• Parents of transgender students appeal to Trump on bathrooms

    Parents of transgender students appeal to Trump on bathrooms

    Feb 15, 2017 02:01 PM EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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

    How a legal ruling on transgender bathroom access affects schools

    Aug 22, 2016 11:17 PM EDT

    ... are trying to determine what to do now. William Brangham has our update. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: This ruling is the second setback in recent weeks for transgender advocates. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court said a Virginia school board could block a transgender student from using the boys bathroom while the ...

  • Federal judge temporarily blocks Obama administration policy on transgender students

    Federal judge temporarily blocks Obama administration policy on transgender students

    Aug 22, 2016 08:27 PM EDT

    ... decision comes on the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that required a Virginia school to provide bathroom accommodations to a transgender student. The ruling signals the Supreme Court could take up a case addressing transgender rights in its next term.

  • Puberty blockers may improve the mental health of transgender adolescents

    Puberty blockers may improve the mental health of transgender adolescents

    Aug 20, 2016 03:34 PM EDT

    grow up to be transgender adults “100 percent of the time.” Dr. Stephen Rosenthal, director of the Child and Adolescent Gender Center at UCSF, agrees: “Children who meet the mental health criteria for gender dysphoria in adolescence are likely to be transgender for life.” In a recent study of 70 ...