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OPINION
From The Daily
The State Board of
Education should
approve pro-transgender
guidelines. >> SEE PAGE 4
ARTS
‘Scandal’ hype
slowly derails
Series continues to lose
momentum in fifth season
>> SEE PAGE 5
SPORTS
NCAA Softball
The Michigan softball
team will host the NCAA
Regional this weekend>>
SEE PAGE 12
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A look at transgender rights on campus
State government
gridlocked on
transgender student
accomodations
By LYDIA MURRAY
Summer Managing News Editor
Amid
national
controversy
over transgender rights, local and
University of Michigan policies
have
moved
toward
a
greater
accommodation
of
transgender
students, specifically the right to
choose which restroom they prefer
to use — despite the issue becoming
controversial in state legislature.
The
U.S.
Departments
of
Education and Justice released joint
guidance Friday to educators, aimed
at fighting discrimination based on
sex and particularly highlighting the
protection of transgender students.
The
guidance
tells
school
administrations they must treat
students consistently with their
gender identity after being informed
that the student is transgender,
aimed at preventing bullying and
discrimination
of
transgender
students.
Under Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972, any school
receiving federal money is prohibited
from discriminating against students
based on sex, which is interpreted to
include transgender students. The
recent guidance reaffirms this policy,
warning educators against Title IX
violations.
U.S. Secretary of Education John
King Jr. stated in a press release that
all students — including transgender
students — should be able to learn in
a safe environment, as mandated by
Title IX.
“No student should ever have to
go through the experience of feeling
unwelcome at school or on a college
campus,” King said in a statement.
“This guidance further clarifies what
we’ve said repeatedly — that gender
identity is protected under Title IX.
Educators want to do the right thing
for students, and many have reached
out to us for guidance on how to
follow the law.”
LGBT Michigan president Emily
Kaufman, an LSA junior and a
transgender woman, said she believes
the
Obama
administration
has
recently taken important steps to help
protect the transgender community.
“Generally,
what
the
Obama
administration has been saying in
the past few weeks is that trans lives
matter and that we are people,” she
said. “There are all these negative
stereotypes,
so
by
the
Obama
administration doing these things, it
will protect the most marginalized
people, and it is really a big step
forward.”
The
Obama
administration’s
announcement
follows
recent
controversy over a lawpassed in
North Carolina, referred to as the
North Carolina “bathroom bill,”
which prohibits transgender people
from using restrooms or locker rooms
that do not match the gender on their
birth certificates.
The bill has drawn heavy criticism
from civil liberties groups, LGBTQ
advocates and major businesses.
Since its passage, several performers
including Bruce Springsteen, Demi
Lovato, Nick Jonas and the bands
Pearl Jam and Boston cancelled
concerts in North Carolina as a
demonstration of protest protest. The
bill additionally garnered praise from
socially conservative groups like the
Family Research Council.
Most
recently,
the
Justice
Department filed a civil rights lawsuit
against the state of North Carolina.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch
said the suit represents more than just
a battle over bathrooms, according to
a May 9 statement.
“This is about the dignity and
respect that we accord our fellow
citizens and the laws we have enacted
as a country to protect them and to
protect us,” Lynch said.
Supporters of North Carolina’s
“bathroom
bill”
claim
sexual
predators can take advantage of
the ability to enter the bathroom of
their choice to attack others. Despite
See TRANSGENDER, Page 9
http://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/resources/ntds_state_mi.pdf
Nearly 90% of LGBTQ homicide victims in 2013 were people of
color.
72% being transgender women
67% percent transgender women of color
In the state of Michigan, 84% reported experiencing harassment
or mistreatment on the job.
34% lost a job
23% were denied a promotion
Transgender students in grades K-12 reported rates of harassment
of 84%.
9% of cases led to transgender students dropping out in
K-12 or higher education settings
http://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/resources/ntds_state_mi.pdf
http://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/resources/ntds_state_mi.pdf
http://www.avp.org/resources/avp-resources/315
A2 budget passed
Final 2017 budget cuts
commitment to light rail
project, >> SEE PAGE 3
NEWS