Tag: LGBT Issues

The Obama administration's new rules for transgender students require public schools that have housing separated by sex to allow transgender students to stay in the lodging of their choice. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama rules give transgenders choice in school lodging

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2016 8:25 pm

Hutchinson accused Obama of "social engineering" and suggested schools continue to use common sense. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson, File)

Arkansas governor advises schools to ignore Obama’s transgender bathroom decree

Gabby Morrongiello · May 13, 2016 6:47 pm

White House insists bathroom rule is just ‘advice’

White House insists bathroom rule is just ‘advice’

Nicole Duran · May 13, 2016 6:14 pm

Senator: Congress rejected Obama’s transgender policy in November

Senator: Congress rejected Obama’s transgender policy in November

Joel Gehrke · May 13, 2016 5:16 pm

"This attempt to bully our local schools into submission to the Obama administration's agenda is shameful and a gross abuse of the federal government's power," Diane Black said. (AP Photo)

GOP: Obama bullying schools with new transgender rules

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2016 3:44 pm

The federal government has made it official that you cannot discriminate on the basis of gender when providing healthcare coverage through federal programs.

Feds bar gender discrimination in healthcare coverage

Robert King · May 13, 2016 3:15 pm

—œOne of the first issues that school officials may address when a student notifies them of a general transition is determining which name and pronouns the student prefers,—£ the document stated. (AP Photo)

Education Dept. offers transgender pronoun advice for schools

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2016 2:48 pm

Obama orders schools to allow trans students use bathroom of their choice

Obama orders schools to allow trans students use bathroom of their choice

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2016 1:39 pm

The future of House Bill 2 — the controversial "bathroom bill" that thrust the issue of transgender rights into the national spotlight — remained in limbo late Wednesday afternoon after North Carolina legislators convened for a special session to attempt to repeal it. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Steve King: Expect a hearing on Obama’s bathroom decree

Pete Kasperowicz · May 13, 2016 12:51 pm

White House to issue decree on transgender toilets in public schools

White House to issue decree on transgender toilets in public schools

Anna Giaritelli · May 13, 2016 2:13 am

"I am working with the governor of North Carolina, and we are going to fight back," Abbott, a former state attorney general, told delegates at the Texas Republican Convention in Dallas on Thursday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will ‘fight back’ for NC bathroom law

Kelly Cohen · May 12, 2016 8:19 pm

A North Carolina school board voted to allow high school students to carry pepper spray at school for protection. (iStock Photo)

N.C. school board member: Use pepper spray against transgender students

Kelly Cohen · May 11, 2016 5:31 pm