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LA high school gets gender neutral bathroom

LA high school gets gender neutral bathroom

Students at a Los Angeles high school open a gender neutral bathroom amidst a national debate over gender equality. It was a long time coming, but students in this Los Angeles high school have successfully petitioned to open what they say is the state's first gender-neutral restroom.Students in the Santee Education Complex's Gay Straight Alliance helped convert a girls' restroom into a restroom open to all students regardless of their gender identity.GSA group members say they started the "It's Just a Toilet Campaign" to help not just transgender students, but the entire student body.Dean of students Jose Lara says: "One of the spaces where students would say they often time get bullied or feel uncomfortable, it was in the restrooms, sometimes on campus, usually off campus. Students talked about having stories about how at times they would have to hold it and not go to the restroom all day long and you know that is unhealthy for them...Student and activist Johnny Ramos says:"So this restroom is important so that all students can feel comfortable, not just LGBT students or not just minority students, it is for all students so everyone could feel welcome.Their campaign comes amidst a nationwide debate over laws in North Carolina and elsewhere that bar transgender people from using public bathrooms consistent with their gender identity.The laws have touched off widespread criticism from corporate, entertainment and sports leaders... rock group Pearl Jam is the latest to cancel a show in the state in protest.But here in this downtown LA school- a step towards equality as students close the door on gender discrimination.
Suspected Islamists kill Bangladeshi gay activist working for US embassy

Suspected Islamists kill Bangladeshi gay activist working for US embassy

Suspected Islamist militants hacked to death a leading Bangladeshi gay rights activist employed by the U.S. embassy and a friend in an apartment in Bangladesh's capital on Monday, police said.The killings took place two days after a university professor was slain in similar fashion on Saturday in an attack claimed by Islamic State.Five or six assailants went to the apartment of Xulhaz Mannan, 35, an editor of Rupban, Bangladesh's first magazine for gay, bisexual and transgender people, and attacked him and a friend with sharp weapons, Dhaka city police spokesman Maruf Hossain Sordar said.They entered the apartment disguised as couriers, he said, quoting witnesses.The assailants also wounded a security guard. Witnesses said the attackers shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest)" as they fled the scene.Mannan was employed by the U.S. embassy, working for the U.S. Agency for International Development, the State Depertment in Washington said.State Department spokesman John Kirby said the United States was "outraged" by the "barbaric attack." He called Mannan, "a beloved member of our embassy family and a courageous advocate for LGBTI rights - human rights, actually.""LGBTI" stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and intersex.A spokesman for the White House's National Security Council, Ned Price, said the United States strongly urged the Bangladeshi government to ensure the perpetrators were brought to justice.Other attacks took place in the country on Monday, but it was not immediately clear whether those assaults were carried out by Islamist militants.Two men on a motorcycle shot dead a former prison guard in front of Kashimpur jail, on the outskirts of Dhaka, said Khandakar Rezaul Hasan, chief of the local police station.A teacher was hacked to death in the southwestern district of Kustia, police said.The M
April 25, 2016 | 06:06 pm PT
U.S. to issue decree on transgender access to school restrooms

U.S. to issue decree on transgender access to school restrooms

The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping decree telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
May 12, 2016 | 06:22 pm PT
White House issues "guidance" on transgender bathrooms

White House issues "guidance" on transgender bathrooms

In a letter to the states, the Obama administration is telling every U.S. public school district to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity.
May 13, 2016 | 06:39 pm PT
Canada to introduce legislation to protect transgender people

Canada to introduce legislation to protect transgender people

Canada will introduce legislation to protect transgender people from discrimination, the prime minister said on Monday, as the political debate around such rights heats up in the United States.
May 16, 2016 | 05:18 pm PT
A bar as a national monument? New York's LGBT landmark vies for honor

A bar as a national monument? New York's LGBT landmark vies for honor

The New York bar known as the birthplace of the gay pride movement could become the country's first national monument honoring LGBT rights under a plan to be considered by President Barack Obama.
May 31, 2016 | 02:16 am PT
U.S. court denies motion to reconsider transgender bathroom ruling

U.S. court denies motion to reconsider transgender bathroom ruling

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday denied a motion to reconsider its ruling that gave a Virginia transgender high school student access to the bathroom of his gender identity.
May 31, 2016 | 05:18 pm PT
Obama says transgender bathroom directive based on law

Obama says transgender bathroom directive based on law

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the decision to direct public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice was based on the law and the best interests of the children.
June 1, 2016 | 05:24 pm PT
India's Odisha state becomes first to give welfare to transgender community

India's Odisha state becomes first to give welfare to transgender community

India's eastern Odisha state is the first region in the country to give transgender people social welfare benefits - such as a pension, housing and food grains - usually allocated for only the most impoverished, an official said on Thursday.
June 2, 2016 | 01:22 am PT
Obama to LGBT community: Change is possible but not inevitable

Obama to LGBT community: Change is possible but not inevitable

As Obama hosted LGBT community in honor pride month at the White House, he said "change is possible, but it is not inevitable" and "requires voting."
June 10, 2016 | 12:42 am PT
College dorms a new front in U.S. battle over transgender rights

College dorms a new front in U.S. battle over transgender rights

As lawmakers across the United States battle over whether to allow transgender Americans to use public restrooms that match their gender identities, universities are scrambling to ensure that dorms meet federal standards.
June 10, 2016 | 05:48 pm PT
Many injured at Florida gay club shooting, gunman dead - police

Many injured at Florida gay club shooting, gunman dead - police

Gunfire erupted at a gay nightclub in Orlando early on Sunday, causing mass casualties before one suspected gunman was found dead inside, police said.
June 12, 2016 | 02:47 am PT
South Koreans march for gay pride

South Koreans march for gay pride

More than ten thousand lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people (LGBT), along with their supporters, march through the streets of Seoul for the Korea Queer Culture Festival.
June 11, 2016 | 10:15 pm PT
Terrorism: 50 dead in the worst shooting in American history

Terrorism: 50 dead in the worst shooting in American history

A gunman killed 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history which authorities described as a possible act of terrorism.
June 12, 2016 | 06:28 am PT
Islamic State-linked account posts photo of Florida terrorist

Islamic State-linked account posts photo of Florida terrorist

A Twitter account associated with Islamic State on Sunday posted a photo purported to be Omar Mateen, identified by U.S. authorities as the shooter who killed at least 50 people in a massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
June 12, 2016 | 07:36 am PT
Orlando suspect purchased guns within past week

Orlando suspect purchased guns within past week

Officials say Omar Mateen, the man suspected of the deadliest shooting spree in U.S. history, purchased the guns used in the attack legally within the past week.
June 12, 2016 | 05:09 pm PT
Orlando reacts to massacre with outpouring of grief, support

Orlando reacts to massacre with outpouring of grief, support

Friends and relatives gather in Orlando to grieve the victims of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history as volunteers rush to provide support and other aid.
June 12, 2016 | 05:18 pm PT
Heavily armed man arrested on way to L.A. gay pride parade

Heavily armed man arrested on way to L.A. gay pride parade

A heavily armed man who said he was heading to a Los Angeles-area pride parade was arrested early on Sunday in nearby Santa Monica, but there was no apparent link with the deadly mass shooting in Florida, authorities said.
June 12, 2016 | 06:05 pm PT
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