Schools
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Betsy DeVos met with transgender students & their parents, but was she moved?
Friday, March 10, 2017DeVos 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. -
Tennessee students win right to wear ‘Some People Are Gay’ T-shirts
Thursday, August 18, 2016“Our settlement reinforces that students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gates." -
Texas school rules transgender girl will have to use boys’ bathroom
Friday, August 12, 2016Although transgender kindergarteners can use gender-neutral bathrooms in their classrooms, Kai Shappley cannot use the girls' bathrooms outside class. -
This bill awards $2,500 to anyone who catches a transgender person in the bathroom
Wednesday, March 23, 2016A bill that allows college groups to ban LGBTQ students has already passed. -
Texas schools to use birth certificate to determine athlete’s gender
Sunday, February 28, 2016School superintendents in Texas have overwhelmingly approved a change that requires public school officials to use a birth certificate to determine a student-athlete's gender. -
Australian school criticized for allowing cross-dressing
Saturday, February 27, 2016An Australian high school has been criticized for allowing students to wear boy or girl uniforms regardless of gender. -
How will South Dakota’s governor rule on schools bathroom bill?
Thursday, February 25, 2016All eyes are on South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard as he deliberates whether to sign or veto a bill that would make students statewide use the bathroom of their gender assigned at birth rather than their… -
Alabama school officials reviewing rules for transgender students
Saturday, February 13, 2016Alabama education officials have spent the past few weeks reviewing legal issues regarding transgender students accessing locker rooms and restrooms on school properties. -
Virginia panel OKs bill mandating school restroom use based on biological sex
Sunday, February 7, 2016The bill is designed to keep transgender students from using the restroom of the gender with which they identify. -
5-year-old gender non-conforming student spurs debate at Minnesota charter school
Sunday, January 10, 2016The parents of a 5-year-old child who is gender nonconforming asked Nova Classical Academy to help make sure their student was not being bullied.
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