US threatens to veto UN resolution on rape as weapon of war, officials say

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The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation’s top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases - including “fetus” and “transgender” - in any official documents being prepared for next year’s budget ( Read more... )

BOISE, Idaho - The LGBT community is reacting to a controversial social media post on the private Facebook page of Idaho's first lady.

It was brought to our attention by an upset Six On Your Side viewer.

The Facebook post is a meme that makes fun of Caitlyn Jenner's gender transition, and it was shared by Lori Otter to her Facebook friends.

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Eleven states and state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Obama administration over federal guidance directing schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms and other facilities that match their gender identities.

The federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, states that the ( Read more... )

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“We’re going to continue to embrace our belief in diversity and inclusion," CEO Brian Cornell said.Target is not backing down. In April the company announced that it would be allowing transgender people to use the restroom that most closely aligns with their gender identity at all of its locations ( Read more... )

Police are seeking a male suspect in relation to a suspicious fire that targeted the Centre métropolitain de chirurgie in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough in Montreal, the only medical clinic in Canada that offers gender reassignment surgeryFirefighters were alerted to a fire at the clinic at 8:44 p.m. Monday. About 20 firefighters rushed to the ( Read more... )

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Students would be able to sue if they found others using bathrooms that don't match their birth sex ( Read more... )

North Carolina legislators, in a whirlwind special session on Wednesday, passed a wide-ranging bill barring transgender people from bathrooms and locker rooms that do not match the gender on their birth certificates ( Read more... )