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Riot police break up dueling protests over teen girl seeing trans woman in YMCA locker room
Two dozen sheriff’s deputies armed with shields, helmets, and long batons dispersed 350 dueling protestors at a local gym.
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Jury awards $4 million to Missouri trans student denied access to locker room with his team
He changed his name in 2010 and his birth certificate was amended to male to reflect his new name and gender in 2014. He sued in 2015 when the district wouldn’t relent in their discriminatory policies that targeted him specifically.
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Texas governor breathes new life into ‘bathroom bill’
North Carolina passed a law similar to the Texas Senate’s bill last year, sparking national outcry and costly boycotts.
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Minnesota parents drop lawsuit challenging trans student’s access to locker room
The parents group, “Privacy Matters,” claimed that allowing a trans girl to use the girls’ locker room was having a “severe and negative impact” on other girls.
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Watch: ‘Patriotic miscreant’ tears down gender neutral bathroom signs
“That’s what I think about transgender people sharing them bathrooms when there’s only male or female,” the man says as he throws away the signs.
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N.H. Republicans delay transgender rights bill citing ‘safety’ concerns
Republican lawmakers argued the bill would make it hard to protect women from men entering women’s bathrooms under the guise of being transgender.
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Analysis: ‘Bathroom bill’ could upend Arkansas session
A one-sentence bill filed last week offered little specifics, other than saying its purpose was to address “gender identity and bathroom privileges.”
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Supreme Court will hear Gavin Grimm’s landmark transgender rights case in March
Transgender teen Gavin Grimm is suing his Virginia high school for the right to use the restroom and locker room that corresponds with his gender.
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UK study: Bathroom signage should describe what — not who — is inside
Participants suggested that bathroom signage indicate what can be found in the bathroom, e.g. toilets with urinals, toilets without urinals, larger toilet with grab bars.
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Washington State GOP lawmakers introduce anti-transgender bathroom bill
The bill would amend civil rights law to block transgender people from using the facilities that correspond to their gender unless they have had genital surgery.
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Transgender students sue Pennsylvania district over restroom rule
They’re also seeking unspecified monetary damages, other policies to avoid transgender discrimination and training for administrators.