At a hearing in federal court yesterday, Judge Robert Doumar dismissed the Title IX claim filed by a transgender student against the public schools in Gloucester, Virginia. The student had alleged that the school district's policy of excluding him from the male restroom and facilities violated Title … [Read more...]
OCR’s Latest Report to the President, the Secretary of Education, and Congress
This week the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights released its latest biannual report to the President, Secretary of Education, and Congress summarizing its work in fiscal years 2013 and 2014. The report addressed OCR's efforts to enforce not only Title IX, but also Title VI … [Read more...]
Expulsion for bathroom use
My last blog post a few weeks ago was a hopeful one about transgender students and bathrooms. This post, less hope, more dismay. A federal judge has ruled that the expulsion of Seamus Johnston from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown was not in violation of anti-bias statutes and dismissed … [Read more...]
Bathroom policies that make sense
It is always nice to Friday blog a positive story. Pierce College, a community college in the state of Washington, issued a memo to the college community this week about the use of bathrooms by transgender individuals. My cursory Google news search did not reveal any particular incident, though … [Read more...]
Another bathroom case: New Jersey edition
A transgender student in New Jersey won a several month battle with his school district to use the boys' bathrooms. Unlike the situation in Virginia, the school board did not pass a formal policy stating that bathroom use was dependent on sex at birth. But Rubin Smyers and his advocates and allies, … [Read more...]
Transgender student denied bathroom access in Virginia
It has been a week of adults fighting over and making decisions about where children can go to the bathroom and change their clothes.First it was the Minnesota State High School League (which we wrote about here and here; check out UIowa PhD candidate Cathryn Lucas-Carr's post about the policy and … [Read more...]
MN trans policy passes
The controversial policy governing the participation of transgender athletes proposed by the Minnesota State High School League back in September has finally passed. Despite the vocal opposition by conservative groups that ran two offensive ads in anticipation of the votes, the policy passed easily … [Read more...]
Another anti-trans ad in Minnesota
The Minnesota State High School League meets tonight to discuss their policy for the inclusion of transgender students in sports. And earlier this week, the Minnesota non-profit Child Protection League Action went back in transphobic action with a second full-page ad published by the Minneapolis … [Read more...]
Controversy over Minnesota HS League transgender athlete policy
I know we heard/read about the proposed policy by the Minnesota State High School League--and its tabling--that would legislate the participation of transgender high school athletes in Minnesota. It has generated significant controversy, so I am somewhat surprised that we neglected to post anything … [Read more...]
A Safe Zone: 5 Keys to creating inclusive teams by Erica Quam @coachquam
FEATURED ARTICLEA Safe Zone: 5 Keys to Creating Inclusive Teams by Erica Quam President Barack Obama declared June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. He has called on Americans to recommit themselves to finishing the work that remains for achieving full … [Read more...]