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Foes of raising CA minimum wage declare victory

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024

via CalMatters (California)

Foes of increasing the California minimum wage say voters have rejected the proposition, but supporters aren't giving up yet.

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How California keeps transgender student athletes on the court as bans unfold across the country

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024

via CalMatters (California)

California is increasingly tangled in the nationwide fight over transgender college athletes competing on teams of their gender identity.

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‘He showed us a preview’: San Diego LGBTQ+ community mourns, mobilizes ahead of another Trump presidency

Saturday, November 16th, 2024

via The San Diego Union-Tribune (California)

Trump has pledged to roll back key protections for transgender people and made rhetoric against the community a key driver of his campaign.

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Maine transgender advocates fear a(nother) Trump presidency but vow to fight

Saturday, November 16th, 2024

via Portland Press Herald (Maine)

Trump's campaign often featured disparaging rhetoric and false claims about trans people, but his message was effective in seizing on broader fears.

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Transgender-rights advocates say the election of Trump and his allies marks a major setback

Friday, November 15th, 2024

via The Associated Press (Massachusetts)

Election victories for Donald Trump and other candidates whose campaigns demeaned transgender people reinforced a widespread backlash against trans rights.

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Transgender Ohioans and allies are asking Gov. Mike DeWine to veto bathroom ban bill • Ohio Capital Journal

Friday, November 15th, 2024

via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)

Transgender Ohioans, allies and educators are calling on Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a transgender bathroom ban bill.

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How Ted Cruz pulled off a decisive win and kept his White House hopes afloat

Thursday, November 14th, 2024

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

Cruz won over Latino voters and targeted Colin Allred's support of transgender rights to win a third term.

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What a survey found when asking students whether they identify as transgender

Wednesday, November 13th, 2024

via Topeka Capital-Journal (Kansas)

A survey found that about 3% of U.S. high-schoolers identify as transgender, and another 2% question their gender identity.

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For transgender Americans, Trump’s win after a campaign targeting them is terrifying

Friday, November 8th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

President-elect Donald Trump's win after a virulently anti-transgender campaign has left many queer and transgender people especially frightened about the future.

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Opponents use parental rights and anti-trans messages to fight abortion ballot measures

Thursday, October 31st, 2024

via The Associated Press (Nevada)

As voters in nine states determine whether to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions, opponents are using parental rights and anti-transgender messages to try to undermine support for the ballot proposals.

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What to know about the San Jose State volleyball team and why opponents are boycotting matches

Friday, October 25th, 2024

via The Associated Press (Pennsylvania)

The San Jose State University women's volleyball team finds itself at the center of a storm around transgender participation in sports as it makes a run toward a conference title.

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For trans people reliant on federal programs, the election could change everything • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

via Pennsylvania Capital-Star (Pennsylvania)

Twenty-six states have enacted laws limiting youth access to gender-affirming care. Though Pennsylvania isn't among them, Republican members of the state House of Representatives have introduced legislation this year proposing legal protection for any parent who won't consent to this kind of care for their child.

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Indy Elections: Republicans lead in voter turnout by about 2 percentage points

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024

via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)

Plus: Election resources and celebrity sightings

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Equality Utah says lawsuit by Trump adviser’s firm aims to punish the LGBTQ+ nonprofit for calling out anti-trans speech

Saturday, October 19th, 2024

via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

A Utah conservative activist is suing LGBTQ+ advocacy group Equality Utah with help from a former advisor to Donald Trump. The nonprofit is now asking a judge to throw the case out, citing a new anti-SLAPP law.

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Inside the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ push that’s perplexing health leaders

Friday, October 18th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Texas)

Experts are happy that chronic disease has become a campaign priority — but not sure how to feel about the message coming from Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Trump, pointing to disputed San Jose State volleyball play, vows to ban transgender athletes

Thursday, October 17th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

Donald Trump claimed during a town hall that a spike by a transgender player "hit the girl in the head.' San Diego State says that didn't happen.

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Trump targets San Jose State player, pledges to ban trans athletes from women’s sports

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024

via San Francisco Chronicle (California)

Donald Trump, referencing a play in a San Jose State volleyball match, said that he would ban all trans women from competing in women's sports.

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Trump claim against SJSU player refuted after he pledges to ban trans athletes from women’s sports

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024

via San Francisco Chronicle (California)

Donald Trump, incorrectly referencing a play in a San Jose State volleyball match, said that he would ban all trans women from competing in women's sports.

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Rogers and Slotkin slug it out on Social Security, guns, EVs and abortion in final debate • Michigan Advance

Tuesday, October 15th, 2024

via Michigan Advance (Michigan)

The two candidates vying to be Michigan's next U.S. senator confronted each other face-to-face for the last time Monday before the Nov. 5 election. U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) and former U.S.…

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