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Eugene

(61,596 posts)
Fri May 6, 2016, 07:46 PM May 2016

Oregon outlines sweeping protections for transgender students

Source: The Guardian

Oregon outlines sweeping protections for transgender students

Guidelines a contrast to anti-LGBT policies in other states as officials
say schools should protect students’ rights to use bathrooms that
match their identities


Sam Levin in San Francisco
Friday 6 May 2016 21.42 BST

Oregon schools should protect transgender students’ rights to use bathrooms that match their identities, according to sweeping new guidelines that provide a sharp contrast to recent anti-LGBT policies across the country.

The state’s department of education, which sets standards for 197 public school districts, published extensive protocols on Thursday aimed at “creating a safe and supportive school environment for transgender students” by allowing them access to appropriate restrooms, locker rooms and sports teams and by respecting their preferred names and gender pronouns.

The state issued the 15-page report in the same week that the justice department informed North Carolina that its controversial anti-trans “bathroom bill” – which forces trans people to use restrooms that correspond to the sex assigned to them at birth – violates the US Civil Rights Act and is unenforceable.

By adopting the HB2 law, North Carolina risks losing $861m in federal funding for schools and could, according to advocates, increase rates of suicide among trans youth.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/06/oregon-transgender-students-protection-guidelines
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Oregon outlines sweeping protections for transgender students (Original Post) Eugene May 2016 OP
Kicked and recommended. WheelWalker May 2016 #1
Way To Go Oregon!!! LostOne4Ever May 2016 #2

LostOne4Ever

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2. Way To Go Oregon!!!
Thu May 12, 2016, 12:41 PM
May 2016


[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]Meant to comment on this earlier but forgot due to finals

Great story, thanks for posting it![/font]

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