• As transgender teens struggle, here's how one Kentucky school leads the way

    As transgender teens struggle, here's how one Kentucky school leads the way

    Jun 08, 2016 12:32 AM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • 11 states to sue over Obama administration's transgender directive

    11 states to sue over Obama administration's transgender directive

    May 25, 2016 06:03 PM EST

    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 ...

  • Schools offer lessons on accommodating transgender students

    Schools offer lessons on accommodating transgender students

    May 14, 2016 02:12 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Shields and Gerson on the Obama transgender decree, Trump’s campaign

    Shields and Gerson on the Obama transgender decree, Trump’s campaign

    May 13, 2016 11:56 PM EST

    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.

  • Transgender bathroom battle goes national with Obama school directive

    Transgender bathroom battle goes national with Obama school directive

    May 13, 2016 11:55 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • The lines are drawn in national debate over transgender bathroom access

    The lines are drawn in national debate over transgender bathroom access

    May 13, 2016 11:54 PM EST

    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 ...

  • For this transgender teen, the importance of being seen as 'one of the guys'

    For this transgender teen, the importance of being seen as 'one of the guys'

    May 13, 2016 10:49 PM EST

    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 ...

  • Obama directs public schools to accommodate transgender students

    Obama directs public schools to accommodate transgender students

    May 13, 2016 02:40 AM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Transgender soldiers gain ground as U.S. military transitions

    Transgender soldiers gain ground as U.S. military transitions

    May 11, 2016 11:40 PM EST

    ... 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 Lynch tells transgender community 'we see you'

    Attorney General Lynch tells transgender community 'we see you'

    May 10, 2016 09:49 PM EST

    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.