Article Archive for February 2016
South Dakota Becomes First State To Pass Anti-Transgender Student Restroom Bill
HB 1008 seeks to ban transgender students from using school restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. The measure was passed by the state senate Tuesday after being passed by the state house last week.
By a 15–20 vote, the South Dakota state senate passed a bill on Tuesday to ban transgender students […]
Gay Man Attacked on Train in Chicago
A gay man says he was brutally attacked by another passenger in a hate crime late Friday on a Chicago Transit Authority train.
Ryan McCarthy (above) says the other passenger attacked him after he sat down next to the man on the train on CTA’s Red Line, pushing him out of his seat and onto the floor.
After McCarthy stood up, the man […]
