• 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 EDT

    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 EDT

    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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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It's been nearly a year since the secretary of defense declared the military's ban on transgender soldiers -- quote -- "outdated," but the Pentagon has yet to issue any new directives, despite deadlines.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 EDT

    ... Justice Department says the measure violates civil rights laws and seeks a court order to block it. Lynch's announcement — and her reassurance to the transgender community that "we see you" — brought tears to the eyes of Stephen Wiseman, a 37-year-old social worker and transgender man in Asheville ...

  • For transgender people in North Carolina, it's about more than bathrooms

    For transgender people in North Carolina, it's about more than bathrooms

    May 05, 2016 05:45 PM EDT

    Editor’s Note: Last month, North Carolina’s state legislature passed HB2 -- a controversial bill that requires transgender people to use the bathroom correlated with the gender on their birth certificate. The law also excludes gay and transgender people from anti-discrimination protections. On May 4, the U.S. Justice ...

  • Court rules in favor of transgender student in bathroom case

    Court rules in favor of transgender student in bathroom case

    Apr 19, 2016 07:48 PM EDT

    An appeals court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a transgender student who says that his school violated anti-discrimination laws by not allowing him to use the bathroom that matches his gender. Gavin Grimm, now a junior at Gloucester High School in Virginia, transitioned to male during his sophomore ...

  • Brief, face-to-face canvassing reduces transgender prejudice, study says

    Brief, face-to-face canvassing reduces transgender prejudice, study says

    Apr 07, 2016 10:39 PM EDT

    A 10-minute, face-to-face conversation can reduce transphobia, according to researchers at Stanford University and the University of California Berkeley.

  • How the transgender community finds a voice through speech therapy

    How the transgender community finds a voice through speech therapy

    Mar 30, 2016 08:27 PM EDT

    For Caroline Temmermand, who spent 2.5 years doing speech therapy at George Washington University’s transgender voice clinic, changing her voice was a question of personal comfort. “After [my family] found out I was transgender, and I started presenting as the person I am, I wanted them to feel ...

  • Disputed health law rule would broaden transgender rights

    Disputed health law rule would broaden transgender rights

    Mar 22, 2016 02:22 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — Big companies are pushing back against proposed federal rules they say would require their medical plans to cover gender transition and other services under the nondiscrimination mandate of President Barack Obama's health care law. Civil rights advocates representing transgender people say the regulation, now being finalized by the ...