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Bullied transgender teen dies in apparent suicide
Family members confirmed that 16-year-old Taylor Alesana, who spoke on YouTube about being bullied at high school, took her life on April 2.
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Virginia school board restricts restroom use for transgender elementary student
A Virginia school board has voted to require transgender students to use a single stall restroom or a restroom of the student’s biological sex.
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‘I am no longer Mia. I never really was’ – A trans teen’s powerful moment of truth
Moved by the recent death of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn, 13-year-old Tom Sosnik of Fresno, Calif., stood before his classmates earlier this month to announce that he is transgender.
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TLC to air series about transgender teen activist Jazz Jennings
The 11-episode series will follow the lives of 14-year-old Jazz Jennings, her parents, siblings and grandparents.
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Man sentenced to 4 years in prison for stabbing transgender girl on D.C. train
U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. says Reginald Klaiber stabbed the 15-year-old transgender girl last July “solely because of who she is.”
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S.D. Senate declines to consider bill to void transgender student athletes policy
The bill would have voided a policy adopted last year that allows transgender students to participate in school sports based on their gender identity.
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Minnesota GOP lawmakers want to undo transgender student athletics rule
More than 20 Republican legislators want to undo a state high school league vote allowing transgender students from playing on girls’ sports teams.
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S.D. Senate panel dismisses bill aimed at voiding transgender student athlete policy
The bill would have invalidated a South Dakota High School Activities Association policy on transgender student participation in sports.
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Ky. Senate OKs bill requiring separate restrooms for transgender students
Kentucky’s state Senate voted Friday to force transgender students to use separate bathrooms in public schools, a move that recalled the dark days of segregation for some but for others represented a stand for privacy rights.
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Study details lives of LGBT youths engaged in ‘survival sex’
A unique federally funded study offers a detailed look at the lives of LGBT youth in New York City who cope with homelessness and poverty by engaging in what the researchers call “survival sex.”