More States Sue Obama Administration Over Transgender Bathrooms Directive
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Ten additional states are suing the Obama administration as a result of the federal government declaring that they must allow transgender people to use public bathrooms that align with their chosen gender identities. These states, including Nebraska, Wyoming, Michigan and Ohio, have been added to 13 other states that are already suing […]
Philadelphia Schools Formalize Transgender Student Protections
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The School Reform Commission of Philadelphia has approved a policy designed to protect the rights of transgender and nonconforming students in the Philadelphia School District. Under the new policy, students may be addressed by names and pronouns corresponding to their gender identity in interactions with other students and staff, on written […]
Palatine, Illinois Parents, ACLU Push for Inclusive Transgender Policies
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A group of parents and students from the Palatine, Illinois-based Township High School District 211 are calling for the complete integration of transgender students, including bathroom and locker room access. The suburban district has played a central role in the national debate on the issue. Although the district decided under pressure from federal […]
UNC System Moves Cautiously on Transgender Bathroom Rule
(Photo: Ethan Hyman, The News and Observer) The University of North Carolina system has announced that it will not be enforcing a law that would require transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds to the sex stated on their birth certificate. “I have no intent to exercise my authority to promulgate any guidelines or regulations that require […]
Transgender Bathroom Directive Prompts Lawsuit from 11 States
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Eleven states have sued the Obama administration over its sweeping directive urging all public school districts to grant transgender students access to bathrooms that correspond with their preferred gender identity. The Obama administration argues that sex discrimination is prohibited by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Title IX […]
Oregon Dept of Ed Issues Guidelines to Protect Transgender Rights
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) In its new, unprecedented guidelines, Oregon has taken a stance on what have come to be known as the “bathroom laws.” The Oregon Department of Education has released a 15-page document with suggestions for educators in the state on how to handle transgender students’ use of bathrooms. Transgender students in Oregon […]
South Carolina High School Shifts Transgender Bathroom Policy
(Image: WMBF News) After being threatened with a lawsuit, Horry County Schools in South Carolina agreed to allow a transgender student use the boys’ restroom, but only after he was suspended in January. The Transgender Law Center (TLC), an organization that works on changing laws and policies so that all people can live equally, safely, […]
Catholic School Snubs Transgender Students on Policy
Alumni of the private Catholic school Mount Saint Charles Academy in Rhode Island are voicing their anger over the school’s exclusion of transgender students in the most recent edition of the school’s Parent-Student Handbook. The new admissions policy in the school appears to only single out transgender students for exclusion. While race, color, national origin […]
BOTH Wachowskis are TRANSGENDER – Lilly says press intrusion made her feel like ‘prey’
MATRIX director Andy Wachowski has followed his sister Lana and come out as transgender, taking the new name Lilly and slamming intrusive press coming to her home to force her announcement and making her feel like “prey.” Daily Express :: Films Feed
South Dakota’s Daugaard Vetoes Transgender Bathroom Bill
Gov. Dennis Daugaard of South Dakota vetoed a bill this week that would have made public school transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms that correlated with their birth sex. The Republican governor, when announcing the veto of HB 1008, said the bill: “… does not address any pressing issue concerning the school districts of […]