Mostly Cloudy 85°
Tag:

Gender Identity

News
Spa Forced To Let Trans Clients Use Nude Locker Rooms Matching Gender Identity After Lawsuit Spa Forced To Let Trans Clients Use Nude Locker Rooms Matching Gender Identity After Lawsuit
Spa Forced To Let Trans Clients Use Nude Locker Rooms Matching Gender Identity After Lawsuit A New Jersey spa must overhaul its policies to allow transgender individuals to use locker rooms that match their gender identities under the terms of a lawsuit settlement, after a transgender woman said she was denied access to the women’s facilities and asked if she had “boy parts,” court filings show. The discrimination lawsuit was filed by Alexandra Goebert, of Watertown, NY, in Bergen County Superior Court after she visited King Spa & Sauna on Commercial Avenue in Palisades Park on Aug.14, 2022. Goebert said she entered the spa as a paying customer and presented a valid driver’…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Sports
RIT Transgender Athlete Sues Princeton After Being Pulled From Race Minutes Before Start RIT Transgender Athlete Sues Princeton After Being Pulled From Race Minutes Before Start
RIT Transgender Athlete Sues Princeton After Being Pulled From Race Minutes Before Start A transgender RIT track and field athlete who registered to run in a meet hosted by Princeton University was pulled from the competition minutes before her race, according to a newly filed lawsuit. Rising senior Sadie Schreiner, 21, of Hillsborough, alleges she was barred from competing in the women’s 200-meter dash at the Larry Ellis Invitational on May 3, because of her gender identity, despite meeting the official time requirements and properly registering, according to the civil complaint filed in Mercer County Superior Court. “Princeton would not allow her to run solely because she was…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Sports
Danica Patrick Weighs In On Simone Biles–Riley Gaines Trans Athlete Feud: “Woke Mind Virus” Danica Patrick Weighs In On Simone Biles–Riley Gaines Trans Athlete Feud: “Woke Mind Virus”
Danica Patrick Weighs In On Simone Biles–Riley Gaines Trans Athlete Feud: “Woke Mind Virus” A women's sports pioneer has weighed in on the debate over trans athletes following a heated online exchange between one of the United States' greatest Olympians and a former NCAA swimmer. Danica Patrick, a 43-year-old former IndyCar and NASCAR driver, responded Sunday, June 8, to gymnast Simone Biles, who stood up for a trans high school pitcher who helped lead their team to a championship in the Minnesota state softball finals. "Defending men in women’s sports is the woke mind virus and/or another issue that requires therapy. Either way, it is so irrational,” Patrick posted to Instagram o…

SHARE

by Josh Lanier
Business
Meta Drops Fact-Checking Program Ahead Of Trump's White House Return, Company Says Meta Drops Fact-Checking Program Ahead Of Trump's White House Return, Company Says
Meta Drops Fact-Checking Program Ahead Of Trump's White House Return, Company Says Meta is dismantling its third-party fact-checking program in the U.S. and aims to bring back political content as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, the company said. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the changes in a video statement on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The company that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, will replace its fact-checking program with a Community Notes system similar to the one implemented on X (formerly Twitter). Zuckerberg said the new system's goal is to reduce bias and restore free expression. "Fact-checkers have be…

SHARE

by Chris Spiker
Politics
Election 2024: NY's Controversial Anti-Discrimination Amendment Decided By Voters Election 2024: NY's Controversial Anti-Discrimination Amendment Decided By Voters
Election 2024: NY's Controversial Anti-Discrimination Amendment Decided By Voters New York voters have made their voices heard on a controversial constitutional amendment aimed at expanding anti-discrimination protections. Proposal 1, dubbed the “Equal Rights Amendment,” was approved by voters. The "yes" votes were leading 62 to 28 percent with 34-percent of the vote counted as of 10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, according to the state Board of Elections. It would amend the New York State Constitution to protect against unequal treatment based on the following: Ethnicity, national origin, age or disability Sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression Pregnanc…

SHARE

by Michael Mashburn
Politics
Election 2024: Here’s Closer Look At NY’s ‘Equal Rights Amendment' Prop 1 Election 2024: Here’s Closer Look At NY’s ‘Equal Rights Amendment' Prop 1
Election 2024: Here’s Closer Look At NY’s ‘Equal Rights Amendment' Prop 1 New York voters will decide on a whole lot more than just the next president and vice president this Election Day. Earlier Report: Here's When Early Voting Starts In NY, How To Find Polling Places Among the statewide issues being decided is Proposal 1, known as the “Equal Rights Amendment.” If approved, it would amend the New York State Constitution to protect against unequal treatment based on the following: Ethnicity, national origin, age or disability Sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression Pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes Reproductive healthcare and auton…

SHARE

by Michael Mashburn