Transgender

New Transgender Student Guidelines Raise Questions At Mass. Schools

Schools across Massachusetts are required to accept the gender a student recognizes as their own including bathroom and locker room access.

2013/03/04

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Report: Transgender 3rd Grader Will Be Allowed To Use Girl’s Bathroom

A transgendered third grader in Nashua, New Hampshire reportedly will be allowed to dress like a girl, be addressed as a girl, and use the female restroom under an agreement between the school and the child’s parents.

2012/09/25

State Leaders Want Inmate Sex Change Ruling Appealed

A group of 50 Massachusetts legislators has asked the state Department of Correction to appeal a ruling from a federal court judge who ordered prison officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate.

2012/09/06

Kris Mineau and Ashley Amber Bottoms at the WBZ Studios

Keller @ Large: Bathroom Bill Battle

The battle over the “Bathroom Bill” took center stage in the WBZ studios.

2011/07/19

Massachusetts State House in Boston (credit: AP)

Beacon Hill Considers Bill To Protect Transgender People From Discrimination

The Committee on the Judiciary held a public hearing Wednesday at the Statehouse to hear testimony on a bill that would add the words “gender identity or expression” to the state’s existing nondiscrimination laws.

2011/06/08