Transgender Rights

A Michigan court refuses to recognize transgender women, the acting EPA chief goes before a congressional committee, and one of Trump's golf courses is ruining sand dunes.

• By Rebecca Worby

A federal court sided Tuesday with Gavin Grimm, a transgender student who sued the Gloucester County, Virginia, school board after it banned him from the men's restroom.

• By Kate Wheeling

The landmark legislation gives citizens the right to choose their gender identity and to have it recognized on official documents such as passports.

• By Rebecca Worby

Transgender health care has diminished alongside a creeping crackdown against Malaysia's LGBT community over the last four decades.

• By Courtney Brooks

The student, Max Brennan, was initially required to use a gender-neutral restroom.

• By Elena Gooray

A spokesperson for the Department of Education said the agency will not consider or investigate complaints filed by transgender students against schools banning them from using bathrooms that match their gender identity.

• By Candace Butera

Corporations can help apply positive pressure for social change, but their profit motives should make us wary of letting them displace moral leaders.

• By Rick Paulas

A Trump administration official said the reasoning behind the decision was more political than economic.

• By Kate Wheeling

While there's a long way to go to secure equal rights for transgender people, Washington, D.C., and Oregon are making progress with the third-gender option on IDs.

• By Julie Butner

The queer narrative overlooks the fact that students of sexual and gender minorities are among the most underserved demographics, despite growing visibility in recent years.

• By Sabia Prescott & Kristyn Lue

As it stands, transgender troops already in the military have been able to serve openly since then-Secretary of Defense Ash Carter's statement last year. But transgender recruits have not yet been allowed to enlist.

• By Susannah Rodrigue

Rodríguez-Roldán's efforts center on engaging with policymakers throughout Congress and various government agencies to help promote policies that will benefit the trans community.

• By Rosie Spinks

That’s according to a study commissioned by the Department of Defense, as well as examples from other countries with open policies already in existence.

• By Francie Diep