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News (USA)
Virginia lawmakers pass multiple landmark LGBTQ rights bills that are likely to become law
While Republicans had killed pro-LGBTQ legislation for years, with Democrats in control of all the levers of power, the bills sailed through the state senate with bipartisan support.
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Life
Is ‘Closet Station’ closing up? A look at a college’s newly found tolerance
10 years ago, Texas A&M was one of the pinnacle anti-LGBTQ universities in the country. A decade later, some of the changes described by the students will surprise you.
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Life
Hera Jay Brown is the first trans woman ever to become a Rhodes Scholar
And two non-binary people were also named Rhodes Scholars this year.
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Life
They ran & lost ‘homecoming prince’ 3 times. So they ran for ‘homecoming queen’ & won.
Fireworks exploded overhead as the new Homecoming Queen was paraded around the football field in a convertible.
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News (USA)
Supreme Court rejects anti-transgender bathroom case & leaves inclusive policy in place
It took a panel of federal appeals court panel of judges 15 minutes to unanimously rule in favor of transgender people. It didn’t take long for the Supreme Court to agree either.
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Life
Historically black all-male college will admit trans students
Morehouse College – the jewel of black academia and male leadership – will admit transgender male students in 2020.
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News (USA)
Parents storm out of school board meeting after a member makes vile comments about trans students
School board Vice President Sylvia Shepler’s comments were so disgusting, they left students sobbing as parents showed their disgust.
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News (USA)
Dozens of Iowa high school students walk out over trans student’s right to use the restroom
Students split into two groups. One supported the transgender girl’s right to use the women’s room while the other opposed.
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News (USA)
South Dakota passes bill that would make it illegal for teachers to talk about trans people
The law bans “instruction in gender identity or gender expression may be provided to any student.”
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Health and Wellness
2% of high school students are transgender according to the federal government
The findings also noted that 35% of transgender students have been bullied at school and 35% have attempted suicide.