Tag: Transgender
Striking a balance between fairness in competition and the rights of...
Chris W. Surprenant, University of New Orleans
In a majority of U.S. states, bills aiming to restrict who can...
How high school sports became the latest battleground over transgender rights
Elizabeth A. Sharrow, University of Massachusetts Amherst
This year, 20 states proposed to ban transgender girls – meaning those assigned male at birth but who...
When Supreme Court justices defy expectations
Alison Dundes Renteln, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in the important and...
The Supreme Court decision to grant protections to LGBT workers is...
Julie Manning Magid, IUPUI
No federal law barring discrimination against LGBT workers in hiring, promoting and firing existed in this country until this week.
Although some...
Transgender Americans are more likely to be unemployed and poor
Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and Gilbert Gonzales, Vanderbilt University
The United States Supreme Court will issue a ruling this year in a landmark case that...
Transgender homeless Americans find few protections in the law
Jonah DeChants, Colorado State University
Ben Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, made news earlier this year for his statements about...
Denying transgender identity has serious impact on mental health
Bethany Grace Howe, University of Oregon
“Sticks and stones may break my bones – but words will never hurt me,” goes the playground rhyme.
But the...
Transgender Americans still face workplace discrimination despite some progress and support...
George B. Cunningham, Texas A&M University
Activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith founded Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20 to honor the memory of those...
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Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia University
After failing to overturn most of the Affordable Care Act in a very public fight, President Donald Trump has...
