transgender students

Wellesley College, in Massachusetts, was founded in 1870 to educate women. Its students are now pushing for more inclusive policies in admissions and communications.

Students want this women's college to rethink its notion of gender in admissions

1:27pm March 15, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Wellesley College currently admits only some transgender and nonbinary applicants. Students voted for a non-binding referendum pushing for more inclusive admissions and communications policies.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday, vetoed a bill that would bar transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity from sixth grade through college.

Kentucky governor halts bill that would ban transgender students from women's sports

4:46pm April 08, 2022

by Ayana Archie

For Kentucky students wanting to participate in sports, their sex would be determined by the sex printed on their birth certificate and an affidavit from a doctor ascertaining that information.

Jodi Womack holds a sign that reads "We Love Our Trans Youth" during a rally at the Alabama State House to draw attention to anti-transgender legislation introduced in Alabama on March 30, 2021 in Montgomery, Ala.

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Alabama lawmakers advance transgender students bathroom ban

3:25am February 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

The effort by Alabama legislators comes after the U.S. Supreme Court last year rejected a Virginia school board's appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban.

Education

NC Lawmakers Debate Bill On Transgender Students In Women's Sports

4:37pm April 14, 2021

by Keri Brown

North Carolina lawmakers are debating a proposed bill that would block transgender women and girls from joining women's high school and college athletic teams.

Gay-rights advocate Gavin Grimm attends the GLAAD Rising Stars Luncheon on May 5, 2017, in New York City. A federal judge has now ruled in favor of Grimm in his years-long legal battle with a Virginia school board for denying him access to the boys' bathr

'I Hope This Will Set A Precedent,' Says Trans Teen Who Won Case Over Bathroom Access

6:00pm May 23, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Gavin Grimm was a high school student in Virginia when his local school board denied him access to the boys' bathroom. His case has stretched for years; now a federal judge has decided in his favor.

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Bjorn Mustard of Chesapeake, Va., (left) says he felt depressed and uncomfortable before coming out as transgender. Brian Hopkins of Mathews County, Va., (right) says he believes transgender teens are confused and he supports rolling back protections for

In Eastern Virginia, Mixed Feelings on Trump's Trans Restroom Guidance

9:50pm February 23, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

Gloucester County, Va., is embroiled in a battle over transgender restrooms. The case of one of its high school students is slated to be argued before the Supreme Court next month.

National

Supreme Court Will Hear Case On Bathroom Rules For Transgender Students

6:42pm October 28, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The court said it will hear the case of a Virginia school board that wants to prevent a transgender teen from using the boys' bathroom. The justices are expected to hear arguments sometime next year.

Signs are posted outside Santee High School's gender neutral restrooms at its campus in Los Angeles on May 4.

U.S. Judge Grants Nationwide Injunction Blocking White House Transgender Policy

1:32pm August 22, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The Obama administration advised school districts that trans students should be given access to bathrooms based on gender identity. A judge in Texas says the guidance can't be enforced for now.

Gavin Grimm speaks during an interview at his home in Gloucester, Va., in 2015.

National

High Court Temporarily Blocks Transgender Student From Using Male Bathroom

1:23pm August 04, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The move by the Supreme Court halts activity in the case, but doesn't necessarily mean the court will ultimately take up the case involving a high school student in Virginia.

A gender neutral sign is posted outside a bathrooms at Oval Park Grill in Durham, North Carolina.

Politics & Government

Before North Carolina, There Were Other Contentious 'Bathroom Bill' Fights

8:34am May 28, 2016

by Brady Carlson

New Hampshire was the site of one of the first legislative battle grounds over transgender rights.

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