Tag: Title IX
Tennessee ’s Legislative Assault on Trans Children To Advance Despite Veto of Similar Bill in SD
The outrageous legislation scheduled for a subcommittee hearing on Tuesday targets transgender students in public elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as public universities.
TLDEF Urges South Dakota Governor to Veto Bill Targeting Transgender Students for Discrimination
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) urges South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard to veto a bill that would bar transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that match who they are as boys and girls. South Dakota lawmakers passed House Bill 1008 last week. The bill restricts facility access to students of the “same biological sex,” and defines that to mean “the physical condition of being male or female as determined by a person’s chromosomes and identified at birth by a person’s anatomy.”
New HRC Report Reveals Unprecedented Onslaught of State Legislation Targeting Transgender Americans
Forty-four bills attacking transgender people have been introduced in 16 states – more than twice as many as in 2015 – with nearly two dozen specifically targeting transgender youth.
South Dakota Governor to Meet With Trans Kids Ahead of Decision on Signing Discriminatory
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation responded to the news that South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard will meet with transgender students before making his decision on whether to sign HB 1008 – outrageous legislation that would prevent trans students in public schools from using restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity.
Only In America : Senate Fails to Pass Critical Protections for LGBT Youth
Majority of Republican Senators shamefully vote down the Student Non-Discrimination Act.