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Equality Virginia's annual black-tie affair at Richmond’s Main Street Station was extra special as attendees celebrated same-sex couples’ right to get married.
Chicago alderman Proco Joe Moreno plans to introduce an ordinance to regulate how police deal with transgender arrestees.
The Department of Justice ruled this week it is illegal to assign transgender prisoners to cells based solely on their genitalia.
Transgender inmates in Pennsylvania will no longer be sent to solitary confinement based upon gender identity alone, and will be allowed to shower privately.
After a 92-year-old WWII vet took on the federal agency, the Social Security Administration has issued updated guidelines designed to eliminate a number of challenges trans individuals face when attempting to obtain benefits.
The policies implement President Biden's executive order lifting the ban put in place by his predecessor.
“This ruling acknowledges that every student deserves to feel safe, respected, and supported in their schools – without fear of being outed against their will,” Tony Hoang, executive director of Equality California, said.
The death of a nonbinary teen who was beaten in a restroom has brought the state's policies into sharp focus.
A federal judge has ordered the state to let trans residents correct the gender on their birth certificates.
The case was a challenge to a policy that allows trans students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity.
"I do not want some wicked pervert in the same bathroom as my wife or my daughter," said the man, about Target's transgender bathroom policy.
Transgender youth
in New York's juvenile detention centers are now
allowed to wear whatever uniform they choose, be called by
whatever name they want, and ask for special housing
under a new antidiscrimination policy drawing praise
from advocacy groups. ''New York is way ahead of the
curve,'' said Roberta Sklar, a spokeswoman for the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force. ''When you have a system
like the New York Office of Children and Family
Services putting out a clear nondiscrimination policy,
it should be seen as a model for similar kinds of agencies
all over the country.''
The ACLU filed two legal actions against the Republican governor’s education department.
Transgender students in Indiana can continue using the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
Wisconsin, Kentucky, Nebraska and Kansas joined Texas in a new lawsuit, filed with the Christian Medical and Dental Association, and Franciscan Alliance of Indiana.
Pat McCrory lashes out at the Obama administration's directive.
