• How scrapping transgender bathroom guidelines impacts schools

    How scrapping transgender bathroom guidelines impacts schools

    Feb 23, 2017 12:20 AM EST

    ... that they have had very little problems with them. They say that students' requests to use them are pretty rare. The most recent estimate on transgender students said that transgender children between the ages of 13 and 17, they make up about 0.7 percent of the population. So we ...

  • What happens if Trump pulls the transgender bathroom guidance?

    What happens if Trump pulls the transgender bathroom guidance?

    Feb 22, 2017 02:42 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration could revise or withdraw an Obama-era directive requiring public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their chosen gender identity. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Tuesday the Justice Department is working on a new set of guidelines on bathroom ...

  • Parents of transgender students appeal to Trump on bathrooms

    Parents of transgender students appeal to Trump on bathrooms

    Feb 15, 2017 02:01 PM EST

    ... the election campaign Trump said that transgender students can use the bathroom they like. An estimated 0.7 percent of youth ages 13-17 in the United Sates, or about 150,000 people, identify as transgender, according to a study by The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law.

  • U.S. withdraws stay request in transgender bathroom case

    U.S. withdraws stay request in transgender bathroom case

    Feb 12, 2017 03:19 PM EST

    ... biological and anatomical differences between male and female students as determined at their birth." READ NEXT: Here’s what most people get wrong about the transgender community The ruling, he said, was not about the policy issues of transgender rights, but about his conclusion that federal officials simply did not ...

  • Demand surges for clinicians serving transgender youth -- and for earlier treatment

    Demand surges for clinicians serving transgender youth -- and for earlier treatment

    Dec 21, 2016 03:53 PM EST

    ... she said. One low point: Since entering high school, she’s not allowed to play on girls’ sports teams. Doctors on the front lines of transgender youth care say they are heartened that children are coming in at younger ages and that transgender youth clinics are opening in suburban areas ...

  • News Wrap: Supreme Court to hear first case on transgender rights

    News Wrap: Supreme Court to hear first case on transgender rights

    Oct 28, 2016 11:18 PM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will take up the issue of transgender rights for the first time. The justices accepted a case from Virginia. It involves a transgender teen who was barred from using the boys' bathroom ...

  • Supreme Court to hear Virginia school board appeal on transgender teen case

    Supreme Court to hear Virginia school board appeal on transgender teen case

    Oct 28, 2016 07:40 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will take up transgender rights for the first time in the case of a Virginia school board that wants to prevent a transgender teenager from using the boys' bathroom at his high school. The justices said Friday they will hear the appeal from the Gloucester County ...

  • Transgender soldiers ask for first official Army recognition

    Transgender soldiers ask for first official Army recognition

    Oct 24, 2016 08:50 PM EST

    ... Fanning approved the service's new transgender guidelines earlier this month. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced in June that he was ending the ban on transgender individuals serving openly in the military. Transgender troops are now able to receive medical care and begin changing their gender identifications in the Pentagon ...

  • Transgender man sues over Indiana law blocking name change

    Transgender man sues over Indiana law blocking name change

    Sep 24, 2016 08:15 PM EST

    INDIANAPOLIS — A transgender man granted asylum by the U.S. last year is challenging an Indiana law that prevents him from changing his first name to a male name that matches his gender identity. The 31-year-old, who was brought to Indiana from Mexico illegally by his parents at ...

  • How a legal ruling on transgender bathroom access affects schools