Judge Who Overturned Kentucky's Gay Marriage Ban Dies

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Ace Rios has already started setting up his classroom before a 2-2 split vote by the school board meant he had to leave.

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A group of transgender men who call themselves the "SB244 compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so.