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St. Paul school district to begin working on ‘gender inclusion’ policy
Some of the main provisions call for students to be identified by their preferred names and gender pronouns, and participate in programs and activities that align with their gender identity.
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Hundreds gather in D.C. to speak out on transgender issues following teen’s death
More than 300 people gathered in the nation’s capital on Saturday raise awareness of issues facing transgender individuals and to honor a 17-year-old transgender teen who took her own life last month.
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Sara Gilbert: ‘It’s more important to let go of the idea that you have a son, than to lose your child’
On Dec. 29, Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen from Ohio, stepped into the path of an oncoming semi truck on a interstate highway. Today, “The Talk” discusses transgender teen suicide.
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A gay dad’s requiem for Leelah Alcorn, the Matthew Shepard of our time
Matthew Shepard’s murder left and indelible impression that has become part of our collective culture to this day. This week, another tragedy, another life destroyed, left a similar impression — the death of Leelah Alcorn.
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Parents of transgender teen who committed suicide: ‘We loved our son’
The parents of Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen who identified as female and who committed suicide on Sunday, are speaking out, and in statements ignoring Leelah’s gender identity, say they loved their “son.”
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Uninformed religious leaders are guilty of causing Leelah Alcorn’s pain, desperation, rejection, and death
I place culpability and thus, guilt, on Christian and conservative leaders who, over the past four decades, have constructed an extreme intensity of cultural and religious discrimination against the LGBT community.
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Transgender teen struck and killed on Ohio interstate in apparent suicide
A previously written suicide note later appeared on the teen’s Tumblr blog through scheduled publishing in which Leelah Alcorn describes the pain of being “a girl trapped in a boy’s body” and her Christian parents’ refusal to allow her to transition.
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Discrimination complaint filed against Va. school district over restroom policy
The complaint stems from a new policy that requires transgender students to use restrooms according to their “biological gender.”
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Wisconsin: Baraboo school board adopts transgender athletics policy
The Baraboo School Board has amended its athletic and co-curricular activities policy to prohibit discrimination against transgender students.
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Virginia school board restricts restroom use to student’s ‘biological gender’
A Virginia school board has adopted a gender-specific restroom policy that restricts school restrooms to a student’s “biological gender.”