The majority of respondents to a new U.S. poll opposed laws barring transgender people from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identities and indicated growing acceptance for gay rights, a nonpartisan research group said on Friday. Fifty-three percent of the Americans surveyed oppose laws requiring transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth, according to the national poll by the Public Religion Research Institute.
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Transgender families press education secretary on rights
A little girl in bronze defiantly facing Wall Street’s mammoth Charging Bull didn’t appear suddenly or spontaneously in Manhattan’s financial district in the middle of the night. Washington state’s attorney general is asking a federal judge to affirm that an order blocking President Donald Trump’s first travel ban will also apply to a revised travel ban.
School election update
U.S. officials said work is underway to make the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system operational as quickly as possible. The Defense Department stressed that the THAAD system is aimed solely at defending South Korea against North Korean missiles.
Supreme Court won’t say if trans teen can pick bathroom
The Supreme Court is leaving the issue of transgender rights in schools to lower courts for now after backing out of a high-profile case Monday of a Virginia high school student who sued to be able to use the boys’ bathroom. The court’s order in the case of teenager Gavin Grimm means that attention now will turn to lower courts around the country that are grappling with rights of transgender students to use school bathrooms that correspond to their chosen gender, not the one assigned at birth.
Supreme Court scraps case on transgender bathroom rights
The Supreme Court on Monday vacated a lower court’s ruling in favor of a Virginia transgender student after the Trump administration withdrew the federal government’s guidance to public schools about the controversial bathroom policy. The justices were scheduled to hear the case later this month.
Transgender youth come under the spotlight as Supreme Court decision nears
Sarasota-based LGBTQ youth group ALSO Youth coordinators Molly and Jules talk about how *Emma, a 13-year-old transgender girl, started the need for them to create a trans support group more than a year ago. Nate Quinn speaks to the Sarasota County School Board after Pine View School allowed him to use the boy’s bathroom.
Police contact FBI after Sikh shot in arm in Seattle suburb
Dr. Thomas Starzl, who pioneered liver transplant surgery in the 1960s and was a leading researcher into anti-rejection drugs, has died. Dr. Thomas Starzl, who pioneered liver transplant surgery in the 1960s and was a leading researcher into anti-rejection drugs, has died.
Most House bills die on unrecorded votes
During the recently concluded legislative session, three bills to increase the minimum wage in Virginia died in the House Labor and Commerce Committee. Want to know who voted for or against the measures? Sorry; the votes went unrecorded.
Yelp to help customers find gender-neutral bathrooms
Yelp, the crowd-sourced company specializing in online reviews, is wading into the national debate over transgender people’s bathroom access with a new feature that will enable consumers to search for businesses offering gender-neutral restrooms. In a blog post on Friday , Yelp said it would collect information from both customers and business owners in order to add a “Gender Neutral Restrooms” category to its listings.
SF tells high court there’s nothing to fear from trans
This photo taken on May 4, 2016, shows a sign posted outside the Santee High School’s gender neutral restrooms at their campus in Los Angeles. This photo taken on May 4, 2016, shows a sign posted outside the Santee High School’s gender neutral restrooms at their campus in Los Angeles.
Gloucester School Board: Supreme Court should delay transgender teenager’s case
Both sides in the Supreme Court case that would decide how public schools must accommodate transgender students urged the justices Wednesday to move forward with the case, saying schools and students need an answer.
1 dead, 5 injured after plane hits houses in California
An activist who will deliver a Democratic response in Spanish to President Donald Trump’s first speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday plans to address his administration’s crackdown on undocumented… An activist who will deliver a Democratic response in Spanish to President Donald Trump’s first speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday plans to address his administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants and the need for health care. Money is being raised to repair and restore more than 100 headstones that were vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia.
In 2017 America, Everybody Gets To Be Whoever They Wanta Except Rachel Dolezal
Washington state civil rights advocate Rachel Dolezal appears on the NBC News “TODAY” show in New York June 16, 2015 in a still handout image from video provided by NBC. REUTERS/NBC News’ TODAY show/Anthony Quintano/Handout via Reuters Rachel Dolezal is unemployed , living on food stamps, and about to lose her house.
