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Transgender nursing student threatened with arrest for using women’s restroom
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A transgender nursing student a the Pinellas Technical Education Center in Clearwater, Fla., said she has been threatened with arrest and legal action after a fellow student complained that she uses the women’s restroom.
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Calif. lawmakers approve transgender student rights bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that would require public K-12 schools to let transgender students choose which restrooms they use and which school teams they join based on their gender identity instead of their chromosomes.
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Ruling in Colo. civil rights case favors transgender 6-year-old
DENVER — The Colorado Civil Rights Division has ruled in favor of a transgender 6-year-old child who was barred from using the girls’ bathroom at Eagleside Elementary School in Fountain.
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N.Y. Senate adjourns without considering transgender protections bill
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York state Senate adjourned early Saturday morning without taking a vote on the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in employment, housing, public accommodations and credit.
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Settlement reached in transgender woman’s restroom discrimination complaint
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Johnson County, Iowa, and its sheriff’s department have reached a settlement with a transgender woman over the courthouse’s restroom policy.
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Del. gender identity protections bill clears final legislative vote
DOVER, Del. — Transgender people in Delaware are now a protected class under the state’s anti-discrimination laws.
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Del. state House approves transgender protections bill
DOVER, Del. — The state House has approved a Senate bill outlawing discrimination against transgender people in Delaware.
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Transgender man finally gets name change; Va. judge refers to him as ‘she,’ ‘miss’
LOUISA, Va. – A Virginia transgender man on Monday was granted a name change after having it denied earlier this year by a judge who asked for medical documents proving he was transitioning, contrary to state law.
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No transgender students have taken advantage of new Neb. athletics policy
LINCOLN, Neb. — No students have asked to exercise a policy approved in December by the Nebraska School Activities Association that allows participation in high school athletics by transgender students, the association says.
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‘M’ or ‘F’? Outdated IDs worry transgender people
Most U.S. residents don’t think twice about the gender printed on their government-issued documents. But those “M” or “F” markers — and the legal and administrative prerequisites for switching them on passports, birth certificates and other forms of identification — are a source of anxiety and, even, discrimination for transgender individuals.