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Georgia Republican Submits Amendment that Would Bar Trans Girls from Girls’ Sports Teams

Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler has submitted a bill attempting to rewrite civil rights law to bar transgender students from participating in school sports aligning with their gender identity. The Republican’s a...

Current Education Dept. More Likely to Dismiss LGBTQ Students’ Discrimination Complaints, Report Finds

A report from the Center for American Progress found that students who reported discrimination on the basis of their sexuality or gender identity were significantly less likely to receive relief from the Educat...

Betsy DeVos Knew Negative Effects of Discrimination when Making Transgender Bathroom Rollbacks

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos defended her agency’s decision to roll back protections for transgender students, reported The Hill. DeVos acknowledged the agency’s 2017 choice to rescind Obama-era bathro...

VIDEO: Interviews on Trump’s Transgender Policy

Back in October, it was revealed that the Trump administration was considering narrowing the definition of gender to only include biological male and female under Title IX, effectively erasing transgender and n...

Atlanta Researcher Among Experts that Say Trump’s Gender Redefinition Could be Detrimental to Trans Mental Health

Back in October, a memo from the Department of Health and Human Services was revealed stating that the Trump administration was considering narrowing the definition of gender to only include biological male and...

Colleges Ask Betsy DeVos to Advocate for Transgender Students

Colleges plead to Betsy DeVos to “strongly advocate” for transgender students that would be affected by administration’s considered redefinition of gender, reported the Hill. In response to the Tru...

HHS Falsely Blames Obama Amid Outrage Over Anti-Trans Memo

Under fire for a reported anti-trans plan that would eliminate federal protections for transgender people, the Trump administration is pushing back in defense of its enforcement of the law — but with a stat...

Trump Administration to Narrow the Definition of Gender

The Trump administration is considering narrowing the definition of gender to “a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth,” reported the New York Times. The Department of Health and H...

Transgender Student Unable to Enter Locker Room During Safety Drill

A transgender middle school student was prevented from entering a locker room during a safety drill, the Washington Post reported. The female student was in physical education class in a Stafford County Publ...

Dept. of Education Investigates School District’s Transgender Bathroom Policy After “Unfounded” Sexual Assault Allegation

The Department of Education is currently investigating a school district in Decatur after an allegation of sexual assault in the bathroom of Oakhurst Elementary, reported NBC. The complaint was filed by the ...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Trans Woman Ashley Diamond Sues Georgia Department of Corrections

Court Strikes Down Bans on Conversion Therapy as Violations of Free Speech

GLAAD Poll Reveals LGBTQ Support of Trump in Election Lower than Previously Reported

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Amazon Prime’s Gay-themed Film ‘Uncle Frank’ Set to Debut

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