White House rescinds guidance on transgender students
The Department of Education under newly-appointed Secretary Betsy DeVos has done just what many LGBTQ advocates feared; it withdrew the Obama administration’s guidance issued last May that protected the rights of transgender students in public schools. The guidance was controversial at the time, leading to a lawsuit against the administration led by Texas and including eleven other states.
Spirit Awards: Nick Kroll, John Mulaney Roast Steve Bannon, Donald Trump in Opening Monologue
“We’re not in a bubble, we’re in a tent [on the beach]. … If this room leaned anymore to the left, we would literally topple into the Pacific Ocean.”
Apple, Airbnb, Box to sign amicus brief in transgender student’s case
Apple, Airbnb, Box to sign amicus brief in transgender student’s case The case of a teen’s right to use the bathroom of his chosen gender is headed to the Supreme Court Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2mgEHxW Apple is among several tech companies expected to sign a brief supporting transgender rights in a case scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court next month. In this Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 photo, transgender high school student Gavin Grimm poses in Gloucester, Va.
02/23/2017 BOSTON, MA High school trans student Elijah Cohen-Gordon…
A diverse crowd of more than 200 people rallied in downtown Boston Thursday night to protest President Trump’s decision to roll back federal guidelines allowing transgender students to use the bathroom matching their gender identity. The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition organized the 6 p.m. gathering in Post Office Square less than 24 hours after Trump reversed a signature policy of his predecessor, former president Barack Obama.
Supreme Court could decide transgender case. Or not.
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. WASHINGTON – Both the transgender teen who sued to use a boys’ bathroom and the Virginia school board that won’t let him still want the Supreme Court to issue a definitive ruling in their ongoing dispute, even after the Trump administration retreated from an Obama-era policy on bathroom use.
In video: Caitlyn Jenner attacks Donald Trump over transgender toilets
Caitlyn Jenner has attacked US president Donald Trump over his administration’s reversal of guidelines on transgender access to public school toilets. The former Olympic gold-medal winning decathlete, then known as Bruce Jenner, who came out as a transgender woman in 2015, addressed Mr Trump in a video posted on Twitter, saying: “From one Republican to another, this is a disaster.”
Conservative North Carolina laws spur NAACP call for boycott
An economic boycott by the NAACP is the latest fallout over North Carolina’s so-called bathroom bill and other conservative policies. The civil rights organization urged religious conferences, athletic events and musicians Friday to take their business elsewhere.
The Latest: Jenner calls transgender decision ‘a disaster’
Caitlyn Jenner is taking President Donald Trump to task for his administration’s reversal of a directive on transgender access to public school bathrooms. Jenner addresses Trump in a video posted Thursday night on Twitter.
Caitlyn Jenner Slams Donald Trump’s Anti-Transgender Policy In…
Caitlyn Jenner once proudly supported Donald Trump, but after rolling back protection of transgendered students in public schools, she’s changed her mind! The former Olympian thinks the President’s new policy is a total ‘disaster!’ Watch the video! Remember when Caitlyn Jenner , 67, was the only one in her family who attended Donald Trump ‘s, 70, inauguration? Well, maybe she’s wishing she hadn’t. The President’s latest policy against transgenders students in public schools across the nation has rattled Caitlyn to the very core.
Here’s a Complete List of Trans People Busted for Lewd Conduct in the Bathroom
There is zero evidence that trans people “prey” upon anyone, let alone children, when they’re just trying to pee. The National Center for Transgender Equality has “not heard of a single instance of a transgender person harassing a non-transgender person in a public restroom.
Key dates for transgender rights in the US
1969: Transgender people are in the forefront of the Stonewall Inn riots in New York City, which helped spark the U.S. gay-rights movement. 1977: The New York Supreme Court rules in favor of transgender physician/athlete Renee Richards in her bid to play pro tennis as a woman.
Transgender teen to press Supreme Court case despite Trump administration guidance
Attorneys for a Virginia transgender teen who sued his school board for barring him from the boys’ bathroom said Thursday that they plan to continue to press his case before the U.S. Supreme Court, despite the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw guidance on transgender students that had buoyed his lawsuit. Lawyers with the American … Complete access to news articles on this website is available to Daily Record subscribers who are logged in.
Poll: Who should provide guidance on a transgender studentsa right to bathroom choice?
MAY 10: Unisex signs hang outside bathrooms at Toast Paninoteca on May 10, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina. Debate over transgender bathroom access spreads nationwide as the U.S. Department of Justice countersues North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory from enforcing the provisions of House Bill 2 that dictate what bathrooms transgender individuals can use.
