All posts tagged "gender identity"
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Maine governor issues first-ever veto of a conversion therapy bill
Democratic-led State House of Representatives failed to sway enough Republicans to override veto
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New Jersey governor signs three transgender rights bills into law
Bills allow people to amend their vital records to reflect their gender identity, and create a special transgender task force
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Proposed regulation in Delaware would force schools to out transgender students to their parents
LGBTQ advocates are urging Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) to withdraw a revised regulation that would require schools to out transgender students to their parents...
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Montana anti-transgender ballot initiative fails to qualify for ballot
Montana’s historic libertarian streak continued last week after proponents of a ballot measure to force transgender people to use only those multi-user facilities that match...
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Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie pledges $1 million to help schools set up Gay-Straight Alliances
Research indicates that LGBTQ youth benefit from the presence of a GSA in their schools
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Survey: Half of all LGBTQ Americans remain closeted in their workplace
A new survey from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation finds that little has changed in the past decade in terms of how “out” LGBTQ Americans...
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Federal court affirms “the needs, humanity, and decency of transgender students”
3rd Circuit court finds allowing transgender students to use single-sex facilities does not violate cisgender students' privacy
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WATCH: Trump asks whether protester at rally was “a man or a woman”
At a rally in Minnesota, Trump mocked a person who was removed for protesting
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Iowa court finds Medicaid ban on transgender surgery is unconstitutional
An Iowa court has determined that the state’s ban on Medicaid coverage for medically necessary surgical care for transgender residents is unconstitutional. Chief District Judge...
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Slim majority of Massachusetts voters want to keep transgender protections in place
Support for repealing transgender protections is strongest among Republicans and weakest among Democratic men
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Kansas City, Kansas, passes ordinance protecting LGBTQ residents
An estimated 225 cities or counties across the nation have LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections in place
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Intersex citizen asks federal court to grant them passport with correct gender marker
Lawyers for Dana Zzyym maintain State Department's denial of passport violates their client's Fifth Amendment rights
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Connecticut will now house transgender inmates according to gender identity
Inmates must be diagnosed with gender dysphoria or have legally changed their gender marker to qualify
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3rd Circuit refuses to halt Pennsylvania school district’s pro-transgender policy
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit challenging a Pennsylvania school district’s pro-transgender policy. The decision affirms a lower court decision...
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Federal judge in Gavin Grimm case rules transgender students are protected by federal law
On Tuesday, a federal judge in Virginia denied the Gloucester County School Board’s motion to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit brought against it by former high...
