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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's stance on transgender access issues, pointing to the "frightened" reaction of her two young daughters when they were in a women's restroom after

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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 Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday he would sign a version of the so-called bathroom bill currently before lawmakers in the lower chamber. "No one should be discriminated

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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. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their self-selected gender identity. The lawsuit announced Wednesday also includes Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West

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Obama decrees all public schools must allow transgender bathroom use

The Obama administration will send a letter to every public school district in the country Friday warning them that they must allow students to use whatever bathroom and locker room corresponds to their stated gender identity, or face a federal lawsuit.

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Oregon tells schools to let boys play girl’s sports if they want

Oregon's state government released a set of guidelines for schools Thursday informing educators that students must be allowed to use whatever locker rooms they want and play on opposite-sex sports teams as long as they say it reflects their chosen gender identity.

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Rosenberg plans May or June debate on ‘bathroom bill’

BOSTON – Massachusetts Senate President Stanley Rosenberg told a business group Wednesday that he plans to bring forward for debate in the upper chamber a measure dealing with transgender people's access to public restrooms, locker rooms and other facilities. The controversial "bathroom bill," as it is often

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‘Bathroom bill’ moot, if federal officials have their way

BOSTON — The federal government may soon require Massachusetts public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice, regardless of whether the state legislature passes the so-called "bathroom bill," an examination of U.S. Department of Education documents indicates. Massachusetts is currently considering legislation that

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‘Bathroom Bill’ gets a House extension amid uncertainty

BOSTON – While Speaker Robert DeLeo said Monday he hoped to pass transgender anti-discrimination legislation this session, the House of Representatives voted to give the committee reviewing the measure more time before it must make a recommendation. DeLeo, who supports the bill that would provide anti-discrimination protections to transgender people using