All posts tagged "gender identity"
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Virginia Democrats introduce ban on gay and trans panic defense
Separate bill also ensures LGBTQ victims of crime can receive justice
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Montana lawmakers will consider two anti-transgender bills this session
Bills would bar trans athletes from competing and prohibit trans youth from receiving care to help them transition
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Family of trans woman killed in Chicago believes her shooting is a hate crime
25-year-old Courtney "Eshay" Key was misgendered in initial police reports
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Switzerland votes to legalize same-sex marriage
The European nation also made it easier for some transgender people to have their gender legally recognized
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U.S. Supreme Court lets Oregon district’s transgender bathroom policy stand
Justices allow lower court rulings finding trans kids do not threaten privacy of cisgender peers to stand
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Hundreds of thousands of trans and nonbinary people could face obstacles in voting
Trans people may lack accurate identity documents, encounter hostile poll workers, and even be threatened with violence
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Texas allows social workers to turn away LGBTQ people
Under a new rule change, social workers in Texas will now be allowed to turn away LGBTQ clients based on their personal religious beliefs.
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Transgender veteran says Illinois is denying her unemployment benefits due to name change
Myra Lebron says the Illinois Department of Employment Security refuses to recognize her legal name change
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Trans students could be outed to their parents after Wisconsin ruling
An injunction against pro-trans guidance could lead to school's having to out students to parents
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Being trans is illegal in only 13 countries, but many more nations use other laws to criminalize trans people
Report documents progress and regression in various countries when it comes to recognizing transgender rights
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Transgender Texas teen says she’s been banned from school until she adheres to male dress code
Sanae Martinez was told she'd have to lose her earrings and cut her hair in order to attend school.
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Trump administration slammed for allowing shelters to turn away trans people
Advocates have criticized new standards that will likely rely on gender stereotypes or physical attributes to discriminate against trans people
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Proposed Russian law would prohibit transgender people from officially changing their gender
Law would also close a loophole allowing registration of same-sex marriages and would ban LGBTQ couples from adopting
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California bill would end policy forcing transgender women to be housed in men’s prisons
Bill also requires prison officials to use correct names and pronouns in all interactions with trans and nonbinary inmates
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Trump administration erases LGBTQ people from USAID’s gender policy
Critics say revised policy, eliminating references to LGBTQ people and contraceptives, is a "political document"
