All posts tagged "transgender"
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Justice Department and Bureau of Prisons sued over rollback of protections for transgender inmates
Policy change was prompted by a lawsuit claiming female inmates are "threatened" by the mere presence of transgender women
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Anti-LGBTQ legal group demands Supreme Court hear lawsuit against school district’s pro-transgender policy
Lawsuit argues cisgender students are threatened and harmed by having to share facilities with transgender students
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Less than a quarter of transgender teenagers feel safe expressing their gender identity
Gender-variant youth report higher levels of harassment or mistreatment at home and at school
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Nearly 180 companies oppose efforts to erase transgender legal protections
Business allies denounce attempt to redefine gender as "fixed, immutable" condition based solely on a person's genitalia
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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
