Department of Justice attorneys announced Friday that they will file a formal notice of appeal of US District Judge Reed O'Connor's preliminary injunction against the Department of Education guidelines aimed at protecting transgender students from discrimination.
The Alaska Professional Teaching Practices Commission is endeavoring to include a clause adding gender identity to its code of ethics.
New Scientist has a new article on the relationship of science to the concept of gender: Science is catching up with society on transgender issues.
Bradley Roberts is a police officer in Clark County, Nevada. He has worked for the Clark County School District for 20 years. He is also a transgender man.
Officials at the Clark County School District told Roberts, who was working for the District as a resource officer that since he was born female but identifies as male, he could not use either the men's or women's bathrooms at work, but would be required to use a gender neutral bathroom.
We are waiting for a decision by SCOTUS on whether it will hear the appeal by Gloucester County School District in the case G.G. v GCSD.
The school division filed a petition on Aug. 29 asking the high court to determine if it is violating federal law by refusing to allow Grimm access to the boys' restrooms. It will be one of the petitions discussed in this week's Friday conference, where the justices decide which cases to accept and which to reject.
Five days ago Brandi Bledsoe, a 32-year-old transgender woman, was found dead on a driveway in Cleveland in only her underwear with plastic bags over her head and hands.
The body was discovered by a 5-year-old boy who was out riding his bike with his 12-year-old brother.
Police have disclosed that Brandi suffered head trauma. They also initially misgendered the victim.
Her death is a suspected homicide, but the medical examiner has not offered an official ruling on how she died.
Investigators will take her transgender status into consideration in the investigation. The investigation is in its early stages and it's too early to determine of motive for Bledsoe's death.
--Cleveland police spokesman Jennifer Ciaccia
Brian Rood is an assistant professor of psychology at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
After I transitioned I applied for a job there in the Department of Mathematics, but they said they had no openings at the time.
A national survey was released today as part of the 2016 Out & Equal Workplace Survey released today for National Coming Out Day.
The reasons that people are the way they are are extremely important to some people. Nobody knows exactly why this is.
The Savvy Psychologist, Ellen Hendrikson, at Scientific American, has been asked to explain why some people are transgender.
Harrison Browne is called Brownie by his Buffalo Beauts teammates in the National Women's Hockey League.
Last season the 23-year-old forward nicknamed "Brownie" helped his pro hockey team in Buffalo to the championship series, and with the season opener Friday, Buffalo aims for more than just a shot at a title in 2016-17.
