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Wisconsin: Baraboo school board adopts transgender athletics policy
The Baraboo School Board has amended its athletic and co-curricular activities policy to prohibit discrimination against transgender students.
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D.C. high school principal who came out as gay is losing his job
Peter Cahall was notified his contract will not be renewed after six years at the school because of test scores.
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New York City’s Barnard College may adopt transgender student policy
Barnard President Debora Spar says the time has come for the all-female institution to examine how it defines “women.”
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Virginia Tech to offer gender-neutral housing
The new program is likely to appeal to transgender or gay and lesbian students who may feel safer choosing a roommate of the opposite sex.
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Virginia school sports league eases requirements for transgender students
The Virginia organization than governs public high school athletics has softened its regulations on transgender students, guidelines which were previously called the most restrictive in the nation.
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Ohio education board member to introduce policy prohibiting anti-gay bias
A member of the State Board of Education says she wants to amend Ohio public schools’ operating policies to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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Minnesota high school sports league approves transgender athlete policy
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Minnesota’s high school sports league passed a set of guidelines for transgender student-athletes on Thursday, bringing months of fevered debate to a close. Dozens of supporters and proponents packed the Minnesota Sports High School League’s boardroom, hoping for one last chance to sway members …
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Minnesota high school sports league to vote on transgender athlete policy
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s high school sports league will soon vote on new guidelines for transgender students to participate in sports. The Minnesota State High School League is expected to vote Thursday morning on the controversial policy. An avalanche of strong reaction from both sides delayed a vote on the guidelines earlier this year.
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Maine school district ordered to pay $75K in transgender discrimination suit
ORONO, Maine — A Maine court has awarded a transgender girl $75,000 in a settlement of her discrimination lawsuit against a school district where administrators made her use a staff, not student, bathroom. Nicole Maines won her lawsuit against the Orono school district in January before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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Louisville, Ky., public schools working to improve support for LGBT students
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Ky., has formed a districtwide committee in an effort to better accommodate students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.