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- ↑ "Iowa's first transgender elected official running for Iowa House seat". The Gazette. December 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Bills targeting transgender Iowans are harmful, even if they don't pass". www.thegazette.com. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ↑ Wichtendahl, Aime. "Iowa Republicans focus on attacking trans people like me". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
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