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Social Security Administration updates policy on changing gender marker
WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration on Friday announced a new policy for changing the gender designation in Social Security records to provide transgender people improved privacy and prevent unnecessary outing to Social Security staff and healthcare providers.
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Del. House committee advances gender identity discrimination bill
DOVER, Del. — A bill aimed at protecting transgender people in Delaware by outlawing discrimination based on gender identity has cleared a House committee. The committee released the bill following a public hearing on Wednesday. It is scheduled for a House vote Tuesday. The legislation, approved by the Senate last week, adds gender identity to […]
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Calif. Senate committee advances transgender student rights bill
SACRAMENTO — A California Senate committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would require public schools to respect a transgender student’s gender identity in all school programs, activities, and facilities.
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Boston police adopts guidelines on how officers should treat transgender people
BOSTON — Boston police have issued new guidelines on how officers should treat transgender people, a policy that one department official says is to ensure that everyone is treated with “respect and dignity.”
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Transgender rights bill appoved by Canadian Senate committee
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada — A bill that would add gender identity to the list of classes protected from discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act cleared a Senate committee on Monday.
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Transgender student’s discrimination suit goes before Maine’s high court
BANGOR, Maine — Lawyers for a transgender girl and an elementary school that required the fifth-grader to use a staff bathroom instead of the girls restroom clashed before Maine’s highest court Wednesday over whether her rights were violated, a case that lays bare the difficult decisions facing school administrators.
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D.C. to ease guidelines for transgender people to obtain new birth certificates
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia is expected to pass legislation that would make it easier for transgender people to obtain new birth certificates reflecting their change in gender identity.
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Ariz. lawmaker says he’s giving up on transgender ‘bathroom bill’ this session
PHOENIX — The sponsor of an Arizona bill targeting transgendered people who want to use bathrooms of the gender they identify with says he’s giving up on the issue this Legislative session.
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Del. AG Beau Biden advocates for trangender rights legislation
DOVER, Del. — Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden is urging state lawmakers to pass legislation that would establish legal protections based on gender identity.
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Ohio school to allow transgender student to graduate in female gown
FOSTORIA, Ohio — A transgender student in northwest Ohio will be allowed to follow the female dress code at Sunday’s graduation despite a conflict with school policies.