PALATINE — A transgender teen in Palatine was denied an court injunction that would have allowed her immediate, unrestricted bathroom access. The Daily Herald of Arlington Heights reported that Nova Maday, 18, had sought the injunction to lift the district’s requirement she use a private changing area inside the girls locker room during her final…
ST. LOUIS — Metro Trans Umbrella Group, a transgender support and service organization in St. Louis, is holding their annual Big Queer Trans Snow Ball Dance this Saturday, Jan. 13. From their Facebook event announcement: Join us as we once again take over the Monocle for a fun night out. After the success of our summer…
ST. LOUIS — Four anti-LGBTQ bills have been prefiled with the Missouri legislature, PROMO reported on Wednesday. PROMO is the Missouri’s statewide LGBTQ rights organization. Two of the bills are anti-transgender bills restricting bathroom access. The other two bills focus on religious exemption and marriage. The anti-trans bills are SB 690 (Sen. Emery) and HB 1755 (Rep. Pogue). Similar…
PALATINE — A federal judge denied a request for a court order to block a transgender student’s use of the girls’ locker room on Tuesday. The Daily Herald of Arlington Heights reported that federal Judge Jorge Alonso cited the availability of privacy stalls for all students in the locker rooms as a factor in deciding not to…
WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense has released the details on how transgender people can enlist in the military, NBC OUT reported Wednesday. From NBC OUT: A Department of Defense memo dated December 8, 2017, explains that if an applicant’s preferred gender is different than their birth sex, they may present a birth certificate, court…
CHICAGO — Three laws supporting LGBTQ rights passed and signed in 2017 will go into effect on January 1, 2018. Equality Illinois, the statewide LGBTQ rights organization, said they had pushed for all three during the year. The birth certificate modernization law allows transgender people tto update the gender marker on their birth certificate without…
INDIANAPOLIS — On behalf of Indiana Leather (INL, LLC.) and the Mr. Indiana Leather contest, Mr. Indiana Leather 2018, we would like to announce a change in our contestant qualifications starting immediately. We believe that the ultimate goal of the Mr. Indiana Leather titleholder is to bring awareness and support to the leather community in Indiana.…
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday that seven words weren’t actually banned at the agency. On Friday evening, the Washington Post reported that the words are “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based” could no longer be used on official documents for the 2018 budget. CDC Director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald said…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has prohibited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using certain words in their official documents. Among them: transgender. Media reports on Friday evening said that the administration had a list of seven words that could no longer be used in official documents for next year’s budget. The Washington…
WASHINGTON — The military will start accepting transgender recruits starting January 1, media reports said. National Public Radio reported that Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly upheld an earlier decision to temporarily block President Trump’s ban on Monday. Two federal judges put the ban on hold after several lawsuits were filed against the ban. The Trump administration had appealed…
