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16 October 2021
Colorado - Colorado now requires gender-affirming care to be covered by private health insurance
lead story - HRC Mourns Royal Poetical Starz, Black Transgender Woman Killed in Miami Gardens, Florida
Violet Lhant
HRC
Joe Manchin - Manchin hits back at Sanders criticism in fight over Biden investment plan
Edward Helmore
The Guardian
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
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15 October 2021
archive -- Hartford T.V.I.C - Feb 1974
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Connecticut - Kapoor defends transgender policy proposal as debate continues
Bill Bittar
The Monroe Sun
Austin - Texas House passes bill targeting transgender students in sports
Joe Biden - Biden gives some clues on potential compromises to his social safety net plan
14 October 2021
archive - cross-dressing now legal in st. louis - Aug 24 1986
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lead story - More than 200 women and transgender individuals will be transferred out of Rikers amid staffing crisis
booster shots - FDA panel supports Moderna COVID-19 booster shots for older Americans and other adults at higher risk of infection
Karen Weintraub, Elizabeth Weise
USA Today
13 October 2021
archive - Cross-Port InnerView - Jan 1986
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Indiana - 2021 Health Care Heroes: Providing a ‘safe haven’ for transgender patients
Tom Harton
Indiana Business Journal
lead story - The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye review – a call for compassion
Supreme Court - Supreme Court looks set to reimpose the death penalty for the Boston Marathon bomber
12 October 2021
archive - Byers Of Williamstown on the Witness Stand - Jul 9 1901
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West Virginia - Plaintiffs added to West Virginia suit over denied transgender care
lead story - Trans Man Fights Japan’s Sterilization Requirement
Kanae Doi, Kyle Knight
Human Rights Watch
California fire - California’s Alisal Fire sparks evacuations and Highway 101 partial closure
11 October 2021
archive - City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC) Records and Publications - 1986-2005
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Minnesota - CSL Plasma Agrees Not To Ban Donors Based On Gender Identity After Lawsuit
lead story - Netflix suspends trans staffer who criticized Chappelle special for crashing meeting
plane crash - At least 2 dead after plane crashes into residential neighborhood near San Diego
David K. Li, Andrew Blankstein
NBC News
10 October 2021
archive - kinder and gentler festival A - Sep 1 1991
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Michigan - Proposed policy would offer protections for transgender students in Saline schools
Martin Slagter
mlive.com
lead story - Jaclyn Moore of 'Dear White People' boycotts Netflix over Dave Chappelle's anti-transgender jokes
Taiwan/China relations - Taiwan will not bow to China pressure, president says after Beijing reunification call
Yuliya Talmazan
NBC News
09 October 2021
archive - TransForum (page 66) - Sep 1999
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South Carolina - ‘It was breathtaking.’ New group brings LGBTQ+ Pride back to Myrtle Beach after COVID hiatus
Kyrsten Sinema - Kyrsten Sinema has rankled fellow Democrats, but will it matter in her home state of Arizona?
08 October 2021
archive - Alpha Zeta & A Rose Newsletter*, Feb 15 1988
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Arizona - Pass the PRO Act to demand more for all workers
lead story - Philadelphia unveils its first mural celebrating transgender people
world leaders - World leaders reach landmark deal on a global corporate tax rate
07 October 2021
lead story - Meet the minister fighting anti-transgender bills in Texas
debt ceiling - Senate reaches short-term deal to raise debt ceiling
01 October 2021
lead story - 'Literally like she just vanished': Family of missing Columbus woman demands answers a month after disappearance
Bryant Sommerville
WBNS
Democratic leaders - House infrastructure vote on hold as Democrats try to strike deal on broader social spending bill
29 September 2021
archive - Seattle Man-Woman Bares "His" Soul (sic) - Sep 7 1916
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Washington state - Insurers in WA must cover transgender health care under new bill
lead story - For Transgender Youth, Stigma Is Just One Barrier to Health Care
Sabrina Imbler
The New York Times
Joe Biden - White House: Biden "disappointed" in McConnell and GOP for refusal to work with Democrats on debt limit
28 September 2021
archive - Fantasia Fair Cover Letter from Sheila Kirk - Sep 15 1989
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Louisiana - HRC Mourns Pooh Johnson, Black Transgender Woman Killed in Louisiana
Violet Lhant
HRC
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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