Tag: transgender

Illinois transgender teen denied bathroom access

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…

Big Queer Trans Snow Ball Dance on Saturday

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…

Anti-LGBTQ bills filed with Missouri state assembly

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…

Three Illinois LGBTQ rights laws go into effect Jan. 1

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…

CDC says that particular words aren’t banned

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…

Military to accept transgender people starting Jan. 1

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…