Category: Transgender Rights
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Gillibrand introduces bipartisan bill to allow transgender military service
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who is vying to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020, introduced Thursday a bill to allow transgender people to serve in the military.
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Transgender Woman Files Federal Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
A former field organiser has filed a federal lawsuit against the campaign of JB Pritzker for Governor in Illinois for her firing on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Two percent of high school students identify as transgender, CDC report finds
More than a third of these trans high school students, the CDC found, have attempted suicide in the past 12 months.
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In a first, a nonbinary person is campus president of this Jewish sorority
In December, the Jewish sorority at the University of Cincinnati elected a new president.
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Scottish prisons to consult on changes to transgender policy
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) will launch a consultation on updating its policy for transgender people, following Scottish Ministers’ move to make it easier for trans prisoners to prove their gender identity.
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Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to review case blocking his transgender military ban
Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court rulings blocking a policy barring certain transgender people from serving in the military, declining to wait for the decisions from federal appeals courts currently considering the issue.