California Transgender Students Have New Law but Still Face Old StrugglesEli Erlick was 8 years old when he became she.At school in Mendocino County, she was bullied for...Villacorte, Christina
New California Law Gives Choices to Transgenders; Affects 6.2 Million StudentsByline: Cheryl Wetzstein, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Children in California public schools must be...Wetzstein, Cheryl
A state lawmaker out of Stockton is picking up the support of the mayors of some of the Bay Area's biggest cities in reforming the state's conservatorship laws. SAN FRANCISCO - A state lawmaker out of Stockton has garnered the support of the mayors of some of the Bay Area's big...
bar transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports, and require schools to out trans and nonbinary students to their parents. Some lawmakers in other states have introduced bills with broad language requiring that parents are told of any changes to their child’s emotional health or well...
Transgender girls and women will no longer be allowed to participate in girls and women’s sports for schools and colleges. Republican lawmakers argued the law was needed because student-athletes assigned male at birth would have a biological advantage in sports over girls. (...
California became the first state in the nation to grant transgender Californian students rights and protections under the law. Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 1266
many Democrat-dominated states have responded with transgender protections. A law taking effect Monday in Hawaii requires newmarriage certificatesto be issued to people who request to change how their sex is listed. The state also isreplacing gender-specific termsin state law; "mother" is being re...
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Peter Sidlund Ponkala, chairman of the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Rights, known by its Swedish acronym RFSL, called the law’s passage “a step in the right direction” and “a recognition for every...
The Extent of Public Education Nondiscrimination Policy Protections for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students: A National Study This article examines education and governmental nondiscrimination policies to determine the status of anti-homophobia protections in the 51 states. A revi... Russo,...