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Seattle Mayor Signs Order to Protect Transgender Rights
Seattle Mayor Signs Order to Protect Transgender Rights
Seattle Mayor Signs Order to Protect Transgender Rights
  SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle's mayor has signed an executive order aimed at making public spaces safer for transgender and gender-diverse people. Mayor Ed Murray said in a news release Thursday that front-line city staff, from those at the Seattle Public Library to Parks and Recreation, will be trained in the ordinances and laws that protect the rights of transgender people and protect them from haras
How Far Should We Go to Accommodate Transgendered People?
How Far Should We Go to Accommodate Transgendered People?
How Far Should We Go to Accommodate Transgendered People?
Dear sir -- or if you prefer, madam: The New York Commission on Human RIghts issued a document this week outlining how Mayor Bill de Blasio's office will enforce a 2002 New York law meant to protect transgendered people's rights. Buzzfeed reports that the key points in the commission's document including this nugget: Everyone from landlords to bosses to city agencies -- even police officers -- mus
Would You Want a Transgender 'Female' Using the Locker Room at Your Daughter's School?
Would You Want a Transgender 'Female' Using the Locker Room at Your Daughter's School?
Would You Want a Transgender 'Female' Using the Locker Room at Your Daughter's School?
The U.S. Department of Education is telling a suburban Chicago school district that if it doesn't change its policies and allow a transgender high school student to use the girls' locker room, the district could lose federal funding. Township High School District 211 tried to accommodate the student -- a teen male who identifies as female and participates on one of the school's girls' sports teams