TX bathroom law targets trans community with $500 fines, $10k civil suits
One detractor called the new law “a complete waste of the city’s time, money, and resources.”
November 6, 2024
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Nevada's Transphobic 'Bathroom Bill' Passes First Hurdle
A law that would prohibit students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that match their authentic gender has passed its first hurdle.
April 14, 2015
Gay Men Should Understand Bathroom Terror
James Rowe, like many boys who grew up to be gay or bi, remembers bathrooms and locker rooms as places of fear. The one positive from those experiences — more empathy for the trans plight.
May 13, 2016
Chicago-Area High Schools Side With Trans Students on Locker Rooms
The Thursday night decision was years in the making.
November 15, 2019
WATCH: Fox News Again Stokes Transphobic Flame
A Fox News report on Friday reconfirmed the network's ongoing problem with accurate reporting on trans issues.
August 12, 2013
Asked About Trans People, Chris Christie Talks Terrorism
The New Jersey governor claims his anti-trans policies have kept life simple for children in his state.
December 22, 2015
Trump's Appointment to Gender Equality Office Has Hateful Anti-Trans Record
Bethany Kozma spearheaded a campaign to oppose Obama's protections for trans students.
June 30, 2017
Mississippi Republicans pass anti-trans bathroom bill at last-minute
The bill would ban trans folks from using bathrooms, locker rooms, and dorms aligned with their gender identity.
May 4, 2024
Chicago Public Schools Meet Needs of Transgender Students
The nation's third-largest school system is respecting the rights of trans youth to equal treatment in their bathrooms, locker rooms and in sports participation.
May 3, 2016
Ohio Gov. DeWine signs anti-trans school bathroom law
The Buckeye State becomes the 11th state restricting trans bathroom rights.
November 27, 2024
House passes bill banning trans women and girls from school sports
Over 400 human rights organizations had asked the Republican-controlled chamber to reject the bill, which "does not address the longstanding barriers all girls and women have faced in their pursuit of athletics."
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January 14, 2025
Bathroom Fears Clog Path for Fla. LGBT Discrimination Bill
Conservatives raised concerns that a bill to ban LGBT discrimination in the workplace would allow 'anatomical males' to use bathrooms for women.
February 9, 2016
Trevor Noah Can't Hold It: 'Bathroom Bills' Are 'Absurd'
Trevor Noah takes on so-called bathroom bills.
May 20, 2016
Missouri school district must pay trans student $4 million after barring him from boys bathrooms
Justices determined that the plaintiff was discriminated against for having "female genitalia" when the district "does not speculate, inspect, or otherwise inquire as to the genitalia of other male students.”
June 6, 2024
Wa. YMCA Turns Its Back on Trans Members
A transgender-inclusive bathroom and locker room policy has been abandoned out of fears that have no basis in reality.
October 8, 2015
Tenn. Resurrects 'Bathroom Bill' Targeting Trans Students
The legislation would bar students in public schools and colleges from using the bathroom or locker room that matches their gender identity.
April 6, 2016
Mass. Dept. of Education Issues Directive On Trans Students
A new directive from the Massachusetts Department of Education aims to make schools safe and affirming for transgender students by instructing administrators to let the youth use the bathroom and locker room corresponding to the student's gender identity.
February 20, 2013
Republicans release top bill priorities in rules package. The No. 1 priority? Trans people
The rules package released by Speaker Johnson shows that transgender people are likely to be a top priority for Republicans in 2025.
January 3, 2025
LGBTQ+ Reps. condemn 'outrageous' forced outing bill advancing in Congress
The Congressional Equality Caucus is calling out the "outrageous" bill going to vote in the House that would forcibly out transgender students to their guardians.
September 12, 2024
WATCH: O'Reilly Says Inclusive Locker Rooms = Hooters
The Fox News anchor declared that the only difference between transgender students using the locker room that corresponds with their identity and minors at a Hooters is that the restaurant 'has chicken wings.'
November 13, 2013
Texas Doubles Down on Transphobic Legislation
A bill introduced in the Texas House today would award cisgender students who shared a bathroom with a trans student $2,000, in addition to legal fees, for any 'mental anguish' the cisgender student suffered.
March 10, 2015