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Actress Lena Dunham has pledged $50,000 to an organization helping the gay and transgender community following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw protections regarding school bathroom laws. The Girls creator and star was among the outraged celebrities who took aim at Trump on Wednesday , when it was announced government officials had removed the federal guidelines that allowed transgender school students to use the bathrooms that matched their gender identity.
It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood. That's unusual for Presidents' Day in Chicago, where the weather is typically a mournful dirge for Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, with blowing snow and biting wind.
Comments about the Trump administration decision to rescind federal guidelines allowing transgender students to use public school bathrooms matching their chosen gender identity: "As President Trump has clearly stated, he believes policy regarding transgender bathrooms should be decided at the state level. The joint decision made today by the Department of Justice and the Department of Education returning power to the states paves the way for an open and inclusive process to take place at the local level with input from parents, students, teachers and administrators."
There was candidate Donald Trump in Colorado, waving a rainbow flag emblazoned with a "LGBTs for Trump," a photo opportunity meant to signal he was a new brand of Republican when it comes to protecting LGBT Americans. Four months later, faced with a major decision point on the issue, Trump's White House held up another slogan: defense of states' rights.
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender students use the bathrooms of their choice, reversing a signature initiative of former Democratic President Barack Obama. Reversing the Obama guidelines stands to inflame passions in the latest conflict in America between believers in traditional values and social progressives, and is likely to prompt more of the street protests that followed Trump's Nov. 8 election.
North Carolina lawmakers filed a bipartisan bill Wednesday aimed at breaking an impasse over the state's "bathroom bill," but it's likely to face tough going in the Republican-controlled legislature. Two House Republicans and two Democrats sponsored the measure that would repeal House Bill 2, the law approved last March.
Comments about the Trump administration decision to rescind federal guidelines allowing transgender students to use public school bathrooms matching their chosen gender identity: "As President Trump has clearly stated, he believes policy regarding transgender bathrooms should be decided at the state level. The joint decision made today by the Department of Justice and the Department of Education returning power to the states paves the way for an open and inclusive process to take place at the local level with input from parents, students, teachers and administrators."
The Trump administration on Wednesday ended federal protections for transgender students that instructed schools to allow them to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities. Stepping into an emotional national debate, the administration came down on the side of states' rights, lifting federal guidelines that had been issued by the Obama administration and characterized by Republicans as a legal overreach.
Former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama listen as Jackie Evancho sings the national anthem following President Trump's inauguration in January. Teenage classical singer Jackie Evancho, one of the first performers to be enlisted for President Trump's inaugural festivities, took to Twitter Wednesday night to express her dismay with the administration's revocation of federal protections for transgender students and to request a meeting with the president.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions flexed his influence with President Donald Trump after the president sided with him in reversing the Obama administration's draft guidelines on transgender students' bathroom use in schools. Sessions had sparred with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose permission was needed so the administration could go through with the directive.
Trump administration rolls back transgender student restroom protections The Trump administration issued new guidance outlining which restrooms transgender students can use. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2m9Cbct In this Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 photo, transgender high school student Gavin Grimm poses in Gloucester, Va.
The Trump administration plans to roll back protections for transgender students, reversing federal guidance that required the nation's public schools to allow children to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that matched their gender identities. In a letter to the nation's schools, administration officials plan to say they are withdrawing guidance issued by the Obama administration that found that denying transgender students the right to use the bathroom of their choice violates federal prohibitions against sex discrimination, according to a draft of the letter obtained by The Washington Post .
In this May 17, 2016 file photo, a new sticker is placed on the door at the ceremonial opening of a gender neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle. Hundreds of parents across the country have called on President Donald Trump to embrace Obama-era protections for transgender students that call for letting them use school bathrooms in accordance with their gender identity.
President Donald Trump will issue "further guidance" on an Obama administrative policy aimed at protecting transgender students in public schools, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said during a Tuesday news briefing. As Politico reports, advocates expect President Barack Obama's directive to be rescinded soon.
The federal government has essentially stopped defending the rights of transgender students. Earlier this week, just after Jeff Sessions had been confirmed as attorney general, the Department of Justice announced it would no longer defend a directive that sought to ensure transgender students were not discriminated against in public schools and universities.
Mayors throughout the state gathered at a lunch to advise the legislature against passing the bathroom bill, reports My Statesman. "In this debate, I think we need to focus on what is working in the state of Texas," Austin Mayor Steve Adler said .
Last week, the Justice Department withdrew the pending legal challenge that had sought to reverse the federal court decision blocking the implementation of the Obama administration's transgender bathroom policy for public schools. By announcing it would drop the government's appeal , the Trump administration signaled that it will take a more conservative approach to the issue, allowing local school districts to develop their own bathroom and locker room policies without federal guidance.
Kate Upton is once again Sports Illustrated's swimsuit queen, gracing the magazine's special issue with not one, but three different covers. As some cities reaffirm support for sanctuary policies that protect immigrants, Phoenix, with the 10th-largest population of immigrants living in the country illegally, is subjected to a 2010 state law that bars... As some cities reaffirm support for sanctuary policies that protect immigrants, Phoenix, with the 10th-largest population of immigrants living in the country illegally, is subjected to a 2010 state law that bars any Arizona city from becoming a sanctuary.
Hundreds of parents across the country have called on President Donald Trump to embrace Obama-era protections for transgender students that call for letting them use school bathrooms in accordance with their gender identity.