Parents Of Transgender Kindergartener File Complaint
What started as a case of a 5-year-old boy being bullied because of his clothes is now a gender discrimination case soon to be investigated by St. Paul's Human Rights Department.
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What started as a case of a 5-year-old boy being bullied because of his clothes is now a gender discrimination case soon to be investigated by St. Paul's Human Rights Department.
Stung by setbacks related to their access to public restrooms, transgender Americans are taking steps to play a more prominent and vocal role in a nationwide campaign to curtail discrimination against them.
Minnesota lawmakers unveiled a bill Wednesday banning transgender people from using bathrooms different from their biological sex.
The lawmaker behind a controversial bill, defining who can use bathrooms in Minnesota, will speak about his plan Wednesday. The bill says "restrooms, locker rooms, [and] dressing rooms … shall remain reserved for males or females as they are biologically defined."
South Dakota's governor vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have made it the first state in the U.S. to approve a law requiring transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex at birth.
A Des Moines public high school has opened two gender-neutral bathrooms for students and staffers. Theodore Roosevelt High School principal Kevin Biggs said Tuesday that two staff-only, single-toilet bathrooms no longer have symbols for males or females.
A coalition of youth-oriented groups is calling on the nation's governors to reject measures it says are harmful to young transgender Americans.
South Dakota would be the first state in the U.S. to approve a law requiring transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their sex at birth if the governor signs a bill passed Tuesday by the state Senate.
A St. Paul charter school is in the middle of a heated debate between parents and activists, who plan to protest Tuesday night. It centers around a 5-year-old boy who chooses to wear a skirt to school. The administration at Nova Classical Academy in St. Paul is in the process of adopting a policy for transgender students.
Republicans pushed Thursday for Wisconsin to become the first state in the nation to prohibit transgender public school students from using a bathroom or locker room assigned to the gender with which they identify.
Iowa Western Community College is offering a pilot housing program that aims to help transgender students feel more comfortable. The Des Moines Register reports students were given the option this year of joining the program, which assigns them to a roommate based on their gender identity or expression rather than their legal sex.
Sylvia Wojcik was making reservations for a beach getaway in Maine when the receptionist on the other end of the line called her "ma'am." Nothing could have delighted her more. Wojcik, 66, is transitioning from male to female. For her, that proof that she sounded like a woman was an important moment.
Caitlyn Jenner told the world what the transgender community needs while accepting an award for courage last week. The former Olympian announced months ago she would begin living as a woman. A transgender woman from Minnesota made the same decision, and she is now documenting her very personal story.
A federal lawsuit alleges a Minnesota company subjected a transgender employee to sex discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the suit Friday against Shoreview-based Deluxe Financial Services Corp.
The Minnesota House wants to restrict transgender students' access to school locker rooms and bathrooms. Minority Democrats objected fiercely to a Republican move to include the provision in an education budget bill Saturday. The House approved the proposal in a divided voice vote.
Minnesota's own Kris Humphries has the Twitterverse abuzz Saturday with a tweet that may be a jab at his former father-in-law, Bruce Jenner. The former Olympian revealed in an interview with Diane Sawyer Friday that he now identifies as a woman.
More than 20 Republican legislators want to stop transgender students born as male from playing on female sports teams.
A state House committee has approved a proposal that would void a High School Activities Association policy on transgender student participation in sports. The House State Affairs Committee on Monday voted 10 to 2 to support the measure.
The St. Paul school district is seeking to establish a new policy to protect transgender students. The proposal was outlined Tuesday night by the district's strategic planning and policy administrator. A group of school board members plans to work on the "gender inclusion" policy with students, parents and staff in the coming months.
The Baraboo School Board has amended its athletic and co-curricular activities policy to prohibit discrimination against transgender students.
Minnesota joins 32 other states with policies for transgender athletes on high school sports teams. But that doesn't make it any less controversial. Minnesota transgender students can choose a sports team if parents and health care professionals can prove their gender-related identity. Students don't need proof of sex-change surgery or hormone therapy.
The Minnesota State High School League will be holding a meeting Wednesday to discuss a controversial proposal that would implement guidelines for transgender athletes.
The Minnesota State High School League voted to postpone making a decision on the league's proposed policy about transgender students who want to play on athletic teams. As WCCO's Bill Hudson reported, the board wanted the currently written policy to move forward, but also to refine it before it becomes fully implemented.
There was emotional reaction from parents Wednesday afternoon over a controversy involving school sports and gender. The State High School League is trying to offer direction to coaches when a transgender student wants to join a team.
The Minnesota Vikings will suspend special teams coordinator Mike Priefer without pay for three games this season and donate $100,000 to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights groups, in response to former punter Chris Kluwe's allegations of anti-gay remarks made by Priefer.
