On Tuesday, Spelman College president Mary Schmidt Campbell announced that the all-women HBCU starting next year will accept all students who "consistently live and self-identify as women, regardless of assignment at birth."
Spelman is located in Atlanta.
Equality California has joined two California residents who wish to serve in the military and a group of transgender service members who are currently serving in a lawsuit filed yesterday against the Trump administration.
Allie Koralik is a non-binary, transgender resident of Long Branch, NJ. Koralik was making signs Sunday at a gallery on the boardwalk in Asbury Park for a Stand Against Hate rally when they were approached by Morris May, 22 of Scotch Plains and his 20-year-old brother, who were carrying a Trump 2020 sign.
My brother and I are both hard-core conservatives," said May, adding that he supports three things: "liberty, free speech and the Republican Party.
--May
Dell EMC2 has agreed to pay $60,000 to a transgender former intern in order to settle claims that she faced sex and gender identity-based discrimination while working at the company.
A judge in Tippecanoe County, Indiana had decided that a person seeking a name or gender change had to publish the change in a newspaper in their home county at least three times.
On Thursday the Indiana Court of Appeals overruled that decision.
Los Angeles County Judge Gregory Keosian dismissed Richard Simmons lawsuit against National Enquirer owner American Media, saying that "it is simply not libelous or defamatory to call someone transgender."
Misidentification of a person as transgender is not actionable defamation .... The court will not validate those prejudices by legally recognizing them.
--Judge Keosian
Former Army secretary Eric Fanning, former Navy Secretary Raymond Mabus, Jr.
On Monday, two more lawsuits were filed against the Trump administration challenging the ban on military service by transgender people.
Charm will make its NYC debut off Broadway on August 31 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre under the auspices of MCC Theater.
Written by Phillip Dawkins, the play is directed by Will Davis.
I'm not a fan of music award shows, so I avoided tuning in to last night's VMA awards on MTV. In fact, I don't think I've surfed to MTV since some time in the 80s.
If you are like me, then you missed that MTV invited six current or retired transgender military members to walk the red carpet.
