gender identity

Julian Harris (left) tells Tor Des Roches what he can expect as he begins medically transitioning from female to male.

Is This Going To Make Me A Different Person? Gender Transition Questions Answered

4:33pm April 18, 2017

by Connor Donevan

Tor Des Roches is medically transitioning from female to male. Julian Harris already has and remembers how "one day you're getting sir'd and he'd, and the next day you're getting she'd and her'd."

Gender-neutral signs are posted outside public restrooms at the 21c Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C. The Census Bureau says it is not planning to ask about gender identity or sexual orientation in the 2020 Census.

U.S. Census To Leave Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Questions Off New Surveys

6:23pm March 29, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

"Sexual orientation and gender identity" was listed in a Census Bureau report as a proposed topic for the 2020 Census or the American Community Survey. But the topic was later removed.

For a while, Meagley tried to dress the way the girls in school did, to look more feminine than he felt.

I'm Just Drawn This Way: Teen Finds Gender Identity Through Art

12:55pm October 12, 2016

by Desmond Meagley

Long before Youth Radio's Desmond Meagley had the words to describe his identity, he used art as an outlet. Drawing was more than a hobby for him; it was a way to find comfort when nothing else fit.

Wendy Chase directs the UConn Speech and Hearing Clinic. It provides help for transgender people working to change how they speak.

Helping Transgender People Find Their Voice

8:37am July 23, 2016

Speech therapist Wendy Chase helps transgender people make their voices sound like their gender identity. She says how people communicate affects how they are perceived.

Jamie Shupe, 52, was born male, married a woman and had a child. But Shupe felt neither male nor fully female. Now, an Oregon judge has allowed Shupe to identify as non-binary, believed to be a first in the United States.

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Neither Male Nor Female: Oregon Resident Legally Recognized As Third Gender

5:10am June 18, 2016

by Kristian Foden-Vencil

A judge in Oregon has allowed 52-year-old Jamie Shupe, a retired Army tank mechanic, to identify as "non-binary" instead of male or female. It's widely believed to be the first such case in the U.S.

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New Jersey's Anti-Discrimination Law Is 'Just A Tool' To Protect Gender Identity

6:12pm May 16, 2016

by Joel Rose

Seventeen states have legal protections to prevent discrimination against transgender people in areas like housing and employment. But just having a law on the books doesn't change peoples' attitudes.

Jose Lara, dean of Santee High School in Los Angeles, talks about the transgender issue beside the school's gender-neutral restrooms. Schools have new governmental guidance on the issue provided by the Justice and Education departments.

Here's Exactly What The Administration Is Saying About Transgender Students

11:57am May 13, 2016

by Anya Kamenetz

The Education and Justice departments have given schools guidance about prom, sports, privacy and more.

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore characterized the Justice Department's warning as government overreach, according to NPR member station WUNC.

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Justice Department Says North Carolina Bathroom Law Violates Civil Rights

7:48pm May 04, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Gov. Pat McCrory responded in a statement, saying, "We will be reviewing to determine the next steps." The state has until Monday to respond.

People protest outside the North Carolina Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C., on Thursday.

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ACLU Sues Over North Carolina's Law Blocking Anti-Discrimination Legislation

7:26pm March 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The federal lawsuit filed by multiple plaintiffs argues that the law, signed by Gov. Pat McCrory last week, is causing harm to the state's LGBT community.

Sue McConnell is one of more than 130 transgender veterans receiving treatment at the Tucson Veterans Affairs hospital.

New VA Clinic Opens For Transgender Vets

8:17pm December 29, 2015

by Jimmy Jenkins

The Tucson Veterans Affairs hospital is expanding treatment to the needs of trans veterans, one of the first such facilities in the U.S. to do so. The clinic's services include hormone treatment.

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