• Hagel: Military should review policy on transgender individuals

    Hagel: Military should review policy on transgender individuals

    May 11, 2014 08:03 PM EST

    ... time for the U.S. to join them," said Allyson Robinson, the group's policy director and a former Army captain. A military review of transgender issues could occur as it also deals with questions about how to treat transgender prisoners. Chelsea Manning, a former Army private serving a 35 ...

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    Va. policy opens doors for transgender student-athletes, but does it go far enough?

    Feb 21, 2014 03:57 PM EST

    A state board in Virginia on Wednesday approved a new policy that will allow transgender high school student-athletes to play a given sport based on the gender with which they identify. According to U.S. News and World Report, at least 10 other states no longer restrict athletic participation ...

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    Court rules in favor of transgender student's right to use the girls' bathroom

    Jan 31, 2014 11:07 PM EST

    Maine's highest court Thursday that school officials who prevented a transgender student from using the girls' bathroom violated state anti-discrimination laws. In the first ruling of its kind, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court concluded that a transgender person should use the bathroom consistent with the gender with which ...

  • When Rhode Island shooter opened fire, bystanders jumped into action to end the carnage

    When Rhode Island shooter opened fire, bystanders jumped into action to end the carnage

    Feb 19, 2026 11:56 PM EST

    ... one of Dorgan’s daughters wanted to thank him for his efforts. Survivors grapple with hero title Authorities have not directly said that Dorgan was transgender and have said questions around Dorgan’s gender identity are not relevant to their investigation surrounding the case.However, court records from Dorgan’s ...

  • Citing Orwell’s ‘1984,’ judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia

    Citing Orwell’s ‘1984,’ judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia

    Feb 17, 2026 03:47 PM EST

    ... Stonewall National Monument, where bar patrons rebelled against a police raid and catalyzed the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. The administration has also removed references to transgender people from its webpage about the monument, despite several trans women of color being key figures in the uprising. The Philadelphia exhibit, created two ...

  • Deadly shooting at Rhode Island youth hockey game was 'targeted event,' authorities say

    Deadly shooting at Rhode Island youth hockey game was 'targeted event,' authorities say

    Feb 17, 2026 01:14 PM EST

    ... work, had a bad temper that sometimes led to screaming matches with colleagues. Another coworker said Dorgan appeared to be split on the issue of transgender acceptance, one second being proud of transitioning and the next, embarrassed. That coworker, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of workplace reprisals ...

  • Rubio boosts Orbán's bid for another term during Budapest visit

    Rubio boosts Orbán's bid for another term during Budapest visit

    Feb 16, 2026 03:17 PM EST

    ... technology to be used to identify anyone participating despite the ban. It has also effectively banned same-sex adoption and same-sex marriage, and disallowed transgender individuals from changing their sex in official documents. Budapest has hosted several annual iterations of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, and another ...

  • Trump attacked this GOP governor while claiming Democrats were always included in annual meeting

    Trump attacked this GOP governor while claiming Democrats were always included in annual meeting

    Feb 12, 2026 05:18 PM EST

    ... met in Washington earlier this month but wasn't invited to the White House. WATCH: 'See you in court,' Maine's governor tells Trump on transgender athlete ban The governor's meeting, typically a low-key event, took a sharper edge last year when Trump returned to the White House ...

  • Trump administration takes down rainbow flag at Stonewall National Monument

    Trump administration takes down rainbow flag at Stonewall National Monument

    Feb 10, 2026 07:53 PM EST

    ... an end to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and declared that his administration would recognize only two genders. The government later scrubbed verbal references to transgender people from the park service website for the Stonewall monument. The park service didn't answer specific questions Tuesday about the Stonewall site and ...

  • Governors won't hold meeting with Trump after White House only invited Republicans, Stitt says

    Governors won't hold meeting with Trump after White House only invited Republicans, Stitt says

    Feb 10, 2026 05:40 PM EST

    ... meeting last year, when Trump and Maine's then-Gov. Janet Mills traded barbs.Trump singled out the Democratic governor over his push to bar transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports, threatening to withhold federal funding from the state if she did not comply. Mills responded ...