transgender rights
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Trump Administration Wants Homeless Shelters to Deny Transgender People
Trump’s invalid administration is considering a rule change that would allow discrimination against homeless transgender people seeking shelter. Ben Carson, the world’s most hated Oreo lover, and secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is proposing changes to the 2012 Equal Access Rule, HuffPost reports. The original rule was meant to “to…
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‘There Is No Ban’: After Facing Backlash for a ‘Diversity Statement’ That Excluded Trans Women, Zeta Phi Beta Makes a New Pledge
Zeta Phi Beta wants to make it clear that all women are welcome in its sisterhood. As reported by Essence magazine, the historically black sorority had earned the ire of many after an article by the Washington Blade made public a “diversity statement” purportedly adopted by the sorority’s International Executive Board on Jan. 12, which…
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Northern Virginia Schools Stand Up for Gavin Grimm in Transgender Bathroom Case
Four Northern Virginia school districts are showing support for Gavin Grimm, the young transgender man who’s been in a years-long battle with another Virginia school district over its policy when it comes to what bathroom transgender students can use. In a friend-of-the-court brief submitted in support of Grimm when his case against the Gloucester County…
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Trans Bathroom Panic: HS Girl Expelled for Kicking a Boy in the Groin After He and Others Crash Girls Room in Transgender Protest
A group of high school boys in the town of North Pole, Ala., (yes, you read that correctly), apparently took offense to a transgender student’s use of their bathroom and decided to protest by crashing the girl’s room. That boneheaded oh-so-thoughtful decision got one of the boys kicked in the groin by a girl who…
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A Trump Dream Comes True: Pentagon Ban on Transgender Soldiers Took Effect Today
In “if it looks like a duck, it’s a duck” news, the Trump administration today got to implement its ban on allowing transgender people from serving in the military. After finally prevailing in court after numerous challenges over the last two years, the Pentagon on Friday got to finally make all of Donald Trump’s dreams…
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Laura Ingraham Guest Believes Trans People Will 'Destroy' Gender Norms to Create 'New Species' That's 'Part Machine'
I had to read my own headline twice because the shit still makes no damn sense. But I guess we’ll try to make two plus two equal five together because apparently humanity is an endangered species. Dr. Paul Nathanson is a gender relations professor and the author of books such as Spreading Misandry: The Teaching…
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What It Means That a Black Woman Is Leading Julián Castro’s Campaign for President
WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Maya Rupert walked into then-Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro’s office with a tricky problem to solve, she expected some resistance. It was November 2015, and the agency had long been mulling a rule that would require HUD-funded shelters to accept transgender people under their proper genders, not the ones they were…
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Trans Activist Who Called Caitlyn Jenner a ‘Fraud’ Is Running for Seat in California’s State Assembly
A transgender activist who drew national attention last year after confronting Caitlyn Jenner at an event and calling her a “fucking fraud” is now vying for a seat in California’s state Assembly. According to HuffPost, Ashlee Marie Preston on Saturday announced her plans to run for the District 54 seat, following the resignation of California…
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Jeff Sessions Believes Transgender People Cannot Be Victims of Sexual Discrimination and Are Therefore Unworthy of Civil Rights Protections
Attorney General Jeff Sessions believes that transgender people do not qualify for civil rights protections against sexual discrimination, and to prove that, he has rescinded an Obama-administration decree that granted them such protections under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. BuzzFeed News obtained a copy of a memo Sessions sent to agency heads and U.S.…