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Del. lawmakers introduce bill to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity
DOVER, Del. — Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill outlawing discrimination in Delaware based on gender identity.
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‘Boy or Girl?’ Gender identity a new challenge for schools
From the time they are born, we put our boys in blue beanies and our girls in pink ones. It’s a societal norm, an expectation even, that you just are what you are born — a boy or a girl…
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Transgender student skips graduation rather than wear female gown
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The graduation ceremony at St. Pius X High School in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday was one student short, as a transgender teen refused to participate in the commencement exercises because the school told him he would have to wear a female student gown.
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Nevada governor signs transgender hate crimes bill
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Crimes that target transgender person because of their sexual identity now carry an extra penalty in Nevada.
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A boy named Issak
My name is Issak. I am a high school senior at Red Lion Area High School in Pennsylvania. As a student who happens to be transgender, my life isn’t all that different from other students in my class, except that I came out the summer before my junior year and have been going by my male name ever since. I try hard to make good grades, work at a part –time job, and have a wonderfully supportive family and an awesome girlfriend…
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Pa. school still refuses to announce transgender grad by his chosen name
RED LION, Pa. — A transgender student in central Pennsylvania is continuing his fight to be announced by his male name at graduation next month.
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Catholic school: Transgender student must wear girl’s graduation gown
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A transgender student at a Catholic high school in Albuquerque, N.M., says he is has been told he must wear female student gown at his graduation procession, or not walk at all.
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Nevada Assembly passes transgender hate crimes bill
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada lawmakers made a strong statement Tuesday, passing a bill that says crimes motivated by hatred of transgender people will not be tolerated in the Silver State.
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Hong Kong transgender woman wins legal battle to marry boyfriend
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s top court granted a transgender woman the right to marry her boyfriend Monday in a watershed ruling that falls short of allowing same-sex marriage.
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Calif. state Assembly OKs transgender student accommodations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Transgender students would have the right to use public school restrooms and participate on sports teams that correspond with their expressed genders under a bill approved Thursday in the California Assembly.