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Kennesaw State updating class management system to help transgender students

Kennesaw State University is in the process of changing its online class management system to allow students to list both their preferred name and pronoun – a change brought on after complaints from the school'...

Students protest as Georgia AG Sam Olens officially named Kennesaw State president

The state Board of Regents voted Wednesday to name Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens as Kennesaw State University president. Olens replaces Dan Papp in a move that's drawn protest from students and faculty ups...

Georgia, 10 other states file lawsuit over guidance for transgender students

Georgia Republican leaders outraged over the Obama administration’s guidance for transgender students in U.S. public schools are making good on their promise to challenge the directive. Officials in 10 states, ...

Nathan Deal leaves Georgia transgender bathroom rules up to school districts

Four days after the White House issued a directive to school districts nationwide affirming transgender students' rights to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and Atto...

Georgia Republicans to Deal, Olens: Block ‘harmful’ transgender bathroom rules

A group of Republicans in Georgia's Senate are calling on Gov. Nathan Deal and Attorney General Sam Olens to file a federal lawsuit to block the White House's directive to public schools over transgender bathro...