All posts tagged "transgender"
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2018 Elections: Transgender rights prevail in Massachusetts
Amid attempts by Trump to crackdown on transgender rights, Massachusetts voters delivered an overwhelming rebuttal on Tuesday night. More than two-thirds of voters in the...
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UMass President says universities will keep transgender protections whatever outcome of ballot initiative
The president of Massachusetts’ public university system has said it will keep in place its policy allowing transgender students, faculty, and staff to use facilities...
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56 major companies stand up against attempts to erase transgender civil rights protections
Fifty-six major companies are standing in solidarity with members of the nation’s transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming communities and expressing their opposition to a Trump administration...
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Retired military officers and veterans among groups opposing transgender ban
A number of former military officers, veterans’ and civil rights organizations, women’s groups, military scholars and historians, and states have filed briefs supporting efforts to...
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LGBTQ groups ask court to keep injunction blocking transgender military ban in place
Lawyers for anonymous transgender troops argue their clients will be harmed if the ban is allowed to be implemented
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Caitlyn Jenner finally admits “I was wrong” about Trump
Jenner said that believing she could work with Trump on transgender issues was "a mistake"
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Gavin Grimm, Chella Man, and David Hogg appear in video urging youth to vote in 2018
A group of young activists are sharing their reasons for voting in a video by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky that seeks to encourage first-time voters to...
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Consumer group demands genetic testing companies refuse to cooperate with Trump administration
SumOfUs demands companies refuse to aid Trump administration's use of genetic testing to determine "biological sex"
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Trump administration seeks to erase recognition of transgender people by federal government
Government's proposed definition of gender is an attempt to reverse Obama-era expansion of transgender legal rights
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Anti-transgender group runs ads attacking Democratic candidate for Nevada governor
Nevada Parents for Safe Schools attacks Steve Sisolak's support for transgender nondiscrimination policies in schools
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Wisconsin jury awards $780,000 to transgender state workers who were denied insurance coverage
Alina Boyden and Shannon Andrews sued state after being denied coverage for gender confirmation surgery
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New Jersey education guidance says teachers not required to “out” transgender students to their parents
State Department of Education's recent guidance on transgender students prioritizes child safety over parental notification
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Transgender teenager asks Massachusetts voters to support her rights in November referendum
Campaigners are trying to revoke legislation that protects transgender people from discrimination in public accommodations
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Trans student barred from shelter during Virginia school’s mass shooter drill
School administrators couldn't decide whether the student should be sheltered with boys or girls, so left her outside
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Texas governor says he’s stopped pushing for anti-transgender bathroom bills
Abbott had previously advocated for legislation restricting transgender people to facilities that match their biological sex
