Tag: Gender identity

Spain’s Cabinet approves draft of transgender rights law

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MADRID — The Spanish Cabinet on Tuesday passed a draft bill on LGBTQ rights that will seek parliamentary approval to allow transgender people over...

Transgender rights, religion among cases justices could add

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WASHINGTON — A closely watched voting rights dispute from Arizona is among five cases standing between the Supreme Court and its summer break. But...

California bans state travel to Florida, 4 other states

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SAN FRANCISCO — California added five more states, including Florida, to the list of places where state-funded travel is banned because of laws that...

Transgender rights, religion among cases justices could add

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WASHINGTON — A closely watched voting rights dispute from Arizona is among five cases standing between the Supreme Court and its summer break. But...

California lawmakers seek to remove ‘he’ from state laws

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When California Gov. Gavin Newsom was searching for a new attorney general earlier this year, state Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan looked up...

Tennessee sued over new transgender bathroom sign law

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging Tennessee’s first-of-its-kind law that requires businesses and government facilities to...

Expert: Transgender Olympic athlete could polarize opinion

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A U.S. expert on transgender rights and politics says the participation of New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard at the Tokyo...

New York to add ‘X’ gender mark on government IDs

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ALBANY, N.Y. — New Yorkers will be able to designate their sex as “female,” “male” or “X” on driver's licenses and birth certificates under...

Louisiana governor vetoes transgender sports ban proposal

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BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday struck down a bill prohibiting transgender athletes from competing on girls’ sports teams in...

Washington Spirit’s Yokoyama comes out as transgender

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Kumi Yokoyama, a forward for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League, has come out as a transgender man. ...