All posts tagged "transgender"
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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,...
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Push to repeal California law protecting transgender students fails
A new California law providing protections for transgender public school students will not qualify for a voter referendum after a petition drive to place the...
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Facebook lets users select from over 50 different gender options
Facebook today announced it’s dropping the binary restrictions it previously placed on gender selection. Now, Facebook’s 1.23 billion users can select either male, female, or...
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Mighty Real: Janet Mock
Janet Mock's memoir, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More, came out this month. As for Mock, she came out...
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Maryland Gender-Identity Bill Enters Round 8
Marking the eighth year in a row for the effort, LGBT-rights advocates testified Tuesday before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in favor of a...
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