Baby steps here in this conservative stronghold:

ACLU Tour Introduces Panhandle Residents to Their Trans Neighbors (goes to the Scottsbluff, NE Star-Herald, more at the link):

Imagine not feeling at home in your own skin.

For those who’ve never experienced gender dysphoria — the feeling of disconnect between one’s emotional and psychological identity and their biological sex — that concept can be difficult to grasp.

Since the census doesn’t ask about an individual’s trans status, there’s no detailed hard data regarding the number of transgender people who currently live in Nebraska, However, an estimated 60,000 LGBT individuals reside in the Cornhusker state.

“That’s equal to our state’s third largest city,” ACLU Nebraska Communications Director Tyler Richard said. “This is a reasonable-sized group of people. It’s worth our schools, it’s worth our health care industry, it’s worth our workplaces — thinking about what are we going to do to make this a welcoming, inclusive state and place for transgender Nebraskans.”

Panhandle Equality partnered with ACLU Nebraska, a Lincoln-based nonpartisan civil liberties organization, to present the first night of the Transgender Voices Tour on Monday evening at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center.