Statewide
Women & Children First vandalized with transphobic stickers
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CHICAGO — Feminist bookstore Women & Children First has been getting hit with transphobic stickers in recent weeks.
Regional
Police ID a fourth trans woman killed in Kansas City
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a transgender woman.
National
Judge overturns Obama era trans healthcare protections
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WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, a federal judge overturned protections for transgender people that had been a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The Hill reported that Judge Reed O’Connor in the Northern District of Texas vacated the regulation that prohibited insurers and providers who receive federal money from denying treatment or coverage to anyone based on sex, gender identity or termination of pregnancy and required providers to give “medically necessary” services to trans people as long as those services were the same ones provided to other patients.
Northern Illinois
Kenosha school district looking to update trans student policy
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KENOSHA — The school district in this city just north of the Illinois border is discussing changing their facilities policy for transgender students.
Statewide
State human rights commission restates Illinois law protects trans students
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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Human Rights Commission has restated that state law protects transgender students in schools.
civil rights
Georgia sheriff’s deputy sues over lack Of transgender insurance coverage
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A sheriff’s deputy in Perry, Ga., filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the county where she works over its refusal to allow her health insurance plan to cover her gender-affirmation surgery.
Chicagoland
Palatine school board to discuss trans locker room access next week
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PALATINE — Township High School District 211’s board will hear from the public about a policy to allow transgender students to use the locker room of their identified gender.
National
Dems introduce resolution condemning Ben Carson for anti-trans comments
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WASHINGTON — NBC News reported that U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley of Illinois and Katie Hill of California, introduced a resolution on Tuesday condemning the “transphobic history” of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson.
Chicagoland
Palatine school board says it needs more time for transgender locker room policy
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PALATINE — After a widely publicized meeting last week, the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 school board said a new policy for transgender students would more time and details before their next meeting in October.