LaDime "Dime" Doe is the Second Black Trans Woman to Be Murdered in SC within the Past Two Weeks South Carolina is one of only five states in the U.S. with NO Hate Crimes Law protecting transgender citizens, but also other marginalized communities in our state. IT'S PAST TIME TO PASS A HATE CRIMES BILL AT THE STATEHOUSE. SC Equality has learned of yet another murder of a member of the [...]
A federal court ruled against a Virginia school district on Tuesday, holding that federal law protects a transgender student who sought to use the boys' bathroom at his school. The ruling is a victory for Gavin Grimm -- a transgender male -- who began his legal fight four years ago and has since graduated from the school. The court denied a motion filed by the school district to dismiss Grimm's lawsuit. Grimm's lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union argued that [...]
January 10, 2018 BY TRUDY RING The Advocate A settlement has been reached between a transgender student and the school district he sued for discrimination. Ash Whitaker had sued Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin because it barred him from using the boys’ restroom and discriminated against him in several other ways, including “invasively monitoring his restroom use, referring to him by female pronouns in front of other students, initially denying him the right to run for junior prom [...]
January 4, 2018 BY CHRISTIANNA SILVA Newsweek In 2017, the U.S. elected its first ever openly transgender woman to the Virginia State House. In 2018, it might elect its first out transgender woman to Congress—Alexandra Chandler. “I recognize that I would be a first, and I will say it is a humbling responsibility that I take very seriously both as a candidate and if elected that I would be a first,” Chandler, who's running for office in Massachusetts, told Newsweek. Chandler was [...]
