The Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale has been nominated for the “Theatre of the Decade Award” by Pollstar, a live entertainment industry data and content company similar to Nielsen.  

(WB) Although North Carolina replaced anti-LGBT House Bill 2 with a law that critics say still enables anti-LGBT discrimination, the U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn the lawsuit against the state filed last year under Obama administration.

The survey that revealed nearly half of district leaders support teachers coming out also showed a divide on transgender restroom use among students.

A federal appeals court will hear arguments in a Virginia transgender student's lawsuit challenging his school's restroom policy.

(CNN) In the first days of 2017, legislators in five states have introduced so-called "bathroom bills" restricting access to public accommodations.

Several U.S. universities are implementing free menstrual products in their restrooms — male, female and gender neutral bathrooms alike.

Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter signed legislation requiring restaurants, bars and other private establishments to designate all single-occupancy restrooms as gender neutral.

(EDGE) -- The anti-gay hate group American Family Association's war with Target over the retail giant's transgender inclusive restroom policy escalated on Monday when during an interview with Breitbart News Daily, AFA mouthpiece Sandy Rios disclosed that her organization has been "testing" the mega-store chain by sending men into women's rooms, Right Wing Watch reports.

(AP) Sean Henry, the president of Tennessee's NHL team, is stunned he even has to explain why he hopes state legislators will snub bills similar to North Carolina's transgender bathroom law, which has consumed that state for months and scared off businesses and sporting events.

As the old adage goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”  Take Mart Crowley’s groundbreaking 1968 play, “The Boys in the Band,” as an example. 

(AP) Yelp, the crowd-sourced company specializing in online reviews, is wading into the national debate over transgender people's bathroom access with a new feature that will enable consumers to search for businesses offering gender-neutral restrooms.

(AP) The mother of a 16-year-old transgender boy who is being denied access to the boys' restroom at his high school is suing a Florida school board.

(CNN) The NBA says it expects to award the 2019 All-Star Game to Charlotte, North Carolina, after the partial repeal of the so-called bathroom bill.

The controversy over North Carolina’s anti-LGBT “bathroom law” escalated dramatically this week, dominating much of the national media’s attention. The U.S. Department of Justice threw down the gauntlet Friday, threatening to cut off federal funds to the state if North Carolina enforces the law and, on Monday, Governor Patrick McCrory picked up that gauntlet and promised a major effort to defend the law.

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(AP) The decision about whether to stop transgender students at a suburban Chicago school from using girls' locker rooms and restrooms lies with a federal magistrate judge.

(CNN) North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that repeals the state's controversial bathroom law in a move meant to end a year of tumult that saw businesses leave and major sporting events and concerts canceled.

(EDGE) When it comes to transgender rights, New York City is proving to be the antithesis of places like North Carolina and Mississippi. And they've just spent big bucks to drive that message home.

(AP) Oklahoma school districts could be required to provide restrooms that exclude some transgender students under a bill advancing through the Legislature.

Transgender activist Dawn Munro pointed out her regular seat at Fergie’s Pub; it was two from the end that’s closest to the bathrooms.

A Texas “bathroom bill” is facing more pushback thanks to a house speaker.

It seems many lawmakers learned their lesson from North Carolina.

(AP) A western Pennsylvania school district wants a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by three transgender students challenging a rule requiring students to use either unisex restrooms or those corresponding to their biological sex.

(AP)  Though "bathroom bills'' targeting transgender people fizzled in deep-red states across the U.S., the issue is still white hot in Texas, where the Legislature is heading into special session prepared to revive it and conservative groups are vowing revenge on Republican lawmakers who don't approve it.

(AP) A transgender "bathroom bill" reminiscent of one in North Carolina that caused a national uproar now appears to be on a fast-track to becoming law in Texas, though it may only apply to public schools.

After less than two months in office, the Trump administration undid one of the Obama White House’s pro-LGBT legislation: bathroom rights for LGBT students.

(EDGE) North Carolina Gov. Pat McCory finally conceded Monday to losing the gubernatorial race to Democratic rival Roy Cooper, who will likely dismantle the highly controversial HB2 bill McCory signed into law.

The legal rights of transgender people continue to dominate LGBT legal news these days, as several cases make their way toward the U.S. Supreme Court and stimulate public discussion.

A transgender nurse working at a prison hospital was denied the right to use the male bathroom after being doused in pepper spray.

I wasn’t happy at my new job at a liberal university near Boston. I missed my friends. I felt isolated.