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2025 Legislative Recap
By Darrell Hill
We’re Standing Up for Trans Youth: Here’s How You Can Join Us
On this Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate trans youth by advocating for their dignity and respect.
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Yes, coming out is still your choice. No, a school cannot out you.
Recent reports coming out of Norterra Canyon School give us cause for concern. According to some middle school students, they were told it is inappropriate to talk about sexual orientation at school. This is wrong and unlawful.
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Arizona Provides Me Unequal Healthcare Because I’m Transgender
Transition-related surgery can be life-saving. No one should be denied medically necessary care because of who they are.
I’m Out of a Job Because My Boss Didn’t Think I Look Like a Woman
When I was asked to learn more about Chili’s new management program, which would allow me to take another step up the corporate ladder, I was thrilled. I attended a seminar about the program in June. I never thought that what I wore to the seminar would cause the end of my Chili’s career.
By Meagan Hunter
Don’t tolerate discrimination, even from “artistic” businesses
This blog post originally appeared in the November 2018 issue of Echo Magazine as part of the magazine's "We The People" column.
Law enforcement mistreated me because I’m transgender
I was arrested while exercising my First Amendment rights. Then, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office mistreated me and highlighted the urgent need for law enforcement to put policies in place to protect transgender Arizonans.
By Brianna Westbrook
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