Tens of thousands of marchers paraded through New York streets Sunday in a huge Gay Pride parade, with many proudly carrying rainbow flags or waving virulently anti-Trump signs. On foot, astride motorcycles or riding on flatbed trucks, participants slowly covered the 2-mile (3-kilometer) route from Midtown Manhattan to Greenwich Village, where the movement for homosexual … Read more
The US Supreme Court on Monday sent a key transgender rights case back to a lower court for reconsideration, after the administration of President Donald Trump withdrew guidance to schools that was relevant to the case. The high court had scheduled a hearing for March 28 on a case involving bathroom rights for Gavin Grimm, … Read more
A coalition of 53 companies on Thursday backed transgender rights at the U. S. Supreme Court, signing on to a brief supporting a Virginia student who is fighting to use the school bathroom that corresponds with his gender identity. Among the companies participating are Apple Inc(AAPL.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and IBM Corp (IBM.N). The court … Read more
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender students use the bathrooms of their choice, reversing a signature initiative of former Democratic President Barack Obama. Reversing the Obama guidelines stands to inflame passions in the latest conflict in America between believers in traditional values and social progressives, and is … Read more
The White House hinted Tuesday that it could overturn protections for transgender students that required public schools to allow youths to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching the gender with which they identify. But more than a dozen Republican-controlled states, bitterly opposed to the federal guidelines issued under president Barack Obama, are challenging the US … Read more
It will be the first time the court has ruled directly on transgender rights. The Supreme Court decided on Friday it will take up a case on transgender bathroom rules next year, marking its first venture into the increasingly controversial area of transgender rights. The case deals with a 17-year-old transgender student, Gavin Grimm, who … Read more