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Transgender
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Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Texas judge strikes down statute protecting transgender people from healthcare discrimination”
The title of this post comes from this UPI report, which states: An Obamacare statute designed to protect transgender people from healthcare discrimination has been struck down by a federal…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
U.S. judge grants nationwide injunction to halt Obama transgender policy
Reuters (August 22, 2016): U.S. judge grants nationwide injunction to halt Obama transgender policy, by Jon Herskovitz 'A U.S. judge blocked Obama administration guidance that transgender public school students must…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
SCOTUS Denies Trans Teen’s Use of Boys Bathroom
The Daily Beast (August 4, 2016): SCOTUS Denies Trans Teen’s Use of Boys Bathroom, by Samantha Allen: Gavin Grimm, a 17 year old transgender boy, had his right to use the…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Court denies motion to reconsider transgender bathroom ruling”
The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday refused a Virginia school board's request to reconsider the court's decision granting transgender students access to the restrooms that correspond with their…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
N.C. governor takes feds to court over anti-transgender law
Gov. Pat McCrory (R-NC) filed a lawsuit in federal court today requesting clarification as to whether the anti-transgender law he signed earlier this year violates federal civil rights law, as…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Obama plans new push for transgender rights in schools”
When DOJ sent a letter to North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory informing him that the state's anti-transgender law could cost the state billions in federal education funding, some experts saw…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
DOJ tells N.C. governor anti-transgender bill could cost state billions in federal education funding
On Wednesday, DOJ sent a letter to Gov. Pat McCrory (R-NC) informing him that the anti-transgender law he recently signed violates the Civil Rights Act. The state must confirm by…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“How bathrooms and transgender rights have become a flash point in the GOP race”
The title of this post comes from this recent Washington Post article by Katie Zezima, which states in part: Transgender rights have become an unlikely and heated issue in the…
Education Law Prof Blog
ACLU and Lambda Legal Challenge N.C.’s Anti-LGBT Law; State AG Says His Office Will Not Defend It
Yesterday, plaintiffs sued North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, challenging the constitutionality of a newly-enacted House Bill 2 that prohibits cities and counties from adopting their own anti-discrimination ordinances and instead…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Religious Exemptions to Title IX”
The title of this post comes from this recent paper by Professor Kif Augustine-Adams, the abstract of which states: Forty years into the Title IX game, the score is 253…