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New York State Education Department revamps guidance to offer transgender and gender-expansive students more support

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — New York state’s Education Department has updated guidance for its schools to support the rights of transgender and gender-expansive students. The guidance, issued last week, offers information and tips to help school staff if a student comes out to them – understanding gender identity and normalizing name, pronoun and

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North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in final days of session

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender rights are taking center stage in North Carolina as the GOP-controlled General Assembly considers legislation restricting gender-affirming health care and trans participation in sports. The legislative push comes in the waning weeks of the North Carolina session and as many Republican-led state legislatures

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Missouri judge orders end to GOP officials’ standoff over proposed abortion rights ballot measure

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will move forward after a judge broke a standoff between two Republican officials that had halted the process. Cole County Presiding Judge Jon Beetem on Tuesday ordered Missouri’s attorney general to approve the state auditor’s cost

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Florida deputy’s face went ‘blank’ during school massacre, security guard testifies

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former security guard told jurors that a Florida sheriffs deputy’s face went “blank” as shots rang out during a 2018 school massacre. Kelvin Greenleaf testified Tuesday at the trial of former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, who’s charged with failing to confront the shooter

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