All posts tagged "transgender"
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Two trans women challenging Iowa’s ban on Medicaid coverage for surgery
Lawyers for the two women claim the ban is discriminatory and violates Iowa's Civil Rights Act
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Anti-gay group pushing Michigan school district to reverse pro-transgender policy
Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-gay group that is behind the bulk of challenges to pro-transgender policies in school districts throughout the nation, has raised the...
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Montana Supreme Court tells state to revise anti-transgender measure’s ballot statement
The Montana Supreme Court has ordered the Office of Attorney General Tim Fox (R) to rewrite language for the ballot statement and fiscal note associated...
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McCain supports blocking Trump’s trans military ban
Senator McCain said "we should welcome all those who are willing and able to serve"
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Pentagon’s guidance says transgender troops will be able to re-enlist through February
New guidance released last week by the Pentagon will allow currently serving transgender service members to re-enlist in the next several months until the Department...
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Harvard dean says offering Chelsea Manning fellowship was a “mistake”
—Douglas W. Elmendorf, the dean of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, writing in a 700-word statement apologizing for extending the offer of a visiting...
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Republicans block Gillibrand-Collins amendment to defense bill
Senate Republican leaders blocked a bipartisan amendment to the annual defense bill that would have stopped the Pentagon from implementing the bulk of President Trump’s...
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LGBTQ groups in second lawsuit against Trump trans ban seek injunction
The LGBTQ organizations behind a second lawsuit challenging President Trump’s ban on transgender military members have asked for a federal court to issue an injunction...
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ACLU requests “immediate halt” to Trump’s transgender military ban
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a motion asking a judge to to “immediately halt” the Trump administration’s ban on out transgender service members...
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Family and friends launch GoFundMe to send Gavin Grimm to college
Family and friends of Gavin Grimm have launched a GoFundMe page to help the transgender teenage advocate pay for college, reports the Daily Press. Vanessa...
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Senators introduce defense bill amendment to halt Trump’s trans military ban
Amendment would force Department of Defense to continue reviewing open deployment of trans troops
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Nancy Pelosi slams Trump’s transgender military ban at GLAAD gala
Lead House Democrat says ban "hurts and humiliates" patriotic Americans who serve in the Armed Forces
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Law that “repealed” HB 2 in name only being challenged in court
Four LGBTQ North Carolinians who had originally sued to block and overturn North Carolina’s controversial HB 2 law are now targeting the law that claims...
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LGBTQ groups criticize DeVos for reversing guidance on campus sexual assault
Advocates say LGBTQ students, at higher risk of assault, could be harmed by revisions to guidance to colleges
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Pro-LGBT candidate wins Fairfax School Board election
Advocates hope Fairfax will avoid "draconian" anti-transgender policies cropping up in other counties
