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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — When Thomas Lewis told his South Dakota high school last year that he is transgender, teachers called him by his new name and used male pronouns when addressing him. But he says the accommodations stopped at being able to use the men's bathroom. Instead,
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage figured Democrats would shoot down his choice for education commissioner, so he withdrew the nomination. And on Thursday, he named himself to lead the department instead. The famously pugnacious Republican governor made the announcement Thursday at a Chamber of Commerce breakfast that he
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Speaker Robert DeLeo, the Democratic leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, is polling lawmakers to learn how the votes might line up on the so-called Bathroom Bill, which would let transgender people use public restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity but not their anatomical
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When Simone de Beauvoir's landmark book, "The Second Sex" landed on shelves in 1949, sex differences were clearly defined: people born male were men, and people born female were women. De Beauvoir's book challenged this assumption, writing, "One is not born, but rather
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Transgender athletes may be able to compete in the Olympics without having themselves surgically altered first, an International Olympic Committee advisory panel recently recommended. Previous rules, dating to 2003, required athletes who had transitioned from one sex to the other to have undergone gender-reassignment surgery and to have had at
Massachusetts legislature
BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker and some lawmakers are refusing to budge on a bill that would give transgender people access to public restrooms and locker rooms based on their sexual identity rather than their physical gender, despite increased pressure from activists. Nicknamed by conservatives as the "bathroom bill,"
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Democrats appear to be hesitant to pass anti-discrimination measures that would protect transgender people's access to public facilities such as restrooms and changing areas based on their sexual identification rather than their physical gender. "There are a lot of members who have reservations," state Rep.
Massachusetts
BOSTON – A measure ensuring access to restrooms and other public facilities for transgender people, known to some as the Bathroom Bill, won the backing of Speaker Robert DeLeo Tuesday, although the leader of the House of Representatives said a vote on the bill may not occur until 2016, if at
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