By DAVID CRARY and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — LGBT leaders across the U.S. reacted with fury Monday to a report that the Trump administration is considering adoption of a new definition of gender that would effectively deny federal recognition and civil rights protections to transgender Americans. “I feel very threatened, but…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Charges have been filed against the driver in an incident last night in the Grove neighborhood. St. Louis police say the Circuit Attorney’s Office issued warrants against 59-year-old Mark Colao in connection with the incident. The incident happened during a vigil in the Grove neighborhood Wednesday night for a transgender suspect killed by…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis Police say a suspect has been charged in Tuesday morning’s shooting on the northside that involved a city police officer and left a transgender suspect dead. St. Louis Police say the incident happened in the 5400 hundred block of Ridge Avenue. Police say they answered a call about a stabbing and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A transgender inmate is suing the Missouri prison system for refusing to provide hormone therapy as she transitions to a woman, adding her voice to those of prisoners in other states who argue that denying such treatment amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. The federal lawsuit was filed last week in…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A federal judge in North Carolina has decided not to rule immediately on whether to block a portion of a state law governing the use of public bathrooms by transgender people. U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder heard evidence Monday, ahead of a November trial that will determine the law’s longer-term prospects.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican legislative leaders and more than 100 others say they oppose the Obama administration’s directive on transgender student bathroom access. Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder first sent a letter opposing the guidance that public schools allow students to use restrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity. Kinder on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A sponsor of a Tennessee transgender bathroom bill has told a finance committee that he has to consider a state attorney general’s opinion before going forward. A member of the Senate Finance Ways and Means Committee said Tuesday that the bill may have to be heard after the budget is passed…
