Trans News/ Issues

[Nadeest]

Isn't it interesting, the way that different cultures have chosen to deal with this?

[Linus]

http://bit.ly/11GH7of <--- link to search about the Virgins of Albania, which was the yahoo news article.

[Nadeest]

I just ran across this AP report. The Massachusetts Department of Education has issued rules on transgender students. From the article, the rules sound pretty good. Here is the link: http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...GTL/story.html

[Nadeest]

I just found this article about recent changes in health insurance in Oregon. It has very broad implications for the whole of the US. I hope that the insurance commissioners in every state take notice of this, and take action to start protecting transgender people. http://www.americanprogress.org/issu...alth-coverage/

[alexri]

CNN Money interviewed six different trans people on unemployment and financial struggles. (There are also other articles in a box on the right.)

http://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/2013...ebt/index.html

[Nadeest]

It seems that a California university expelled a transgender student for 'fraud', as she told the truth on her application to that university, in the question that asked her gender. She did so, and now they are upset about it. Here is the link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...ef=mostpopular

[Greyson]

Originally Posted by Nadeest

It seems that a California university expelled a transgender student for 'fraud', as she told the truth on her application to that university, in the question that asked her gender. She did so, and now they are upset about it. Here is the link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...ef=mostpopular

I read about this woman's story earlier this week online in a local paper for that area of Southern California. That article was more in depth. It explained that this California University is a private college affiliated with the most conservative conference of the Baptist Church. There is the rub. It is not really clear if these private Universities affiliated with churches are exempt because of religious beliefs. "Churches" are exempt from some federal and state law that would require them to act against the teachings of their church. (I am not an attorney so I am giving the jest of this in laypersons language.)

Apparently the young woman was accepted into the Nursing Program at California State University San Bernadino but she declined the offer. If she had chosen a public university her legal case would be much stronger. I think what happened to her is morally wrong, but I am unsure if her case will meet the legal requirments in place to determine discrimination.

[Nadeest]

I think that she will prevail, as they accused her of 'fraud'. Apparently, the application/questionaire asked for her gender, and she answered it. Her gender IS female. Since a person's gender is determined by their gender identity, therefore, she answered the question truthfully.

[Nadeest]

A new article seems to have come out, about this transgender woman that is in a legal disgreement with a California religious university. One thing, I found particularly interesting:

"Southwick said state law requires universities that admit students regardless of religious affiliation – as Cal Baptist does – and that receive financial support from the state cannot discriminate against transgender people. The financial support, Southwick said, comes from Cal Baptist’s participation in a state tax-free-bond program."

Southwick is the presiding judge in this matter.

If this is true, it seems to me that Cal Baptist is going to be found wrong, in expelling her from school. Here is the link to the whole article:

http://blog.pe.com/multicultural-bea...set-precedent/