Updating gender info on RI birth certificates just got a lot easier
Transgender and nonbinary Rhode Islanders can now update their birth certificates to align with their affirmed gender through a simple form thanks to a new regulation that went into effect yesterday — which...
Transgender Awareness Month offers great time to become better allies in the community
November is Transgender Awareness Month and Fenway Health is celebrating the great strides made over the past year for the transgender and gender non-conforming community towards visibility and equality. A recent Fenway Focus posting notes:
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Navy grants first waiver of transgender ban in US to sailor stationed in Mass.
A transgender military service person station in Massachusetts and serving in the US Navy has become the first in the nation to receive a waiver to continue serving since the military enacted...
Healey administration supports federal protections for trans student athletes
Bay State Governor Maura Healey's office came out yesterday in support of proposed protections for transgender student athletes from elementary school through college.
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Bay State to hold Sept. 10 hearing on bill to add nonbinary ID for...
One of the key bills Bay State legislatures are taking up as they return from the summer recess is the bill (S.2203) to allow state residents to opt for a nonbinary ("X") gender identity on...
NH legislators consider bills targeting transgender students, athletes
New Hampshire's Senate Education Committee is considering two bills that would ban transgender athletes from participating on K–12 and collegiate sports teams and currently include restrictions on which bathrooms transgender students may...
Transgender Remembrance Week events honor individuals lost to violent hate crimes
Transgender Day of Remembrance is Tuesday, Nov. 20, with events happening throughout Transgender Awareness Week (Nov. 12–19) throughout New England and across the country.
In 2017, there were 29 transgender people murdered in the United...
27 nonbinary athletes to run in first Boston Marathon that officially registers their gender...
For the first time in the history of the Boston Marathan, nonbinary runners can officially register in a division that matches their gender identity, and this year, 27 nonbinary athletes have registered...
Belmont, Mass. celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility with exhibition, events
Across New England and around the world, people are observing International Transgender Day of Visibility today, March 31. Here in Massachusetts, you can support our transgender friends and neighbors by visiting the...
Department of Education weighs in against Connecticut trans athletes competing in high school sports
The Associated Press reported yesterday that a 45-page letter from US Department of Education's civil rights office finds that "Connecticut’s policy allowing transgender girls to compete as girls in high school sports...
