A Biden nominee offers a chance to learn from the transgender community
Dr. Rachel Levine, nominee for the assistant secretary of Health, will become the first openly transgender federal official if confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Most remarkable is her commitment to...
View ArticleNC education board drops word 'systemic' to describe racism in new...
The North Carolina Board of Education on Thursday voted in favor of new K-12 education standards aimed at teaching more diverse perspectives in history, but pushback from some officials resulted in the...
View ArticleAlabama considers bill that makes doctors' treatment of transgender...
Alabama’s House Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on Wednesday on a bill that would make it a felony for doctors to give puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgery to a transgender...
View ArticleMississippi votes to ban transgender athletes from girls' and...
The Republican-controlled Mississippi state Senate on Thursday passed a bill that seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ or women’s sports at state schools and...
View ArticleArizona lawmaker compares non-cis people to farm animals: 'Where do we...
Arizona Republican State Rep. John Fillmore compared non-cisgendered people to chickens during a House Government and Elections Committee meeting Wednesday, KPNX reports."I don't believe that we as a...
View ArticleStudent athletes press NCAA to push back on state transgender competition bills
Hundreds of student athletes pressed the NCAA on Wednesday to push back against states that have enacted or are considering legislation banning transgender athletes from teams associated with their...
View ArticleBiden administration reverses limits on transgender health protections
The Biden administration announced on Monday that it will reverse Trump-era limits on health care protections against discrimination for gay and transgender people. The Department of Health and Human...
View ArticlePittsburgh study finds 1 in 10 teens identify as gender diverse
Nearly one in 10 high school students surveyed in more than a dozen public high schools identified as gender diverse, according to a new study.Pittsburg researchers analyzed nearly 3,168 student...
View ArticleVirginia school district to fight judge's reinstatement of teacher who...
A Virginia school district has pledged to appeal a judge’s order this week reinstating a gym teacher who was initially suspended for speaking out against a new policy requiring that district faculty...
View ArticleACLU files suit over Montana transgender birth certificate law
The ACLU of Montana filed a lawsuit against the state, seeking to challenge a recently passed birth certificate law that it alleges makes it "difficult, if not impossible" for people to change their...
View ArticleArgentina creates new ID option for nonbinary people
Argentina has created a new gender option on national identification for people who are nonbinary in an attempt to be more inclusive.Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez on Wednesday announced the...
View ArticleThe exclusions that followed 9/11
After the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) continues to funnel millions of dollars into checkpoints across the United States. Still, many Americans...
View ArticleNew French law bans 'conversion therapy'
A new law in France bans "conversion therapy," a practice that attempts to change a LGBTQ person's sexual orientation or gender identity and has been scientifically discredited, according to The...
View ArticleAmerica is experiencing a binary sex transformation
The notion of binary sexes is undergoing a historic transformation in America. Not only are the traditional binary categories of either male or female experiencing significant change, but attitudes,...
View ArticleTexas governor orders agencies to investigate reports of transgender kids...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is ordering state agencies to investigate reports of transgender children receiving gender-affirming treatment as child abuse."Texas law imposes reporting requirements upon...
View ArticleTexas investigating transgender teen's parents for possible child abuse:...
A lawsuit filed to state court in Austin on Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas and Lambda Legal alleges that Texas's Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) began...
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