

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ezs note:  Does it seem that I'm repeating myself... hmmmm... but this one's from Minnesota.  Please contact your state representative AND state senator and tell them they should vote NO on this stupid bill. (Senate File 3002) 

Kansas bills hope to fine trans people $2,500 a time for using ‘wrong’ bathroom (UK)

Joseph Patrick McCormick
Pink News

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ezs note:  Kansans - yeah, we know Kansas is one of the most conservative states in the union - but you can make a difference!  Please call or e-mail your state representative AND state senator and let them know that they should vote NO on this stupid bill!

Trans Woman Arrested for Using Women's Restroom (shewired)

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