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'Sign of protest': Trump's transgender, DEI policies raise stakes for Motor City Pride
For Logan Foreman, celebrating pride has typically felt like a "celebration," he said. This year, the Lansing resident said, is more a "sign of protest." Amid the Trump administration's aggressive actions to eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the country and policies seen as unduly targeting transgender people, attendees at Sunday's Motor City Pride parade said the stakes for this year's festivities felt uniquely high.
Transgender troops face a deadline and a difficult decision: Stay or go?
As transgender service members face a deadline to leave the U.S. military, hundreds are taking the financial bonus to depart voluntarily. But others say they will stay and fight. For many, it is a wrenching decision to end a career they love, and leave units they have led or worked with for years. And they are angry they are being forced out by the Trump administration's renewed ban on transgender troops.
Transgender girl who competes with boys criticized for using girls' locker room
A transgender girl in Colonie is facing a Catch-22: If she competes with the boys, she could be accused of not being a girl. If she competes with the girls, she may have an unfair advantage. In threading the needle, she has been tripped up over what happens before practice and meets: She uses the girls' locker room, a practice that has prompted a federal complaint.
We are born as who we are.
The gender thing is something that is imposed on you.
Laverne Cox, star of Orange is the New Black
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