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Betsy DeVos met with transgender students & their parents, but was she moved?

Friday, March 10, 2017

DeVos said she "remain[s] committed to advocating for and fighting on behalf of all students" but did not offer any specific actions to protect transgender students.

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Utah repeals law banning positive mentions of homosexuality in classrooms

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Now it's up to the governor.

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First lesbian in space to be immortalized in new ‘Women of NASA’ LEGO set

Friday, March 3, 2017

Astronaut Sally Ride passed away in 2012 and officially came out in her obituary.

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Betsy DeVos shows her true anti-trans colors at conservative conference

Friday, February 24, 2017

Watch the education secretary criticize the Obama administration transgender guidelines for the nation's schools as a federal “overreach.”

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LGBT employees ask Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to keep Title IX protections

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Civil rights advocates have expressed concern over DeVos' stance on discrimination issues, pointing to her support of anti-LGBT groups.

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Report: Jewish school orders students to shun child of transgender woman

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

A judge banned a trans woman from contact with her children to avoid this exact outcome.

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Protesters block Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from entering public school

Friday, February 10, 2017

Several dozen members of the Washington Teachers Union, parents and other activists gathered in front of a D.C. school visited by DeVos.

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Factchecker says groups funded by Betsy DeVos do not promote ‘ex-gay’ therapy

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Politifact rules a claim by LGBTQ members of congress that DeVos funded ex-gay therapy groups as "mostly false."

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New allegations: Education nominee Betsy DeVos funded radical Christian academy

Monday, January 23, 2017

Truth Wins Out claims DeVos funded a Christian extremist group intent on indoctrinating youth in the way “Stalin, Hitler and Lenin" did.

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Nuns in India have started a school for transgender dropouts

Thursday, January 5, 2017

This may be the very first group of its kind in all of India.

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