Transgender rights at risk as Trump weighs a narrowed legal view on gender

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In one of the Donald Trump administration's most flagrant acts of evil to date, a narrowed legal definition of gender that is currently under consideration could jeopardize the rights of 1.4 million transgender Americans.

A Sunday report from the New York Times makes public an effort spearheaded by the Department of Health and Human Services to more explicitly define gender under the federal civil rights law, Title IX. 

A memo obtained by the Times stresses that enforcement of the law necessitates a more explicit definition of gender, one determined "on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable."  Read more...

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Transgender rights at risk as Trump weighs a narrowed legal view on gender Transgender rights at risk as Trump weighs a narrowed legal view on gender Reviewed by mimisabreena on Sunday, October 21, 2018 Rating: 5

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