February 23, 2025
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transgender

Massachusetts governor signs bipartisan legislation extending crucial protections to trans community

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

Friday, Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law legislation extending commonsense, non-discrimination protections to transgender residents and visitors to the state. While Massachusetts state law already prohibits discrimination against transgender people in housing and employment, the new law extends these same crucial protections to public accommodations, such as access to restaurants, malls, restrooms, and…

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New transgender awareness course seeks to end widespread workplace discrimination

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

LOS ANGELES — The rights of transgender Americans have never been so hotly debated. Whether in the military, in schools, in athletics or in the workplace, ending transgender discrimination has become one of the civil rights causes of this decade. And with a new estimate out last week that there are 1.4 million transgender Americans…

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Advocacy groups praise DoD’s decision on lifting of ban on transgender military service

Steve Lee, Editor010 mins

LGBT and human rights advocacy groups reacted swiftly and favorably to today’s Department of Defense’s (DoD) decision to lift the ban on transgender people openly serving in the military. As the U.S.’s largest employer, the DOD’s decision today will allow the approximately 15, 000 transgender active and reserve service members (as well as countless veterans)…

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Department of Defense ends ban on transgender people serving openly in the U.S. military

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter today announced that transgender individuals will now be able to openly serve in the U.S. armed forces. The DoD policy announced today also establishes a construct by which service members may transition gender while serving, sets standards for medical care and outlines responsibilities for military services and commanders to develop…

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Cyndi Lauper meets with LGBTQ youth in Raleigh on impact of North Carolina’s HB2

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

RALEIGH, N.C. – Saturday, award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and LGBTQ equality advocate Cyndi Lauper met with LGBTQ youth at the LGBT Center of Raleigh to learn more about their lives, the challenges they face, and the damaging impact of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s deeply discriminatory HB2 law. ABC 11 reported that teenager Jenna Travis…

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VA proposes rule change to lift ban on gender confirmation surgery for transgender veterans

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the nation’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) military families has welcomed the news that the U.S. Department of Veterans (VA) is proposing a rule change to lift its outdated ban on gender confirmation surgery for transgender veterans. “This is incredibly welcome news…

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Anti-transgender flyer distributed by KKK in Alabama neighborhood

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

Anti-transgender flyers being circulated in a Dothan, Ala., neighborhood appear to have been distributed by the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan as a recruiting tool. The Dothan Police Department notified the FBI, as the flyer’s message could promote hate crimes against the transgender community. “What you’re dealing with is potentially implications of…

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