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Mom blames transphobic law after library blocks her disabled son’s restroom use
Her son is on the autism spectrum, has a seizure disorder, and is nonverbal.
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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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John Waters unveils all gender restrooms named after him at art museum
Waters’ collaborator and trans activist Elizabeth Coffey was the restroom’s first “user.” “Can you think of anything any more elementary than just going to the bathroom?” she said.
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Another day & still no evidence that trans-inclusive spaces hurt anyone
A new study showed no evidence that transgender people hurt anyone when they need to pee in a public place.
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Police sued for targeting gay men in NYC using undercover urinal cops
Somewhere inside the Port Authority Bus Terminal is an undercover cop known to his fellow officers as “The Gay Whisperer.”
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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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Activists try to calm fears over transgender bathroom access
Stung by setbacks related to their access to public restrooms, transgender Americans are taking steps to play a more prominent and vocal role in a nationwide campaign to curtail discrimination against them.
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Bill de Blasio signs order allowing transgender access to NYC bathrooms
The executive order guarantees people access to single-sex facilities consistent with their gender identity at city facilities.
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Bathrooms become battlegrounds in anti-discrimination debate
Most of the 20 largest U.S. cities now enforce state laws or local ordinances that include allowances for people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with.
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Washington Senate rejects reversal of transgender bathroom rule
Washington’s full Senate narrowly rejected a bill that would have repealed a new state rule allowing transgender people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public buildings consistent with their gender identity.
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California bill would open all single-stall restrooms to anyone
AB1732 would help transgender people, parents with children of different genders, and adults caring for aging parents without putting much of a burden on businesses.
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ACLU: Missouri school district’s transgender restroom policy is ‘blatant discrimination’
The Marionville School District policy allows transgender students to either use a gender-neutral bathroom or a bathroom designated for their biological sex.
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New Philly law requires gender neutral bathrooms
All single occupancy restrooms in Philly bars and restaurants are now required to be gender neutral.
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Transgender student sues Virginia high school, citing restroom policy
A transgender teenager said in a lawsuit Thursday that he has been stigmatized by a policy that bars him from using the boys’ restrooms at his eastern Virginia high school.
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Committee OKs Santa Fe gender-neutral restroom proposal
The public works committee voted 3-2 in favor of the restrooms, which are designed to cater to the transgender community.
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Ky. bill targets transgender students by restricting facilities to biological sex
The “Kentucky Student Privacy Act,” proposed by State Sen. C.B. Embry Jr., would allow parents to sue the school for $2,500 if their child encountered a transgender student in a school restroom.
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West Hollywood to require all single-stall public restrooms to be gender-neutral
The city of West Hollywood plans to require gender-neutral restrooms to accommodate individuals’ whose gender identity conflicts with their ascribed biological sex.