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Texas introduces anti-transgender bathroom bill with quote from MLK, Jr.
The state’s business community largely does not support such legislation, knowing it could cost them millions of dollars and thousands of jobs.
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Oklahoma anti-abortion bathroom bill raising eyebrows of business owners
The Humanity of the Unborn Child Act requires the State Department of Health to provide materials to create “an abortion-free society.”
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Maine basketball uses game in North Carolina to show LGBTQ support
“Boycotting is one way to stand up to [HB2]. Another type of pressure is to go stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Duke and show our support.”
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NOM debuts bathroom attack ad against North Carolina gubernatorial candidate
Roy Cooper and Gov. McCrory, who signed the bill into law, are locked in a tight gubernatorial race in North Carolina with national implications for LGBTQ rights.
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Obama administration appeals temporary block on trans rights in Texas
A one-page filing asks the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a preliminary injunction issued in August by a Judge in Texas, made more on procedural than policy grounds.
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Obama administration scores victory in ongoing trans bathroom rights battle
A federal magistrate in Chicago recommended a judge reject a preliminary injunction to block implementation of protections for transgender students.
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California governor signs bill approving gender-neutral bathrooms
Supporters say gender-neutral restrooms also would help parents with children of a different gender and adults caring for aging parents.
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‘Bathroom bills’ punish trans people for defying cultural norms
In her pioneer book, Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism, Suzanne Pharr describes a series of elements she finds common to the multiple forms of oppression. Such elements include what she refers to as a “defined norm” and a “lack of prior claim,” among many others. Pharr explains a “defined norm” as “…a standard of rightness […]
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Russell Wilson and Ciara moved wedding from NC thanks to bathroom bill
“They were first getting married in North Carolina, but they called it off due to the transgender bathroom laws.”
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Target to spend $20 million adding gender-neutral restrooms to stores
The move comes in the wake of protests and boycotts over Target’s earlier statement supporting the rights of transgender people to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender.