US: Cambridge teacher suspended over transgender handout

A school health teacher was suspended with pay and a second day of presentations by a staff member from the Pride Center of the Capital Region was canceled after parents of seventh-grade students raised concerns over a handout about transgender topics.

United Nations: Interfaith Event – Ethics of Reciprocity – LGBTIQA Peoples

The International Fellowship of Reconciliation hosted an unprecedented gathering at the United Nations of Interfaith and Spiritual leaders, diplomats and human rights experts in a project called the Ethics of Reciprocity (EOR).

US: Judge Blocks Trump’s Ban on Transgender Troops in Military

“Big, huge news today,” said Lt. Cmdr. Blake Dremann, a Navy supply corps officer who is transgender and is the director of Sparta, an L.G.B.T. military group with more than 650 active-duty members. “A lot of people’s lives were put on hold. They thought their careers were ending. This means we can continue to serve with honor, as we have been doing.”