LONDON (AP) — President Barack Obama called Friday for the overturning of a North Carolina law that requires transgender people to use public bathrooms and locker rooms that conform to their gender at birth.
Obama criticized that law and others targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people during a news briefing Friday in London. The issue of mandates dealing with access to sex-segregated public facilities has raised fears for the safety of girls and young women as well as privacy concerns.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Students often do not know how to report sexual assault and sexual harassment at the University of New Mexico or where to turn for help in a broken system that violates federal law, the U.S. Justice Department said Friday.
The department, which launched its investigation in December 2014, recommended the university provide training to students and staff with information on how to report attacks. It also urged the school to revise its policies so it can promptly respond to sexual harassment, which creates a hostile campus environment.
