Meet the West Virginian Middle School Student Challenging a Trans Sports Ban in Federal Court
"We just want to be accepted, and she just wants to be a kid. It shouldn’t be that hard to be a kid,” the girl's mom said.
October 30, 2023
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WATCH: Trans Girl Told She Must Attend School 'As a Boy'
The mother of a 13-year-old transgender girl has been told that her daughter will not be welcome to attend classes this fall as herself, and would only be allowed back if the teenager agrees to dress and act like a boy.
August 18, 2014
West Virginia can’t ban transgender athletes says federal court
Another court stands in the way of Republican attacks on transgender people.
April 16, 2024
Teen Sues Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Over Anti-Trans Law
"Playing sports makes me feel like I fit in, the thought of not being able to play next year scares me. I'm going to be lonely and sad if I can't play."
July 1, 2021
N.J. School Decides to Let Trans Girl Attend As Herself
After school officials reportedly told a 13-year-old trans girl that she could only attend school if she dressed and acted like a boy, several LGBT groups stepped in on her behalf.
August 19, 2014
WATCH: Man Arrested for Allegedly Stabbing Trans Teen
After a 15-year-old transgender girl was stabbed in the back on D.C. public transit, police have a suspect in custody, and plan to file hate crime charges.
July 31, 2014
Utah Families Sue Over Trans-Exclusionary Sports Law
The law, set to go into effect July 1, "violates multiple provisions of the Utah Constitution," the suit says.
June 1, 2022
WATCH: Trans Teen Jazz Is the New Face of Clean & Clear
The 14-year-old author, advocate, and TV star just added one more credit to her CV: She's the face of Clean & Clear's new 'See The Real Me' campaign.
March 14, 2015
Even Conn. Agency Worried by DCF's Handling of Trans Teen
Connecticut's Office of the Child Advocate took the Department of Children and Families to task after a months-long debacle involving a 16-year-old transgender girl.
July 24, 2014
Laverne Cox Distances Herself From Controversial Inmate
After releasing a video in which she read an inmate's letter from prison, Laverne Cox has distanced herself from the project after learning of the gruesome details of the prisoner's past.
August 26, 2014
Anti-LGBT Organization Again Takes Aim at Colo. Trans Student
One of the groups behind Proposition 8 and the ongoing efforts to repeal California's trans student law is again targeting a single trans student in Colorado.
January 17, 2014
WATCH: A Trans Girl's Inspiring 'Letter to the World'
Teen activist Jazz has a message for other youth about the pride, confidence, and strength that accompanies being transgender.
July 31, 2014
Mike Johnson Says His High School Friends Would Have Claimed to Be Trans to Spy on Girls
Johnson, now speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, made the comment on a Louisiana radio station in 2016.
November 22, 2023
N.Y.'s Trans Kids Speak Out About 'Torture' In School
The New York Civil Liberties Union says its new report exposes illegal treatment of transgender and gender-nonconforming students throughout the state.
June 24, 2015
Why the Trans Film 'Girl' Enrages People
Trans woman Jessie "Gender" Earl breaks down the controversy surrounding the Netflix film.
January 15, 2019
Frontier Airlines Suspends Pilot Accused of Threatening Trans Girl
The pilot was allegedly part of the Facebook group of adults who threatened to harm a trans girl for using the women's bathroom at school.
August 20, 2018
Trans Student Aims to Play High School Softball
Pat Cordova-Goff never thought she'd have the chance to play sports after coming out as transgender. A recently implemented California law has given her hope.
February 13, 2014
Texas Families and Medical Providers Sue Over Trans Youth Medical Care Ban
The ban is supposed to go into effect on September 1.
July 13, 2023
Moms for Liberty joins in suing Biden administration over Title IX protections for trans students
The extremist group joined one of the country’s most extreme attorneys general in suing the Biden-Harris administration over it’s protection of trans and nonbinary kids in school.
May 14, 2024
Officials Rule Leelah Alcorn's Death a 'Suicide'
An Ohio State Patrol report reveals the transgender teen's final communications with family and friends before her death.
May 1, 2015
WATCH: O'Reilly Says Inclusive Locker Rooms = Hooters
The Fox News anchor declared that the only difference between transgender students using the locker room that corresponds with their identity and minors at a Hooters is that the restaurant 'has chicken wings.'
November 13, 2013