FEDERAL

Victory Fund and Pride Fund to End Gun Violence condemn Trump’s ban on transgender service members

Lawmakers call for return of trans status question in health survey

Seventy-six members of Congress, including all the co-chairs of the LGBT Equality Caucus, want the Trump administration to put the question back in.
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Rep. Pocan urges state officials not to give up voter data to Trump administration

Mark Pocan of Wisconsin signed a letter asking state election officials not to turn over voter information to Trump’s voter fraud commission.
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STATEWIDE

Gov. Kate Brown is leading the resistance from Oregon

The first openly LGBTQ governor in U.S. history spent the first half of 2017 successfully fighting back against the Trump administration’s agenda.
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Maura Healey calls Trump ‘unfit to lead’ following trans troop tweets

The openly lesbian Massachusetts attorney general spoke out against Trump’s ban, saying “regardless of party, we all believe in inclusion and opportunity for every American who puts on a uniform.”
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Danica Roem calls Trump transgender troop ban ‘height of hypocrisy’

The first openly trans Virginia House of Delegates candidate is locked in a close race with Virginia’s most anti-LGBTQ legislator, who celebrated Trump’s announcement.
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Roem becomes Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee spotlight candidate

The party committee dedicated to statehouse races is highlighting Danica for being an innovator and trailblazer.
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In lighthearted interview, Jenny Durkan explains how she’s not the ‘establishment candidate’

“I was the first openly gay U.S. attorney. If [my partner and I] are the establishment, that shows a lot of progress has been made,” said Durkan.
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