All posts tagged "transgender"
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Hagel says military’s transgender ban should be reviewed
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel indicated his openness to reviewing the military’s longstanding ban on transgender servicemembers. “I do think it continually should be reviewed,”...
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Austrian Conchita Wurst wins Eurovision Song Contest
“Yesterday was a victory not just for me, but also for those people who believe in future that functions without discrimination and which is based...
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Republican Delegate Leads Launch of Repeal Referendum
MDPetitions.com, the conservative political site that is the brainchild of Del. Neil Parrott (R-Washington Co.) and was formed to make it easier to collect signatures...
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Education Department moves to protect transgender students from discrimination
Transgender students are protected from discrimination under the same federal law that prohibits sex discrimination, the Department of Education announced Tuesday. According to guidance issued...
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Updated Pentagon ‘Human Goals Charter’ includes gay, omits transgender
Top military officials Monday attached their signatures to the Defense Department’s updated Human Goals Charter that for the first time is inclusive of gay servicemembers,...
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Maryland Coalition Launches ”Stand for Fairness” Campaign
The Maryland Coalition for Transgender Equality (MCTE) — a bloc of more than 50 political, social-justice, religious and community groups advocating on behalf of transgender...
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Groups Rally Against PFZs
About 20 community activists and advocates rallied Friday outside the John A. Wilson Building, which houses the mayor’s office and the D.C. Council chambers, to...
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OHR Launches ”#safebathroomsDC”
The D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR) today launched a new public-awareness campaign, ”Safe Bathrooms DC,” aimed at making it easier for transgender people in...
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Australian High Court permits ‘non-specific’ gender option
Australia’s High Court has ruled that a mononymous gender campaigner should be permitted to adopt a neutral gender, The Guardian reports. The ruling ends a...
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Maryland Republicans signal fight on transgender-rights bill
A bill that would extend protections to transgender Marylanders by prohibiting various forms of discrimination based on a person’s gender identity passed its second reading...
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Maryland House committee approves gender identity bill
The Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee passed SB 212, a bill that would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations based on...
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Independent commission finds no justification for military’s transgender ban
There is no compelling medical rationale for banning transgender people from serving in the American military, an independent commission led by a former U.S. surgeon...
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Locals React to Clarified Coverage
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) last week announced that the District of Columbia's Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking (DISB) would be advising health insurance...
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UPDATED: Ruby Corado Recounts Friday-Night Incident
A transgender woman was arrested Friday night in the city's 16th Street Heights neighborhood after police pulled her over for an apparently over-crowded SUV and...
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Gray: D.C. Insurance To Cover Gender Dysphoria Treatments
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) on Thursday announced in a press conference at the Wilson Building that the District of Columbia's Department of Insurance, Securities,...