Celebrities outraged after Trump rescinds protections for trans students
The president’s administration have officially rescinded a piece of federal guidance which allowed trans students the right to use the bathroom or locker room matching their gender identity. Former US leader Barack Obama brought in the guidance last May in a bid to end the confusion schools may face when accommodating trans students.
Trump Government lifts transgender bathroom rules
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A Pleasant Day Protesting All Things Trump
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.
Trump Scraps Protections for Trans Students
President Trump on Wednesday rescinded protections for transgender students that had allowed them to use bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity, overruling his own education secretary and placing his administration firmly in the middle of the culture wars that many Republicans have tried to leave behind.
Protests as Trump revokes Obama’s guidelines on transgender bathrooms
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. Activists and protesters with the National Center for Transgender Equality rally in front of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Washington, after the Department of Education and the Justice Department announce plans to overturn the school guidance on protecting transgender students.
Political correctness had gone mad, writes Trevor Phillips
A few weeks ago, I observed that Barack Obama’s iconic status as the first African-American U.S. President should not obscure his mixed political record. As a black man and former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, you might think I would be surprised to face a charge of racism – but I was not.
Trump administration lifts transgender bathroom guidance
A.J. Jackson, who is anatomically female but planning to take hormones as part of a transition, stands at Green Mountain Union High on Monday, May 16, 2016, in Chester, V.. Jackson says he understands the concerns of classmates but has cautiously begun using the boys’ bathrooms at school.
Reaction in Minnesota to the Trump administration decision
In Minnesota, the state Human Rights Act, which has been on the books since 1993, makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sex. Jill Gaulding, senior counsel at Gender Justice in St. Paul, noted that Minnesota was the first state in the country “to make that clear.
Bathroom Bills Are Upending the Meetings Industry Across the U.S.
Visit Dallas President and CEO Phillip Jones speaks at a press conference organized by the Texas Welcomes All coalition, which was mobilized to oppose the state’s pending bathroom bill. Besides stripping away the fundamental rights of an already marginalized group, the stack of “Bathroom Bills” piling up in state legislatures around the country will only drive away meetings and conventions, and the valuable economic income they bring with them.
Trump administration working on trans bathroom guidelines
The Trump administration is working on a new set of directives on the use of school bathrooms by transgender students, the White House said Tuesday. The announcement alarmed LGBT groups throughout the country that have urged President Donald Trump to safeguard Obama-era guidelines allowing students to use school restrooms matching their gender identity, not their assigned gender at birth.
Trump administration working on trans bathroom guidelines
The Trump administration is working on a new set of directives on the use of school bathrooms by transgender students, the White House said Tuesday. The announcement alarmed LGBT groups across the country that have urged President Donald Trump to safeguard Obama-era guidelines allowing students to use school restrooms that match their gender identity, not their assigned gender at birth.
White House: States Should Get To Decide Whether To Discriminate Against LGBTQ Students
White House press secretary Sean Spicer gave a clear indication Tuesday that the new administration will not be a forceful defender of transgender rights, saying President Donald Trump believes that issue should be left up to the states. The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to rescind a policy issued by President Barack Obama ‘s administration mandating that any school that receives federal money must treat a student’s gender identity as his or her sex.
Virginia Legislature Sends Anti-LGBTQ License to Discriminate Bill to Governor
Today, the Human Rights Campaign and Equality Virginia blasted the Virginia House of Representative’s final vote of 54 to 38 passing House Bill 2025 — discriminatory legislation seeking to give taxpayer-funded agencies and service providers a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people under the guise of religion. The dangerous anti-LGBTQ proposal now heads to Governor Terry McAuliffe, who has to veto the bill.
CPAC disinvites Milo Yiannopoulos over unearthed pedophilia video
Although anti-transgender and Islamophobic views were not a problem for organizers of the Conservative Political Action Conference, an unearthed video in which Milo Yiannopoulos suggests approval for sex with underage boys is apparently a bridge too far. Matt Schlapp, chair of the American Conservative Union, announced Monday in a statement Yiannopoulos would be disinvited from the annual conservative confab over the video amid outcry from both conservatives and progressives over giving him a prominent role as a keynote speaker.