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LGBTQ+-related laws include but are not limited to: government recognition of same-sex relationships, LGBT adoption, sexual orientation and military service, immigration equality, anti-discrimination laws, hate crime laws regarding violence against LGBT people, sodomy laws, anti-lesbianism laws, and higher ages of consent for same-sex activity.

Analysis Administration’s push for transgender rights likely to succeed, perhaps with a boost from Scalia

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:18+00:00 May 16th, 2016|LGBTQ+|

The Obama administration’s push to apply 1960s and 1970s equal-rights laws to the transgender community is likely to win favor in federal courts and may even get a surprising assist from the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-transgender-legal-analysis-20160513-snap-story.html

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A transgender 9-year-old tells her story

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:18+00:00 May 16th, 2016|LGBTQ+|

The 9-year-old is growing up. She used to play with Barbies. Now she’s the class treasurer of her West L.A. elementary school. She plays girls volleyball, paints her nails and likes to challenge herself on Minecraft.

She’s also transgender.

Schools offer lessons on accommodating transgender students

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:18+00:00 May 16th, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

SAN FRANCISCO >> From locker rooms and sex education classes to dress codes and overnight field trips, many U.S. public schools already are balancing the civil rights of transgender students with any concerns that classmates, parents and community members might have.

http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20160514/schools-offer-lessons-on-accommodating-transgender-students

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U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:18+00:00 May 13th, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/10/us/charter-driven-gains-in-new-orleans-schools-face-a-big-test.html?hpw&rref=education&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:19+00:00 May 10th, 2016|LGBTQ+|

RALEIGH, N.C. — The nation’s clash over the rights of transgender people escalated sharply on Monday as Gov. Pat McCrory of North Carolina and the Justice Department sued each other, testing the boundaries of federal civil rights laws in a dispute over public restroom access.

Federal Judge Upholds North Carolina Voter Rules

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:21+00:00 April 26th, 2016|LGBTQ+|

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge on Monday upheld sweeping Republican-backed changes to election rules, including a voter identification provision, that civil rights groups say unfairly targeted African-Americans and other minorities. The ruling could have serious political repercussions in a state that is closely contested in presidential elections.

Common Application to Change Gender-Identity Options

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:21+00:00 April 26th, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

Starting this summer, students who use the Common Application will be asked to state their “sex assigned at birth.” There also will be an optional free-response text field in which applicants may describe their gender identity.

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Students and protesters clash over LAUSD’s 15-stall gender-neutral bathroom

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:21+00:00 April 21st, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

LOS ANGELES — Security was ramped up at Santee Education Complex in South Los Angeles today, one day after some students clashed with protesters who rallied outside the campus to protest the recent opening of a gender- neutral bathroom on the campus.

Read more in the Los Angeles Daily News.

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Before the Stonewall Uprising, There Was the ‘Sip-In’

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:22+00:00 April 21st, 2016|LGBTQ+|

n a bright, warm day 50 years ago this week, three young men went out to have a drink that they hoped would make history.

The men, members of the early gay rights group the Mattachine Society, aimed to challenge bars that refused service to gay people, a

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Curt Schilling, ESPN Analyst, Is Fired Over Offensive Social Media Post

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:22+00:00 April 21st, 2016|LGBTQ+|

Curt Schilling, a former All-Star pitcher and one of the highest-profile baseball analysts on ESPN, was fired from the network Wednesday, a day after he drew intense criticism for promoting offensive commentary on social media.

Schilling, who had

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