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Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Males From Female Sports
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday afternoon designed to keep males from participating in female sports or entering female…
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Rob Gronkowski Shakes His Head When Asked If Males Should Play Women’s Sports
Should males be allowed to participate in women's sports? The question was posed to former New England Patriots tight end…
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Cambridge Public School Committee Begins Plan To Make Forms and Communications More Gender-Inclusive
Cambridge School Committee members have set in motion a plan to make their paperwork more gender-inclusive. The committee will perform what…
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War on ‘-Men’ Continues in Melrose, Massachusetts Legislature
The last remaining city in Massachusetts with a Board of Aldermen is asking the state Legislature to approve a change in the…
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Cape Official Asks If Homosexual Politicians Are ‘Too Self-Absorbed and Self-Centered’ To Represent All Constituents
Ron Beaty, a Barnstable County commissioner, asked a rhetorical question on Twitter that has offended several public officials, including one fellow Republican…
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Not So Appealing: NH’s High Court Rules Against “Free The Nipple” Appeal
In a 3-2 decision, the New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled constitutional a Laconia city law banning women from exposing their…
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Regional Annual High School Ball To Allow All Same-Sex Couples, and Anyone Can Wear A Dress
An 80-year-old regional dance for high school girls and their dates in southwestern Connecticut will start allowing all-male same-…
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Japan Supreme Court Declares “Sterilization” Constitutional; Required Before Legal Recognition Of Gender Change
The Supreme Court of Japan has declared a Japanese law constitutional that requires people who seek legal recognition of their gender change…
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Transgender Ex-Principal Promises To Keep Name, Pronouns, Clothing Consistent Upon Returning To School
A biological male who identifies as gender-fluid who wasn't renewed as an elementary school principal in Swampscott earlier this…
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Harvard Doing Nothing To Cure ‘Toxic Space’ for Homosexual and Transgender Graduate Students, Activists Say
Harvard University offers no paid staff to assist and advise graduate students who are homosexual, bisexual, or transgender and also doesn'…
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City Councilor Rejects Board Candidate Because He’s A Man
A Brockton city councilor voted against a nominee for the city's Cable Advisory Board because he is a man. Gary…
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When Women Pay More, We All Win
A bill in the Massachusetts Legislature would force insurance companies to offer the same rates to women for disability insurance that men…
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Australia Voters Support Same-Sex Marriage, 62-38
The nationwide vote is expected to lead to legislation in Parliament to legalize same-sex marriage in all of Australia. Conservatives in…
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Are Men Who Won’t Date Transgender Biological Men Bigots?
A transgender activist from Florida is drawing national attention this week over a tweetstorm she initiated when she suggested that straight men…
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Harvard Law profs challenge federal sex-assault ‘guidance’
CAMBRIDGE – A collection of prominent law school professors, including Harvard's Alan Dershowitz, shot back at President Barack Obama's…
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“Bathroom bill” opponents say they’ve got signatures for repealer
BOSTON — Activists working to derail the new state law aimed at preventing discrimination against transgender individuals in public accommodations say volunteers have…
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Mizzou renames ‘unisex’ restrooms because term isn’t inclusive enough
The University of Missouri (MU) is renaming its "Unisex" restrooms on campus in response to complaints that the current label…
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Princeton tells staff to avoid the word ‘man’ at all costs
A language guide produced by Princeton University tells employees to avoid using gendered language, including just about every use of the word…
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Rosenberg: Transgender bill deal ‘ready to pop’
A compromise transgender protections bill could emerge from a conference committee and land on Gov. Charlie Baker's desk this week,…
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Obama: Military stronger because combat positions are open to women
(CNSNews.com) – In a commencement speech Thursday to graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., President Barack…
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Transgender bathroom access fight triggers exit at ACLU
ATLANTA – The executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Georgia chapter recently resigned over the legal advocacy organization'…
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‘Bathroom bill’ passes Massachusetts House as foes fail
BOSTON — After a virtual marathon of proposed amendments, moral platitudes and the occasional outburst from the gallery by supporters and opponents alike,…
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Baker scrambles political calculus on House ‘bathroom bill’
BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that he would sign the version of the so-called bathroom bill pending in the…
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Baker relents, says he’d sign the House bathroom bill
BOSTON – On the eve of a debate in the state House of Representatives on access to public facilities for transgender people, Massachusetts…
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Harvard professors join chorus against club leadership ban
CAMBRIDGE – The drumbeat questioning the decision to punish Harvard College students who join single-sex social organizations is growing louder as a…
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Transgender directive prompts a dozen states to sue
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is leading a dozen states, including Maine, in suing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S.…
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‘Bathroom bill’ foes ask House lawmakers to protect privacy
BOSTON – Opponents hit Beacon Hill Tuesday to rally against proposals that would mandate access to public bathrooms or changing rooms for individuals…
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US threatens school aid in transgender dictate; foes stand firm
WASHINGTON – White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Friday insisted that the Department of Education's message to schools on transgender access…
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‘Bathroom bill’ comes under fire over privacy, safety
BOSTON – Opponents of a proposal that would let people in Massachusetts use sex-segregated public bathrooms and changing rooms of their choice,…
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Senate passes ‘bathroom bill’ that foes say tramples privacy
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill to guarantee access to public facilities, including sex-segregated bathrooms and locker…
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Harvard women protest ‘blacklist’ targeting single-sex clubs
CAMBRIDGE – Women in Harvard College sororities and other gender-exclusive organizations are fighting back after administrators at the Ivy League school announced…
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Boston workforce breakdown reveals imbalances
BOSTON – Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Democrat and a former labor leader, presides over a workforce where a lopsided portion of the…
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NC, Justice Department exchange legal fire over ‘bathroom’ law
RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, facing a Monday ultimatum from President Barack Obama's Justice Department over enforcing…
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Poll shows support for adding charters, rejecting legal pot
BOSTON – Among potential ballot measures that may go before voters in November, raising the cap on charter schools won the most support…
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Ayotte joins bid for federal campus assault bill
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers began a push Tuesday to pass a bill that seeks to create uniform procedures for…
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Schilling fired by ESPN over post about ‘bathroom bills’
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN fired Curt Schilling, a baseball analyst and former Boston Red Sox star pitcher, following his comments on Facebook…
