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  • Federal judge dismisses a challenge to Tennessee's school bathroom law

    09/28/2024 10:46:10 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 27 replies
    ABC News ^ | September 27, 2024 | ByKIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Tennessee law that bans transgender students and staff from using school bathrooms or locker rooms that match their gender identities. A transgender student, identified only as D.H., filed the lawsuit nearly two years ago, saying her school stopped supporting her social transition after the Republican-dominant Statehouse and GOP Gov. Bill Lee enacted several policies targeting accommodations for transgender people. The school instead accommodated the student by allowing her to use one of four single-occupancy restrooms. However, according to D.H.'s attorneys, the accommodation caused severe stress, leading to the...
  • SAN FRANCISCO: Slain sex worker identified as transgender immigrant

    03/23/2007 7:46:25 AM PDT · by SmithL · 20 replies · 774+ views
    San Francisco Values ^ | 3/23/7 | Jaxon Van Derbeken
    A transgender sex worker found strangled last week near Interstate 280 in Potrero Hill was identified Thursday as a 27-year-old Nicaraguan immigrant. Ruby Ordenana, also known as Ruby Rodriguez, was last seen in the Tenderloin the day before the slaying, said Alexandra Byerly, a project coordinator for EL-LA, a local nonprofit group working with the transgender community. Ordenana was found naked and strangled after 5 a.m. on March 16 at Cesar Chavez and Indiana streets. The medical examiner's office has established her identity and is trying to locate her next of kin. But the local community is holding a vigil...