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Donald Trump Says Transgender People Should Use the Bathroom They Want
“North Carolina did something — it was very strong — and they’re paying a big price,” ... before the law passed, there had been “very few problems” but now North Carolina is experiencing an exodus of businesses and “strife” from people on both sides of the issue.
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St. Pete man records himself asking to use Target women’s bathroom
A St. Petersburg man who videotaped himself going into a local Target said he was just trying to clarify the company’s bathroom policy. That video has since gone viral. It was recorded on the heels of Target’s recent announcement about its policy. “(We) welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity … Everyone deserves to feel like they belong,” Target said.
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Trans Woman Defies N.C. Bathroom Law — In the Governor’s Mansion
"Guests get to use the bathrooms."
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Fort Worth superintendent says he won’t resign; stands by ‘bathroom policy’
Kent Scribner said he has no intention of resigning his post of superintendent of the city’s urban school district over a set of controversial “bathroom” guidelines he implemented last month for transgender students. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called for Scribner’s resignation as a result of Scribner’s “bathroom policy.”
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Obama directive on transgender students will inflame ill-informed 'bathroom warriors'
Until recently, I didn’t realize how much Americans care about their bathrooms.
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U.S. Gives Sweeping Guidance to Schools on Transgender Students
The Obama administration sent a letter Friday to every public school district in America warning them they should allow transgender students to use bathrooms consistent with their chosen gender identity, or risk losing federal funding. The sweeping guidance does not have the force of law but warns that schools that don't comply could face lawsuits or lose federal aid.
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Lt. Gov. Patrick: Texas will forego federal funds over transgender bathroom policy
Texas' lieutenant governor says the state is prepared to forfeit billions of dollars in federal funding for public schools following an Obama administration directive over bathroom access for transgender students. Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Friday that Texas "will not yield to blackmail" and urged superintendents to defy the new federal guidance.
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Canada to introduce new laws against transgender discrimination
The Canadian government will introduce legislation to protect transgender Canadians from discrimination and violence, taking a firm stance on an issue that has sparked a political firestorm in the United States. On Monday, Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, announced his government would table legislation to ensure “the full protection” of transgender people, following up on a promise made during the fall election campaign.
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Transgender People Will Be Allowed to Serve Openly in Military
Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter on Thursday removed one of the final barriers to military service by lifting the Pentagon’s ban on transgender people serving openly in the armed forces. The decision pushes forward a transformation of the military that Mr. Carter has accelerated in the last year with the opening of all combat roles to women and the appointment of the first openly gay Army secretary.
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In Praise of Ambivalence
“Young” Feminism, Gender Identity and Free Speech. By Brian D. Earp.
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Huge rise in number of Britons trying to change gender
Figures obtained from UK clinics show referral increases of several hundred percent, leading to long waits for new patients
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Before European Christians Forced Gender Roles, Native Americans Acknowledged 5 Genders
It wasn’t until Europeans took over North America that natives adopted the ideas of gender roles. For Native Americans, there was no set of rules that men and women had to abide by in order to be considered a “normal” member of their tribe. By Pearson McKinney.
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Transgender Identity Is Not a Mental Health Disorder, Study Finds
A new study in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry finds that "distress and dysfunction" often reported by transgender people results from stigmatization. People who identify as transgender should not be considered to have a mental health disorder, according to a new study from Mexico. The World Health Organization currently lists transgender identity as a mental health disorder, and the new study is the first in a series of research aimed at finding out whether this categorization is apt. The study will be repeated in Brazil, France, India, Lebanon and South Africa, according to the researchers.
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Trans Tokenism — Chuck Schumer’s Ugly Bigotry Trumps Love
Go the the “races” page of the official Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee website. Tester and Schumer, who run the operation, list every state with a race this cycle from Arizona to Wisconsin– except one. By Howie Klein.
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Is God Transgender?
In the 1970s a cousin of mine, Paula Grossman, became one of the first people in America to undergo sex-reassignment surgery.
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This Lawmaker Wants To Make Absolutely Sure No Law Protects Transgender People
Rep. Pete Olson just wants to make sure everything’s “uniform.”
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The Sissies, Hustlers, and Hair Fairies Whose Defiant Lives Paved the Way For Stonewall
“Although the conflict at Compton’s was mostly ignored by the media, including publications run by the nascent gay community, 1966 would prove a major turning point in the battle for transgender civil rights, a year when cultural shifts aligned to begin improving the trans community’s access to healthcare and its relationship with law enforcement.” By Hunter Oatman-Stanford.
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8-year-old transgender boy barred from Cub Scouts
From the moment he joined, 8-year-old Joe Maldonado eagerly looked forward to camping trips and science projects with his Secaucus Cub Scout pack. By Abbott Koloff.
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Nation’s first transgender killing of 2017 is in Mississippi
An LGBT advocacy group said Madison County’s first homicide of 2017 is also the nation’s first transgender homicide this year. Madison County spokesman Heath Hall said authorities received a call about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday about a possible death. Coroner Alex Breeland said the body of Omario Caldwell, also known as Mesha Caldwell, was found on Heindl Road near Old Yazoo City Road. He confirmed the death is a homicide but would not release a cause pending autopsy.
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Meet Seattle Police's first openly transgender cop
Seattle Police has been recognized nationally for its recent progress in protecting LGBT rights. Now the department has its first openly transgender police officer.
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