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Victory in Montgomery County!

The highest court in Maryland decided that an anti-transgender measure must be removed from the ballot in Montgomery County, Md. because the opposition effort did not collect enough valid signatures, reversing a lower court decision. The measure will not move forward as a result of this decision. Read more.

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Victory in Maryland reflects a victory for the work of volunteers and organizers everywhere

Posted September 9, 2:48 pm
by Jovan Sage

Even though we won a huge victory today for transgender rights in Maryland — with the court throwing out the effort to repeal transgender rights on the ballot — we were preparing to defeat this attack on gender identity protections in November.