All posts tagged "gender identity"
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University of Oklahoma professor drafts bill to ban conversion therapy in the state
A University of Oklahoma professor has drafted a bill to ban therapists from subjecting LGBTQ youth to conversion therapy. That bill is expected to be...
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Second-oldest all-women’s college will accept transgender women beginning in fall of 2019
The second-oldest all-women’s college in the United States will begin accepting transgender women and nonbinary students starting in the fall of 2019. Stephens College, in...
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Michigan’s outgoing governor bans anti-LGBTQ discrimination by state contractors
As the final days of his governorship come to an end, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has taken steps to protect LGBTQ people by issuing an...
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West Virginia assistant principal suspended after harassing transgender student for using boys’ restroom
Student says the administrator challenged him to use a urinal to "prove" he was a boy and told him, "You freak me out"
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D.C. federal judge refuses to lift order blocking Pentagon from implementing transgender ban
Judge reiterates that "revised" plan to ban transgender service members isn't substantially different from a sweeping ban
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Trump’s USDA tries to reverse 4-H organization’s pro-LGBTQ policy
The Trump administration has been pressuring the national 4-H youth organization to rescind a policy allowing LGBTQ participants — setting in motion a series of...
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Anti-LGBTQ legal group demands Supreme Court hear lawsuit against school district’s pro-transgender policy
Lawsuit argues cisgender students are threatened and harmed by having to share facilities with transgender students
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Less than a quarter of transgender teenagers feel safe expressing their gender identity
Gender-variant youth report higher levels of harassment or mistreatment at home and at school
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Consumer group demands genetic testing companies refuse to cooperate with Trump administration
SumOfUs demands companies refuse to aid Trump administration's use of genetic testing to determine "biological sex"
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Trump administration seeks to erase recognition of transgender people by federal government
Government's proposed definition of gender is an attempt to reverse Obama-era expansion of transgender legal rights
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New Jersey education guidance says teachers not required to “out” transgender students to their parents
State Department of Education's recent guidance on transgender students prioritizes child safety over parental notification
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Transgender teenager asks Massachusetts voters to support her rights in November referendum
Campaigners are trying to revoke legislation that protects transgender people from discrimination in public accommodations
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, passes LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinance
On Tuesday, the Cuyahoga County Council passed an ordinance that protects the LGBTQ community from discrimination and creates a local human rights commission that will...
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Transgender nursing assistant sues former employer for discrimination
Plaintiff requests that her identity not be disclosed for fear of violence and retaliation
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Federal court slaps down State Department’s attempt to deny passport to intersex citizen
Dana Zzyym refuses to lie about their gender identity in order to obtain a passport
