As a result of President Trump’s revocation of the directive to the schools, some of the pending court cases that involve federal sex discrimination law are affected. Additionally, some justices may hand cases relating to the issue to lower courts.
Regardless of whether the transgender airmen is granted the PRT exemption, all airmen must remain healthy, active participants in physical training, and work with their commander to meet the requirements of being a service member in the Air Force.
The rights of America’s LGBTQ community must continue to be protected as the rise of the Alt- Right movement continues. As the success against the domestic oppression of LGBTQ community continues, an international agenda of protecting rights regarding sexual orientation must also be embarked upon.
Vogue Paris broke ground with a new first in February. That month’s cover girl was transgender. Find out more about who it was inside the article.
It has never been easy to be gay in Chechnya. In 1996, the president of the Chechen Republic ratified a criminal code that outlawed “anal sexual intercourse between a man and a woman or a man and a man.” Article 148, based on strict conservative rules of traditional Islamic Shari’a law, made consensual gay sex punishable by caning. Third-time offenders could be punished by stoning or beheading.
Considering the intense amount of challenges that the LGBTQ community has had to face throughout time, this issue and documentary couldn’t have come at a better time. Now it’s time for society to take a look at gender norms and consider if this type of segregation is really the legacy we want to continue.
Currently, the case which could set a precedence for the transgender and the entire LGBT community is that of Gavin Grimm in Gloucester, Virginia. Gavin is a 17-year-old transgender male who is fighting the School Board decision which disallows him to use the Men’s Restroom based on privacy issues.
Gender fluidity and transgender rights have become a huge topic over the past year. Many transgender men and women have been fighting for the right to use the bathroom related to the gender they associate with at the present moment and not the one assigned to them at birth.
Before you make travel plans, make sure you understand the risks of visiting these 10 countries, where being LGBT could get you killed or imprisoned.
In this article, learn more about why transgender discrimination might fairly be called the biggest as-yet unresolved civil rights issue of this time period.
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