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February 22nd, 2017

Trump may pull plug on Obama guidance protecting trans kids

by
Timothy Rawles - Community Editor for SDGLN

Although not a legally binding guidance, schools were threatened with loss of funding if they didn’t adhere to the Obama directive.

What LGBT advocates have feared since last November may finally be happening according to an anonymous government official.

The revocation of federal guidelines put in place by Barack Obama to protect transgender men and women who want to choose which the restroom they use.

August 31st, 2016

Teen says she’ll fail high school if trans students use her locker room

by
Curtis M. Wong - Queer Voices Senior Editor, The Huffington Post

“I am a woman, and I identify as a woman, and you can’t make me change in front of someone who I don’t identify with, who is physically male."

A Pennsylvania student has said she won’t pass high school if she’s required to use locker rooms alongside peers who happen to identify as transgender.

May 25th, 2016

Texas, 10 other states sue Obama administration over transgender bathroom access

by
Mollie Reilly - Deputy Politics Editor, The Huffington Post via Queer Voices

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and officials in 10 additional states have

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