The amendment would block the use of the defense spending bill’s funds to implement a policy that would bar transgender people from joining the military and even keep some transgender people already serving from staying in.
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J.K. Rowling’s transgender comments push 4 authors to quit agency representing her
Rowling has a long history of controversial comments seen as transphobic.
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Supreme Court rules gay, transgender people are protected from job discrimination
The decision was a defeat not just for the employers, but also the Trump administration, which argued that the law’s plain wording compelled a ruling for the employers.
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‘Pose’ stars join growing backlash over J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans comments
The hit FX series’ Indya Moore, Steven Canals, Mj Rodriguez and Dominique Jackson are among the latest to weigh in on the Rowling controversy.
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Daniel Radcliffe on J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans tweets: ‘Transgender women are women’
Radcliffe wrote a blog post for the Trevor Project, an organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth.
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Michigan woman at center of Supreme Court transgender rights case dies
Aimee Stephens’ firing from her post at a funeral home wound its way up to the high court, where justices are considering whether federal civil rights law protects transgender people.
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Girls sue to block participation of transgender athletes in Connecticut
They argue in a federal lawsuit that including transgender athletes in girls’ sports doesn’t create a level playing field.
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Farmington doctor leads by example when it comes to LGBTQ care in rural Maine
Access to quality health care has long been a problem for Maine’s roughly 70,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer residents, officials said.
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Our View: Schools should be safe for all students
An ugly moment last week in Skowhegan shows why transgender students need gender neutral bathrooms.
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Skowhegan High civil rights team addresses transphobia as a welcome is prepared for all
Members of the civil rights club; Gay, Straight, Transgender Alliance; art club and volunteers planted flags, window markers and banners throughout the school to spark conversations about biases.