All posts tagged "transgender"
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Montgomery to Pursue Insanity Defense
Lawyers for Gary Niles Montgomery, the man accused of fatally stabbing transgender woman Deoni Jones while she was waiting at a Northeast D.C. bus stop...
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Va. School Board Votes Against Transgender Student
The Gloucester County (Va.) School Board voted 6-1 on Tuesday to approve a motion that limits transgender students to using the bathroom assigned to their...
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Senate confirms Obama EEOC nominees
The U.S. Senate confirmed two Obama nominees to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Wednesday that advocates say will be critical in protecting LGBT Americans from workplace...
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Transgender Female Assaulted in Dupont Establishment
Thanksgiving transgender attack could not have happened at Level One/Cobalt, which was closed at the time
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Hagel urged to act on military’s transgender ban before departure
Chuck Hagel is facing renewed calls to order a review of the military’s longstanding ban on transgender service.
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TV Review: Transparent
Amazon delivers one of the best new series in recent memory with Transparent
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Army unlawfully discriminated against transgender employee, report finds
The Department of the Army engaged in discrimination against a civilian employee and veteran on the basis of her gender identity in violation of federal law,...
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Transgender TIES Summit Comes to Richmond
Equality Virginia, the commonwealth’s top LGBT rights organization, will host VIRGINIA TIES (Transgender Information and Empowerment Summit) on Oct. 4, a summit bringing together more...
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Pentagon officials sued for denying Chelsea Manning medical treatment
Lawyers for Chelsea Manning filed a lawsuit against Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and other Defense Department and Army officials in federal court Tuesday for...
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Commission charts path for open transgender military service
More than three months after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and the White House voiced support for a review of the military’s ban on transgender service,...
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Labor Department protects transgender employees of federal contractors
The Labor Department issued guidance Tuesday clarifying that discrimination against the employees of federal contractors on the basis of transgender status is considered discrimination based...
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Metro Stabbing Suspect Held Without Bond
The man accused of stabbing a transgender teenager on a Metro Green Line train has been held without bond and scheduled for both a preliminary...
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Transgender Teen Stabbed on Metro
A 24-year-old Greenbelt man is facing hate crime charges after allegedly stabbing a transgender teen while aboard a Metro train on Wednesday afternoon. Reginald Anthony Klaiber,...
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Maryland Eliminates Trans Healthcare Exclusions
FreeState Legal, the legal advocacy organization working on behalf of low-income LGBTQ Marylanders, announced Tuesday that the state of Maryland, in response to the threat...
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Labor Department will protect transgender workers from discrimination
The Obama administration will issue guidance “to make clear that discrimination on the basis of transgender status is discrimination based on sex,” Labor Secretary Thomas...
