All posts tagged "transgender"
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Equality Virginia PAC to donate $50,000 to House Democrats ahead of November’s election
Equality Virginia PAC is donating $50,000 to the Virginia House of Delegates' Democratic Caucus ahead of this November's election.
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North Carolina can be sued for excluding trans care from state insurance plan, court rules
A federal appeals court ruled North Carolina can be sued over prohibitions on coverage for gender-affirming care in its employee health plan.
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Colonial Williamsburg adds LGBTQ reenactments as part of diversity initiative
Following discoveries by a research committee, Colonial Williamsburg plans to introduce reenactments and other programming on LGBTQ history.
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Trans man says pool attendant denied him entry because he wasn’t wearing a “female” bathing suit
A transgender man says lifeguards at a Manhattan Equinox gym tried to stop him from entering the swimming pool because of his attire.
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Virginia Supreme Court sides with teacher who refuses to acknowledge trans students’ identity
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that Loudoun County was not justified in suspending a teacher who spoke out against district's trans-affirming policy.
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A trans teen was threatened by a group of boys in the bathroom. He’s the one who could be punished.
A Tennessee mother says her transgender son was bullied, harassed, and attacked by a group of students for using the boys' bathroom.
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Gloucester County School Board settles with Gavin Grimm for $1.3 million
Gloucester County School Board agreed to settle with former student Gavin Grimm for barring him from the boys' restroom at his high school.
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Trans adults four times more likely to attempt suicide than straight cis peers
Transgender Americans are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their cisgender heterosexual peers, a new study has found
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Mother sues TSA for trying to subject her transgender daughter to a strip-search at the airport
A mother is suing the Transportation Security for demanding that her trans daughter submit to a strip-search at a North Carolina airport.
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Tennessee school calls police on Black student who defended trans classmate from bullies
Fulton High School in Knoxville allegedly suspended the student, while the bullies escaped without facing repercussions
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Half of all transgender people have experienced mistreatment at the hands of a medical provider
Many transgender people face mistreatment or a lack of competency when seeking out LGBTQ-affirming medical care, a new study finds.
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Hobby Lobby discriminated against trans employee in restroom access case, court rules
Hobby Lobby lost a more than decade-long fight to bar a transgender woman from the women's restroom, after Illinois appellate court decision.
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Loudoun County School Board passes policy protecting transgender students’ rights
The Loudoun County School Board approved a policy laying out guidelines for how transgender children are to be treated in schools.
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Charlotte passes LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance, five years after HB 2 debacle
Charlotte's City Council has unanimously approved an LGBTQ-inclusive ordinance, becoming the 10th locality in the state to do so.
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Transgender students sue Tennessee over law barring them from restrooms matching their gender
Two transgender students and their families are suing Tennessee over a law barring them from restrooms matching their gender identity.
