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On Friday's Transgender Day of Visibility, trans advocates in the Twin Cities say the day has a somber, but important tone.
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On Friday's Transgender Day of Visibility, trans advocates in the Twin Cities say the day has a somber, but important tone.
Officials used the day to remind residents that Minneapolis was the first American city to bar gender identity-based discrimination through amendments made to the Civil Rights Ordinance in 1975.
The legislation prohibits enforcing out-of-state subpoenas, arrest warrants and extradition requests for people from other states who sought treatment that is legal in Minnesota. The bill ultimately passed with a 68-62 vote.
The legislation prohibits enforcing out-of-state subpoenas, arrest warrants and extradition requests for people from other states who sought treatment that is legal in Minnesota. The bill ultimately passed with a 68-62 vote.
Two men face serious charges accusing them of violently attacking a transgender woman at a light rail station in Minneapolis earlier this week.
Senate Bill 1029 would make it illegal for nearly all trans people in the state to receive both surgical and nonsurgical treatments.
The North Dakota House passed gender-related bills Friday that would omit transgender identity from state data collection and criminalize healthcare providers who give gender-affirming care to minors.
Proponents of the bill have acknowledged that gender-affirming surgeries on minors are not currently being performed in Idaho.
Former Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit Minneapolis -- as well as Cedar Rapids, Iowa -- Wednesday as he continues mulling a possible presidential run.
The Transformation Project filed a lawsuit Friday that alleges that the decision to terminate its contract — which resulted in the group losing a nearly $136,000 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — was discrimination.
The duo took home the award for their hit single, "Unholy," which they performed during the awards ceremony.
"Trans kids are kids — they deserve to grow up without constant political attacks on their lives and health care," wrote the ACLU's Utah chapter on Twitter.
Many health professionals in rural areas don't know how to provide gender-affirming care, leaving transgender patients with few options.
Republican Rep. Jon Hansen, one of the lawmakers pushing the bill, argued that puberty was a "natural cure" for gender dysphoria, which is the distress felt when someone's gender expression does not match their gender identity.
The attack at an LGBTQ+ bar in Colorado Springs occurred on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors lives lost to violence.
The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit brought by Anita Green, an openly transgender woman, who was not allowed to compete in a Miss Oregon beauty pageant.
People can now change their sex marker on their Social Security number record without sex designation documentation.
The "Pose" star on Monday will step onstage as Roxie Hart, becoming the first openly transgender woman to play a leading part on Broadway.
The shop will offer free clothes, accessories, shoes, and personal care items. The event is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 21 in Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Leigh Finke is poised to make history as the first openly transgender state legislator.
The school district adopted a policy in 2018 that allows students to change their gender identity at school. Teachers and other school staff are required to use names and pronouns of the students' choosing without parental notice or consent.
Lawmakers in both Minnesota and New York recently filed refuge state legislation modeled after the bill proposed in March by state Sen. Scott Wiener in California.
A mother is suing a Minnesota school district, claiming it discriminated against her son because he's transgender.
The court ruled in March in a different case that the Iowa DHS cannot block Medicaid-paid gender reassignment surgeries.
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights joined Tuesday a lawsuit against the state's largest school district, alleging that it discriminated against a transgender student.
