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Harry Bronson, Assembly’s out labor chair, vows to boost equity and workforce development in New York

Wednesday, March 13th, 2024

via amNewYork (New York)

Rochester-based Assemblymember Harry Bronson is the chair of the Labor Committee for the first time in his decade-plus tenure in the State Legislature. But he is no stranger to that committee — or…

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GOP-led states expand crackdowns on transgender care

Wednesday, March 13th, 2024

via The Washington Post (South Carolina)

South Carolina and Virginia are the only two Southern states without bans on trans minors obtaining gender-affirming care. Republicans controlling South Carolina's legislature are trying to change that.

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Time running out for lawmakers to advance some major bills

Tuesday, March 12th, 2024

via Globe Gazette (Iowa)

In the balance: changes to AEAs, gender identity and school safety

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From child labor rollbacks to attacks on trans people, Republicans pursue a radically cruel agenda in Louisiana

Monday, March 11th, 2024

via The Times-Picayune (Louisiana)

Over the last eight years while Texas, Florida, Alabama and other deep-red Southern states engaged in a race to the bottom on human rights, criminal justice and basic decency, Louisiana

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CT lawmakers: Protect children from deceptive, unfair and dangerous policies

Thursday, March 7th, 2024

via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)

Our proposals are consistent with good public policy and are also overwhelmingly supported by voters.

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Supporting LGBTQ+ students

Wednesday, March 6th, 2024

via Sun Journal (Maine)

BETHEL — 'Correct pronoun use is suicide prevention,' said Training Coordinator August Sender of OutMaine. '[Using someone's correct pronouns] is like saying, ‘I see you, I hear you … ,'' Sender…

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A heated custody battle over a transgender child in California stokes a viral debate

Monday, March 4th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

Adam Vena claims California took his child because he wouldn't accept the child is transgender went viral. The case is far more complicated than that.

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Nex Benedict’s school will be investigated over possible federal civil rights violations

Saturday, March 2nd, 2024

via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)

The 16-year-old's death has drawn national scrutiny to Owasso Public Schools.

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Missouri Bill Makes Teachers Sex Offenders If They Accept Trans Kids’ Pronouns

Friday, March 1st, 2024

via Riverfront Times (Missouri)

Provide support or information related to the "social transition" of a child and you're a felon, apparently

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Some states are trying to make sex binary. Transgender people see their existence denied

Thursday, February 29th, 2024

via Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)

Efforts in Republican-led states to write definitions of male and female into law are leading to outcry that the measures deny transgender people legal recognition.

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Swelling rage around LGBTQ+ student’s death outed Owasso’s troubling history

Thursday, February 29th, 2024

via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)

The death of Nex Benedict following a school fight has cast a glaring light on Oklahoma and the city where it happened over the safety of transgender and gay children.

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LGBTQ+ Gun Owners Are Breaching The Right-Wing Arms Bubble

Thursday, February 29th, 2024

via Washingtonian (District of Columbia)

In a time of rising fear and polarization, liberals are increasingly taking up arms—and challenging a gun culture long dominated by conservatives.

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Direct link between politics & teen’s death

Thursday, February 29th, 2024

via The Dominion Post (West Virginia)

An Oklahoma teenager died earlier this month after being beaten up during a fight with some older girls in a school bathroom. The school failed to call […]

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Marching for change: OU community gathers in support of Nex Benedict

Wednesday, February 28th, 2024

via Norman Transcript (Oklahoma)

A crowd of people marched Wednesday from the University of Oklahoma's South Oval to bring attention to the death of Nex Benedict with the hope of changing the way the

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‘We have so much to lose’: Georgia LGBTQ advocates fight several bills moving through Capitol

Wednesday, February 28th, 2024

via WABE (Georgia)

This story was updated at 11:14 a.m. Georgia's LGBTQ advocates are raising concerns over several bills advancing through the statehouse this session. They filled Liberty Plaza across from the state…

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Connecticut Treasurer Erick Russell: Anti-trans proposals endanger kids

Wednesday, February 28th, 2024

via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)

For a child struggling with their identity, even one caring adult can be lifesaving, lending powerful support at a time of vulnerability and profound self-discovery.

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Does a senator’s ‘filth’ statement reflect Oklahoma? The impacts of rhetoric on state’s LGBTQ community

Tuesday, February 27th, 2024

via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)

Sen. Tom Woods put a capstone on what many believe has become the toxic atmosphere of Oklahoma's government that critics say marginalizes those who are different.

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Fears of witch hunts over Utah ban on trans athletes in girls’ sports

Monday, February 26th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Florida)

A state board of education member targeted a high school student on social media, alarming the transgender community and infuriating many Utahns.

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Candlelight vigil on Boston Common honors nonbinary teen who died following fight at Okla. high school

Sunday, February 25th, 2024

via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)

Attendees, who stood wrapped in winter coats against the breezy cold night air, brought small electronic candles while others used the flashlight on their mobile phones and held them up in the air, creating a scene of sparkling light on Boston Common.

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