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... Republican or liberal or conservative issue. This is a civil rights issue. This isn't a states' rights issue. This is a civil rights issue. Transgender students, for years, have been ostracized in public schools. YASMEEN QURESHI: Nearly half of transgender teens report having suicidal thoughts. And their rates of ...
Texas and 10 other states plan to sue the Obama administration over a directive to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and other facilities that match their gender identity, state politicians said Wednesday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is expected to announce the lawsuit in a news conference today, following ...
... burden doesn't rest exclusively on transgender students. "The concerns for right to privacy and safety of children applies to every single child, including the transgender child," said Atherton's principal, Thomas Aberli, who faced community opposition when he first allowed a transgender freshman to use the girls' restrooms two ...
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the Obama administration’s new transgender restroom directive, Donald Trump’s latest attempts to unify the Republican party and what Sen. Bernie Sanders’ victory in West Virginia means for the Democratic race.
... this is the right solution. JUDY WOODRUFF: And in another development, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued new rules today saying transgender people can't be denied health care by professional providers who receive federal funding. The transgender bathroom battle also spilled over into the presidential ...
re. HARI SREENIVASAN: Alex Myers, there is not necessarily a card that you get when you're transgender. How do you get over that sort of identification problem, when a transgender individual or any individual wants to identify and go into an opposite locker room? What's going to be ...
Video by PBS NewsHour Going to the bathroom was a nerve-wracking experience for Alex Singh before he came out as transgender in middle school. "I just felt very out of place and like I did not belong," the 14-year-old high school freshman told the NewsHour. As Alex ...
... and protect the privacy rights of all students in restrooms or locker rooms. The move was cheered by Human Rights Campaign, a gay, lesbian and transgender civil rights organization, which called the guidelines "groundbreaking." "This is a truly significant moment not only for transgender young people but for all young ...
... HARI SREENIVASAN: It's been nearly a year since the secretary of defense declared the military's ban on transgender soldiers -- quote -- "outdated," but the Pentagon has yet to issue any new directives, despite deadlines. William Brangham explores what it means to be transgender in the armed forces. WILLIAM ...
Attorney General Loretta Lynch invoked the defining civil rights struggles of the last century and made clear that the federal government sees its dispute with North Carolina as about far more than bathrooms and showers.
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