CHICAGO — A number of YMCA locations in the Chicago area have been instructed to follow new guidelines that permit boys who identify as girls to use the girls’ locker room, and vice versa. The Chicago Tribune reports that a mother at one of the locations recently approached staff after she saw a teenage boy using […]
RICHMOND, Va. — A school board in Virginia has filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after being ordered to allow a female student to use the boys’ restroom since she identifies as a male. “Depriving parents of any say over whether their children should be exposed to members of the opposite biological sex, […]
Ten more states have filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its requirement that school districts allow male students who identify as female and vice versa to use the restroom that correlates with their “gender identity.” Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wyoming now join the list […]
WASHINGTON — A Congressional panel sent a criminal referral to the attorney general of New Mexico this past week as it outlined concerns over the University of New Mexico’s work with a local abortion facility, including the transfer of the bodily organs of aborted babies for research, which is a violation of state law. The Congressional Select […]
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia has ordered a local school board to allow a female student who identifies as male to use the the boys’ restroom at her public high school. As previously reported, Gavin Grimm, now 17, told reporters in December 2014 that she began using the boys’ restroom after obtaining […]
TOPEKA, Kansas — The Kansas Board of Education has voted to ignore the recent guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education, which require school districts to allow boys who identify as girls to use the girls’ restroom and vice versa. The board concluded unanimously 10-0 on June 15 that local schools […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Concerns are being expressed over a California bill that some believe could ban Christian universities from living out their faith in regard to homosexuality and transgenderism, and potentially other issues as well. S.B. 1146 was introduced in February by Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, to close what Lara called a “loophole” in current federal and […]
NASHVILLE – A private university in Tennessee that was founded by the Methodist Church will soon begin covering transgender-related surgeries under its student insurance plans, drawing sharp criticism from a local congresswoman. Vanderbilt University is a private school in Nashville, Tennessee. For the first 40 years of its existence, Vanderbilt was under the auspices of […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A school district in Ohio has filed a federal lawsuit against the Obama administration for threatening to pull its funding after administrators would only provide single occupancy spaces for a male student who identifies as female rather than allow them to use the restroom with the opposite sex. According to reports, the anonymous […]
HAINES, Alaska — A family group in Alaska is crying foul after it became aware that a male student at Haines High School who identifies as female is being permitted to compete against girls on the school’s track team and at the state championship. Nattaphon “Ice” Wangyot, 18, a senior at the high school, recently […]