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Transgender Oklahoma City police officer to seek state House post
OKLAHOMA CITY — A transgender Oklahoma City police officer who engaged in a legal battle with the department a decade ago has retired from the force and plans to run for an open seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
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Openly gay Oklahoma state senator to run for U.S. Congress
OKLAHOMA CITY — A Democratic state senator from Oklahoma City says he plans to run for the 5th Congressional District seat being vacated by Republican U.S. Rep. James Lankford.
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ACLU files appeal in case of transgender woman denied name change
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma (ACLU) has announced that it will represent a transgender woman who was denied a name change by an Oklahoma judge who told her “you can’t change what God gave you.”
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Oklahoma man suffers burns after vandals scrawl gay slur, set car on fire
EDMOND, Okla. — An Oklahoma gay man says he awoke in the early morning hours on July 21 to the noise two men dressed in black and wearing face masks vandalizing his car — he said one of the suspects threw something in his vehicle that caused an explosion and fire, while the man other fled.
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Oklahoma City adds sexual orientation to city’s non-discrimination policy
The Oklahoma City Council this week voted to add sexual orientation to the city’s employment non-discrimination policy after a debate that lasted more than half of the council meeting.