Gender Identity

Walmart -- the world's biggest retailer and the largest private employer in the U.S. -- has added gender identity and expression to its non-discrimination policy. [ Read more → ]

A GIRL trapped in a boy’s body has made the brave decision to return to school for the new term as a girl. The 10-year-old, a year six pupil at primary school in Worcester, was born a boy but took the decision with her family over the summer holidays to return as a girl. [ Read more → ]

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has struck down Wisconsin's ban on hormone treatments for transgender prisoners. [ Read more → ]

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy this week signed legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression. [ Read more → ]

The Connecticut state Senate early Saturday morning passed a bill that would provide protections from gender identity discrimination under the state's anti-discrimination laws. [ Read more → ]

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday signed into law two bills that extend discrimination protections for transgender people. [ Read more → ]

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday signed into law a bill that prohibits workplace discrimination against transgender people. [ Read more → ]

The Nevada state Assembly on Tuesday gave final legislative approval to a bill that would prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity and expression. [ Read more → ]

Hawaii's Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Thursday signed into law House Bill 546, a bill that prohibits workplace discrimination against transgender people. [ Read more → ]

Dallas County commissioners on Tuesday voted to include transgender employees in the county’s non-discrimination policy. [ Read more → ]

The Nevada Senate on Monday approved two bills that would prohibit discrimination against gays and transgender individuals in housing and public accommodations, but rejected a third bill that would have added added crimes against gays and transsexuals to Nevada's list of hate crimes. [ Read more → ]

The Hawaii state Senate on Tuesday voted to extend employment protections to transgender people. [ Read more → ]

The Maryland state Senate on Monday voted to send the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act back to the Judicial Proceedings Committee during the bill's second reading, effectively killing the bill in this year's legislative session. [ Read more → ]

Maryland's Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act was approved by the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Saturday by a vote of 7-4. [ Read more → ]

An estimated 9 million people across the United States identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a study released Thursday by the Williams Institute at UCLA's School of Law. [ Read more → ]