Bowdoin College Changing Locker Rooms for Transgender Athletes

Bowdoin College is making structural changes to its locker rooms to provide more privacy for student-athletes whose gender identity doesn't match their biological sex.

A story in The Bowdoin Orient, the student newspaper, doesn't describe the changes, but describes the experience of a biological female senior who identifies as "non-binary, transmasculine," meaning more masculine than feminine.

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War on Plastic Bags Comes To Boston Friday, December 14

Matthew McDonald

A ban on thin-film plastic bags common at supermarkets and drug stores goes into effect in Boston on Friday, December 14.

Stores can offer thicker reusable plastic bags, but must charge at least 5 cents per bag, according to the ordinance.

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